On 19 December, the Department for Health and Social Care updated its guidance on what is permitted under the four tiers of coronavirus restrictions. This specifies that under all four tiers it is permitted to leave your home for education related to the formal curriculum, and to carry out your work...
From 2nd December the Department for Health and Social Care has published guidance for drum teachers on what will be permitted under all three tiers of coronavirus restrictions. Music tutors teaching in their homes, students’ homes and studios are permitted where this supports formal education (e.g....
On Friday 6 November, the Department for Education advised us that while private music teaching should remain online throughout the new restrictions, music lessons can take place in students’ homes if no other option is viable. We have not yet had confirmation that music lessons can take place...
Following the updates to the government COVID-19 guidelines on the 1st November, which will come into action on the 4th November, My Drum Lessons advocates that all lessons are delivered online, to conform with guidelines and keep our students and tutors as safe as possible. Our main priority is to...
For the purposes of NHS Test & Trace, you should display an official NHS QR code poster so that your students and visitors can optionally ‘check in’. You should understand that you must keep a record of all staff working on your premises and shift times on a given day and their contact details. ...
From Thursday 24th September we require all of our drum teachers venues to have an NHS QR Poster displayed at their entrance. This is simply so that customers can have the option of checking in to your venue. You do not have to force customers to use it or collect any additional information from them....
Currently government guidelines won’t allow you to enter anyone else’s home to give drum lessons unless you are unable to provide any in-home services in an alternative way. We will inform you as soon as the situation changes but our advice in the meantime is to continue teaching online if...
Coronavirus is going to affect all musicians and music teachers in lots of ways. We need to be sensible and follow basic rules whilst teaching. The following guide should help to keep you and your students as safe as possible. Please read them and action where appropriate.
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At My Drum Lessons we believe recording the drums is regarded as one of the hardest things to master for a studio engineer. There’s a lot of things to set up, exact techniques to get used to and also a lot of tuning to do! The drum kit is the most time-consuming instrument to record, so it is...
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