Drum & Percussion Lessons

Vince Sendaydiego

Drums

Available Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday

Vince has 20 years of drumming experience playing for various Bay Area artists and numerous churches. Currently, he is on roster at 3 Crosses Church in Castro Valley and Valley Bible Church (Altamont campus) in Livermore. His Bay Area performances have included stints with Paris-based jazz-fusion group Electric Hannibal, jazz saxophonist Malcolm Hunter, jazz pianist Joan Ciffarelli, and California Jazz Conservatory Ensembles. Vince can equip his students to pursue their individual musical interests by deepening their understanding of music theory, hand technique, foot technique and limb independence as applied to the genres they wish to explore.

Michael Brandt

Drums

Available Thursday & Friday

Michael Brandt has been playing and teaching drums professionally since 2005. He is a California native but been working out of Nashville for the past eight years. Michael earned his degree in Percussion Performance and Music Business from the Musician’s Institute in Los Angeles. Over the last decade Michael has toured extensively the country with multiple bands and artists ranging in genre from country to pop to progressive metal.

He has also been active in the Nashville recording studio community and currently operates his own home studio for a wide range of artists. Michael has a passion for music and drumming which comes through in his approach to education. Michael is skilled in content creation, sight reading and charting music, and music composition. He is well versed in drum notation/transcription for the working musician and has a fundamental understanding of what it means to be a working musician.

With the knowledge and skills Michael has acquired over the last two decades, he hopes to empower and inspire his students on their own musical journeys.