Drum Lessons Jacksonville County, FL

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Voice, Violin, Cello, Viola, Flute, Drums, Bass Guitar, Organ, Synthesizer, Harmonica, Fiddle, Latin Percussion

German, Italian, Spanish, American and Suzuki Methods. Currently I am creating a new method for musical composition. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Guitar, Trumpet, Trombone, Drums, Synthesizer, Euphonium, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Latin Percussion

I began taking private lessons shortly after I joined the band program in middle school. I continued to take lessons all throughout high school and college. Shortly after graduating high school I was offered the position of drum instructor. During college I taught for several years as the drum instructor at Winter Haven High School. I also taught private lessons to a wide range of students during this time. Shortly after college I became the band director at McKeel Academy of Technology in Lakeland. Read More

Instruments: Drums

My teaching style will be The Bob Ross approach. If the student doesn't feel relaxed, or isn't having fun, then I would have failed as an instructor. I will always remind my students that talent is just passion met with dedication. I will break down the method to the simplest step, then we will repeat that step until that becomes second nature. This will apply to each of the steps, until we go back and add all of the elements together. Read More

Instruments: Piano, Drums, Synthesizer, Mallet Percussion, Conga, Latin Percussion, Music, Keyboard, Djembe

I will pay special attention to the skill and learning speed of the student. When it comes to reading material and books, I have plenty and will be using some of them depending on the level of the students.. For the drums: The Drummer's Cookbook by John Pickering, 200 Paradiddle Exercises For Drums, Advance Techniques for the Modern Drummer by Jim Chapin, Hal Leonard Drumset Method Complete Edition. For piano, Classic Thems by the Masters by James Bastien, Selected Piano Masterpieces to name a few. Read More

Instruments: Drums, Mallet Percussion, Orchestral Percussion, Music, Djembe

My teaching style is very high energy, fun, and rewarding. Watching students grow in confidence as they progress is my favorite part of being a teacher. In the arts, we are always being criticized. For example, how can one person love a song/band and another one feel they are horrible? We all have a preference to what we like and I feel we should only judge ourselves by where we have been and where we are at currently. Read More