Rui Rodrigues

It all started 3 decades ago with a snare drum I found under my bed. My brother had bought it with his first salary. In the following years I was a self-taught drummer for a few years and later I became a student of Wagner Ribeiro de Carvalho and Michael Lauren, a New York drummer. What a jump guys!

Like most of you, I struggled to find my identity, my voice, as drummer. I dove deep into the technical aspects of drumming. I spent hours practicing. Read books and studied music theory. Spent hundreds of hours recording at the studio. Played as much different styles I could. All of this eventually helped but the one thing that made me realize my role as a drummer, my voice as composer, my signature as a musician was to understand how rhythm affects feelings and how feelings affect rhythm. This was a breakthrough to me. Made me realize so many things I didn’t know before. Helped me find a way to balance technique with creativity, knowledge with improvisation, confidence with risk.

I took the long road to understand this little thing that changes the game for every drummer, no matter which level he or she is. If you learn the right things, in the right way, with the right teacher, you’ll become a drummer, sooner or later. 

Soon as I realized I cloud learn faster, better, deeper and effectively, everything changed. That’s why I early decided to dedicate an important share of my time helping students of all ages and levels in their journey. I developed a system in which they can effectively learn the technique, develop their drumming skills and most of all, they can find their voice, their signature as drummer and musician.