Here is Bailey showing off a tidy groove!

Please feel free to contact me if you would like more information on drumming lessons: thommillsdrums@aol.co.uk

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• Sight Reading / Aural Perception – From basic notation and values to advanced chart reading, transcription, studying genres of music, drum grooves, click tracks, pieces and performance and Grades 1-8 also taught, if required.

• Technical Development - To achieve a perfect technique, study of Moeller system, Drop and snap technique, sticking, posture, breathing and all aspects of drumming technique.

• Drum Grooves & Fills - Study of specific grooves relating to individual genres, these include; Rock, Pop, Funk, Metal, Country, Afro-Cuban, Drum & Bass plus many more. Also study the relative drum fills used within these genres to help to form an understanding of how to write the perfect drum part.

• Session Drummers & Live Performance - Studying a vast selection of drummers and genres. Learning key performance techniques and songs to be performed live and along to tracks.

• Additional Subjects:

• Drum Tuning - How to make you sound great behind a kit, as you can learn all the greatest techniques, but if your drum kit doesn’t sound good this will have less impact. Also cover drum-kit care how to look after your gear and the internal workings of your drums.
• Music Industry - Learn the basics of how the industry works and how to get the best out of your career as a musician and own musical project.

My lessons are taught from my own written syllabus with aspects of other workbooks and exercises, techniques to achieve the ultimate drumming experience and information. I am also currently writing my own drum workbook.

I have my own drum studio based in Brighton where I teach from, provide mobile drum lessons where I travel to the student and teach on their own kit and also offer interactive drum lesson through Skype.

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Rates – £30 per hour / £15 per half hour.

Bibliography;

• Progressive Steps To Syncopation For The Modern Drummer – Ted Reed
• Stick Control For The Snare Drummer – George Lawrence Stone
• Master Studies – Joe Morello
• Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer, Vol 1 – Jim Chapin
• Conversations In Clave – Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez.
• The Drumset Musician – Rod Morgenstein & Rick Mattingly
• Advanced Funk Studies – Rick Latham
• Play Rock Drums – Joel Rothman
• Jungle/Drum ‘n’ Bass For The Acoustic Drum Set – Johnny Rabb
• Afro-Cuban Grooves For Bass And Drums, Funkifying The Clave – Lincoln Goines & Robby Ameen
• Trinity Guildhall, Drum Kit 4, Pieces & Studies, Grades 7 & 8.

Thom Mills – Music Industry CV