Cassidy has been teaching and playing drums for many years including a serious study at the New York Drummers Collective, Hollywood's MI (Musicians Institute), Jeff Berlin's Players School of Music as well as private instruction through the years. He is well versed in afro-cuban, jazz, rock, funk and much, much more.
He has a studio in North Hollywood with a drum set on which to teach. He also is available to teach group or private lessons at your home, school or other location.
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"Many people want to learn to play the piano, bass or the guitar as their first instrument. The problem sometimes is that this may be too hard for the person. You see, with the piano and guitar you not only have the rhythmic aspect to deal with but also scales, notes, chords and a complex theory too. By getting a basic grounding in a field where rhythm is the only aspect to deal with (drums or percussion), they can then go on and learn any other instrument without having to deal with the sometimes frustrating as
pect of rhythm. In fact, many well-known musicians started out playing drums!
"What I do is pinpoint the areas which cause you trouble and work on those with correct drilling. I also target key areas of musical ability and I help you to gain skill in those particular areas. As you know music is a temporal (Having to do with time), art and having a sense of rhythm is key to being a good musician and especially a good drummer. Nobody ‘just doesn't have rhythm.’ It needs to be developed just like any skill. Some have an easier time than others. Some have a hard time mainly due to bad musical education, wrong data about rhythm or music, wrong ways of practicing, etc... That's where I step in!"
-Cassidy Turbin
