Specialties
I have 25+ years of teaching and performing experience on the drums. I received my music degree from the California Institute of the Arts, and have studied with legends such as Joe LaBarbera, Mike Clark, Dave Elitch, Tootie Heath, Sherman Ferguson, Rick Latham, and many others. I have also taught at the renown Stanford Jazz Workshop, and performed and/or recorded with such names as Oranyan Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Jack Walrath, country artist Stephanie Quayle, soul/funk singer Big Joe Hurt, Persian music legends Bahram Bajelan and Mehrdad Arabifarb, and many more. My drum lessons are comprehensive and are tailored to all ages and levels of ability. Learn everything from fundamental stick control, physical technique including Gladstone and Moeller approaches, sight reading, four-way independence, and linear technique, to advanced genre studies such as jazz, hip-hop, rock, country, and many others! You will also learn music theory, sight reading, ear training, music history, as well as
History
Established in 2005.
I began teaching while receiving my music degree in 1996, and have taught steadily in the greater Los Angeles area ever since. In 2005, I opened my studio in West Los Angeles, and in 2018 relocated to Bozeman MT. I am fully equipped to both teach and record, and I offer online lessons at a discount if you are not in the Bozeman area!
Meet the Business Owner: Alex P.
I've been teaching in the L.A. area since 1998. I established West Side Drum Lessons in 2005 in the West Los Angeles area, and have been in business full-time ever since! I expanded my operation to offer drum recording services in 2011, tracking for various bands and projects, and also began actively producing projects from my own space around that time. I recently moved my operation to my hometown of Bozeman MT, and have established a reliable platform for online lessons (offfered at a steep discount, I might add!).