Guitar, Drums, Piano lessons in Toronto (North York, Thornhill, Richmond Hill)

An introduction to correct stick grip:

• The GUN SYSTEM for discovering correct hand position for holding the drumstick.
• The balance point of your drumsticks, getting the most natural rebound.
• German grip.
• American grip.
• French grip.
• Exercise that combines the three grip types (German, American, and French) in one complete stick grip warm-up.

Starting on The Snare Drum:

• The Down-stroke.
• Basic Drum Notation
• Basic Drum Theory
• Note-Reading Rhythms/Exercises
• The Free-stroke.
• Finger Control Technique.
• Two exercises for developing the Finger Control Technique.
• The Tap-stroke.
• The Up-stroke.

An introduction to the Moeller Method (aka Moeller Technique).

• "Low Moeller"
• "Half Moeller"
• "Full Moeller"

Starting on The Kit:

• Accented Patterns to develop dynamic playing using FREE, DOWN, UP, TAP Strokes.
• 10 drum fills with the motions being applied in both snare and kit.
• Single Paradiddle

Diving into the Rock Drumming System

• Quarter Note Beats
• Eighth Note Beats
• Sixteen Note Snare Beats
• Sixteen Note Bass Beats
• Half Bar Fills
• Eighth Note Fills
• Two Bar Fills
• Sixteenth Note Fills
• Single Stroke Roll Exercises
• Double Stroke Roll Exercises
• Single Paradiddle Exercises

• Eighth Note Triples
• Sixteenth Note Triplets
• Note Value Exercise
• Ghost Note Beats
• Bass Drum Doubles
• Hi-Hat Foot Patterns
• Open/Close Hi-Hat
• Cross Sticking
• Off Beat Hi-Hat
• Tom Beats
• Ride Cymbal Bell Patterns
• One Handed 16th Note Beats
• Two Handed 16th Note Beats
• Half Bar Fills
• One Bar Fills
• Two Bar Fills
• 16th Note Triplet Fills
• 32nd Note Fills
• Sings Stroke Roll Beats
• Double Stroke Roll Beats
• Single Paradiddle Beats
• 5/4 Time Signature Beats
• 6/8 Time Signature Beats
• 7/4 Time Signature Beats
• Common Song Enders

• Broken Up Hi-Hat Patterns
• 16th Note Triplet Beats
• Ride/Hi-Hat Combinations
• Open/Close Hi-Hat
• Complex Tom Beats
• Crossover Exercises
• Cymbal Choking
• Two Bar Beats
• Two Handed Hi-Hat Patterns
• Linear Bar Fills
• Two Bar Fills
• 13th Note Triplets Fills
• 32nd Note Fills
• Hand=Feet Combinations
• 5/4 Time Signature Beats
• 5/4 Time Signature Fills
• 6/8 Time Signature Beats
• 7/4 Time Signature Beats
• 7/4 Time Signature Fills
• Note Value Exercise
• Single Stroke Roll Fills
• Double Stroke Roll Fills
• Single Paradiddle Fills

Diving into the Latin Drumming System

• Cascara
• The Bossa Nova
• Eighth Note Fills
• The Samba
• The Baiao
• Sixteenth Note Fills
• Cha Cha
• Ballroom Rumba (Bolero)
• Developing a Tumbao Pattern
• Mambo
• Merengue
• Mozambique
• Songo
• Sixteenth Note Groupings
• More Sixteenth Note Fills
• The Soca (Soul-Calypso)
• Flam Fills
• Sixteen Note Triplet Fills
• The Tango
• 6/8 Afro Cuban (Nanigo/Bembe)

Diving into the Jazz Drumming System

• 8th Note Triplets
• The Shuffle
• 4/4 Jazz With a "2" Feel
• Snare Drum Comping
• Bass Drum Comping
• Hi Hat Comping
• Snare and Bass Drum Comping
• Jazz Fills
• Triplet Stroke Roll Fills
• Double Paradiddles around the Set
• Setup and Hits
• 3 Note Independence Exercises
• Broken Ride in 4/4
• Trading 4's
• Trading 2's
• Trading 8's
• Brushes in 4/4
• 3/4 Swing (Jazz Waltz)
• 3/4 Swing Comping Exercises
• 3/4 Jazz Walts With a "1" Feel
• Jazz Fills in 3/4
• 3/4 Brushes
• 5/4 Swing
• 5/4 Comping Exercises
• 5/4 Fills
• 5/4 Brushes

Diving into the Advanced Funk

• Fixed Hi-Hat Patterns
• Hi-Hat Quarter Notes
• Hi-Hat Eighth Notes
• Hi-Hat Off Beat
• Hi-Hat Sixteenth Notes
• Hi-Hat Openings

• Fill Patterns
• Funk Patterns

• Steve Gadd
• David Garibaldi
• Harvey Mason
• Peter Erskine
• Gerry Brown
• Paul Leim
• Richard "Moon" Calhoun
• Ed Greene

10 Funk Solos