As with any hobby, craft, profession, or sport, the right tools are needed to produce better results. Below is a list of basic tools you should have to be successful:

• A functional drum set, bass drum pedal, and a drum throne

• A basic set of cymbals - one pair of hi-hat cymbals, one crash cymbal, and one ride cymbal. Contact me if you don't know what this means!

• A practice pad

• A metronome or metronome app... There are many to choose from!

• Drumsticks... I recommend size 5A 

• A 3-ring binder to organize and keep all of your lesson materials

• Access to the Internet

• A cell phone - I use a free app called Slack to communicate, share, and send recordings to students

• An email address

• A desire to learn and have fun at the same time