All lessons are taught on a one to one basis and are tailored to suit each student’s individual needs.

Focus is spent on developing students as individuals with a strong understanding towards time-keeping, musicianship, developing new rhythmic concepts, reading, mental awareness, building confidence and achieving practical goals. All ages and levels are taught.

Lessons are taught in two stages with either Mike or Rami in a sound proofed air-conditioned drum studio in North London. The studio has audio and video playback facilities and lessons are taught on acoustic kits in a comfortable environment to learn in. The studio has a reception area for waiting with tea and coffee making facilities and a toilet.

Stages:

• Stage One: Lessons are taught by Rami. Rami teaches beginners and intermediate level up to Guildhall/Trinity grade 7, all the basic fundamentals needed including reading, rhythmic phrase and basic scores, independence and co-ordination in various musical styles, as well as stick-control and dynamic-control.
• Stage Two: Mike teaches Lessons. Mike teaches advanced students and professional players to all levels, a strong ethos is on chart reading, understanding various rhythms, hand and feet independence, working with a click and time and groove.

Ramon is an experienced session drummer and teacher with a technical knowledge of music. He has been teaching for Mike Dolbear for the past few years and enjoys the challenge of inspiring students. Since his early teens, Ramon has drummed with a wide variety of bands, covering jazz, pop, traditional rock and heavy metal and more ambient and experimental genres. 

For the past few years Ramon has been on the judging panel and composed and performed the accompanying music for the Young Drummer of the Year competition. He has worked with DMC champion, DJ Kofi in an eclectic decks and drums debut performance in Russia, and has arranged drum parts and performed with singer-song-writers.