Meraux, LA Drum Lessons

World Renowned Pro Drummer/Percussionist Will S. is now offering Drum & Percussion lessons/instruction for all ages and levels. Mr S. has performed and toured with many well known and respected Musicians in many Genres of music, including: World, Jazz, Fusion, Dub Step, Reggae, Rock, Classical , Latin , African, Middle Eastern, SE Asian , Austral-asian and much more...Mr S. offers in- house lessons at our beautiful retail shop in Johns Creek or He will travel to your home. Mr S. originally is from Brooklyn, NYC
He has been involved in teaching, workshops and school programs for the past 15 years. He has been Background Checked cleared for your own safety concerns.

This course is all centered around the art and practice of playing the ever so fun and ubiquitous, drum set.
In it, you will learn and practice coordination exercises taught from some of the best in the world along with explore the ever-so-rewarding skill and gift of how to listen to and practice your groove. There will be discussions geared towards helping to hape the way you play and listen to the ensemble. Accompanying lessons, you will receive progressively more advanced play-alongs. These are songs catered to bring out your current playing skills and show you the path to the next level. They are meant to be forever relevant to your drumming and are not meant to be easy but are guaranteed to be fun.
Students will also learn how to incorporate electronics into ones drum kit, as more and more contemporary acts are doing. They also will learn how to experiment with drum set-ups and playing styles.

Along with learning to play like the champ you are, you will also be taught ...

Drums was my first instrument and is still a big part of my life. I can teach beginning drums to anyone who is looking to learn.

First and most importantly, students will learn the foundations of playing the drums. Proper sticking techniques. How to read and write music. understanding rhythms. how to hear a beat. playing with accompaniment.

There are many ways to cultivate your musical skill whether it's visual, kinesthetic, or auditory. Let's find out which way works best for you!

Most schools do not offer the flexibility in learning styles necessary for you to find your ideal way of processing new information, whether it be visual, auditorial, kinesthetic, memetic, right brain/left brain, etc.

That's why I'm here! I pride myself on working with each individual student on the subtle ways that they learn and form healthy habits. If you have any questions about my teaching styles or methods please ask!

A little more about me:

I have over 10 years of guitar experience, studying under Jazz heavyweights Corey Christiansen, Oteil Burbridge, and Dan Miller. I pride myself in putting my students needs and wants above all else. I wish to impart a love for music onto my students that can only be cultivated by the bond a teacher and their student share, let us learn and grow together!

You will learn:
- Rudiments and ways to apply them on the drumset
- Developing and using dynamics to achieve control and create new sonic textures on the drumset
- Limb independence, which will allow you to speak freely on the drumset
- How to read and write musical ideas
- Drumset fills/ concepts of fills and phrasing and how to get the most out of any fills that you learn throughout your drumming career
- Various styles including rock, funk, jazz and latin

We will work on playing various styles such as: r&b, alternative rock, pop, Latin, Christian, Gospel, sight-reading music, learn drum rudiments, and playing along with songs from the radio.

Private Drum Lessons in the Comfort of your own home!
Interested in drum lessons for you or your child from a working musician in the Warwick, E.G., and South County area? Well, look no further!

While I love to perform, I believe that my passion is teaching. Over the past year I’ve been teaching and mentoring younger students as well as my friends and colleagues, and I wish to expand my clientele. I give private drum lessons to people of all ages, with a concentration in rudimental snare drum. Over the winter I was invited to march in the 2017 Rose Bowl Parade, Bands of America Honor Band in Pasadena, California as a snare drummer in the drum line. Marching snare drum requires an extreme amount of meticulous concentration to technique, and I believe that this focus on technique is the key to being a good percussionist, which is what I focus on in the beginning of the private lessons. I also teach basic music theory in rhythms, so that the student can read drum music at a basic to ...

I teach afro Caribbean drumming , theniques, rhythms, drum development, hand position, importance of the drums