From the Studio: stories from everyday music lessons
In the From the Studio column we start with what actually happens during a lesson. A child who walks in without any motivation, a first lesson that goes better or differently than planned, a lesson plan that does not account for the student who did not practise. Every piece starts from a concrete situation in real drum teaching practice and ends with what you can do with it as a music teacher. No theory from a distance, but recognisable moments that show how small choices in a lesson make a big difference for the student.
Why adult beginners are underestimated
They learn more slowly, but they understand more.
Why teaching less often means learning more
Covering less doesn't mean learning less.
Why sitting still is not a learning goal
On the student who won't sit still — and what you miss when you train it out of them.
Why the first lesson matters more than the first month
What's really at stake in those first fifty minutes.
What I try to achieve in a first lesson
Not the technique, but the feeling someone takes home with them.
Why students don't practice
The problem is hardly ever discipline.