FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
1/2 hour is $30. One your is $50. An additional$10 for in-home lessons.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
My initial goal is to find out what the student wants to get out of the lesson. I ask questions to find out if they have any musical background, what level are they at and if playing drumset, what styles would they like to learn. For snare drum I want to know what they are doing in school so I can create lessons around that. Same goes for pitched mallet instruments.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I'm always looking for material for my students,striving to better myself as a teacher and performer. I was a member of the Sky Ryders Drum & Bugle Corps and the World famous Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps where I was assigned as the lead Snare drummer. Studied Music Education at Texas A&M I also studied with the following instructors -Georgie Padilla (World renown latin percussionist) -Chris Adams (Co-Author of New Breed I and II) -Chuck Silverman (Author of Practical applications using Afro-Caribbean Rhythms), -Ed Soph (Instructor at UNT) -Richard Wilson (Hand Technique: some of his former students are Vinnie Calaiuta and David Garibaldi ) -Ralph Hardimon( Santa Clara Vanguard and DCI hall of Fame) -Thomas Lang (World renown drum clinician).