Academy of Drums & Guitar ... Drum Lessons Guitar Lessons ... Drum & Guitar Equipment ... Toms River, NJ.

The Academy of Drums is once again pushing the boundaries of drumming education. We have just added a 16 Track Digital Recording Studio and a Reference Workstation. The recording studio provides the atmosphere of a true recording studio experience. The students are instructed in studio etiquette, proper playing techniques, and actual hands on experience at operating the controls. With the hands on approach the student can “see” their playing and use this to improve their skills for the next recording. They also are learning how to operate some of the most advanced recording software that is currently available. Best of all, they get to take home their performance on a burned CD.

The Reference Workstation is available for students to help expand their drumming knowledge. This workstation contains the Modern Drummer Archive and Finale Notation Software. The MD Archive has every issue from 1977 to 2001 in a digital file format. Students can look up their favorite drummer, do research on a variety of drum patterns, find 1000’s of transcriptions, and print out hundreds of exercises. Also, Finale Notation is a great way to get the rhythms down on paper. With this program, students will learn how to use the most popular notation software, while they better understand music notation. Transcribing songs, creating full band charts, and printing out exercises are just some of the things you can do on Finale.