Teaching drum lessons in Raleigh is no different than teaching anywhere else. Students have varying levels of motivation and innate talent. They all have different interests, and will all go different ways. When students starts lessons, I have no idea what they will be doing with drums and percussion instruments for the rest of their lives, but here are a few examples of what my students are doing now; college pep band, steel pan band, Christian rock bands, university and regional orchestras, musical theater, jazz, rock and pop groups. I always try to keep an open mind, and work to give each and every student a path to the things that they need to start the journey. The fun is watching them travel.