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HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL DRUMMING TUITION FOR DRUMMERS OF ALL ABILITIES FROM EXPERIENCED DRUM TEACHER.
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“Highly recommended. My son Jamie is only 6 years old and he just passed his first drum exam. Thanks to Matt for keeping him motivated and helping him achieve this certificate so quickly. The examiners were very impressed with his technique for such a young player.” Nicole Smith
“Thank you Matt for helping Mark through his grade 6. He was so nervous but thanks to your hard work and encouragement he got the distinction that you said he could. It has boosted his confidence and enthusiasm no end.” Emma Williams
MATT ALSO DELIVERS MANY FREE VIDEO LESSONS. TRY OUT YOUR FIRST ROCK BEAT WITH THE VIDEO HERE.
Matt has been teaching drums since 1997. In this time he has developed a unique and highly effective syllabus which helps to get the best from each individual student. He can help the student through the entire grade examination process; develop particular skills for professional situations such as the recording studio or a sight reading gig; or just simply help people attain a greater technical and intellectual level of drumming and music in general, allowing them to meet their own personal goals. In all cases, the underlying intention as a drum tutor is to create a musician who can get out there and play with other musicians rather than just a technical wizard who is confined to their practice room with an inability to connect with other people. The most relevant approach is always tailored to each individual student’s needs.
To this end he organises concerts where his students are able to gain that all important live experience, playing to an audience and enjoying the buzz of performance in a low pressure situation. CONTACT Matt to find out more about the lessons and these live performance opportunities.
“I found Matt online and he has given my son David the confidence boost he needs and found him a new creative outlet that keeps him off the X-box (sometimes). He’s just achieved his first grade exam. That is priceless to me, Rachel.”
He works as a drum teacher privately at his well equipped home studio in Farnham, Surrey, close to Aldershot, Yateley, Ash Vale, Woking, Haselmere, Farnborough, Odiham, Camberley, Basingstoke, Frimley, Ash, Hook, Hartley Wintney, Woking, Guildford, Church Crookham and Reading. In this comfortable, spacious area the students have access to acoustic and electronic drums, Latin percussion, world percussion and recording capabilities which enables the student to create their own tracks as if playing a session in a recording studio!
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He has also worked in many schools on a one-to-one basis as well as groups, given workshops to colleges, taught whole school assemblies and given talks, group summer workshops, worked with mentally handicapped children and with students who have behavioural or emotional difficulties.
He currently teaches drumming lessons at Greenfield School in Woking, Surrey, and Grafham Grange in Grafham, Surrey.
Matt has been tutored in various Master classes and courses by some of the Industry’s finest drummers. These include Mike Sturgis (Asia, Ah-ha, Wishbone Ash), Pete Riley (Republica), Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Yes, Earthworks) Bosco De Oliveira (Europe’s leading Brazilian percussion teacher), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Mark Richardson (Skunk Anansie, Feeder), Steve Washington (Take That, Texas, Wet Wet Wet), JR Robinson (Michael Jackson, Randy Crawford), Andy Gangadeen (The Spice Girls, The Bays) and more.
His academic achievements include:
1st Class BA (Hons) MUSIC
Diploma (Distinction) MUSIC
As part of his work to help less fortunate children he has raised £750 for the Children with Leukaemia charity through the London Marathon, over £2,800 for child cancer charity CLICsargent and £600 for Chase Children’s Hospice through a parachute jump.
He is a member of the Musician’s Union, has undergone teacher training and has an enhanced CRB check.
“Matt has made the return to drumming very comfortable and easy for me. As an older geezer, it’s always hard to go back to a hobby after a long gap to face the humiliation of being worse than you were, unable to take on new concepts and seeing ten year olds that are far better. Matt helped me change that mindset and now I drum for my own fun. That way the progress happens much more painlessly. Highly recommended!“ Steven Gayle
“I can’t rate Matt highly enough. He has helped me achieve things I didn’t think were possible within myself. I have progressed massively under Matt’s guidance and still feel I have so much more to learn from him. I was a bit nervous at first about getting tuition but Matt instantly made me feel at ease and I´ve never looked back.” Lee Wellington
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