Luke E  
Instruments: Drums, Bass Guitar, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Keyboard
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, Country, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Salsa, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Punk, Avant-garde

I began teaching while still in High School and have had a strong desire to share my passion with many students over the years. I have designed my own personal home studio that serves as an excellent place of learning and can teach the industry side of being a musician aswell as the steps to learning to play instruments that I teach. I am first a Drummer/ Percussionist with 9 years of experience and am familiar with many styles, I teach Beginning Bass Guitar as well keyboard with 7 years of experience. I am very open to the student's personal goals and want more than anything to guide a prospecting player to achieve all of their potential!

I first like to get to know my student's goal whether it's just to learn to play, improve their skills, or become a professional. For a beginner I introduce the instrument, and instruct them in the basic techniques to start playing music the first day! I will then give them the instructional tools so they can feel comfortable putting their ideas into practice. I am very open to the student's musical desires, but I have found that instructional books are a great way to improve one's skills. For my drum students I start with the well- renown "Stick Control" by George Lawrence Stone because of it's ease of learning and incredible versatility to a percussionist. For Bass and keyboard instruments I begin by getting the student playing music the first day and then gradually introduce them to the musical notation, scales, chords, and arpeggios that take musicians to the next level. For these students I write excercises on manuscript paper to teach the value in learning to write and read music.