About
Drew has been teaching around the metro since 2019 and specializes in keeping music fun, flexible, and focused! His students have gotten into top orchestras through GTCYS, successfully auditioned for college music programs, started bands, and have had music featured on 89.3 The Current as well as KFAI! Whether you’d like to hone in your practicing skills and become the best musician you’d like to be, or if you’d prefer to learn a couple basic chords, he’ll make sure it’s an encouraging experience!
Lessons
All ages on Guitar, Bass, Cello, Piano, Ukulele, Songwriting/Theory, and Recording/Mixing are welcome! Are you looking to fully pursuit music? Casually play some of your favorite songs? Become a better songwriter? I got you covered!
60 minutes (weekly or every other week)
30 minutes (weekly)
Located centrally near 280 and University
Guitar/Bass/Ukulele
In guitar, bass, ukulele lessons, I start by getting some of the basics down (technique, starter chords, beginner songs). From there, we can go in any direction you’d like! Rock/Pop, Classical, Jazz, Folk, etc! We’ll learn all of the techniques specific to your preferred style of music so you can easily start playing some of your favorites! All along the way, we’ll work on scales and theory to make sure you’re a well rounded musician!
Cello/Piano
In cello and piano lessons, I like to work through some very helpful books! Cello students will start with some classic Suzuki books and move into more solo repertoire once they feel confident in their skills! Piano students, similarly, will start with the faber book series and move into more solo repertoire depending on their music preference! All along the way, we’ll work on scales and theory to make sure you’re a well rounded musician!
Songwriting/Theory
Maybe you already feel comfortable on your instrument of choice and want to learn the secrets to getting those amazing songs out of your head and out into the real world! Typically, these lessons happen on guitar or piano, but can easily be done on any instrument! We’ll take a look at songs that inspire you and talk about what makes them memorable and how you can shape your music to make just as much of an impact!
Recording/Mixing/Producing
One of the benefits of taking lessons with me is that I operate out of a recording studio! This means you’ll have access to everything from industry standard plug-ins to the outboard gear that inspired them! We’ll talk through some basic concepts for setting up recordings or getting tracks ready to mix and take it all the way through clever and technical tricks to achieving the sounds you hear in your favorite records! And if you’re leaning more towards the producing route, we’ll take a look at individual stems that build up to iconic sounds and how they all work together!