Audition Prep with Christian C.

Hi.....I have 20 years of teaching experience and 25 years of performance experience in a myriad of styles. I graduated (Magna Cum Laude) from the Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) in May 2020 with a Bachelors in Music Production. I am a member of the education team on the Vic Firth and Sabian Education networks. I have studied privately with John Xepoleas, Steve Bowman (Counting Crows), Rob Hart, Alan Hall and online with Mike Johnston and Bill Bachman. I am accepting a limited amount of students from the age of 10 to adult, beginner to advance. I am currently teaching online due to the pandemic. I have a multi-camera set up to help students see what I'm doing. For in-person lessons, the air-conditioned studio is equipped with 2 drum sets and professional digital recording equipment to capture each lesson. The latest educational DVD's and play-along/minus-drums CD's are also incorporated in the lessons. Parents are encouraged to sit in on the lessons or they can relax or do some work in the internet ready living room. An annual recital is conducted for family and friends. Get ahead in your school band with personalized lessons, refine hand and foot technique, learn double bass grooves and fills, improve reading and transcribing , sharpen your timing, incorporate linear playing and learn how to apply rudiments to the drum set. Styles: Rock / Funk / Country / Blues / Jazz / Latin *** Lesson Details *** Sometimes the availability calendar is not updated in a timely manner. Every student is different and each learns at a difference pace largely dependent on what they have going on at home. Depending on their age and/or goals, this is the typical curriculum for a beginning (no experience) student. Beginners (build the foundation) Technique - Hands: how to hold the sticks correctly - Feet: heel up or heel down technique Reading - Explain note values - Explain drum set notation Coordination and Timing - Learn basic beats to play music - Understand how to practice with a metronome - How to play along to music All weekly lessons are graded on a scale from 1 to 5 to visually represent how they did with the homework (weekly practice goals). *** Studio Equipment *** Home room converted with sound absorbing materials with 2 drum sets, acoustic and electronic. Air conditioned living room seating for parents. Audio recordings are provided for every lesson and portions of each lesson are also video recorded.