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: