Yesterday I had a drum lesson ( I need to learn some new styles for the next CD). It was great, the teacher came up with simple stuff that sounded really, really cool. I walked out of there on a total high, in fact so much so that I hired the studio out for another hour to practice.

Today I had a turntable lesson ( I need to learn some new styles for the Hip Hop songs). The teacher was cool, but … he started at the beginning with beat matching and stuff. “The essentials” some people say, but there was nothing for me to get excited about, where was the funky cool stuff to make me walk out of the class thinking “Wow, I could do that!”?

It’s of the most importance for a trial class, but also for every lesson, motivating the students to walk out of there thinking “That was cool! I want to get good at this!” is the only way to get them to do homework that sticks.

Next week I’ve booked a drum course. The DJ course, hmmm, still “thinking about it” (and we all know how that will turn out).