Bryan Hawkesworth

Certified Private Instructor

I opened The Drummer’s Den, in April of 1999, located in Scottsdale AZ, where I have been teaching mainly drum lessons, along with guitar lessons, and selling musical instrument retail products. I have been teaching for more than 20 years and still enjoy it to this day.

TEACHING STYLE

I see myself as a teacher that will lead when a student needs direction, but also as a coach and gutter guard, meaning I will motivate my students and allow them to grab ahold of the reins, to decide what direction they want to take to achieve their personal goals and musicianship, but I try to keep them on course so they don’t end up in the woods (or in the gutter so to speak), and I’m a calibrator, I get them to focus on timing, to calibrate their inner clock, to better understand what they’re hearing, what they’re playing, and why they’re playing music in the first place.

Professional Affiliations

Sabian