Short 10 Lesson Courses at The Brighton Drum School
Short bespoke courses designed with a life time of learning, three decades of professional playing experience, and 15 years of experience in specialist course design behind them.
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These are for anybody that would like to focus in on one specific subject for a short but focused time in order to get into a specific subject area. They can act as an introduction to a subject area, a re-cap, right through to a deep dive into any subject or area of interest and all in between.
These courses are all designed to be delivered at multiple levels, please see the bottom of the page for more details.​​
• Techniques Course
​Individual areas of technique that can be studied include:
- Moeller System
- Foot technique
- Gladstone technique
- Finger technique
- Posture
- Stick grip (Traditional, French, German, American)
- Flow & motion
• Independence Course
- 4 way independence
- Interdependence
- Systems for development
- Approach
- Application
- Concepts
• Jazz Course
- History of Jazz
- Trad jazz
- Bebop
- Hard bop
- Smooth jazz
- Contemporary jazz
- Latin jazz
- Fusion styles
- Systems for development
• Essential Styles Course
- Blues
- Jazz
- Rock
- Pop
- New Orleans
- Soul
- R&B
- Hip Hop
- Afro-Cuban styles
- Metal
- Funk
- Big Band Swing
- Reggae
- Fusion
- Rock 'n' Roll
- EDM
• Repertoire Development Course
- Pop repertoire
- Rock repertoire
- Jazz standards
- Soul repertoire
- Disco repertoire
- Funk repertoire
- Modern classics
• Afro-Cuban Course
- History of Afro-Cuban styles
- Clave
- Afro-Cuban 6/8
- Palito Patterns & Cascara
- Mambo
- Cha Cha
- Songo
- Mozambique
- Guaguanco
- Meringue
- Conga
• Rudiments Course
- History of snare drum rudiments
- American snare drum rudiments
- Swiss rudimental discipline
- European disciplines
• Rudimental Snare Drum Soloing Course
- History of rudimental snare drum soloing
- Ancient rudimental snare drum solo's
- Traditional snare drum solo's
- Modern Snare Drum solo's
- Applying rudimental solo concepts to the kit
• Drum Soloing course
- History of the drum solo
- Free form soloing
- Ostinato based soloing
- Rock soloing
- Drum breaks
- Licks & chops
- Jazz soloing
- Compositional soloing
- Soloing around a figure
- Theme-based soloing
- Study of the greats
• Latin
- History of Latin styles
- Samba
- Bossa Nova
- Baiao
- Fusion styles
• Brushes course
- History of brush playing
- Shapes
- Sound
- Concepts
- The greats
- Drum head selection
- Musical application
• Developing vocabulary
- History of drum set vocabulary
- Definitions & application
- Sticking's
- Foot work
- Groove work
- Hand / Foot combinations
- Developing Existing vocabulary
- Systems for development of new vocabulary
• Drum tuning
- History of drum set vocabulary
- Head selection
- Different brands
- Batter head
- Reso head
- Snare drum
- Toms
- Bass drum
- Tips & tricks
- Different tunings
• Electronics Course
- History of electronics
- Hybrid set ups
- Sample pads
- Triggering
- Cabling
- Different approaches
- Ableton / DAWs
- Running track
• Drum recording, mixing, & production
- History of drum recording
- Different microphone types
- Mic positioning
- The room
- Ambience
- How sound moves
- Mixing drums
- Producing a good drum sound
- Tips & tricks
​These courses are all designed around and are suitable for 5 different levels:
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1. Beginner
2. Beginner/Intermediate
3. Intermediate
4. Intermediate/Advanced
5. Advanced
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Each course comprises of 11 one-to-one sessions. The first session is a consultation session followed by 10 lessons in the chosen area. All sessions are one hour long.
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Please get in touch using the Contact page for more information.
One week intensive summer courses: booking for 2026, please get in touch for more information
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