The Greg Madison Music Studio teaches students from 7-years old through adults of all ages and beginners through professional levels of learning. I have been fairly successful with students that haven't done well in the past as well as with learning disabled and slow learning students. Visit our testimonial page to see what our students have to say.

The studio is located in Bergenfield, NJ and students have come from the entire Metropolitan Area. Our studio is one of the best equipped studios around. We have a selection of high end, top of the line professional music software and also many types of audio, visual and electronic equipment. See our Studio page for more detailed information.

Private one on one instruction on the drums are offered in the studio with home lessons also available. All aspects of music will be taught, including technique, theory, harmony, improvising, arranging, music transcription, reading, music writing, rhythm, ear training and more....

Wherever your musical interests lie, Greg Madison Music Studio can...

help you realize your greatest musical ambitions!
shape your future in music!
discover the music in you!
express the music in you!
fulfill your dream of musical expression!
fulfill your life long endeavor. it's almost never too late learn an instrument!
help make music give you a lifelong reward!

About the drums

In most cases a person will be able to play a few very nice sounding rock beats in four to eight weeks. Out of the sixteen plus instruments I play and teach, this instrument gives the quickest rewards in terms of personal satisfaction. To master the drums and play with great speed, technique, and a vast amount of musical knowledge to allow you to play with never ending ideas in many styles of what to play however, can be something that you could continue to study and learn the rest of your life.

What makes the drums more unique over other instruments is the way you can customize the make up of the set. You can decide how many drums and the sizes you want in your set, or what kind of wood you want to determine your sound. You can decide on how many cymbals, sizes, types, and their thickness. Various types and sizes of cow bells and wood block can also be added to the set. As an experience player you could look into the types of drum heads their thickneesses etc for a more personal type of sound you like.

Additional choices that make drumming unique: You can play the drums with wood tip and nylon tip sticks, or with brushes and mallets. There are brushes made of wire, nylon, plastic, bundled wood, and plastic dowels. Mallets are made in different sizes and construction. Bass drum foot pedal beaters come in felt, plastic wood, and rubber. You can have double bass drums.

Essential items needed to get started on drum lessons that are available at this studio.

1. A pair of matched drum sticks appropriate for you hand size and style of music.
2. A practice pad to use for practicing the rudiments with their sticks.
3. A pad stand to attach the practice pad so the pad can be adjusted to the right height and can be tilted as desired. This pad simulates the snare drum
4. A music stand to hold their music in a comfortable way for practice the rudiments from sheet music or books.
5. A drum throne that can be adjustable to the height that you need. This item is not a must but adds to the student's comfort

Other items that can be added as lessons progress

1. Snare drum and stand
2. Hi hat stand and 2 14" cymbals
3. Bass drum
4. Additional cymbals and or other drums based on your preference.

The musical styles taught are rock, blues, funk, R&B, rockabilly, jazz, classical, folk, country, bluegrass, reggae, gospel, Latin, Brazilian, metal, styles, Broadway, pop, and more!

Greg Madison Music Studio is a place where continual teaching improvement, expert music instruction and quality customer service are the highest priorities. I provide the very best instruction available through innovative teaching methods, fun learning concepts and an ongoing expansion of services, including student teacher jams and ensemble classes. I provide musical experiences that are versatile, fun and repeatedly elevate my students' passion and desire for playing music.

Group jam/theory sessions with 4 to 9 students are available in different styles of music with other students of same abilities two times a year. The instruments in these sessions will depend on the student ability and availability. These sessions are for people who have played with with me and demonstrated that they have the knowledge, ability, dexterity, and can play in time. Another prerequisite is that they have had the basic writing of music notation with us prior to the start of these jam/theory classes. The first level type class works with written music or riff type play in different styles. The more advanced classes are improvisation classes in blues, rock, jazz etc.

Our FAQ page will hopefully answer many of the questions you may have.

It is my hope that you find a lot of useful ideas from the vast amount of informative information on my site. You may need to go through the site several times in order to benefit from all that's written here. This site will be expanding constantly, so come back from time to time

Lessons Taught 7 Days By Appointment

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Home Lessons Available

Gift Certificates Available

Drum lessons are available in the following Bergen areas:

Alpine, Bergenfield, Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Closter, Cresskill, Demarest, Dumont, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Emerson, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fair Lawn Fairview, Fort Lee, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Haworth Hillsdale, Ho Ho Kus, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Mahwah, Maywood, Midland Park, Montvale, Moonachie, New Milford, North Arlington, North Bergen, Northvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan Oradell, Palisades Park, Paramus, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Ridgewood, River Edge, River Vale, Rochelle Park, Rockleigh, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, Saddle River, South Hackensack, Teaneck, Tenafly Teterboro, Upper Saddle River, Waldwick, Wallington, Washington Township, Westwood, Woodcliff Lake, Wood-Ridge Wyckoff,