Students should have a full drum set at home to practice on. For the lessons, I am equipped with three top level Yamaha Custom drum kits, Zildjian cymbals, an Alesis drum machine, an iMac w/ iTunes, a practice pad, an iPod, drum phones, a P.A., and a metronome. Students are encouraged to record the lesson. I also have all the essential drum instruction books. I will give handouts, but will ask that students buy these drum books:
- 1. Progressive Steps to Syncopation For Modern Drummer, by Ted Reed
- 2. The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary, by John Ramsay
- 3. Master Studies, by Joe Morello
- 4. Future Sounds, by David Garibaldi
- 5. Stick Control, by George Lawrence Stone
- 6. Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer, DVD Jojo Mayer