Private Half Hour Drum Lessons with Thomas (In Studio)

Years of Experience: 30+ Location Options: In Studio, In Webcam Travel Radius: 0 Genres: Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Christian, Pop Age Groups: Children, Young Adult, Adult Instruments Taught: Drum Lessons Overview: Hello, I’m Thomas, but most people call me T. I started taking private drum lessons when I was 6 years old. Ms. Lucy (shown in my profile picture) was one of the most influential and important people in my development not only as a drummer but in life as well. I met her at 6, and we’re still friends 29 years later. After Lucy I started lessons with professors at UNT (which in those days was NTSU). My glam band Skin Deep was getting major record deal offers, but it was 1992 when grunge took over. So under guidance of our attorney we didn’t sign any offers, and also all of the theory of lessons became a bit of a bore to me so instead of going to UNT to study music I chose to go to UT instead. I graduated from UT in 1997 with a degree in psychology and decided to move to Los Angeles to follow my dream. My band broke up about a month later, but I formed a new one (Milkweed……on Itunes as River Rouge for legal reasons….and River Rouge morphed into a blue grass band after I left) and got an indy record deal and did lots of regional touring for the next 3 years. Then I moved back to Dallas and joined JackAcid, and that’s when I met Taylor with whom we shared several bills with his band FFTN. Next was Crossing Ellum, which was fronted by Matthew JC (Founder of emmy winning Small Guy Music and “Matthew JC and the All Stars”). I currently play in a heavy rock band named Social Jab, and our CD should be available within the year. I started teaching classmates in 7th grade and continued through high school. I believe music is a phenomenal gift to us all in every facet from listening to learning to creating, and it’s an honor to be able to share my knowledge and experiences to help others learn to appreciate the blessing of music. Private Education: 1-Private Lessons w/ Lucy Flohr-Dallas, TX-The Music Staff 1-Private Lessons w/ Randy Drake, Trap set instructor at North Texas State University 1-Private Lessons w/ Henry Okstel, Professor at NTSU (now University of North Texas) 1-Percussion lessons w/ Ed Smith Performing Experience: '90-'92-Live w/ Skin Deep in Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Daytona Beach, local and national TV and radio appearances '92-'94-Live w/ Five Spot every weekend @ Jay's in Deep Ellum '94-'97-Live w/ Mink in Austin weekly at Steamboat '98-'00-Live w/ Milkweed in California (including opening for surviving members of the Doors w/ Ian Ashbury singing at The Whiskey A Go Go), Arizona, Colorado and Nevada; also w/ Clay Henry in LA '01-'04-Live w/ JackAcid in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and New Mexico '04-'06-Live w/ Crossing Ellum in Texas, Louisiana, and NYC '06-present-Live w/ Social Jab regionally Experience Teaching: For the last 30 plus years I've taught off and on because of the time demands of other facets of life. Sometimes there's only 1 student a week, but I've had as many as 23 a week. From the ages of 5 to 67 (my most senior beginner student) and all walks of life and skill levels. -Education- Degree: BA in psychology School: University of Texas at Austin Dates: 1997-05