Out of all the avenues for learning to play the drums, why choose me? I can sum it up in three words… Efficiency, Injury and Compassion. Let me explain.

 

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Efficiency; I’ve always been interested in how to get better at playing drums as quickly and efficiently as possible. There’s no substitute for time and practice, but if we know what to practice by breaking things down to the core building blocks, we can improve as efficiently as possible. I’ve studied many methods in my near 20 years of playing and have found the building blocks to everything we can do on the drums. Think there’s probably a lot right? In my curriculum there’s only 30 building blocks. Yep you read that right, only 30 building blocks of anything and everything you can possibly do on the drums. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned player, I’d love to teach you my approach to help you play whatever you want on the drums in the most direct way possible.

 

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Injury; A few years ago I got into a car accident and the injuries I sustained have made it hard to play. I started working with a physiotherapist to help deal with the injuries and learned a lot about the body along the way! I’ve been able to take this knowledge and combine it together with all the drum knowledge I learned to create a unique understanding and approach to drum set techniques. Learning how our bodies work and working with what we’ve got can help us unlock our ability to play the instrument comfortably, with as little effort as possible and with no worry of future injury or aggravating old ones. 

 

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Compassion; When I was younger I was constantly frustrated with my improvement (or lack of) on the drums. I played drums everyday and never felt like I was getting better. I thought “Maybe I’m practicing wrong” and asked one of my first drum teachers about how to practice. His response was “If you don’t know how to practice you should probably just quit”. True story! This made me do two things, immediately stop taking lessons from that teacher and start a deep dive into what “practice” really is. I’ve learned a lot about practice since then. About how to have a healthy balance of practice and play. How make a routine that will fit even the busiest of schedules. How to have patience with ourselves as our body learns new things. My goal is to teach all of this and more to my students so you can learn to love the process and be comfortable with wherever you are right now.

 

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I realize that everyone is an individual, with individual goals and aspirations. My goal is not to teach you how to play like me, but rather to teach you how the instrument works and help you get wherever YOU want to go. You won’t find my kind of approach anywhere else. I’d love to help you improve your drumming skills in the most simple, straight forward and healthiest way possible. Looking forward to working with you!