Brad L  
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Drums, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Acoustic Guitar
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Gospel, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Marching Band, Punk

I have taught privately for 13 years now including my own studio, Guitar Center, Gallatin Music, and London Studios. I have publicly taught drumline at Riverton High School. I can teach many different instruments at a beginner level, but drumset is my main instrument that I can teach from beginner to advanced. I approach music as another language involving elements of reading, writing, listening, and also speaking. The fifth element that language does not have is the playing aspect. The better a musician can vocalize their part, the better they can actually perform it on their instrument of choice.

I am very goal oriented in teaching. I use a similar methodology as learning a language. I prefer the Hal Leonard books for beginning students. Some of the major aspects I like to focus on are three areas being 1) Rudiments, Scales, and Chords, 2) Educational books, 3) favorite song repertoire. For students younger than 15, I recommend only 30 minutes unless students are more experienced and very engaged in their instrument. Students older than 16 can take more advantage of a 45 minute or even an hour lesson. For adults, hour long lessons are preferred, but usually are spaced out to two weeks apart to allow busy students to fit enough practice and progress in to their schedule.