Juan's Music Lessons (Drum)

Years of Experience: 20+ Location Options: In Home Travel Radius: Open Genres: Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Acoustic Age Groups: Children, Young Adult, Adult Instruments Taught: Drum Lessons Overview: Hi. My name is Juan. 35 years old. Drummer graduated from Berklee College of Music. I have Plenty of experience recording, playing live and touring. I grew up in Medellin, Colombia. started playing drums when I was 12. Participated in almost all the festivals and contests in my home town with my high school band. Recorded with bassist virtuoso Federico Lozano (Once offered the shakira gig back in the 90's) in 1998 "Hashis Amarillo" and "Colino". Touring with Federico throughout Colombia and some parts of South America. In 1999 got offered to play with "Radio Burdel"..... Pop band from Medellin. In 2001 started playing with Federico Lopez (aterciopelados' producer-engineer) until 2003 when I left Colombia to come to the U.S. Once in Miami, I started playing with "Santos Renuentes", "Phoenix/Nebulin" and "Mongo", among others. I toured with P/N a lot, and recorded with Mongo. In 2006, left Miami and went to live in Boston, MA. That same year, I applied to Berklee and got accepted for the spring 2007. While in Boston, played with mainly two bands: "The Last Front" (With 2 astronomers from Boston University), and "Muy Cansado" (Toured with them for the most part of 2008, for their 1st album "Stars and Garthers"). Other projects were bands from berklee, and experimental gigs with friends from Japan, US, India, and Argentina. I'm currently playing with The Vincent Raffard band (Trumpet player from France) and "A silent structure" (Experimental-ambient band). Formal Education: Started to play by ear at the early age of nine years old. At twelve started private lesson with different teachers in my hometown in Colombia. In high school played with different bands representing my school on plenty of festivals and music contests. By the age of seventeen i was a well-known drummer in my city playing and recording with different acts and performers from Medellin. Private Education: At Berklee had Mike Mangini (Extreme, Dream Theater), Alberto Netto (Brazilian drummer), Mark Walker (Paquito D'rivera, Oregin), Skip Hadden (Weather Report, Bill Dearango) and Steve Wilkes (Blue Man Group) as private instructors. Performing Experience: Colegio de la UPB 1992-1997 Federico Lozano (Estados Alterados) 1995-Present. Federico Lopez (Aterciopelados) 2000-2002. Santos Renuentes (Miami) 2003-2005 Phoenix/Nebulin (Miami) 2004-2006 Mongo (Miami) 2005-2006 The Last Front (Boston) 2006-2010 Muy cansado (Boston) 2008-2009 Dear Darling (Miami) 20011-2013 Vincent Raffard Band (Miami) 20011-2013 Diplomacia Cuantica (Colombia) 2013-2015 A Silent Structure (Miami) 2014-Present VLKL (Miami) 2015. Experience Teaching: I have been teaching since 2005 in Miami, Boston and my hometown in Colombia. I have taught in different music academies and schools, and privately. Mostly privately because my connection with children is awesome, so they always by word of mouth, request for having lessons with me.