WEB CAM LESSONS ARE LIVE AND UP AND RUNNING!

November 15, 2008

As of this morning (Saturday, November 15, 2008), I have done a full test run of the Skype driven Webcam lesson setup. All is up an running, so, beginning Monday, I am open for business.

So, whether you are on the East coast, West coast, living in a remote area of the US or living overseas, you can setup a live lesson with me. This has the advantage over phone lessons as it is face to fact.

For details, click on the Online Lessons tab above. There are three options for study.

I am very excited about being able to share with you directly like this. Of course the free Youtube driven lessons will be left up for those who are interested.

A Little Help From My Friends!

October 13, 2008

Folks,

I get hundreds of emails a month, mostly from trumpeters from all over the world looking for help with chops problems or looking some elaboration on the ides voiced in my video clips.

I do the best I can to repsond to each and every one. I do fall behind ocasionally, but I get to them. I often have folks contact me with many follow questions. Again, I respond to each and every one. All of this, like my video clips, are offred for free.

What I DO ask is that folks buy a CD. Consideering that a private lesson goes for $75 per hour, the $15 for a CD includ8ing shipping and handling is a small price to pay, by comparison.

In ored to keep this up, though, the CD sales need to increase. At this point only about 1 or 2 percent of the folks who get in touch with me have bought a CD.

I will continue to help anyone who asks. Just consider the other side of the coin, please.

Thanks!

Nick Drozdoff

COMING SOON! Taking on new students plus webcam lessons June 26, 2008

I am planning on rolling this out in early June, but at the request of many folks, I am doing several things to make it easier for me to help folks more directly.

1.) I'll be takng on new students beginning in June. In order to make things more financially friendly, I am willing to work in 1/2 hour increments with each half hour going for $37.50. My going rate is $75 per hour for all musicial services.

2.) I am developing a process for doing live web cam lessons, again at the request of many folks who wish to do some study with me but who are on the other side of the world. The same rates apply.  

3.) I am also developing live online master classes.  The current plan is to offer these for $30 per hour with a maximum AND minimum of five people per class. I see five folks as miinimally suitable for setting up the mutli link video conferences. I don't want MORE as half the lesson will be devoted to Q&A with each individual in the class.

All live online lessons are to be prepaid through Paypal. Once a scheduled master class is filled, no other folks will be admitted to that group. However, depending on demand, a new group could be started. 

I have many of my lessons already posted here (hosted by Youtube) for free. The purpose of the live online video (webcam) is to address the need for folks to communicate with me directly as student teacher.

Stay tuned. As things develop, this information will be updated.

 

Now, you can buy individual tracks of Drozdoff's music as well as his CD's! December 9, 2007

This web site is dedicated to the trumpet work of Nick Drozdoff, his compositions and his CD's Also coming will be a video section with both performance and lecture demos and instructional materials. An online lesson program is currently under development as well.

Please browse the various sections indicated by the tabs at the top of the page. Also, listen to the tracks and samples while browsing.

Drozdoff is an endorsing artist for the New York Trumpet company an performs exclusively on instruments provided by Felix Vayser of the New York Trumpet Company. Drozdoff also plays John Lynch Asymmetrical Mouthpieces exclusively.

Now, you can purchase individual MP3's of Drozdoff's music via SNOCAP by following the link. Of course, to get the FULL FIDELITY of the CD's you'll need to buy the CD's.

Also available at SNOCAP are Drozdoff's older ACID driven tracks.

Finally, the cover art for "No Man Is An Island" was done by Steve Hashimoto (who also played bass on Meditation #1). Steve can be reached at hashimoto@aol.com .

The photography (such as the main photograph for this page) for No Man Is An Island was done by trombone virtusoso and expert photographer, David Gross of Algonquin, Illinois. 

 

"A Curious Yellow" Picked as the Best Jazz Piece of 2007 by WAMIA
December 9, 2007

Australian composer, Adrian Kelly, wrote “A Curious Yellow” for his CD, “Intercontinental Drift.” It is composed for string quartet and specifically Nick Drozdoff’s flugelhorn work.

Recently this piece won the Western Australian Music Industry Association Award as the best jazz piece of 2007. This is truly an intercontinental project. The original CD tracks were recorded in Perth and the trumpet parts were recorded in Saratoga, New York. However, Drozdoff recorded his part on Curious Yellow upon returning to Chicago.

You can hear the entire piece by going to the little media player at the top of the page and using the little pull down window to the right side of it to select “Curious Yellow.”