Daniel Harding Israelsen - Drum Teacher

Been taught by Daniel on and off for the last two years. Very friendly, accommodating and makes even the most tedious parts of learning the drums a fun and creative process.

I had a few weeks of lessons with Dan (would have been more but unfortunately we are no longer in the same area) - really enjoyed them and learned a lot in a short time

I took weekly lessons with Dan for about 3 months but had to stop as i'm an adult with commitments and couldn't find the time to practise! I had been a beginner drummer years ago looking to get going again, with an interest in funk so did not want to go to just a rock drummer. Dan is a jazz drummer, and can of course teach rock very easily as this is simple in comparison. Our lessons were easy going with a clear idea of why we were doing things to move forward, and Dan always had exercises re...

Dan taught me over the period of around 9 months, we had weekly lessons that amounted to around 24. I came for help with my auditions for music colleges at the end of the year and fortunately with Dan's help I succeeded. It's hard to find drummers teaching jazz so having Dan teaching me was a valuable opportunity. He corrected a lot of bad old habits of mine, cultivated my ability to solo and also introduced me ideas and concepts of different drummers. I went from not knowing what to do at al...

Testimonial: " Daniel gave my son Motty drumming lessons over a period of 18 months during which time my son made excellent progress. I found Daniel to be highly competent and professional with a pleasant and fun teaching style making his lessons both enjoyable and challenging. He was also always punctual and reliable and I would definitely recommend him very highly. “