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MD Festival Footage Released on DVD/VHS

Hudson Music have announced the immediate availability of their first-ever instructional music video on Digital Video Disk: "Modern Drummer Festival 2000". Hudson's new DVD release features nearly 3 hours of performances, clinics and interviews by world-famous drum artists Don Brewer, Vinnie Colaiuta, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez with Marc Quiñones, Akira Jimbo, Hilary Jones, Paul Leim, Dave Lombardo, Street Beats and Billy Ward shot on location at the recent Modern Drummer Festival in Montclair, New Jersey.

The MD Festival 2000 DVD has a suggested list price of $49.95 and combines all of the footage (170 minutes) from Hudson Music's two separate (Saturday and Sunday) Festival VHS Videocassettes. The disk offers all the benefits of the popular DVD format- instant access to each performance as well as digital-quality sound and picture- plus several additional, musician-friendly features, such as:

• 5.1 (Surround Sound) Mix on two performances; one by Vinnie and one by Horacio.
• "DrumCam" option on these two performances allowing the viewer to change camera angles at any point.
• Play-Along Feature-a minus drums mix on two songs, with downloadable drum charts.
• Connectivity to related Web sites.

"Since we began producing instructional music videos 20 years ago we've been committed to raising the quality of the content of videos," states Siegel. "Now, with the advances in digital technology, we're able to raise the quality of the medium itself. We feel the Modern Drummer DVD has allowed us to open a new chapter in the future of music videos for all musicians."

For drummers who prefer the standard video cassette format, three VHS videos of the Modern Drummer Festival 2000 are also available:

• Modern Drummer Festival 2000 /Saturday (featuring Dave Lombardo, Paul Leim, Horacio Hernandez with Marc Quinones, and Don Brewer - 80 minutes/$29.95).
• Modern Drummer Festival 2000 /Sunday (featuring Akira Jimbo, Billy Ward, Hilary Jones and Vinnie Colaiuta - 90 minutes/$29.95).
• Horacio Hernandez: Live at the Modern Drummer Festival 2000 (includes Horacio's entire performance featuring Marc Quinones with Michael Brecker, John Patitucci and Hilario Duran - 65 minutes/$29.95).

Modern Drummer Festival 2000 Videos and DVD's are available from your local music retailer or Hudson Music at 1-888-796-2992 , fax 914-246-5282 or e-mail hudsoninfo@aol.com. Visit Hudson online at www.hudsonmusic.com. For dealer information please contact Hal Leonard Publications, 7777 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213, tel: 414-774-3630, fax: 414-774-3259, www.halleonard.com.

For more information, visit their web site at http://www.hudsonmusic.com/.

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