Top Drum Lessons for Kids in Phoenix, MD

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

If you want to really rock on the drums I can get you started. I have MANY years of playing, performing, and teaching experience. Want to learn to play your favorite songs? And hopefully develope your own style! Let's rock!

Aside from teaching various styles of music on drum set, I also teach more classical type percussion (including mallet percussion)

We will develop solid time, technique, reading, and rudiments. To foster musicality we will focus on critical listening . We will focus on effective practicing to maximize our efforts. We will learn to apply rudiments and stickings around the drums for interesting and dynamic fills. We will play together to focus on listening and ensemble skills. We also have the ability to record our lessons for later review.

Students can expect to learn how to sight read rudiments and beats,and learn songs of their choosing at their own pace in a relaxed atmosphere. Within the first couple of weeks I will find the best approach to teach each individual student based on their personality and or Learning disability.

I am very student focused and driven. I want to help my student realize their full potential with playing drums.
I can introduce my student to a basic understanding of music theory and hard rock/metal drumming is my main focus - however I am versed in other music genres as well, to give my student the most options to work with.
Relaxed, fun, and detail oriented are all words I would use to describe myself.
So, if you are looking for a drum teacher that can cover: rudiments, stick control, basic tempo/time understanding, metronome familiarity, tuning of a kit, drum maintenance, and much more, look no further!

Graduate of The University of Miami, Bachelor & Master's Degree

I am a gigging musician and I am well-versed in all genres.

I am a down to earth and very fun drummer with more than 20 years of drumming experience. I specialize in contemporary worship and pop/rock drumming styles. I also have training in jazz and classical styles.

My teaching style emphasizes the importance of both rudimentary exercises as well as playing music that each student finds interesting and exciting! My goal is to open up my students to the joy that drumming is and encourage a lifelong love of music.

Hello! I have been a drummer for 12 years now of my life. I grew up playing for concert bands in high school and have learned great technique and a good foundation in playing beginning-intermediate stick drum pieces, hand drums, as well as auxiliary percussion instruments (which i love!). I can help teach and practice any sheet music in these areas whether being prepared for a concert band, adjudication, or for personal use. I play a drumset as well for worship, personal use, and music production which I can also give pointers to! (I can also bring my electronic drumset to you for additional fee).