Modern Rock Set: The Performance Guide for Bands

by Tom Kolb

Gig GuideThe Gig Guides series is designed to provide musicians with a blueprint for building bands. We select the songs, put 'em in order, and show you how to play 'em. The format is simple; there are no unwieldy note-for-note scores to sightread or complicated theory to understand. Just here's the lead sheet, here are the parts you really need to know, and away you go These book/CD packs are the ultimate do-it-yourself kit for gigging musicians and up-and-coming performers alike. Can be used by a full band or individual players. Modern Rock Set features 12 songs, plus a CD with full-band demos so you can hear what you should sound like. Includes: All the Small Things * Drive * Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) * Fly Away * Hanging by a Moment * If You Could Only See * The Middle * My Own Worst Enemy * Semi-Charmed Life * Slide * Smooth * Wherever You Will Go.

120 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Tom Kolb graduated from Musicians Institute in 1989 as an honors graduate as well as “Student of the Year.” A veteran of over 4,000 gigs, Tom Kolb has worked in nearly every musical situation imaginable, from tours to sessions to his own funk/rock band the Gurus.
He has been a featured artist and musical director for Star Licks Videos and a regular contributor and columnist for Guitar One magazine, as well as the writer of Classic Rock Workshop (MI Press/Hal Leonard). His specialties are rock improvisation, melodic soloing, and rhythm guitar.