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Garey Williams has over twenty five years of teaching experience and is recognized as a world class drummer and uniquely gifted educator. Garey teaches beginners to professionals. Each lesson is tailored to the students needs and areas of special interest. Lessons with Garey address the technical and musical aspects of drumming. Whether it be learning how to read music, learning some Rudiments, Fills, Grooves, Double Bass Drumming, Soloing, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Fusion, Studio Drumming...you name it...you can learn it! Drum lessons art taught out of Garey's state-of-the-art Drumset Artistry teaching studio. It is complete with Drum Workshop and Pacific drumsets with DW hardware, Sabian cymbals and Remo drumheads, a snare drum/practice pad station with a large mirror for developing hand and foot techniques, a TV/DVD/VCR player and all the lessons are video taped with a digital video camera. All in a spacious room with a vaulted ceiling, sky tube light and a return air system making this studio very comfortable and attractive. This facility provides students with the best possible environment for learning. If you would like more information regarding lessons in this state-of-the-art facility please contact Garey at garey@gareywilliams.com or call 360-633-6036.   Source Materials Click on the above link to get a list of the method books that Garey has studied and uses for Private Lessons. More... How to Practice Reviews Tools for the Trail

Drumset Artistry Curriculum Includes Any of the Following The Study of Technique:    Grips (Matched and Traditional), Stroke Development (Arms, Wrists, Fingers; Front Hand, Middle Hand and Back Hand Fulcrums), Rudiments, Finger Control Strokes, Moeller strokes, Open-Closed Strokes, Dynamic Control, Rudimental & Orchestral Techniques. Bass Drum & Hi Hat Pedal Techniques (Heels Up and/or Heels Down, Single & Double Strokes). Drumset Coordination Development, Chart Reading/Interpretation, Stylistic Understanding and Playing Flexibility in:    All Styles of: Rock, Funk, R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz, Big Band, Latin, Fusion, Modern Jazz, Drum & Bass and World Beat Rhythms. Plus the study of: Open Handed Drumming, Working with a Metronome/Drum Machine, Ghost Strokes, Two & Three Surface Riding, Developing a Time Source with the Hi-Hat Foot (1&3, 2&4, quarter, 8th, “off” beats and Clave), Applying Rudiments to the Drumset, Double Bass Drumming (Single and Double Strokes), Linear Drumming, Odd Time Signatures, Beat Displacement, Metric Modulation, Hand/Foot Fill & Solo Patterns, Improvisation Forms (“Comping”, Fills, Trading 4’s, 8’s, Soloing over the Form, Soloing over a Vamp, Soloing over a Vamp with Kicks, Cadenza and Ostinato Soloing) and Transcription Techniques. Drumset Musicianship:    Setting Goals, Developing a Practice Schedule (Six Areas of Study: Listening, Technique/Rudiments, Counting/Singing, Coordination Development, Playing with Recordings and Playing Live), Tuning, the Selection of: Sticks, Mallets, Drums, Cymbals, Drum Heads and Electronic Equipment (Headphones, CD Player, Amp, Drum Machine, Audio/Video Recording Gear and Accessories).

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