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December 1st, 2019

#1 on the Amazon New Releases List for Music Instruction!

​Lang Zhao's "An Analytical Approach to Mind-Body Connection and Creative Phrasing" has just reached the first spot on the list. Congratulations!
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November 29th, 2019
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Violet Anamnesis Publications is proud to announce the release of Lang Zhao's "An Analytical Approach to Mind-Body Connection and Creative Phrasing."

The book features David Myers Jr. as a contributor (Frank Ocean, 6lack). It focuses on training the mind to expand your sonic vocabulary, training the body to enhance you mobility and balance on drums, as well as establishing a strong mind-body connection in order to develop creative phrasing. The book is now available at Amazon.com!

​Cover art by Nyla
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October 16th, 2019

Checkout 
Drumhead Magazine's new article featuring 
Lang Zhao. In it he discusses his release with Violet Anamnesis, (An Analytical Approach to Linear Applications), as well as his upcoming follow up book that will feature 6lack’s drummer David Myers!!!
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September 9th, 2019

Violet Anamnesis Publications is proud to announce that Advanced Drumming Coordination by 
Ray Rojo, and is now available for purchase at Amazon.com!

​The book serves as a guide to develop four-way independence ideas that range from simple rhythmic patterns to nested tuplets, and features a Foreword by Sebastian Lanser. 
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August 14th, 2018:

Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar acaba de ser publicado en español bajo el título Conceptos Rítmicos Avanzados Para Guitarra y está disponible en Amazon.com

El mismo te guiará por el proceso de identificar, diseccionar, construir, practicar y aplicar: modulaciones métricas, poliritmos, poliritmos de proporción, división de poliritmos/poliritmos dentro de poliritmos, polimétricas implicitas, polimetricas explícitas, acompañamiento polimétrico e improvisación polimétrica.  


​Jan Rivera's Advanced Rhythmic Concepts has just been released in Spanish and is now available at Amazon.com

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July 3rd, 2017:
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​Juan Antonio Rivera's "The Art of Scale Weaving" just hit #1 on Amazon's New Releases list for Music Techniques!!!
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July 3rd, 2017:

"The Art of Scale Weaving" by Juan Antonio Rivera is now available at Amazon.com! 
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​December 30th 2016:

Just released last night, Lang Zhao's "An Analytical Approach to Linear Drumming" has already reached the #1 spot at Amazon's Hot New Releases list for Musical Techniques!!!
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​Congratulations Lang Zhao and Henry McDaniel IV who acted as a collaborator and demonstrator for the book's video!!!
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December 29th 2016:

"An Analytical Approach to Linear Applications" by Lang Zhao 
​is now available at Amazon.com!!!

The book features Henry McDaniel IV, (Stanley Clarke/George Duke band, Big Sean), as a video demonstrator.
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​Last publication of the year!!!
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December 12th 2016:

Grammy award winner & Seven-time Emmy Nominee composer, arranger and orchestrator Nan Schwartz reviews
Lorenzo Ferrero's "Applications of Contemporary Harmony I".

​Read what she had to say in the Reviews section!

October 27th, 2016:

Sneak Peek of the cover design by Nyla McDaniel for Lang Zhao's upcoming book:

An Analytical Approach to Linear Applications:
(Integrating Gospel Drumming Into Your Grooves and Chops)

To see more of Nyla's work, check out:
www.flippingfrowns.com, MacBear Apparel
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October 2nd, 2016:

Applications of Contemporary Harmony I by Lorenzo Ferrero is now available at Barnes and Noble.
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September 29th, 2016:

Congratulations to Kaitie Sly, author of the "Beginner Series: Bass Method" (six book series), and Sandesh Nagaraj.
Their duo Syreim just premiered its video on Rolling Stone!!!
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September 28th, 2016:

Congratulations Lorenzo Ferrero!
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September 26th, 2016:

Violet Anamnesis Publications is proud to announce that as of 10:17am this morning, Lang Zhao (Musicians Institute staff), and
Henry McDaniel IV (Stanley Clarke/George Duke band, Big Sean/Rihanna Anti World tour), have joined our family.
​Stay tuned for more news on this exciting project!
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​September 7th, 2016: 

Here is a sneak peek at the cover for Lorenzo Ferrero's "Applications of Contemporary Harmony I"!
Click on the image for a better view...
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​September 5th, 2016: 

A compendium of levels IV, V & VI of "The Beginner Series: Bass Method" by Kaitie Sly has just been published.

​September 3rd, 2016: 

"Applications of Contemporary Harmony I" by Lorenzo Ferrero is scheduled to be released by the end of the month. 
​Stay tuned for more news of this release!​

August 22nd, 2016:

Level V and VI of Kaitie Sly's "Beginner Series: Bass Method" have been published.

August 10th, 2016:

Level IV of Kaitie Sly's "Beginner Series: Bass Method" has been published.

August 8th, 2016:

Level III of Kaitie Sly's "Beginner Series: Bass Method" has been published.

July 29th 2016: 

Starting today, level I and II of the "Beginner Series: Bass Method" by Kaitie Sly are also available at Bolen Books!
At almost 20,000 square feet, Bolen Books is one of the biggest single-location independent bookstores in Canada! 

June 22nd 2016: 

Maurice Verloop, (Bass Program Chair at Musicians Institute). reviews the "Beginner Series: Bass Method" by Kaitie Sly.
​Read what he had to say in the Reviews section...

June 5th, 2016:

Brian Allen, (Bassist for Robben Ford), reviews the "Beginner Series: Bass Method' by Kaitie Sly.
​Read what he had to say in the Reviews section...

June 2nd, 2016:

Jimmy Haslip, (Producer, Composer, Bassist for the Yellowjackets), reviews the "Beginner Series: Bass Method" by Kaitie Sly. Read what he had to say in the Reviews section...

April 2016:

All volumes of the Katsuya Sezaki and Adrian "Hijin" Park  Custom Designed, Commissioned Vocals Curricula have been published.

March 2016:
 
The site for the book "Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar" and its metric modulation calculator have been cited as resources for the Drums and Percussion Composition course; taught to third year students of the Bachelor of Applied Music program at Vancouver Community College. 

February 9th, 2016:

Levels IV, V, and VI of Ray Rojo's "Beginner Series: Drums Method" have been published. 

Compendiums of levels I-III, as well as levels IV-VI  have also been published.

January 28th, 2016:

Levels I, II and III of Ray Rojo's "Beginner Series: Drums Method" have been published. 

January 10th, 2016:

Levels  I and II of Kaitie Sly's "Beginner Series: Bass Method" have been published.

January 2016:
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All volumes of the Ray Rojo Custom Designed, Commissioned Drums Curriculum have been published.

December 2015:

All volumes of the Kaitie Sly Custom Designed, Commissioned Bass Curriculum have been published.

September 2015:

All volumes of the Andrew Slade Custom Designed, Commissioned Piano Curriculum have been published.

July 2015:

Vintage Guitar Magazine reviews "Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar".
Read what they had to say in the Reviews section...

March 2015:

The "Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar" site has just released the world's first Metric Modulation BPM Calculator app The "Metrilator" app is now available for both the iOS and Android platforms.

September 2014:

Abstract Logix rates "Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar" as 5 out of 5 stars!!!
Read what they had to say in the Reviews section...

September 2014:

JazzTimes Magazine just reviewed "Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar" by Jan Rivera.
​Read what they had to say in the Reviews section...

July 2014: 

Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar has reached AbstractLogix.com's Top Sellers List!!!

New Review of the book by Sid Jacobs (solo artist, Author: Mel Bay's Complete Book of Jazz Guitar| Modern Jazz Concepts for Guitar [Hal Leonard] , posted in the Reviews section...

June 2014: 

Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar placed #1 in it's category for best selling books at Amazon.com!!!

New Review of the book by Jazzbeat.org (Randy Hunter), posted in the Reviews section...

April 8th, 2014:

The  book "Advanced Rhythmic Concepts for Guitar; Foreword By Alex Machacek: (An in-depth study on Metric Modulation, Polyrhythms and Polymeters) has been released. 

On its day of release, the book already features reviews by:
  • Ben Monder
  • John Stowell
  • Dean Brown (Brecker Brothers, DB3 w/ Victor Wooten and Dennis Chambers)
  • Chris Juergensen (solo artist, Vice-Principal Tokyo School of Music, Author: The Infinite Guitar)
  • Gustavo Assis-Brasi (Author, Hybrid Picking Lines and Licks for Guitar: Foreword by Guthrie Govan)

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