Drum Lessons Mountain

Instruments: Piano, Voice, Drums, Mallet Percussion, Conga, Music

At 19 I started playing the circuit in Rock bands. I played in wedding bands. I played regional gigs. I started teaching private lessons. I work full time musician at 28 and landed national touring gig for 2 years. Then I landed an International touring gig for 6 years! I played for 100,000 once, 45,000, once, 25-30,000 many times, 18-25,000 hundreds of times. I playing on live telecast concerts. I've headlined Vegas many times. You get the picture. Read More

Instruments: Drums

I start every lesson with the first lesson from my book called DRUM STUFF. It's what I call Basic Beat # 1 and it is the foundation on ANY song in 4/4 timing. As the student progesses, we work on other lessons with the goal of playing songs from various publishing companies, music they may have from band or songs I have personally written out or that they may have heard on the radio. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Drums, Synthesizer, Accordion, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion

I started teaching when I was 18, still in high school. I have been taking lessons for 15 years at that point, and felt the need to share my experiences and knowledge with everyone around me. I found a lesson studio that had students for me to teach and since then I have been teaching private lessons, group classes, drum circles and at the professional college level for 12 years. While teaching, I try toincorporate my professional experiences and relate those to concepts that the student is working on. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Drums

I began playing piano and attending lessons at age 6 and began playing drums at age 11. I have consistently played in my middle and high school bands and have attended numerous Honor Bands and camps related to concert percussion. After I graduated high school, I began attending LSU to earn an Bachelor's Degree in Music Education, and performed with LSU Wind Ensemble and Tiger Marching Band. After moving to Colorado, I began marching with independent ensembles like the Louisiana Stars and Blue Knights. Read More

Instruments: Drums

With the understanding that drumset and percussion have many different facets, a certain amount of customized teaching method is warranted. If it is a snare drum part that a student is struggling with in band class or a songthey want to play on drumset, technique will always play an important part. The basics of technique can be taught concurrently with most students expectations and aspirations of what they want to learn. Read More