Timothy T
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Keyboard, Djembe, Acoustic Guitar
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, R&B, Gospel, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Salsa, Reggae, Merengue, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Marching Band, Punk, Avant-garde
Timothy T
Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Drums, Bass Guitar, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Keyboard, Djembe, Acoustic Guitar
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, R&B, Gospel, Latin, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronic, Salsa, Reggae, Merengue, Latin Jazz, Swing, Samba, Bossa Nova, Soul, Marching Band, Punk, Avant-garde
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 14-80
BA, Berklee College of Music, MM Music Performance
New York University, Music Performance in Jazz Studies
AA Mt San Antonio College
High School Diploma Azusa High School
Notes for Notes Audio Enginerring and Production
Studied with John Scofield, Billy Drummond, Ari Hoenig, Martin Wind, Tony Moreno, Alan Ferber, Ron McClure, Neil Smith, Terri Lynne Carrington, Ian Froman, Bob Tamagni, Eguie Castrillo, Ernesto Diaz, Skip Hadden, Bertram Lehman, Casey Scheuerell, Tony "Thunder" Smith, Mark Walker, Kim Plainfield, Ron Mahdi, Lello Molinari, Michael Rodriguez, Brad Shepik.
2008 - Outstanding Soloist at the Reno Jazz Festival
2009 - North American Scholarship from Berklee College of Music
2012 - Berklee City Mentoring Program Award 2012 - Emerging Leader Award on behalf of the Berklee Urban Service for Student Employment Outreach
2012 - Deans List
2013 - Americorp's StudentLeaders in Service through Berklee's Student Employment Outreach Program
2014 - Recorded Drew Krasner's debut album "The Lost art of the Letter" which Downbeat awarded "Planscapes" the "Best Original Composition for a Small Ensemble"
2015 - Personally invited by Scofield to join his NYU ensemble
I've been performing and teaching throughout NYC for the past 10 years. Both performing and teaching useful concepts are a big passion of mine. My goal is to get you to have fun learning what you want learn and along the way we'll learn technique and other important concepts. My home base is drumset but over the years I have really honed multiple instruments in the world of the rhythm section and love teaching the roles of each instrument in this world. Drums, Bass, Keys and guitar are the heartbeat of a band and I can help you learn then ins and outs of main these things feel good within a band on ensemble setting.
As soon as I graduated high school, I began teaching with my old high school as an assistant. Over the course of time I began progressing in my playing which lead to more teaching positions in various styles and genres of music from Drumline to Jazz. Educating and passing along concepts is one of the most important roles as a musician. The goal is to give your students enough tools to surpass you as a mentor. Relationship building is very important in order to know what my students want to gain in their own growth, so listening playing and talking are vital to thins growth. I teach you and you teach me!
Everyone is different. Some students learn faster by using their ears and some by reading. Both of these skills are clearly important but one will always be weaker. This is where knowing your student and what they're trying to achieve is important. Some students want to learn a simple drumbeat, some want to learn a specific song. I have two goals in my lessons. One: What does the student want to learn? Two: Based of what the student wants to learn, I will provide exercises and drills to help facilitate what their interests are. Its all about the student and their goals. I also believe that everyone should learn the language of reading music.
Over the years, I've taken lessons from instructors who had an array of teaching styles. While in high school, I was taught through intimidation and was scared into learning, which is something I was able to handle. This methods can actually turn students away from music which is the main reason dislike approach. Students should be comfortable and relaxed when entering a lesson. This not only creates a positive learning environment for the student but helps create a relationship between instructor and student that only helps the growth of both individuals.
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