Can parents watch the lesson or wait there? Yes, parents can totally stick around to see how the lesson is going or they're welcome to leave and come back. How much should my child practice? All day every day! Just kidding, but practicing for the lesson length (30, 45 or 60 mins) every day for 5-6 days per week is fine. What if my child doesn't remember what happened in the lesson?  That's totally understandable. Once the teacher isn't there, the notes on the page can tu

I quite literally directly pass on decades worth of the most effective practice and performance strategies that are available out there! I've also come up with many of my own concepts which codify what you're playing and break things down into easily understandable pieces.

Offering online drum lessons! I've taught online for several years and am very experienced with the tailoring the way that I teach to be as realistic and similar to in-person lessons as possible.

Beginning Snare Drum And Drum Set Method Vol 1 is an introductory book for the aspiring student who is looking to get into the world of percussion for the first time.

Here's some free sheet music for drums that I've made over the past year and am now making publicly available! If there's something that you would like transcribed, please email me at ericchingdrums@gmail.com Drum Sheet Music: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-0zl9w5qjNWbz6SRHtbtkenf-a1XSzTK?usp=sharing Song List (2/19/26): All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey) Back In Black (ACDC) Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston) Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden) Can You Feel My He

Steps To Learn Any Song 1. Listen to the song and observe the sound, tempo, phrasing, dynamics, and character 2. Find the correct notes an

3 Free Courses: Every Step To Learn A Jazz Standard On Drums, The Beginner's Guide To Jazz Drumming, And Introduction To The Drum Rudiments

Here's a fun new piano arrangement for Choosin Texas! The melody line is exactly like the recording while the left hand accompaniment goes between covering the bass line and chords. You can find this chart and more here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11xVG5mxT4YZlO84hliVB1v6n0tBexATk?usp=drive_link

A parent recently asked me to motivate his kids to practice more so I gave him this handful of suggestions 1. Bring them to a concert!

The Most Relaxing Way To Practice 1. Repeat one bar plus the first note of the next bar. Don't even worry about rhythm and take as much as

Whether you're having the worst day or a great day, there's a song for every emotion out there and you can turn to music to make it better.

One of the perks of studying with me is that I can transcribe and then arrange any song to the student's level! That means writing down the

Avenue C is dedicated to the time that I spent living on the corner of 9th St and Avenue C in New York City. If you've lived in NYC or spent time there, you know that just about anything can happen on a given day! One morning, I just woke up to the sounds of latin percussion like congas and cowbells coming through my window and I was truly wondering whether they were real or a recording. When I got down my walkup and stepped outside, I saw that a full blown latin street fair

Music teachers are so personal and important for the student's development that you can't just go by whoever is closest to your house, a friend's recommendation, or even Google reviews. That teacher may spend several months to several years with the student and can shape how they practice, play with proper technique, produce a good sound, make musical decisions, and even view life! When I was studying in my younger years, I always chose teachers who had a very specific set o

Here's a take of There Will Never Be Another You from my book, Jazz Drum Solos Vol 1. The book contains 16 beautifully crafted solos that are written in various styles within the jazz idiom. You can purchase the book and watch demonstration videos at the links below.

Patterns, rudiments, and scales are meant to develop facility on the instrument. They generally don't have a melodic quality and are supposed to be played as evenly as possible. Licks are short melodic phrases that are either transcribed or invented and are guaranteed to sound good. Fills are similar to licks and are short phrases used by drummers to transition from one section to the next.

Here's one way to interpret the melody to Au Privave for snare drum. I just copied the rhythms onto the snare drum line and then added sticking and accents that matched the shape of the melody. Then, I wrote a snare drum solo over some of those themes. Enjoy!