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Drum Lessons by Josh Kastleman is the Premier Drum Studio for Kids and Teens in Tooele County

  • Teaching Students from Tooele, Grantsville, Erda, Lake Point, Stansbury Park, and even Magna and West Valley 

  • Weekly drum lessons

  • Modern, high quality private drum studio

  • Learn to play along to Rock, Pop, Metal, Country, Funk, and more

  • Safe, friendly, and relaxed environment for kids and teens

  • Learn at your own pace

  • Patient and encouraging drum teacher 

  • Uses best method book and system for teaching kids and teens - Drums In Color

  • Drum recitals 1-2 times per year (optional)

  • Studio recordings when students finish songs (optional)

 

Learn to Play the Drums Along to Popular Songs

Josh Kastleman's private drum lessons will teach your child how to play along to all types of music. Students have learned to play along to dozens of songs. Some of the bands that student love to play along to include:

  • Imagine Dragons

  • Green Day

  • Foo Fighters

  • ACDC

  • Weezer

  • 3 Doors Down

  • Paramore

  • Fall Out Boy

  • 30 Second to Mars

  • Guns N' Roses

  • Journey

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Weezer

  • Metallica

  • Rascal Flatts

With this type of experience your kid will be more capable in school band, or possibly starting a band of their own. Contact Josh now to book your first drum lesson!

Students Record Songs in Studio

See a preview of students recording in the studio

After the students learn how to play a song on the drums all the way through, they are then given the option to record in studio and post it online on YouTube and Facebook so that they can share their new talent with the world! This of course is optional and if a student does not feel comfortable doing this, there is no pressure.

See what others have to say about drum lessons!

Josh has been an amazing instructor for our son. We appreciate the technical hands on approach with every lesson. As well as his appreciation for music, and his knowledgeable work. He offers more than just an average music lesson. 10/10..

-Emily Chandler

I highly recommend Josh as a drum teacher. He taught my son for a several years and gave him a great introduction to the world of percussion. Josh was always super flexible with other activities that came up, his instruction was always super engaging and my son never once complained about practicing or going to lessons. Josh took my son from beginner to intermediate and he was very well prepared for high school band and moving to even greater musical pursuits.

-Kristi Allen

My son has taken lessons from Josh for 8 months now and we are loving it! My son has progressed so much. Josh is great at maximizing his time with his students and pushing them to do their best, but always in an encouraging way! Highly recommend!

-Crystal Black

My teenage son is loving the lessons! He gets to rock out and record himself performing to songs. It keeps him motivated to learn. Makes me feel good about investing in his drum set because he has a great teacher so he will stick with it!

-Kristina W. Cook

"I've been taking lessons with Josh for a few months now and I've already seen a huge improvement in my playing. He makes it easy to understand and is always encouraging."

-Sarah

"Josh is an amazing teacher who makes learning the drums fun and exciting. I look forward to every lesson!"

-Max

"I never thought I could learn to play the drums, but Josh has made it possible. He's patient and supportive, and I'm so glad I found him as a teacher."

-Emily

Exclusive Drum Method Book

Author of method book - Drums in Color, the most cutting edge drum book for kids and teens!

Drums In Color Method Book

This exclusive drum method book will teach your student how to keep time, play beats, fills, rudiments, read music notation, and become familiar with terminology. It will combine all these different concepts of learning to play the drums in combined exercises and activities so they will feel comfortable playing in any situation with all types of music.

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A masterpiece 10 years in the making! Tested and fine tuned in a drum teaching environment with real students to give a well thought out learning experience. You will not find a better method book out there!         

 

Drums In Color (Book 1) drum method is the first of its kind and the original to use color to teach drums! Colored notation in the book matches physical colored rings on the drum set making it especially intuitive for kids and teens to understand and learn to play along to all types of music including Rock, Pop, Funk, and Jazz.     

 

No longer do you need 2 or 3 different method books for a complete drum learning curriculum. This book combines all beats, fills, rudiments, exercises, and reviews into one easy to understand method with well thought out difficulty progression. It’s the complete package!     

 

  • One of a kind colored notation matches colored rings on the drum set for an intuitive, fun learning experience

  • 10 Years of testing with kids and teens of all ages gives each exercise proven results

  • Each book includes beats, fills, rudiments, exercises, and reviews Gradual difficulty progression is well thought out and leads to less “I’m stuck” moments

  • Created by Josh who has decades of teaching experience with hundreds of students ​​

Meet Josh Kastleman

Josh Kastleman is a professional drum instructor with over 20 years of experience performing and teaching. Josh learned to play the drums in his early teens from private instructors, school, and bands of his own. With a passion for sharing his love of drumming with others, Josh creates a comfortable and fun learning environment for his students. Josh has lots of experience teaching kids, and has children of his own. He enjoys teaching young adults, teens, and kids. If you have a son or daughter looking to learn, you have come to the right place!  

drum student learning to read sheet music to play along to a drum song. Teacher pointing to the sheet music with a drum stick
Drum student playing the drum set along to sheet music in the drum studio
Drum studio equipment and drum set with mics. drum set with lots of different colors

Here is what you get for your tuition of $120 per month

  • Weekly in-person 30 minute private lessons (excludes 5th weeks of the month and holidays)

  • Learn from the industries best method books, Drums In Color

  • Move at your own pace, relaxing and comfortable environment

  • Live student recitals 1-2 times per year

  • Professional in-studio performance recordings (optional)

  • Learn all types of beats, fills, and rudiments for school band, a band of your own, or just for personal satisfaction

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