How Deliberate Practice Has Helped Musician Stephen Taylor With Life

Stephen Taylor is the founder and owner of StephensDrumShed.com as well as the creator of the Drum Better Daily system. The website is membership based and offers a way to learn the drums online in an organized and goal oriented fashion. Since 2011 he has had thousands of drummers go through his online programs, books, and courses. In 2017 Stephen launched a drum lesson on demand TV channel with Comcast cable. He has a passionate focus to bring online drum education to drummers around the world. Stephen has written three drum method books and also offers downloadable video drum lesson packs and individual lessons on his site.Stephen began playing professionally at the age of 16. During his formative years, he studied under drumming phenom Henrique De Almeida (CurrentAssociate Professor of Percussion at Berklee College of Music). In his late teens and early twenties, he cut his teeth playing nightly in clubs on Bourbon Street, in New Orleans, LA. After three years of gigging up to ten hour days, he relocated to pursue his education. While obtaining his degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Southern Mississippi, he studied underDr. John Wooton (Author of “The Drummers Rudimental Reference Book”and“Dr. Throwdown’s Rudimental Remedies”, and head of percussion at The University of Southern Mississippi) and Harrell Bosarge, a former percussion instructor at the University of North Texaswho has played with artists such asVince Gill, Delbert McClinton, Freddy Hubbard, and theWoody Herman Big Band.He has played and toured with independent and major label artists including Danielle Peck(Big Machine Records),Jason Jones(Warner Music),Meshach Jackson, and many others. In late 2008, Stephen began playing with an original project, Lovers and Liars. They signed withUniversal Republic Recordsbetween 2010 and 2011, had several songs featured on MTV, and has had the opportunity to share the stage with many great artists and bands. Stephen's current and past students having achieved or been featured onMTV, NBC, The Grammies, VH1, The Real World, the Dove Awards, and various college scholarships. In 2013 Stephen was part of a feature article in the October 2013 issue ofDRUM! Magazineentitled "The Drum Stars of You Tube".He currently lives outside of Nashville, TN with his wife, two sons, and daughter.Stephen proudly endorses: ZIldjian cymbals, Vic Firth drum sticks, Tama drums, Aquarian drumheads, Earthworks microphones, and Alclair In Ears.You can find him at https://www.stephensdrumshed.com/In this episode:Learn about how Stephen became a drum teacher.Why he developed his...