Private Lessons

BANG’s private lessons take place both in person or online/virtually. At the moment, many of our lessons are happening online given the current situation we’re facing. Privates are completely tailored to each student’s needs and goals. People who want to learn how to play drums have been coming from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and New Jersey to study with us…

All goals are valid in our eyes. You don’t have to want to be a pro. If you have never touched the drums before and just want to get a feel for whether you like learning to play drums, we’re totally fine with that.

Because we want to give you the guidance to reach the specific goals that you have, the first lesson with any student begins with a brief discussion. Your instructor will ask you a bunch of questions about your experience on drums or other musical instruments (it’s OK if you have NO experience); your musical tastes and interests, and your goals with learning to read and play drum music (want to be a pro drummer? just kicking it around? increase your general facility as a weekend warrior musician? you’re a pro but have this nagging bad habit you need to fix?)

This talk will help your BANG drum teacher guide you efficiently. If you want to be a rock drummer, we’ll go directly towards that goal–we won’t insist you spend your time working on jazz independence just because we like jazz. We believe in focus. Since most of us have limited time, focus allows more progress towards specific goals in a shorter time.

Students learning how to play drums in our Manhattan studios are asking about and working on some of the following (among other things):

• practice methodology and practice priorities (we believe in eliminating weaknesses until there are none)
• hand technique
• foot technique
• reading musical notation
• independence (the ability to maintain a steady rhythmic pattern with one or more limbs while simutaneously executing varying patterns with another limb or limbs)
• learning songs to increase facility in specific styles
• developing a vocabulary of fills appropriate to the style of music you play
• learning from the masters : how to “steal” great ideas from the great drummers who preceed you (all great musicians are “thieves” in this way)
• integration of the bass drum into rhythmic patterns: ie developing facility with hand foot combinations for fills or solos
• soloing concepts and vocabulary
• transcribing
• the mental game of drumming
• preparation for auditons
• playing with a metronome/click track
• using rudiments on the drum set
• left (hi-hat foot) independence
• double bass drum technique
• brush technique
• linear drumming

and more….

Let’s Get Started

So, Manhattan, you’re ready to go for it, right? You’ve been wanting to learn how to play drums, so let’s get started. Just click on the appropriate “Buy Now” button below to buy any number of 45 minute private lessons you wish. We start discounting our pricing with the purchase of a 5 Pak and give you an even bigger discount when you buy an 11 Pak…Not ready to do that? Call us at 646-678-8970 or email us at info@bangthedrumschool.com to talk or schedule a visit to the school!

5 Pak.

Price Per Lesson: $63; Total: $315

Buying a 5 Pak will save you $35.
That’s a full 10% discount!
Let’s play drums!

11 Pak.

Price Per Lesson: $56; Total: $616

An 11 Pak saves you $154 off the regular price. Each lesson is just $56…a savings of 20%!