Drums with Sage D.

I am a 25 year old professional Nashville-based touring and session drummer with a passion for tasteful, dynamic, theory-based drumming. In the past 10+ years, I have performed with and recorded for upwards of 25 different bands and artists, toured the US numerous times, and currently play drums for a well-known Warner Brothers Records pop-artist and producer, with over 8 million album streams. I use the PASS teaching system. P.A.S.S. stands for Placement, Accent, Sticking, and Subdivision. I use this system to develop the tools a student will need to learn, write, perform and record in any playing situation, regardless of musical genre. I also spend time with each student working on click-track training, music theory, hand technique, proper drumming posture, melodic drumming concepts, how to think creativity on the drum kit, and more. I teach my students how to play for the song they're playing and the band they're playing it with--rather than for themselves. My goal is to get drummers on the kit, performing confidently and capably as quickly as possible, without cutting corners or ignoring their individual needs and interests. I am passionate about music and sharing the joy of playing drums with up and coming drummers of all ages. I was homeschooled my entire life, and love including the concepts I learned during my school years in my teaching. This means getting to know each of my students and their individual interests so that I can put together lesson plans that are tailored specifically for each one of them. Tailoring lessons to the individual is extremely important when attempting to keep the student excited and interested in music as the more difficult and "boring" aspects of learning an instrument arise. My goal is to see my students leaving each lesson more excited and passionate about drumming than when they began. Let's get started today!