Drum work.

Cedwico

Cedwico

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I just turned 15 and starting to think about career options. I've got work experience next week at a local drum store called Rattle & Drum which I recommend to anyone in East Midlands area. The store is in Derby, here's a link.

http://www.rattleanddrum.com/

I was wondering if anyone knew about some sort of drum apprenticeships or anything on that line. Maybe special drum courses at college's or universities.

Studying how the instrument works would be great.

If you've got any questions to ask me about my poor explanation, i'll happily answer!

Thanks

Cedric
 
Stick to what you believe in.

All The Best,
 
I'm in the u.s. so I don't know how things are over there or what kind of training programs there are over there. You can always study business because it will help you as a professional musician or a retailer.

I would say if you are 15 don't focus on any specific aspect of the music business. Talk to as many professionals as you can and get as much experience as you can. If you are respectful and ask alot of questions most people will be happy to give you advice. Its always a good idea to talk to people who are doing now what you want to be doing in the future.
 
Just a thought, but maybe you could just get a part time job as the whipping boy while you study, in say a studio or a music shop, just to see if it's what you want to do.
 
Thanks guys. I've been on my work experience this week at the shop and it's good. I didn't think i'd be doing this much tidying up (especially outside, wet cardboard, rubbish etc!) but it's still good when I'm inside helping customers out.

Thanks again people that replied!
 
Dude, if you are seriously interested in studying drums at Diploma/Degree level then you can consider The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London (www.icmp.uk.com), Drumtech in London, and The Academy of Contemporary Music (www.acm.ac.uk) in Guilford, Surrey.

All those places are REALLY good and all offer vary courses at all different levels. And not only in drumming, but vocal, bass, guitar, music production and music business.

My advice, and I'm no expert is to DEFINITELY get your A Levels sorted out. Do music if you can for sure, but get some proper subjects with some good grades. It is always good to have a fall-back at that level, and then you can consider taking a degree in music performance specialising in drums, or something else.

As has been mentioned earlier, do some work experience, get yourself playing in some bands and doing live gigs and some studio sessions, get a rounder understand of the industry and where you fit in and where your passion lies. Think about it carefully and make the right decision.

Personally, I made bad decisions and have found myself two years into an awful degree in media and advertising, which I am about to leave to go to the ICMP in London to do a Higher Diploma, possibly going on to do the degree at ACM the year later. I'm 21 now, make sure, unlike me, you know if you want to turn your hobby, into a career early on and work towards it.

Good luck! Hope this helped!
 
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