Private DrumsetIinstruction - All Levels - All Styles - 30 years of teaching experience

Van 58 € /h

Playing the drums is both fun and very rewarding, but it also carries a significant amount of responsibility. The drummer is the backbone of any musical community, creating a vital foundation for the other instruments to thrive upon. With a wealth of exercises and content available online at your fingertips to study, I can offer you valuable, personalized advice on three key aspects: technique, time, and touch. I like to call them the 3Ts.

Technique: Playing the drums is physically demanding, requiring an awareness of proper posture to safely build the muscles needed to maintain a seamless flow of movement for hours on end.

Time: Keeping a steady pulse is the primary focus of being a drummer. We need to build up our confidence to consistently maintain the desired time, even under adverse conditions.

Touch: While presenting steady time, we need to open our awareness to make our beat feel good. It’s an attitude. It’s about being musical. This means using dynamics and personalizing our four limbs to create our own unique groove. This is where it gets deep.

I love teaching beginners. They usually can jump ahead quickly in a short time. There is no mystery. The way forward means dedicating a little (or a lot) of time daily to the drums. Even just 10 minutes a day can lead to significant improvements. That’s the secret.

I recommend using an intensive approach with the classes.

Beginners take 5 weeks of 60-minute classes to learn the basics and then continue working on your own, returning for follow-up “check-ups” as needed.
For intermediate-level students, I recommend a 90-minute class where I present a comprehensive overview, all tailored to your immediate needs. You then come back for more when the information has been digested.
For advanced-level students, the same. There is so much to cover that we can focus on very specific topics. Styles, the rudiments etc... I have a lot of experience with traditional jazz and the rudimental history behind the craft.

In the end, it's about creating time to connect with the drums every day. This connection is a wonderfully rewarding and grounding addition to our lives. I look forward to meeting and working with you.

Locatie

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Bij de leraar :

Team Trommeln - In 80 Takten um die Welt, Buchberger Straße, 10365 Berlin, Lichtenberg, Germany

Over

Music is a powerful and beautiful force in the world. I enjoy sharing it in many ways, both as a performer and a teacher. I started playing the drums at the age of 11 in the US public school system. I was lucky to have the chance to take music seriously at 17 when I attended a boarding school of the arts. That led me to study in New York City, where I had the opportunity to see and learn from some of the top master drummers of that time, and I began my career as a performer. I later lived in Barcelona for many years, performing and teaching privately, and now I am happily based here in Berlin.

The importance of passing on the beauty that Live Music creates has never been so vital. It’s communal to its core, something the world needs now.

Let’s all put down our phones and pick up instruments.

Opleiding

Interlochen Arts Academy
Cincinnati Conservatory
Manhattan School of Music
Private study with: Vernel Fournier, John Riley, Jimmy Lovelace, John Von Olen, and Jeff Williams.

Leservaring

Over 30 years of Freelance performance and teaching experience.
2015 - Present - Drum instructor/ Program director of the Co-Curricular Music Program at BBIS, Klein Machnow, Germany

Leeftijd

Tieners (13-17 jaar oud)

Volwassenen (18-64 jaar oud)

Senioren (65+ jaar oud)

Niveau van de leerling

Beginner

Gemiddeld

Gevorderden

Duur

30 minuten

45 minuten

60 minuten