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Rudy Feinauer teaches drums and also performs. This page tracks the next confirmed show and the venues he has appeared at over more than 30 years of performing. If you are considering lessons, an actively-performing teacher is a signal worth checking. Everything below is public and verifiable. Next show Confirmed upcoming performance. Free and open to the public. When · Sunday, July 19, 2026, 3:00 to 5:00 pm Who · Rudy Feinauer with Mudsole (Dixieland trio) Where · Thomas Pai

Picking a drum teacher feels like a gamble. Most parents end up choosing whoever shows up first in a Google search or whoever a friend mentioned at a soccer game. That works sometimes. Other times it ends with a $600 set of drums collecting dust in a basement after three months of lessons that never connected. There are 7 questions that separate teachers who actually teach from teachers who just collect lesson fees. Ask all 7 before you book. Any teacher who can't answer them

Most articles about online vs in-person drum lessons are written by people who only do one. Either a Drumeo or Melodics marketer telling you online is just as good as a real teacher, or an old-school in-person teacher saying nothing replaces being in the room. I have a different angle: I run both, and have for five years, with hundreds of students. Short answer: for 80 percent of students, online lessons are just as effective as in-person, sometimes better. For 20 percent, in

First, I am a drum teacher, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice. What I can tell you, after 35 years of teaching hundreds of students, is what I see in lessons with kids whose parents have told me they have ADHD. The pattern is clear enough to write down. Short version: drums can be one of the best matches for kids with ADHD, because the instrument rewards short bursts of intense focus, physical movement, and immediate feedback. The trick is in how the lesson is stru