Private Half Hour Drum Lessons with Mike (In Home)

Years of Experience: 2 Location Options: In Home Travel Radius: 10 Genres: Rock, Blues, Country Age Groups: Children, Young Adult, Adult Instruments Taught: Drum Lessons Overview: I'm 24 and I have a crazy passion for drums and music. I've been playing for 15 years and there's not a moment I don't have a smile on my face when I'm thinking about drums. My background is pretty diverse, in that I've played piano my whole life, as well as different brass instruments when I was in Middle and High School. I love listening to country music, as well as rock, pop, blues, funk, and RB. I'm laid back and friendly. Private Education: I've taken private lessons as long as I've been playing drums. In El Paso, Byron Mutnick taught me about the importance of fundamentals, and Ricky Malachi helped me learn to play different styles of drums. The 5 years I lived in Tucson were greatly enhanced by the teaching of Eric Truelove, who, both at his home studio and at his school of drumming, worked with me to build up my endurance, power, and confidence; and the teaching of Mike Burris, who helped me develop my musical theory and technique. Performing Experience: In Tucson, I played all over 4th Ave. in an alt-country trio, the Wayward Saints, and also got a chance to record an EP with them. I played in a rock cover band, Defcon 5, which, among other things, gave me the opportunity to play for hundreds of members of The National Guard and their families. Since moving to Austin (recently), I've had a brief stint playing drums for country artist, Leland Williams, in large dance halls around the Austin region. Experience Teaching: On a small level, I've been teaching for about 2 years, sometimes at students' houses, sometimes at mine. I've had around 10 students total.