LESSONS NOW AVAILABLE ON SATURDAYS! PLEASE EMAIL FOR MORE DETAILS!
Professional drummer/teacher based in CARDIFF available for private & peripatetic drum tuition, throughout Cardiff and South Wales. I teach the Rockschool syllabus, CRB checked, MU member.
Lessons are now arranged in a Cardiff venue and drumkit is provided. I have also worked with Ankst Management as a mentor/teacher and work with drummers looking to improve their techniques.
Topics covered include:
Beginners:
Stick control
Ergonomics
Rudiments for snare drum
Basic coordination
Timekeeping
Reading
Intermediate:
Rudiments and applications
1/8, 1/16th note variations
Triplets
Different styles (rock/jazz/reggae/etc)
Dynamics
Tuning
Hi Hat & Cymbal techniques
Creating a drum part
Linear, circular, diagonal exercises
Advanced:
Advanced rudiments
1/4,1/8,1/16th note variational patterns in linear, circular & diagonal applications
Odd time playing
Playing in different musical situations: studio/live/etc
Rockschool syllabus Grades 1 - 8
I am also currently working on my own tuition package including a new approach to exercises on the drumset. More information coming soon.
Available for 2009 workshops/masterclasses for young drummers. Looking to arrange summer tutorials/lessons around the UK.
For all my shows, session & band work, please go to the Steve Roberts : Drummer Myspace page - top of the friends list. The track you are hearing is 'TARKUS' which we recorded live with Keith Emerson.
Double paradiddle between left foot & left hand, single paradiddle between right foot & right hand played simultaneously. Something I saw Virgil Donati play - this is slowed down for you to see how it works.(BELOW)
Hi Cardiff Drum Tutor, Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers & Chickenfoot) presents the Bombastic Meatbats, a sexy and loud, sonic funk experience that fuses together styles as diverse as funk, punk and 70's R&B! The CD will be in stores on September 15th and is available for PREORDER NOW, along with Free banner and wallpapers downloads! Please help spread the word and thanks for supporting Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats!!!
Steve is currently busy causing a stir with UK prog-funk-fusioneers GODSTICKS with the release of their new EP and involved with a new incarnation of Nikki Squire’s band ESQUIRE as well as playing for the UK’s foremost Emerson, Lake & Palmer tribute, NODDYS PUNCTURE
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Drum Forums is one of your friends here on MySpace. The Drum Forums website is a place to come to discuss all things drum-related. The website is www. drumforums. co. uk - come on over and register with us! In doing so, you will be supporting us and helping to make the site as big and useful as we think it can be! As more and more people register, the site will be extended with new content.
When you join the Forums, you will be able to discuss drums with others, vote in polls, provide feedback and reviews on equipment as well as giving support to, and receiving support from, fellow drummers. We all want to be the best that we can be - that is the same for Drum Forums. So, come and register!
