Drum Lessons Southwest

Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Synthesizer, Ukulele, Recorder, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My teaching experience began in my early days of learning music. I was able to learn and find a method of madness to fit whichever person was asking me to show them how to play what I play. Although I was young, I was eager to see the results of excitement from a friend or cousin learning the art of music in the simplest ways. Fast forward years later, and teaching fell into my lap at Big Spring Intermediate 5th grade level. Read More

Instruments: Drums

For beginning students typically start with Drum Set For Kids by Hal Leonard. In this book after playing lessons each one has a song to play along to with a recording. This makes learning this book fun for studemts. I also like to focus on hand technique and all of the basics for playing Drums. I do include teaching drum rudiments for they are very important to have. For a Drummer they are our dictionary that help puts phrases together. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar

I customize the lesson to the student through the basics of music and exercises. An instrument is your personality and I work close on my students progress throughout the time before they know it they are ready for their first band setting. I like to push my students to the next level and to their potential not all students are cut out for this business it takes a lot more than a pat on the back my students have to realize if their goal is be a music teacher or a hobby weekend musician than yeah you might want to go with the more structured teacher but if your in this to be an artist than I'm that guy. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Drums, Mallet Percussion, Latin Percussion, Electric Guitar, Djembe, Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

For beginners, I will start lessons by assisting them to become familiar with their instrument and to learn all the names of the various parts of the instrument. All lessons will be catered to what it is that the student is excited to explore, be it music theory, instrumental techniques, improvisation, composition, arrangement, ear training, transcription, reading, playing in a group setting, or just learning a favorite song. In terms of lessons material, I will guide students when and where necessary and do have traditional modalities of approaching lessons that I will employ if I feel the student is lacking direction (i.e. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trombone, Drums, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Double Bass, Euphonium, Music, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

"Kanikapila" is the Hawaiian word for collective jam sessions or music making. In contemporary Native Hawaiian culture, music making is a shared and collaborative space where people come together to create and learn from one another, regardless of how much prior experience you have. My relatives raised me with these understanding, and this is the type of environment that I like emulate and integrate with my lessons and students. Music is a very personal and cultural practice for me, and I believe music can be accessed and shared by all people, no matter what their own background is. Read More