Bio

Nick has been playing drums for over 13 years. And teaching professionally for 3 years in many different styles such as Rock Blues Metal Funk Reggae and Jazz. With teaching drums Bass and recording arts, music business and production. Teaching a lot of one-on-one lessons from ages 4 to 60 and working with bands to put together compositions for new material. A degree from the Centre for Arts and Technology in Audio Engineering. Nick recently started a production company revolving around a recording studio and small video projects. In addition, Nick has done coding classes with game design and development within unity class and have released a few games on android and working on a steam release.

Residency Project

I would like to put together a group that would focus on drumming aspect. A few months dedicated to each style and have them perform with a small band to present what they have learned with that particular style of music. In this group it will have the students reading and directly involved in the production and composition working with different musicians each and every student coming out with finished song totally unique from the last. With this project I would also like to get students involved in video production for music videos with students final created songs. This would start with learning equipment and software for editing. How to put together shot guides and scheduling. This will teach time management, meeting deadlines and setting goals.

Teaching Experience

I have worked with small groups of kids that are forming a band and looking for someone to help with composition and teamwork in a group. I have also taught at a school during lunch hours for Djembe that was later presented as a performance during an opening for the school's musical theatre group. I am currently putting together a group of students in street drumming, in hopes to do a performance during next year’s Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival in Fredericton.