Drum Lessons in Fort George G Meade. Amazing Teachers.

Snare Drum
-Proper sitting & standing posture
- Care & tuning of snare drum
- Proper grips and hand placement
- Stone & Moeller technique
-Basic rudiments development single stroke, double stroke, open stroke rolls, single, double, triple paradiddles, flams, flam taps, flamadiddle, flam accent, ruff family
- Reading simple rhythms & notes, whole, half, quarters, 8ths, 16ths, 8ths note triplets and 16ths note triplets
- Develop time keeping skills, working with a metronome or click track

Drum Set
- Intermediate drum set book
- Reading various time signatures
- More style studies such as, reggae, latin, gospel, rock, jazz, blues, samba, r&b etc...
- Enhance time keeping skills, working with a metronome or click track
- Use of brushes, mallets and hot rods on drum set
- Double bass drumming concepts
- Development creativity and endless ideas on the drum set for grooves, solos and drum fills

Give me the beat. Basic three piece trap-set to eight piece wih cymbols. Have you the drive to make the Rhythm?
To achieve the motion necessary in the music and set the other instruments on the roll to Rock.
Counting the structure of time in musc. Learn the system .
This all applies to purcussion instrtuments alike. Just different techniques to clockwork timing.

45 years in the Music Business Students learn -
Drum Set/Snare Drum Technique and Music Performance,
Music Recording Techniques,
The Music Business - The Music AND the Business of Music
Endorsed by Hal Blaine - The most recorded Musician in HISTORY
Endorsed by Alex Van Halen and many others

Experienced teacher and performer with over 12 years of experience. I've played well over a thousand gigs and taught many lessons, and I've worked with many of the industry's top professionals, like Tyler Carrol (Jonas Brothers), Kevin Cooper (Ike and Tina Turner), and Dave Elitch (M83, Miley Cyrus, The Mrs Volta).

I work with all skill levels, and my primary goal is to provide you with practical, real-world drumming skills. I want you to feel as free as you can on the kit, and this means developing a solid foundation in technique, timing, dynamics, reading, and much more. If you're a beginner, I'll be working with you on immediately creating great habits. You're gonna be rocking in no time! If you're advanced, I'll work with you on linear phrasing, advanced dynamic and technical concepts, and finding your unique voice as a professional. I look forward to working with you!

As a Beginners course, this is suitable for complete beginners who have never played drums before. Its also helpful for self-taught drummers who want to go through all the basics and fill in any gaps in their playing and improve their technique.

Course Objectives:
Develop a full range of beats, rhythms, fills and breaks
Execute Single strokes, double strokes and paradiddles
Establish Good posture, grip, sticking and hi hat technique
Learn to play with a click and develop a better sense of timing
Understand & execute Techniques for playing songs in a contemporary style
Percussion skills
How to choose and tune a drum kit

They will learn within the first 6 months how to:
Play Their first ever rhythm and break
How to play single and double strokes and paradiddles
How to understand drum notation
Correct posture, grip and sticking technique
Warm up exercises
A great range of 8th and 16th note rhythms
Learn the drum part to a slow song of their choice.
A great range ...

I've been playing the drums my whole life. If I had to pick just one instrument to play, it would be the drum-set. I have a real passion for jazz drumming, simply because to me, it offers the most creative freedom for a drummer. I do enjoy and teach many other styles of music as well, including rock, country, blues. I've played professionally in all these types of groups as well. I can teach you to do the same, if that's your goal.