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Kellie Lyn Dunkin
Kevin engaged and encouraged my son in ways I would not have thought of. He provided much praise to my son and provided opportunities my son was encouraged with.
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R.P.
Kevin has a wonderful talent for teaching music to guitar and drum students of all ages. He is also uniquely good about providing performance opportunities at local venues for his students and makes these events fun and inspiring for all. He's great at teaching what a student is interested in learning while also providing a solid foundation for musicians to build upon.
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Dunn Family
Kevin is a really great guitar teacher! He has done a great job with our 12 year old son. He recommends songs he wants to play and keeps him interested. I love how he sets up realistic expectations that are written out for him to work on each week. His virtual lessons have been just as great as the in-person lessons which we've really appreciated. I would highly recommend him!
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Jennifer K.
Kevin has made a valiant effort to connect with students through online lessons, and they have been productive and fun. We like how he sends follow up videos and tasks to keep working on between lessons. This has been a highlight of quarantine time!!!
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Charlie Soule
My 5 year old grandson decided he wanted to play the guitar. Kevin began working with him right before the quarantine, Bennett was quite enthused. Then with the quarantine the lessons switched to online. I was skeptical, but it worked out quite well.
Kevin is very adaptable, patient, encouraging and all around a great teacher for all ages.
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Tyler M.
Kevin is a fantastic instructor and our daughter really enjoys his lessons. Her Ukulele skills are improving every week! He is an excellent communicator and is very easy to work with. Highly recommend Kevin!!!
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Amanda S.
Kevin is a gifted musician and talented in reaching middle schoolers. During this challenging pandemic time, his positivity and joy conveyed through his teaching are uplifting.
Kevin has taught us lessons for over 2 years and we have been extremely happy with the experience! He goes the extra mile to give feedback from each lesson, emails assignments and updates and offers play along opportunities.
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Laura Garratt
Kevin is a fantastic drum teacher to our 5 & 9 year old boys. When they showed real interest in learning how to play the drums, we were a bit hesitant with their ages to let them pursue it yet. Our very good friends (and neighbors) have been doing lessons for their son with Kevin for a few years and couldn’t recommend him highly enough. They encouraged us to have our boys try lessons now. Kevin did a great job of building rapport with our boys so they feel comfortable and excited about their drum lessons. They look forward to their lessons every week. Kevin does a great mix of letting the boys pick music they like to learn on the drums and giving them music instruction on reading music and understanding tempo. Kevin gives them clear instructions on homework and communicates that on a sheet for them to bring home that he reviews with me so I know how to support them in it. Our boys have set a goal to play with Kevin at one of his gigs he sets up at local restaurants for his students to get a chance to perform. They’re very excited to continue their lessons with Kevin to learn how to be great drum players.
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R. Metzcher
Breaks things down in plain terms and teaches you through the songs you want to learn. Couldn't recommend Kevin enough!
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Jason Long
Kevin does a great job working with my daughter. I play guitar as well but am a terrible teacher. I've been excited to see my daughter learn. He approached it in a way that worked perfectly for her age and ability while letting her pick the songs she wanted to learn and adapted them to make them easier to play. She has taken to writing songs, has learned to sing and play at the same time, and learned notes and some basic music theory on the way. He has offered jam band sessions where kids get together to play (frequency has been impacted by covid) and recently started an online guitar games that she loves. I very much recommend music lessons from Kevin.
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Cory
My kids and I love lessons with Kevin. He is always positive and sculpts the instruction to our interests.
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Lesley
Kevin has been a great instructor for my son. He is very organized, tracks progress and gives a quick status update at the end of each lesson.
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Jackie
Kevin is a wonderful guitar instructor. He incorporates fun into every lesson. Kevin is patient and supportive, but also challenges our daughter. Kevin is a terrific teacher and I would suggest him hands down to anyone looking to learn the guitar.
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Stephanie
Love his method of teaching. Kevin is very thorough and uses technology to enhance the lesson and practice times. He has also incorporated fun opportunities to encourage playing with others like Jam Band Sessions and playing alongside his performance settings for the kids to get a real sense of being a musician.
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Alessandro S.
Kevin is an outstanding teacher. He’s thoughtful, patient, attentive, and invested in propelling his students to the next level—be it in guitar playing or drums, be it at in-person or zoom sessions.
Embark on your musical quest with Kevin and Strum2TheBeat. I highly recommend it.
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Wayne Fulkerson
Wonderful teacher encouraged my daughter and she loves it because of how easy he makes it for her.
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Kristi L.
Our son loves learning drums with Kevin! It has been such a positive and inspiring experience for him-I would highly recommend Strum2TheBeat for anyone looking to get into playing music-especially kids! Kevin is a great teacher!
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Kristen Lopez
Kevin is such an awesome guitar teacher. My 11 year old absolutely loves going to his guitar lessons. He allows Evan to pick some of his favorite bands/songs, which makes learning that much more fun. I’ve really enjoyed seeing Evan’s weekly progress. Thanks, Kevin!
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Linda S.
Not only is Kevin a gifted, inspiring teacher he's also super talented musically. He's skilled at composing, playing multiple instruments, singing, performing, etc. etc. My son is blessed to be around such creative overflow.
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Tyler Snead
Kevin is extremely knowledgeable about music and tailors the lessons to what you want to learn. He's comes with a teaching background which helps since he also knows how to motivate and get the best out of a student. I would highly recommend Kevin if you're looking to get started with guitar, drums or group jams!
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Erin Barajas
Kevin is so good with speaking to kids on their level and getting them excited to learn and practice new things on guitar. My son gets discouraged easily but Kevin keeps him motivated and excited!
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Joe & Janelle
We love Kevin; he is an excellent teacher! He brings a high level of professionalism, a ton of fun, and strong skill in music and teahcing. Our son has been taking drum lessons and has grown immensely in both theory and practice, while having a great time.
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Ashley Trunnell
Kevin’s a great teacher and has gotten my 10 year old very interested in drums. He helps him with the style of music he likes and is very encouraging. Great rates and great flexibility on lesson schedule. I like that we can make a lesson with him a week out and don’t have to commit to a weekly lesson time slot, unless we want to. He charges by four lessons.
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Amandas Thurman
We love Kevin! He is professional and makes learning fun for very very much beginners!!!
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Lindsey Frasier
Kevin is professional and talented at engaging kids in music. I appreciate his ability to implement quality instruction through student driven interests. He consistently provides student feedback and is intentional about goal setting for growth. Kevin was able to work with our crazy schedule which was an added bonus. My son spends most of his time on the sports field, yet Kevin was able to immediately engage him in guitar and he enjoys lessons every week. An absolutely positive experience!
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Connie D.
My son takes lessons from Kevin and enjoys working with him. He is flexible and makes things interesting for my son.
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Paul Arthaud
Caters lessons to your needs and adapts to your skill level
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Ron Bernstein
Kevin is an excellent instructor. He is knowledgeable, patient and works with what his student is interested. Overall, I have had a good experience working with Kevin.
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Nahanni F.
Kevin is a great instructor. He really cares about his students, showing patience and kindness. He is very skilled as a musician, and can assist young people who are working on writing their own songs. I highly recommend him.
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Kristy
Kevin is the best drum teacher!! My son who is 12 years old didn’t have any music experience before starting with Kevin & he has learned so much since he started. Kevin is so patient & makes it fun for him to learn & also lets him play music that he enjoys listening to. If it wasn’t for Kevin, I don’t think my son would still be playing. If you need a drum teacher, I definitely would use Kevin!!
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Michael H.
Kevin takes music instruction to the next level with his Jam Band sessions. He has helped my 10 year old son ease into a singing role with the right mix of challenge and leading by example. There is more self-directed practice at home and more excitement for the weekly Jam. It is also fun for parents to revisit the old school rock classics that Kevin picks for the band. Great experience at the right age!
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Alene Root
Friendly and gets my daughter psyched to play and practice and super encouraging
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Fee
Kevin is fantastic! My son was losing interest in guitar until we started private lessons with Kevin, and now he looks forward to learning more songs and jamming out. Highly recommend!
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Nick Payne
Super motivating, knowledgeable and friendly . Kids love the lessons
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olga kintz
awesome!
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Breea Dunn
Kevin has been a really great teacher for our son. He is consistent and not only teachers him the cords but also how to read music so he can play anything. He lets him pick the songs they learn and makes things fun.
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Cory Stansbury
Kevin provided guitar lessons for my daughter and myself, and drum lessons for my son. He was able to teach songs that each of us enjoyed playing. Maybe one of the coolest things is that Kevin created opportunities for his students to play as a group and in front of real audiences.
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Julie Burt
My daughter has taken guitar and drum lessons from Kevin for the past two years, He gives her lots of amazing opportunities to play with other people and perform. Kevin keeps the lessons fun and challenging. He is a fantastic teacher!
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Stephanie A.
Kevin really customizes the lessons for each specific student, finds their strengths and passion for the kind of music they like and the learning process goes much faster. My son enjoyed many years with Kevin and enjoyed practicing his guitar all the time. Another important part of the process was the opportunity to practice and perform in front of people in venues that were safe and fun. Kevin is always thinking of his students and relates well in everything he teaches or communicates to make sure they always understand the concept before ending his lesson. He is also very detailed and thorough as he fills out a lesson/practice sheet that covers many exercises that help sharpen the students skills always using music that appeals to the students interests. I was and still am impressed with the way my son plays guitar and am very thankful we found Kevin and Strum2TheBeat!
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Randy Perkins
Kevin goes the extra mile with his students by providing great instruction as well as performance opportunities in solo and group situations.
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Nancy Surdoval
Kevin works really well with my daughter who has learning disabilities. He is very patient and encouraging. She is making lots of progress.
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Chris N.
Kevin has been wonderful with our 10 year old son. Weekly lesson plans and "homework" keep him on track, engaged and continually progressing in his guitar skills. Working with Kevin has been a great experience for us.
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Joel Hughes
You'll have a blast with Kevin as your teacher. Perceptive, patient, and personal, he'll bring out the best musician in you.
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Molly Stanger
I have been take lessons with Kevin 9 mouths now I love every bit of it. I came to knowing nothing about guitar now I can play alon to about a dozen songs. Keven is a great. Teacher he has tough me. A lot in 9 mouths.
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Trixie
Kevin tailors each session to the individual. He is easy to learn from. He has a great demeanor. He has made cord charts for me on songs I request to learn? He is inspiring, encouraging and uplifting to be around. He is a great teacher. I even got to perform with him!! Because of how great he is I was even able to perform just after 5 sessions. If you're looking for a great music teacher he's your guy
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Tony
Kevin took the time to teach me what I wanted to learn rather than what he thought I should know. It made lessons way more fun learning music I wanted to play.
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Olga
Great teacher for my 8 years old on both drums and guitar. Kevin makes the lessons exciting and educational at the same time. We saw progress in a very short time!
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Ira Kopilow
Kevin is a great teacher. I tell him a song I am interested in and he prints out the lyrics and notes. When he sees problems, he gives me pointers and illustrated drills to practice at home. Having never played a note before, I already have a few that I have mastered.
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Mike Jones
I really like Kevin's upbeat (pardon the pun) nature. He's always positive and that's what it takes for a student to continue to enjoy learning. I've had a very good experience with Kevin and his price is right. Kevin TRULY teaches the joy of making music.
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Mandi
Kevin has been instructing my 11 yo son in private and group lessons for the past year. Initially my son was reluctant to learn and instrument but Kevin has been able to make it fun by playing the music he enjoys. My son practices on his own, without me having to nag, a true testament to how much he enjoys guitar with Kevin.
Administratively, Kevin is organized and straightforward. We feel very lucky to have found Kevin - he has enriched our son's life.
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Jason Wilson
After stuggling trying to do "my own thing" online from YouTube videos, etc. to learn guitar for a year or two I have done online guitar lessons with Kevin for ~2 years. Kevin is great. He teaches what you want, when you want and made/kept it fun. If he can teach me, he can teach anyone! Great patience, great pace and always music I was interested in. The fact I can play anything still amazes me. I highly recommend!
