The place for drum and percussion lessons in San Jose!

I had an awesome experience last night with our 1980′s concert at Santa Teresa High School. We did a percussion ensemble arrangement of Separate Ways by Journey. And the musical theater kids did an outstanding job with Footloose and a great duet from the musical, Chess. All the groups were totally rad! We were all in costume and it was just a lot of fun. The guitar ensemble’s version of Beat It was really great. Plus we raised over $800 for the program. A totally successful……

It is interesting that most “arrangements” I found of this online actually had the rhythms completely wrong. We are going to work on this at Saint Francis. Should be great for football games. Let me know what you think. It works really well because there are built in repeats. With repeats – 1 minute. Without repeats – 30 seconds. Perfect for in the stands when sometimes you need shorter or longer cadences.   Party Rock Anthem – tenors Party Rock Anthem – snare Party Rock Anthem……

I am really excited about working with Saint Francis. The kids are great and it is a really fun experience. This is a video of the drumline playing their new percussion feature that I wrote for them. Let me know what you think. I am really proud of it and them.

Cadence for st francis – remember the name   Remember the name drumline  

New version of the percussion feature cadence I wrote for St Francis. Check it out. Let me know what you think.New Cadence 2

I am excited to start teaching musical theatre again today. This time for Santa Teresa high school. They are doing Seussical The Musical in March. Lots of basic breathing and singing technique for the first few weeks. I wish I could do more shows in San Jose, but what I’ve been offered is ridiculous. Who offers a professional musician $15 a show? So wish me luck with all of my la-la-la’s today. Also, if anyone wants to go in March, let me know. Or if anyone……

Another new one for Saint Francis. No name yet. Check it out. Let me know what you think! New Cadence TenorLine   New Cadence SnareLine   New Cadence Cymbal Line   New Cadence BassLine New Cadence 120   New Cadence 110   New Cadence 100

Another cadence for Saint Francis based off of “Let’s Dance” Melody in the tenors. Let me know what you think. Let’s Dance 100   Let’s Dance 110   Let’s Dance 120   Let’s Dance 130 Let’s Dance Snare   Let’s Dance Tenor   Let’s Dance Bass   Let’s Dance Cymbals

A new Cadence for Saint Francis. Check it out. Let me know what you think. Use it if you want. Let me know what you think. Shots Snares   Shots Tenors   Shots Bass Drums   Shots Cymbals Shots 100    Shots 110   Shots 120   Shots 130

8-16 Cymbals   8-16 Tenors    8-16 Bass Drums   8-16 Snares 8-16 100   8-16 120   8-16 140   8-16 160 So I have started working with Saint Francis High School again this year. I have done some basic warm ups for them and some cadences. I’m going to post some of them here. Feel free to use them if you like. The files with the name and instrument are the PDF’s of the parts. The files with the name and number are recordings of the warm up at that……