Student Spotlight: Meet Bob

Student Spotlight: Meet Bob

One thing that surprises people about grooveKSQ is that our students aren’t just kids or high school students. In fact, quite a few adults and experienced players drop in to work on specific skills, or have a chops session (basically an intense rudimental workout to improve speed/dexterity), or just play double drums with me and have fun.

Meet Bob.

This Is Your Brain On Drums: Clinical Study Reveals How Playing Drums Increases Brain Development

This Is Your Brain On Drums: Clinical Study Reveals How Playing Drums Increases Brain Development

A recent article caught our attention, and that was a clinical study of the enhancements in brain activity and development of drummers. Yes, drummers specifically were studied, rather than all musicians. Typically you see a more generalized study group from across all instruments.

To paraphrase the conclusion of the study, students who are trained drummers from an early age develop more communication structures across the corpus callosum, which is the structure that separates the right and left hemispheres of the brain. The right side of your brain tends to control your artistic and creative ability, and your left side of your brain controls your analytical ability. Drummers who start training early can more effectively simultaneously engage both their right side and left sides of their brains across the board.

Drumming for All Ages.

People may think that studying at grooveKSQ is something for younger students. However, many experienced players drop by the studio to work out also, and the results are a lot of fun, and occasionally really loud....

If you are an adult that played drums in the past and want to get back into it, or a working drummer that wants to change some things up, let's talk.