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Expertise
Anything in percussion or drums. Macintosh computers or music software
Experience in the area
30 years of professional playing and 25 years of teaching at all levels in percussion and drums. I taught middle school, high school and college students since 1978. I used to work for Apple. I know the computer line and operating system at expert level and teach music technology at my college.
Organizations
American Federation of Musicians Percussive Arts Society Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Pi Kappa Lambda Phi Kapp Phi
Publications
Percussive Noites School Band amd Orchestra Author of Four Mallet Method for Marimba - Studio 4 Productions 3 guitar transcriptions for marimba available at Steve Weiss Music
Education/Credentials
Bach. Music Ed. - Susquehanna University Master of Music - University of Oklahoma Doctor of Musical Arts - University of Oklahoma Associate Professor of Music - Millikin University 1986-98 and Lafayette College 2004-present.
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Recent Answers from James Moyer
2009-11-14 drum software:
This depends on what computer you have. If you have a Mac, there are hundreds of drum loops built into GargageBand, which one of the iLife of applications that comes free on the computer. Windows is not
2009-11-03 jenco vibes:
Denny, Thanks for your question. First of all, what you describe are not Vibes, (vibraphone), instead it sounds like a xylophone or possibly a marimba. Jenco made both. Jenco was based in Decatur, IL
2009-10-21 rogers 360:
Mick, Here is a helpful link. Recovering drums is pricey. You first need to strip all the hardware off the drums to just the shell, then ship them out to any number of recovering services. they will
2009-10-07 reattaching snare to 60's Ludwig snare drum:
Frank, I have the same drum. I actually changed heads and converted mine to one of my concert snare drums. I strung steel cable snares through the holes and clamped together on the but side of the drum
2009-10-01 Teaching drums.:
Ashley, Thanks for the note and background here. Being a "teacher" has many different interpretations. If what you want to to is just teach lessons, then you need to build a resume of playing and studying
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