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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Drum lessons in San Diego . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Trombone Drums Organ Synthesizer Euphonium Tuba Keyboard Acoustic Guitar
Nothing is more rewarding that seeing one of my students develop a passion for music! Therefore, it's important that each student progresses at his or her own pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals for my students at each lesson. Acknowledging accomplishments helps fuel a student's desire to progress, and makes students eager to learn more. By trying to find out what inspires the student, I can successfully tailor my instruction to their wants and needs. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Bass Guitar Ukulele Music Keyboard Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar
It is a great joy for me to connect and commune with students in learning their chosen instrument they wish to learn to play. I have a B.S. from Antioch University. I place great value in their well being and helping them to learn to play their instrument. I come from a family of Concert level musicians. I began playing the saxophone when I was nine and have continued. Read More
Instruments: Drums
For younger students with no sight reading experience, I will typically start of with Ted Reed's book Syncopation. This book starts the student off with a very basic music notation vocabulary. This vocabulary is often quickly absorbed so that the student may proceed to more complicated musical words or phrases. Proficient sight reading skills are hugely important to the Drummer, as well as any other musician who will strive to succeed. Read More
Instruments: Piano Drums Synthesizer Latin Percussion Keyboard Djembe
I want you to learn at your pace and to reach your goals as a musician. We'll set realistic goals so that when we reach them, it's incredibly rewarding to see how far we've come together. Mistakes are necessary for growth. The more the better! Staying motivated is most important to me. When we overcome obstacles together, we can achieve great things. Realizing what we can't yet do as musicians helps propel us into growth. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Drums Bass Guitar
I had started teaching music to my fellow peers in high school as a school project, and since then have been teaching privately to all ages and skill levels, as well as afterschool arts programs and guitar shops around San Diego. I encourage my students to have a good idea of what they want to accomplish, and through our lessons we'll focus in depth on not only reaching these goals, but doing so in a fun and creative way. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Recorder Mallet Percussion
I am a passionate and motivated instructor who specializes in working with young beginning musicians. My experience as a former elementary school general music teacher and band director has provided me with the insight to support students to succeed in those environments. Music has afforded me the opportunity to travel the world as a performer and, it is my goal to support my students so they may also have the same experiences. Read More
Instruments: Drums Latin Percussion Djembe
Roger's expertise is vast, from performing in major jazz and rock festivals to performing for the Pope and several Presidents, Kings and other royalties around the globe. As an educator and percussion facilitator Roger is always motivated to inspire and encourage aspiring drummers to grow and achieve on their own paths. Both private and classroom lessons are available. Performing clinics in stores and other facilities to promote a product, while working with many leading manufacturers in marketing and design is yet another outlet for his deep passion for drums and the drumming community. Read More
Instruments: Drums
What advice do you have about practicing effectively?
Keep it so that there is always something to do and improve on. There is ALWAYS something to do (practice wise) but this might not always be apparent.
My best advice for practicing (that works with me) is to start with floating your ego. Play and mess around with everything you're good at to warm up and get the jitters out of your system so that you can sit down and practice functionally.
After this, work on whatever gives you the most trouble. Whether its something your instructor provided, something you heard and want to learn or even a cool lick. Sit down and painstakingly figure it out. (you will, it just takes proper time and effort)
After that, go over everything you just worked on and anything else with a metronome. Displace beats or cut out whole measures (on the met) in the process to broaden your sense of internal time.
There are many other things one can do to practice effectively, but i find myself utilizing these three methods the most.
Hit the shed!
How do I know if my child is ready to start lessons?
The most important thing is to gauge their maturity. There are two year olds that have the mental capacity to start learning an instrument and get better! But this is not every child. If you feel that your child has a passion for music and they talk about it all the time, then lessons are a must! But to get anything out of these lessons your child must be willing to learn and practice. I would say to start lessons with your child regardless. But if you see that nothing is being gained and that you are essentially wasting money, it is probably best to put it off a couple years.
When will I start to see results?
Music lessons are a perfect example of getting what you give. Instructors can set you or your child up with the keys to success. But we cannot play the instrument for them, we are merely a toolbox for their passion. If a student wants to get better, then it is their responsibility to practice accordingly. If there is a poor instructor, then that is another culprit for not seeing results. But given the right instructor with the drive to get better and practice. The question is not if results will show, it is when.
Why did you choose your primary instrument?
I fell in love with drums at first sight. I could not get past the joy of being around them and the need to hop behind a kit when its present. Determining your primary instrument is like a perfect storm. There are musicians that i know who are technically way better at another instrument, but have the desire to play their primary instrument less than the instrument they actually love. That is why choosing your primary instrument is like a perfect storm. Go after the instrument that you love, not the one that you had to play, because your love with the instrument create the technical prowess that you desire.
24 Years
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Cities with Students
3,123
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