Lessons with Dom Famularo

Dom has created the first Wizdom Drumshed School in the world in Long Island (NY) many years ago. "Wizdom" is a mix of two words, wizard and Dom (For Dom Famularo). Put the two words together and you get Wizdom. These schools are taking place all around the world in collaboration with Dom to ensure that the quality of the studios and the teaching process is high class. The approach is unique and the result is amazing

The Wizdom Drumshed in Canada

www.stephanechamberland.com

e-mail: Global2steph@mac.com

Steph offers private lessons and coaching for all levels of drumming. If you live in or are visiting the Quebec City area, private instruction is available. There are also programs for drummers worldwide who wish to travel to Quebec City for intensive study. Students have traveled from all around the world to study with Stephane.

The Wizdom Drumshed in France

with Rob Hirons

email : robhirons@free.fr

The 18 meter square teaching studio contains two fully equipped Pearl drum sets with Sabian cymbals as well as a separate practice pad station with Vic Firth practice pads for developing hand techniques and a dedicated reading station with a professional concert snare drum for classical studies. There are microphones set up on both drum sets linked to a 16 channel mixing desk for play along and recording purposes and monitoring is facilitated by Vic Firth high quality closed headphones. The studio is also equipped with a complete audio video system including strategically placed digital cameras to be able to shoot each of the teaching stations showing the student in real time on two separate video screens and to record extracts of the lessons on to dvd or memory card for the student to take away for further study.
The studio is completed by a full multimedia section including a library of excellent drum tuition books, tuition DVDs and internet connection for World Wide Web access.

A few quotes...

"I am so inspired when I meet someone who is so dedicated to performing and teaching! Rob Hirons has been working with me on both areas! As a player, he is constantly challenging himself to grow and create. As an educator, he is always willing to seek out new ideas for assisting students to reach a higher level of expression! This is totally empowering! Rob and I are working together to raise the fun factor in drumming and assist drummers everywhere to enjoy the adventure of musical expression! I am excited about what Rob offers to everyone who enters his Wizdom DrumShed!"

Dom Famularo – Drummings’ Global Ambassador, New York USA

“Rarely have I seen the talent and enthusiasm that Rob possess. My experience with Rob have proven him to be reliable, energetic, always prepared and showing great discipline. Rob's overall attitude is very positive and he is an all around professional person and musician. Be sure to check him out...it's inspiring!”

Stephane Chamberland – International Clinician and Educator, Quebec, Canada

“Rob, as well as being talented, has an essential quality - the passion to transmit knowledge. It is rare to find someone who will go so far to help you understand something perfectly, to find that critical point that makes everything become clear. As well as this, Rob’s analysis of movement and hand position is particularly advanced, allowing him to explain in depth the techniques required to master the drum set.”

JB Raynaut – Student at the Wizdom Drumshed Marseille and drummer of Babylon Pression.

Rob Hirons

Rob Hirons is an independent drumset artist and educator based in Marseille in the south of France. He has toured with countless musicians performing literally hundreds of live shows in Europe and the USA, as well as doing extensive live and recorded work in France for artists such as Watcha Clan, Hofmann Family Blues Experience, Les Squaws, Rona Hartner, Isis Child and many others.
Widely recognized as a dynamic educator, Rob has been dedicated to his teaching career for more than 20 years. He currently maintains an extensive teaching schedule, coaching drummers both in the region and from further afield with his abilities to motivate and facilitate the development of aspiring students. He teaches in his own state-of-the-art private teaching studio ‘The Wizdom Drumshed’ in Marseille, France, created in collaboration with Global Drum Ambassador Dom Famularo.
Rob also performs and presents drum clinics, masterclasses and other educational events for drum schools and music centers to bring the art of drumming to a larger public in an educational setting.
Rob has studied drumset with many respected teachers including Ray Payne at his high school, Ronnie Bottomley, Dave Hassell, Tony Faulkner at Leeds College of Music where he gained an honours degree in Jazz Studies, and more recently, independent study with Dom Famularo in New York.
Rob currently works in partnership with Pearl Drums, Sabian Cymbals, and Vic Firth Drumsticks.

The Wizdom Drumshed in Washington (USA)

with Garey Williams

email : garey@gareywilliams.com

Drum lessons art taught out of Garey's state-of-the-art Drumset Artistry teaching studio.

Included in this facility:

·Drum Workshop and Pacific drumsets with DW hardware

·Sabian cymbals and Remo drumheads

·A snare drum/practice pad station for classical/rudimental work with mirrors

·A TV/DVD/VCR player and a Digital Camera to record lessons

·A complete sound system for listening and play-along

·Internet hook up for web reference and video conference lessons

·A library of educational books, videos and DVDs.

·All in a spacious room with a vaulted ceiling, sky tube light and a return air system

·The studio is soundproof

" Garey Williams displays a beautiful touch and emotion in his drumming. He performs with a strong technique and a keen sense of what to play in a studio situation to achieve the correct balance within a jazz/rock trio setting. His cymbal work is very expressive... "

Modern Drummer

" Garey, I'm sure you know what a great teacher you are. But I've trained school teachers and also adult trainers in companies for over 30 years, and I just have to tell you what a pleasure it is to watch you working with Jeremy. Your ability to find him being successful, pull the best out of him and encourage him to do things he's afraid he can't do are extraordinary. I'm so happy that we found you, and it's exciting to see how he works with you. I'm feeling that you're exactly the right person to take Jeremy further."

Carl
Parent of student

“It’s great to experience your great talent. Your playing is terrific. You're extraordinary. Really, really absolutely terrific...your playing is sensational.”

Jim Chapin

"Williams sounds like a combination of Vinnie Colaiuta and Peter Erskine through his careful attention to the orchestration of each section of the tune. His relaxed, flowing style suits the music, yet he is always pushing the other players to new heights."

Percussive Notes

Garey Williams

Garey has studied (Attended a Clinic, Master Class and/or Private Lessons) with the following: Billy Cobham, Steve Smith, Efrain Toro, Bernard Purdie, Louis Bellson, Jim Chapin, Chester Thompson, Dave Weckl, Jeff Hamilton, Mickey Rocker, Bill Goodwin, Jerry Steinholtz, Kenny Aronoff, Michael Shrieve, Larry London, Chuck Silverman, Mike Baird, Stewart Copeland, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Lenny White, Dom Famularo, Liberty Devitto, David Garabaldi, Bobby Rock, Jack DeJohnette, Gerry Brown, Deen Castronova, Sonny Emory, Tony Williams, Rus McKinnon, Randy Boughton, Charles Dowd, Freddie Gruber, Richard Bailey, Tony Verderosa, Casey Scheurell, Colin Bailey, Rick Latham, Gregg Bissonette, Bruce Becker, Steve Houghton, David Friedman. Peter Erskine, Carl Allen, Virgil Donati, Billy Ward, Joe Morello, Chet McCracken, Freddy Gruber, Ed Shaugnessey, Omar Hakim, Cindy Blackman, Tommy Igo, Gary Chaffee, John Riley, Hilary Jones, Thomas Lang, Bill Stewart, Clayton Cameron and Zoro.

Garey Williams has steadily built a reputation as both a world-class drummer and uniquely gifted educator. With over thirty years playing experience and over twenty years teaching experience, Garey has received attention from International publications and well known drummers.

With a Master's degree in Percussion Performance and Jazz Studies at Central Washington University, drummer Williams has been a fixture in the Northwest scene, having performed with such musicians as Diana Krall, Kristin Korb, Bud Shank, Barney McClure, Howard Roberts, Joe Williams, Bobby Shew, Jay Thomas, Clay Jenkins, Milt Jackson, Cedar Walton, Ray Brown, Eddie Daniels and Dizzy Gillespie. In 2001 he re-formed Ecstasy In Numbers with guitarist Mike Mattingly and bassist Rick White. The band became a hit on the underground scene and for three years have toured and performed in Seattle and the Northwest to standing-room-only crowds. The bands progressive-jazz/rock sound has been gaining the attention of clubs and promoters, as well as the ears of a small but growing European fan base.

Garey has released a wealth of teaching materials under his own publishing company, Drumset Artistry. He has available three educational DVDs: Developing a Solo Vocabulary, Rudiments Applied to the Drumset, Get A Grip, The Strokes and Motions of Drumming, two method books, Contemporary Drumming Essentials Volume One, Contemporary Drumming Essentials Volume Two and an educational CD. He has been published in Rhythm Magazine, Modern Drummer, Percussive Notes, Band World and the Warner Bros. publication, Turn It Up and Lay It Down.

Williams' teaching experience includes private lessons, master classes and clinics at public schools, drum schools, jazz camps, percussion festivals, music stores, drum shops and serving on the music faculty at Central Washington University, Yakima Valley Community College and Olympic College. Williams is an active educator conducting clinics for DW drums, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Remo drumheads and LP Percussion.

Video of Garey's studio: http://www.gareywilliams.com/lessons.html