Ben’s teaching method
creativity is your own language—when you become fluent, you take yourself to the next level
“One-size-fits-all” drum lessons are no fun—I believe every drummer has their own unique needs and curiosities and I’m eager to work with you to create a custom lesson plan that is both exciting and immediately relevant to your specific goals and aspirations.
I offer a variety of lesson types and topics to help you build the unique tool set that gets you the meaningful progress you’re looking for (See Below!).
In particular, I specialize in helping drummers find their own unique sound through the power of creative drum composition. I also love troubleshooting problem areas with my students and cultivating groove and intention on the kit.
No idea is too weird (good)! Let me help you play it with greater precision, feel, and confidence :)
Some of my favorite things to teach are:
Composition - YOU have the potential to create beautiful, artistic, melodic, musical, exciting, pulse-pounding drum set compositions that make other musicians and casual listeners stank face like they’ve never stanked before! I’ll help you navigate uncharted waters and discover a sound that is wholly your own.
Groove - You’ve got the ideas … now let’s make them sound great! I’ve learned the hard way that the most creative and special beats fall flat if they aren’t played with the right intention and a conscious feel. I’ll teach you to develop the headroom to do this.
Technique - I’ll help you loosen up and relax to play your fastest, cleanest, and most controlled. My goal is never to “make you” play a certain technique, but rather to help you approach your parts in a way that is efficient, physically safe, and just plain sounds good.
Learning & Memorizing Complex Parts (if you want to!) - I will show you how I break nuance and detailed-packed parts into bite-size pieces and move them from working memory into long-term memory.
Writing Non-Drum Music As a Composing Drummer - Seriously?? … Oh yeaaaaa!! Have you always had music you’ve heard in your head, but no way to communicate it to other musicians or build it into a demo? I’ll show you my process that I’ve developed as a writing drummer in Earthside (FYI the songs "Crater" on ADIS and "The Lesser Evil" on LTTS were written by me!).
Troubleshooting Problem Areas - Just flat-out stuck with something, and need a fresh perspective on it? I’ve hit almost every problem you can imagine in my honing of Earthside material, and that’s forced me to develop a laser-focused approach to identifying specific problems and outlining actionable steps to "steer into the challenge” and work through my issues. Your progress barriers don’t stand a chance!
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Pricing: $40 USD for one-off 45-minute lessons, and a lower per-unit bulk rate of $150 USD for 4 lessons. We will communicate beforehand so I have a good understanding of exactly what you need and a useful lesson ready to roll as soon as the camera turns on.
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