Hunter C  
Instruments: Drums, Bass Guitar
Styles: Jazz, Pop, Rock, Blues, R&B, Funk, Hip Hop, Reggae, Soul

All throughout highschool I taught the beginner drummers how to play the snare drum and drum set. Since coming to college, I've privately been teaching bass and drums to friends and colleagues. Sticking with a student for a long period of time and seeing their improvement is so exiting. Consistent practice is certainly essential to making progress on any instrument, but I aways encourage my students to consume a lot of music! The best way to improve musical knowledge as a whole is to have a wide pallet of influences and personal heroes. If you can aspire to be like the your favorite players, wanting to practice will come much easier.

Every student is different, and I think it's important to tailor my teaching to everyone's specific goals and abilities. I always make sure that everyone has a very solid foundation with the most essential techniques and rudiments. Then I start to get into concepts like groove, feel, and the basics of music theory. Slowly we build and build with more advanced ideas and concepts. It's really important to me that my students don't play like cookie cutters, I want them to really become musicians. Musicians are artists and the more comfortable you get with your instrument, the more effectively you can express yourself.