DRUM AND PERCUSSION SESSIONS 
LESSONS, CLINICS, MASTER CLASSES, RECORDING AND STUDIO,
SHOWS AND TOURING
At age 15, Davey started playing the drums with rock music in mind. To him at the time, the faster and louder the better. His first drumkit was an old beat up marching snare and six trash cans. He grew up in Sugar land, Texas. Once he started getting serious about playing drums he moved to New Orleans Louisiana to study at Loyola University. He learned how to improvise in all styles of music at Loyola. He then spent the next three years studying the physics of funk, the art of the laying it down and digesting soulful rhythms from some of the funkiest drummers on the planet. After graduating he moved to Los Angeles to earn a Master's in Fine Art from The California Institute of the Arts in African Music Studies. His free time was spent working in the music industry (Interscope Records and American Recordings) and touring North America and Europe. In 2007, he moved to Canada to complete a PhD in ethnomusicology and teach at York University. 
FOR TOURS AND SHOWS: Davey has flight case for overseas, soft road cases for smaller vans or bus. He has a current Canadian passport, U.S. greencard and International drivers and motorcycles license.
 
FOR STUDIO AND RECORDING SESSIONS: Davey is great with click tracks, pre-recorded takes without drums and charts reading. He can also record and edit from his own studio. Please see www.canadianrecordings.ca for list of gear and location.
 

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Drum Lesson Goals

THE FOLLOWING ARE POINTS ADDRESSED IN DAVEY'S LESSONS, CLINICS AND MASTER CLASSES:
  • How to read rhythm and keep solid time
  • Learn the appropriate sitting posture and the right way to hold drumsticks
  • Cover the basic drum rudiments
  • Introduce drumming to different styles of music
  • Work on developing control and strength
  • Build three, four and five way coordination
  • Understand many types of drumset beats and rhythms
  • Study the historical perspective of the style of music you like
  • Learn good practice techniques through repetition
  • Read syncopation, triplets and compound meters
  • How to play in a performance setting
  • Rolls, fills and soloing concepts
  • Creativity and how to express yourself making art

HERE ARE SOME CONCEPTS STUDENTS LEAVE WITH AFTER THEIR PERCUSSION LESSONS:
  • Learn how to build your own instrument
  • A solid foundation in percussion techniques
  • Perform in percussion ensembles
  • Understand how to perform with a drumkit player
  • Discover world rhythms
  • How to play a rhythm on anything
  • Keep solid time
  • Explore different cultures of music
  • Learn the oral tradition of non-western performance and practice
  • Achieving space and how not to over play
  • Learn to create and free yourself in rhythm