Format

• Online lessons (30 mins):                          Includes personal student cloud folder, audio/video materials, schedule flexibility
  
• Studio lessons (30 mins):                          Located at my residential studio in the Wollongong region.
• Lessons at your home (30 mins):             For residents in the Wollongong region, includes travel expense

**Please see make-up lesson policy for info regarding missed lessons (at bottom of page)

Features

Fun
My goal is to make music fun and enjoyable for everybody. You will learn new skills while engaging in the joy of music and the myriad benefits it brings to life. I challenge myself to find that musical, creative spark that lies dormant in each and every human.

Documentation
I keep a physical log of our lesson progress, and collate all that information in a digital notebook that is accessible on request. I find it useful to see a map of one’s learning journey for the sake of self-development.

Accountable
Achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself with the motivation and strategies offered by someone who will check-in with you regularly and document your progress.

Qualified
Bachelor of Music (Performance) – Australian National University (ANU) 2015.
10+ years teaching experience.
15+ years performance experience.
WWCC (Working With Children Check)

Approach

Jamal’s approach to lessons is in the STUDENT. The focus is FUN, LEARNING and… YOU.

I follow a self-developed curriculum from 15+ years of teaching, academic study, performance experience and conversations with experts. The curriculum itself is in constant continuous refinement and is adaptable to your individual needs. I assess your ability and offer exercises, materials and a framework that will assist in your reaching that next stage of understanding and application.

If you simply want to learn yet are easy-going regarding your study, I can guide you through a personalised curriculum and ensure that you will gradually develop a solid framework for your understanding of rhythm and it’s myriad applications to the drum set.

Topic Areas

Styles / Grooves
Pop, Rock, Funk, Metal, Jazz, Latin/Afro-Cuban, Big Band, Country, Singer-Songwriter, etc.

Technique
Learn the fundamentals of drum set technique, while developing an aptitude for rudiments and coordination.

Musicianship
Reading music, playing for the song, interpreting a chart, active listening, awareness of music history, etc.

Creativity
Interwoven games and activities to develop and exercise your unique creative voice.

Policy

• Lessons are paid for up-front at the beginning of each term (typically in 10-week blocks).
• Please give at least 24 hours notice for lesson cancellations, else your lesson will be forfeited for that week.
• For missed lessons, I will send lesson notes to you electronically to make up for the lost time.
• If you provide ample notice of absence, we can either reschedule your lesson time for that week, or consider a make-up lesson later in the term (pending on schedule availability).
• Naturally there is flexibility in extreme circumstances, emergencies, etc.