Our Rock Band program was formed a few years ago after four musicians from The Staten Island School of 
Rock formed the band Giffords Lane. Since then, bands like Spinning Band have gotten together to form the latest generation of classic rock and rollers! Our Rock Band program takes musicians who are musically on the same level and brings them together to join a Rock Band. One of our many experienced teachers supervises the band and teaches the musicians stage presence, song writing and improvisation. Too often bands are formed with no supervision whatsoever. That can lead to a disaster. With the assistance of an experienced musician involved with the band things move much smoother.
The Rock Band rehearsals take place once a week at the Staten Island School of Rock. Rehearsals are done in a ‘live’ setting to get the musicians acclimated to a real life experience. This prepares the band for their first show. Each musician learns how to setup their own equipment. Although amplifiers, a PA and drums are all available at the Staten Island School of Rock, each musician is encouraged to learn how to setup their own amplifiers and drum set.
Once the band has a set of songs they feel comfortable playing we coordinate their first live show. Professional tickets are printed and sold like any show would require. Because the setting is familiar to the band the shows are well organized and professional. Exactly what you would expect at the Staten Island School of Rock.
Unfortunately there are only so many bands we can coach. If you are interested in forming a band please let us know! You can call us at 718-984-6988 or email us if you have any questions at SORStudios@Gmail.com.
sale up front, lessons in a 4×4 storage area] and happened to see a drum lesson taking place. There was a drum instructor and student. Both were playing on practice pads. If you don’t know what a practice pad is, it is a pad most drummers use to warm up and play rudiments, or they are used when you can’t play too loud. Then I looked around and saw no drum set! I wondered how in the world can you teach drums without a drum set. Well, that’s not how we teach you how to play drums!
a year before you actually learn how to play a song…not a song that you like, but a song from your music book. I know that’s not how I’d like to learn how to play the piano!
probably seen it dozens of times. Music schools showing their instructors playing sweep arpeggios, blazing through major scales and tapping like Eddie Van Halen. Cool right? Well, yeah, if you already know how to do that. But then it gets better…The instructor in the video shows you the notes he (or she) is playing in slow motion. After an hour or so you finally get this awesome part down. Now what? You go to rehearsal with your band and you say; “Hey guys, look what I can do! I just learned this from my guitar teacher. He even has a Youtube channel with these really awesome guitar riffs. You should have a look”. So your bass player, rhythm guitar player and piano player ask; “That is great…let’s put that in our new song! What key is it in? What chords should we play in the background?” And your response; “Hmmmm good question…there was no mention of that in any of the lessons I took!”