Drum Lessons West

Instruments: Drums, Latin Percussion

I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1962 and I have been passionate about music, especially drumming since I was a toddler. My mother used to take me along to her aerobics classes and at that time a drummer would play a drum to keep a beat for the class instead of having recorded music playing through the speakers. I was absolutely fascinated by his drum beats and I was always trying to play along with the drummer during the class. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass Guitar, Conga, Latin Percussion

I like my students to work on their performance personas, as well as technique and repertoire. I want my students to be engaged and excited about the music they are working on and to practice performing it like the rock star they are! Read More

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

My teaching style is really based on the individual student. The most important aspect of developing mastery of anything is enjoying what you're doing and different people enjoy different styles of teaching. I tailor my tactics to the student while providing pragmatic and innovative direction for development. I prefer to use the song as the template for development. As discussed before, drilling scales, chords, and cadences can become tedious and boring for students. Read More

Instruments: Guitar, Voice, Saxophone, Flute, Drums, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Harp, Harmonica, Ukulele, Mandolin, Double Bass, Keyboard, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

Stimulating the students, skills and personality, by encouraging to perform different styles of music of their own choice. Let the student to acquire self confidence in making decisions of pieces of music and songs also. Introducing the student to multimedia fields, and have a first approach to virtual studio recording, rehearsal session. Selecting different styles of music, tonalities and tempo to let know the students how to "feel" the music from several instances, to learn and have a solid point of view for starters. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Drums, Synthesizer, Latin Percussion, Keyboard, Djembe

I want you to learn at your pace and to reach your goals as a musician. We'll set realistic goals so that when we reach them, it's incredibly rewarding to see how far we've come together. Mistakes are necessary for growth. The more the better! Staying motivated is most important to me. When we overcome obstacles together, we can achieve great things. Realizing what we can't yet do as musicians helps propel us into growth. Read More