Sunpath Music

Sam is outstanding. He takes the time to understand what you want out of the lessons, and really tailors it to help you get there more quickly, while keeping it fun and interesting. He also goes way beyond just the guitar too, coaching songwriting, performing, equipment, vocals and just tying everything together in a way that gave me even greater appreciation for the music I love. And, he’s just such a good dude. Seriously one of the most genuinely great guys I know.
Trent O.

I have been a professional musician and songwriter for many years. I found that I was singing more and more, and slowly getting better, but I wasn’t enjoying it as much as I wanted to, because I didn’t feel very confident about my singing, and I didn’t really know what I was doing. I started going to Sam Druckerman for voice lessons and things really began to open up for me. I started to love singing, and began to feel confident even when I was working with much more experienced singers. Sam makes his students work hard on supporting their voice and putting the note where it’s supposed to be. Sam uses simple concepts to help you achieve a big, vibrant tone, and intense exercises to increase stamina and improve intonation. As a consequence, my confidence and enjoyment have increased, and I have been able to deliver to my full potential. I heartily recommend Sam.

If you want music to be part of your life, Sam should be part of yours. Sam isn’t a guitar teacher or something like that. Sam is an ambassador to the multifaceted world of music.
I found Sam looking for a guitar teacher, next thing you know he’s teaching me how to sing. After that he’s teaching me music Theory, after that we’re learning the process of a great performance.
If you want to learn to play guitar for your kids, go see Sam. If you want to start a rock back and «start a revolution from your bed,» go see Sam.
If you wanna be another mediocre vanilla performer, go find someone else.

Calling all rock stars – or aspiring rock stars!!!:
So, you’ve put in the LONG hours, endured the ups and downs – the blood, sweat and tears; doing one or more of the following:
a) performed on stage, even though you’re drunk and-​or high and-​or whacked out of your mind on painkillers;
b) staying up late night after night… after night, because you are partying like there’s no tomorrow;
c) dropped a butt-​load of cash on a mansion with more square footage than you or your newly found, sycophantic «good friends» will ever need;
d) line after line… after line, of blow, enough to make Al Pacino’s character in Scarface look like he only «slightly fell off the wagon» in comparison;
…
e) a super model.
Okay, hard work and dedication aside, you’ll probably need to sing and-​or write songs and-​or play an instrument. If your tool of choice is an ax, guitar hero, then do I have the guy for you. Sam’s been my guitar instructor for almost two years now, and he’s always been patient and customizes the lessons to my level of preparedness (or unpreparedness, as the case may be).
Lessons with Sam are always about learning while having fun and, unlike some other «teachers» who has nowhere near the experience Sam has in teaching but are probably just doing this «on the side» to supplement their gig at the music store, Sam makes his living doing this. He’s played in bands and knows his music. Most importantly, he cares about his students and just LOVES to teach, even going so far as to putting together workshops where he will rent out a studio and allow people to try out their performance skills. AND HE DOES IT OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET/​TIME – i.e., THE WORKSHOPS ARE FREE.
Did I also mention that Sam also does voice coaching?
Things to note (what? You didn’t think life was all peaches and cream, even for a rock star?): Sam teaches out of his apartment in Brentwood, and parking can be a little tough sometimes. Lessons are NOT cheap at $ 75/​hour, but it’s one-​on-​one and you aren’t sitting there in a class of ten trying to get the instructor’s time.
[Oh yeah, I’m still working on checking off at least one item from the list.]