On one side of the spectrum, drumming is a creative art, and on the other, a practical craft. I'll take you through the importance of both in the following ways:

*Listening to you continuously to stay tuned to what you want to achieve
*Helping you identify and play material progressing from your level, beginner to advanced
*Early foundations or relearning good technique, ergonomics and comfort
*Knowledge of the relevant anatomy of movement and how to avoid injury and maintain healthy playing throughout your life
*A written guide to what we did for every lesson
*Showing you how to listen better, your role in the music, and it's separate elements
*Regularly hearing new material, but also better understanding music you know and love
*Giving you tools to teach yourself, and play by ear as I did
*Tried and tested practice methods: quality over quantity, breaking parts into smaller parts and levels of learning
*Celebrating small and great successes, helping you appreciate your progress towards your learning goals
*A set of aspects to improve practice time through self-awareness
*Choosing assessment pieces with you, to work towards for performance workshop with university quality feedback criteria
*Advice on your set up, maintaining instruments and how to save money doing it

As a composer, I regularly practice the value in creating new parts that serve the music. We also learn how to play just for the song.

Part of staying healthy is maintaining a love for what we do and not burning out. When we learn a new skill we have to have a high level of focus, which research shows is limited to 90 minutes. We will also talk about realistic expectations and how to improve them.

I love working with diverse people and watching your skills unfold. I look forward to meeting you.