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drummers underground nyc (drummers underground
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drum lessons - all ages
Total beginners to players
"one nation under a groove"..Parliment
For the Beginner;
Learn your basic groove beats and fills (how to travel around
the kit), play with other musicans sooner than you think, study technique, bounce and grip, basic rudiments, beginning reading
and writing, learn to play songs from bands you like!
For the player;
Study drums from where you are at today building on your skills. New grooves and fills, study "levels"
of play, grip and rebound, the four stick moves includes the up-stroke, drum with less stress or tension, speed
and endurance, match or trad'l grip, how to "mix" on kit, bass drum technique, metronome and click track, cadences,
the short rolls, dynamics, extensive studies in Moeller System, Billy Gladstone method, rudiment studies, hand and
foot development, limb independence, play a press roll, take a solo, syncopation, musicality, archs, placement, reading,
writing, speaking and playing!
About the teacher:
My teaching is structured, informative and best of all...fun
to learn. I love playing, teaching and talking drums. My one-to-one class is everything about drumming, music, and becoming
the true person you were meant to be. If you hear drums and are thinking of playing...or you play currently and want to get
a lot better, let me know. I've spent a lifetime playing and would like to show you what I know. My favorite
area of specialty... rock, punk, funk and groove. I owe a world of gratitude to my mentors Allen Herman and Jackie Browne, students of the great Joe Morello and Jim
Chapin. My teachers also include Armand Santarelli, Joel Rothman, Patty DeVoe and Al Duffy.
I
have guided beginners to players from
the starting gig, to the touring band to the "Gold Record" and my teaching studios have been featured in Modern
Drummer, Time Out Kids, Tom Tom On-line, Drummergirl, Go Mag. I was founder/drum instructor for Female Drummers Workshop in
Brooklyn for twenty years and Director/Drum Instructor for First Flight Music School in Manhattan. Find a category below
that might help describe you and call or shoot me an email about your drumming. You can always come over for "Open
Studio" to check it out.
Here's the breakdown:
Beginners 101 (never played before)
Beginners (some knowledge but just starting)
Advanced Beginners (enough to get started with other musicians)
Intermediate (playing drums in a band but need to know more)
Advanced intermediate (playing with a band regularly and totally competant and need to know more)
Advanced (kicking you-know-what but need to know more)
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| Jay |
Paula demonstrating hand
technique
DRUMMERS UNDERGROUND NYC is located at The Sound City Studios, 2 Berry Street, Crnr of N14th St/Berry/Nassau St. (L or G trains)Take the L train to Bedford Ave. Exit Bedford Ave and get out at N 7th St/Bedford. Walk up the street to N12th
St (5 short blocks) and turn left cross Bedford Ave and walk along N12th St (McCarren Park tennis courts on your
right hand side) until you get to Berry St. Turn right on Berry and cross the Street when you see
the eagle mural on Berry St. Walk to Berry Park, a fabulous venue @ #4 Berry St. Drummers Underground NYC is 2 doors away
on the corner door under the Federal Express sign). N.14th St/Berry St/Nassau.Safe and totally easy access in the heart
of Williamsburg's growing artist district.
Cell * 646-427-5595 paulaspiro@earthlink.net
RATES:
$30/half
hour *
$55/one hour *
$215/one hour lessons-4 pack
*package lessons available
Materials * Initial Cost
Drum sticks-$7-$10 Ear plugs -$1 (yes..students are asked to wear ear protection) Lined Notebook
Future Cost of Materials
(These can be purchased gradually to fit
any budget) Drum pad,-$15-$45 Staff paper - $5-$10 Lesson books $15-$25 Metronome $25 and up++
Cancellation
Policy:
*A
one lesson deposit is requested upon your first lesson when you are attending on a week-to-week basis. Package payment students
are not required to pay a deposit. All students are asked to cancel lessons by 2PM the day before your
lesson. After 2pm, you will be charged and asked to bring a new deposit. Package payment students will
lose one lesson. If you know you need to cancel, please be respectful and cancel on time. Emergency situations will always
be the exception to these guidelines.
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