Drum Lessons West

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

My style is one that seamlessly adapts to all ages, learning styles, and backgrounds, resulting in a high student retention rate over the years. I provide an exciting and positive environment for students to not only learn fundamentals and techniques, but also to find and express their unique musical voice. As lessons progress at the student's pace, it's important to keep discovering what they love about music and what inspires them to learn (song, artist, style, musician friend). Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Drums, Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

In addition to the recording and performing experience listed above, I've been a full-time private lessons instructor since 2010. I've taught at countless local schools, but found that the freedom of teaching completely independently (or, at most, through a referral program like Musika) can't be beat. The more of my *own* students I have, the more I can focus on each one, and the more time I have to plan out their progress. Read More

Instruments: Drums, Orchestral Percussion

Combine equal parts listening, observing, evaluating, communicating, and demonstrating. Season with patience, encouragement, and a dash of empathy. Let simmer. Serve with enthusiasm and praise! Read More

Instruments: Drums

Im Motivated and Very Inspired to watch my students grow as mature musicians. I studied music at Berklee College Of Music and performed and recorded with some of the best musicians in the world. I toured Europe, Canada, U.S, South America, Australia Asia. There are many of my videos and performances on YouTube. I am an author of 4 Drum set and reading instructional books. One of my books a natural development and drumming technique is with Mel Bays publishing,Im hundreds of drum clinics around the world. Read More

Instruments: Drums

I always start my lessons with the basics. You have to learn the rudiments. We start with a book called stick control and move on to syncopation and more. We learn to hold the sticks the right way so you can play any technique later on. We concentrate on control and sounding clean. We move on to drum beats and fills . Eventually we learn syncopation with hands and feet. We learn dynamics and reading music..... Read More