Drumming, Meditation, And Learning To Flow

Specialties

Music education (drum set, hand drums, bass guitar, group playing, listening, composition, arranging). Stress reduction: techniques in mindfulness meditation, learning to stay relaxed while playing, dealing with stage fright, working with anxiety or depression through music-​making; neuroscience of music.

History

Established in 2005.

Stanford University — Stanford, CA — B.A. with Honors, GPA: 3.72

Musician in Residence — UCSF Children’s Hospital, Child Life Department, San Francisco, CA — ¹²⁄₀₇ — ⁴⁄₀₉

* Co-​organized and co-​developed the UCSF Music Program

* Provided music lessons, bedside and public performances, procedural support, and therapeutic play.

Visiting Scholar and Research Associate — Stanford Music Department and Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) — Stanford, CA ⁷⁄₀₅ — Present

* Conceived of, created and co-​organized the Stanford Annual International Symposium Series on Music and the Brain, the purpose of which is to highlight research on rhythm in the brain and music-​based treatments for ADD, anxiety, depression, pain, and dementias (now in its 4^th year)

Editor and Co-​Author, The Rhythmic Brain: Music, Ritual, and Healing — San Francisco, CA 6/​08-​Present * Compiled works of eleven authors and scholars from major universities across the United States.

Meet the Business Owner

Gabe T.

Business Owner

Musician and Recording Artist — San Francisco, CA1/​01 — Present

* Educated in Western classical music, jazz, bluegrass, blues, funk, rock, Latin, and African musical styles.

* Achieved professional-​level skills in drumset and hand percussion (African and Latin percussion; kalimba; assorted classical percussion) in addition to acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, and vocals.

* 10+ years experience in composition, arrangement, recording and studio production.

* Performed with Bay Area band Baba Ken and the Afro-​Groove Connexion (funk/​afrobeat)

* Recorded with many artists including: David-​Jacobs Strain, an internationally famous blues guitar prodigy; Baba Ken Okulolo, bass player and former member of King Sunny Ade’s Allstar band, nominated «Best bass player in Africa» 8 times by Nigerian music publications; Soji Odukogbe, former lead guitarist for Fela Kuti’s Africa 70; and Nii Armah, former flutist and conga player for Hugh Masekela’s African Allstars Ensemble.

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Gabe T. says,

«Excellent teaching, very low prices. Peaceful atomosphere.»