Drum Lessons Southwest

Instruments: Drums, Bass Guitar, Banjo, Euphonium, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Music, Djembe

I bean teaching after studying drums for four years with Kay Carlson. After years of teaching professionally I developed my own curriculum, based on Kay's lessons what I learned of the Mueller technique from Richard Wilson. My students have gone on to win performance awards, first chair positions other recording phenomenon. Reading drum music is of course my method of communicating with my students. This allows me to hand write individual exercises closer to the student's needs. Read More

Instruments: Drums, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion

Credits: US Air Force, US Army Bands . . . Frequent performances with the San Antonio, Alabama (Birmingham) and Richmond (Virginia) Symphonies, plus many other orchestras . . . Veteran of top international summer music festivals and DCI Finalist corps . . . Extensive touring, freelance and recording experience . . . Longtime coach and tutor. EXPERIENCE . . . VERSATILITY . . . FLEXIBILITY . . . Please compare what I offer against all the other instructors. PERCUSSIONsmART! -- Your best choice in teachers. Read More

Instruments: Drums, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion

I've been playing music for many years but playing the drums is something I cannot preach enough about. I have the privilege to play music in a band all over the country and it is has been a dream of mine since I was very young. Because of this, I want to share to other students that you can achieve anything you want in life if you put in a lot of hard work and never give up. Read More

Instruments: Drums

As far as music, I have them play out of the Essential Elements book for trumpet which has basic melodies in it which will allow them to focus on fingerings, articulations, and tone quality. In the lessons I make sure to model the proper trumpet sound so the student has a good reference to go off of. For my beginning drum set students I like to focus on their form and overall technique. Read More

Instruments: Drums, Latin Percussion, Djembe

Typically, lesson plans are build around students goals. Some students may not have an interest in learning from a "traditional" approach from a book. Although this is highly recommended, I create different lesson plans for each individual student. I typically use and coach students from "Stick Control: for the snare drummer", "Syncopation for the modern drummer" and "The Blue Book" for drums. From time to time, I have also taught with "fakebook" charts for jazz drummers as well as play along tracks of various artists. Read More