Here are the general guidelines from the Hit Like A Girl drummer competition. Read the complete contest rules and policies for more details. Sorry Boys, Ladies Only. Only women, girls and gender expansive individuals are eligible to enter. (The contest is named “Hit Like A Girl,”...
Please follow the guidance for music teaching during the lockdown. Our advice for our drum teachers relates to the Government guidance on working safely in the performing arts during Covid-19, guidance for full opening: schools, working safely in out of school settings during Covid-19, new national...
The Government has confirmed that drum teachers are no longer able to teach face to face in their own homes under the new restrictions in England. We advise that our tutors do not teach in their students’ homes either. Visiting/peripatetic music teachers are still allowed to teach in schools,...
In light of the change in the Government’s Covid guidelines, we have had confirmation that most Public Liability Insurance cover will be valid in England again for face to face drum teaching from the 4 July if our members follow the the advice on our Health and Safety for guitar teachers post –
Online lessons are not so easy on the drums. The main issue being the audio. Mobile phone mics aren’t great for this and if you plug in a mic to your phone you will lose the sound of the student. We suggest if possible use a computer attached to a mixing desk for your output with an electric...
My Drum Lessons have been contacted to supply drum teachers to the British School Of Rock in Twickenham, London. The position is for a drum tutor starting on the 23rd of September. The age group is between 6-8 and the pay is £23 per hour. Currently the post is for Sundays for 2 hours but you should...
Calling all of our drum teachers. We have just received a call from a London based casting researcher thats currently looking for female child drummers aged 7 – 10 years (from all over the UK) for an exciting online commercial for a well known shopping brand. Successful candidates will be paid...
So you want to become a regular session drummer but you don’t know where to start? Here is the definitive list of what makes a good session drummer excel, meaning more work and more money for your drumming skills. And hopefully you can use this for your drum teaching too.
1. Hone Your...
Are you employed by a local music services or hub as a music teacher? Watch this video to see how to improved your teaching and how to potentially increase your wages. Andy Gleadhill – top drum teacher, explains how this works and what you need to do. Watch the following video for more information...
We where delighted to speak to World renowned drum teacher Andy Gleadhill who has written our new drum teacher training course. This is what he said about how the course will help you to improve as a drum tutor and what you need to do to pass the course and become an accredited drum teacher. To find...
Top drum tutor Matt Dean shows you how to use the My Drum Lessons lesson templates to easily teach drum students. This video show’s Matt discussing how he goes about structuring a lesson and then using the lesson sheets to provide to the student for extra curriculum support. More drum teacher...
Emily has played with several top bands including Bono of U2, Bryan Ferry, Tricky, Cher Lloyd, Janet Devlin Tom Bailey from the Thompson Twins, as well as touring and recording with The Darkness on their album ‘Last Of Our Kind’.
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Top drum teacher business ‘My Drum Lessons‘, part of the ‘Become A Music Teacher’ group have released a brand new logo for their European teachers and students to use. Head of MDL said ‘The initial idea came...
My Drum Lessons are delighted to hear that The National Drum Federation committee would like to express and acknowledge the good work that the drum/percussion teachers do throughout the year with a special offer. If you buy 4 tickets online you will get one FREE. This is only an online offer but is...
Successful drum teachers know that 95% of drum tutors compete for 5% of the potential drum students out there while the other 95% of potential students are left to just 5% of the teachers. Confused? Stay with me. The first reason is their approach to marketing. How do most drum teachers find...
