Lessons
Drum lessons with Bruce.
Private drum set and percussion lessons for every age and level, in a room full of drums in San Marcos.
Every level
Complete beginners learn the basics the right way, before habits set in. Experienced players come for a new style, better technique, or an outside ear.
Nothing to haul
The kits, mallets and percussion are already in the room, so you walk in with sticks, or with nothing at all.
A teacher who still plays
Bruce has been playing professionally for 51 years, and has shared stages with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ray Benson and Gary P. Nunn.
What Bruce teaches
Drums, and everything you hit.
- Drum setRock, jazz, R&B, soul, country, Latin
- Snare and concert percussion
- VibraphoneOn a Musser M55
- MarimbaTwo to choose from, including a 4-octave rosewood Jenco
- Timpani
- Congas and hand percussion
- Electronic percussionRoland V-Session kit and MalletKAT
How to book
Booked through Music Retreat.
Bruce teaches at Music Retreat at Willow Creek, the music school he owns in the same house. Rates, the schedule and booking all live there, alongside lessons on piano, voice, guitar, bass, brass and more with the school's other teachers.
Off Hunter Rd & Stagecoach Trail, in the Retreat at Willow Creek.