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Free Play Alongs

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Online Lessons

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Lesson Plans


Children & Adults Welcome!
Online lessons via Skype too!

Beginner

Build a solid foundation by learning the basics of hand technique. Learn to read music and play basic drum beats and fills, and develop your ability to keep solid time.

Intermediate

Learn the drum rudiments, how to play a variety of musical styles, including rock, blues, soul, funk, etc. We'll record you playing along with music minus drum tracks and you'll learn and understand what works in live band performance.

Advanced

Advanced drummers will learn to read and play challenging musical styles, Jazz, Fusion, Latin, odd time playing, etc. You'll apply various rudiment exercises to the drum set and find your own voice and expression on the drums. You'll record a professional quality demo CD that demonstrates your drumming skills and receive guidance on how to grow your professional drumming career.

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Events on May 24, 2013
  • Tracy Rose Band
    Starts: 8:00 pm
    Ends: May 24, 2013 - 11:00 pm
    Location: Graffiti Restaurant 101 2nd. St. Petaluma
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Events on May 31, 2013
  • Tracy Rose Band
    Starts: 8:00 pm
    Ends: May 31, 2013 - 11:00 pm
    Location: Graffiti Restaurant 101 2nd. St. Petaluma
 

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“A TASTY, WELL EXECUTED, GROOVE ORIENTED DRUMMER!”
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Tracy has recorded for PBS, NBC, Discovery Channel, Corporate Videos, and numerous music projects.

"Tracy is an Amazing Drum Teacher!
I've been playing drums for thirty years and my only regret is that I didn't find Tracy sooner. He is inspiring as a teacher, patient and an excellent drummer himself. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Tracy to drummers of all ages and levels."
Denis Murphy, San Rafael, Ca.

"Tracy has a positive energy that moves into your whole experience of working with him. He's a wealth of knowledge, and understands lots of drumming styles"
Chuck Scarpelli, San Rafael

"Tracy's drumming is like a Swiss Watch-accurate!
I recently toured Germany with the Milagro Band. Thanks to Tracy, my latin grooves are more solid and efficient."
Roland Tolosa, Novato.

“I've been playing for 20 years. I just started working with Tracy, but immediately I'm seeing benefits. After my first lesson, the next day I sat down to practice and immediately could do this bass drum foot thing I've been trying to do for so long.... very slowly of course, but I could see at least how I was going to get it to happen. Awesome! Tracy is professional, kind, a good listener, and a great drummer with the ability to assess what he needs to teach in order for me to reach the goals I set out. I don't mind the drive up from SF at all...
he's going to help me immensely.
Clem M. Drummer for Zepparella

"I started as a beginner, and have been taking lessons with Tracy for three years. I can now play solid time, read drum charts, and much more .. I'm now in a band, and playing gigs!"
Randy Benefield, Petaluma

“Tracy has a passion for drumming and a positive attitude
that is infectious. The foundation of his teaching to me was proper stick control technique; which translated into more speed, power, and dynamic control with much less effort. His lessons are not all technique and chops though. He also gives excellent advice regarding the mental aspect of drumming; for example how to face the difficult challenge of getting out of a "slump" or in other words overcoming personal frustration on the drums. For me that was half the battle.
Chris Brown, Novato

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Signature Drum Fills

Friday, April 12, 2013 @ 09:04 AM
posted by: admin

Ever heard of a Signature Drum Fill? It’s a drum fill that is so well executed and thought out that a song is not the same song without it.
We hear them all the time.. Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, and many other groups have songs that incorporate a drum fill that if you played them with your cover band in a club, and did not play that drum fill like it is on the recording, the song just isn’t the song anymore. Get it?
So..learn the Signature Drum fills of your favorite drummers and practice developing your own to create YOUR Signature Drum Fill.
Who knows, someday drummers maybe working hard to learn how to play one of your well developed musical Signature Drum fill.

Is your time solid? And how can you really hear it?
By practicing over a musical comp and the band drops out while you take a two bar drum fill we can become very aware of our time and phrasing.
Work on making your fill melodic and in perfect time, and practice the same fill at least two times so you begin to understand what’s working and what’s not.
Give these a try..
Swing 2 bar fill 80 pbm

Swing 2 bar fill w_ click 80bpm

I will be adding some more practice exercises like these to my website, so you can visit and simply click on an audio file and practice along!
Good Luck, and happy drumming.
Tracy Rose School Of Drums

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Skype Drum Lessons

Friday, March 29, 2013 @ 09:03 AM
posted by: admin

Tracy is now offering Skype Drum lessons. You can learn to play the drums in the privacy of your own home. For those of you living in areas where finding a professional drum teacher is more difficult you can now Skype with a working professional drummer. Along with learning a drum technique that will allow you speed and power without muscle tension, you’ll receive charts and mp3′s minus drums for you to work on. Paypal and all credit cards excepted. Making it easy for you to advance your drumming skills.
Email Tracy to set up your Skype Drum Lesson today.. tracy@tracyrosedrums.com
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