Before our performance at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA with the Sean Vincent Callero band. Preparation takes a little time, but it's worth every minute! Here's a few pictures of bass, guitar and drum set-up just before our soundcheck.
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I’m often asked what age range do I specialize in for private drum lessons. Although age isn’t a factor, the typically age range of my students are between 12 and 16---the formidable years. The balance of my students are late teens to late twenties in their quest to go from good-to-great.
Lessons are one hour at my home studio in Thousand Oaks, CA. Although each student is different in their needs, I have found that one hour is ideal. What I find to be the best one-hour drum lesson structure for students consist of Rudiments (the foundation of drumming where we’ll break down every part of the stroke so the motion becomes fluid and effortless), Technical Exercises (call it a workout using books such as Stick Control, Master Studies and a series by Gary Chaffee, we are able to increase control, speed and endurance) and Live Playing on the Drum Set (learning grooves, fills and general set technique needed in Rock, Jazz, Funk, Fusion, Latin and other styles). Feel free to email me at the link below if you have any additional questions or would like to set up an initial drum lesson. Stephan Longo BandMix.com, the well known musician classifieds network, celebrates its 10th anniversary with the launch of a newly designed, fully responsive website. Since its founding in 2004, BandMix has given countless musicians a better way to connect with each other, collaborate and form bands.
The idea behind BandMix.com is pretty simple – like all good ideas. It’s classified ads for musicians – but on steroids. Need a new drummer? Put up an ad and all the drummers in your area will see it. Maybe you are a drummer and you want to find a band. BandMix will help you make that happen. The key advantage to this site is that you can check out previous work (videos and audio files) of a band who's interested in you as a musician, or a musician your band would like to audition. When a musician joins BandMix, he or she has the ability to create a personalized profile complete with music samples, photos, video and other information to help showcase his or her talents. BandMix users can then search through the more than half a million other user profiles using specific search parameters. This allows BandMix users to save time and energy without having to weed through users who don't meet their needs. Open an account at BandMix and you’ll see what I mean. Stephan Longo I've seen my fair share of instructional video about tuning toms and snares, but this approach is unique and simple...makes sense too. Stephan Longo One of the best video examples of master class drumming. Check out Steve Smith below and you'll see technique, feel and swing combined....at the highest level of playing. Stephan Longo Our cover band Model Citizen played Saturday evening at Joxer Daly's in Culver City. Always a lively place, great food and good crowd. Went through three sets covering Bruno Mars, Elton John, Maroon 5, Journey and much more. Stephan Longo Had the opportunity to play with the Sean Vincent Callero Band Friday night at the Canyon Club in Agoura, CA, opening for the Marshall Tucker Band. We played a few cover songs by Jason Aldean and Brantley Gilbert along with two original tunes and had a great time with a wonderful crowd and turn out. Stephan Longo |
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