Welcome to Zac Treby School of Drums
Meet The Owner of Zac Treby School of Drums
Zac Treby is a New Jersey-based drummer. In his formative development years, Zac studied with many influential teachers/performers such as Fred Klatz, Kim Plainfield, Peter Retzlaff, Rich Robinson, Memo Acevedo, Ian Froman.
As a performer, Zac is equally at home in jazz, rock, heavy metal, funk, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, odd meter, and New Orleans drumming styles. Zac has played with The Shots, High Strung Band, The Polish Nannies, Modern Rewind, Midnight Overdrive, Down 2 Earth, Matty Marz, Mac Paige, Blend, Sax & Co, Joe Berger, The Bloomsbury Church Band, and has recorded various musical projects of his own material as a composer. Zac also records remote drum tracks for various songs and projects, and is the sole owner of Drummers Institute of NJ and producer/Artist Manager of Treby Music Productions.
As a Music Manager, Zac assists artists in Marketing Services, Social Media Presence, Album Rollouts, Audio Engineering, Web Development, Booking Live Shows and Tours in both local and higher music scenes.
As a Composer and Songwriter, Zac also writes, records and releases music through his music publishing company Treby Music.
As an educator, Zac is the Owner and Director of Zac Treby School of Drums and a full-time instructor. As a school curriculum director, Zac created material for several Drumming programs. As an instructor, Zac teaches, Song Collection Programs, Courses and private lessons as well as workshop classes in jazz, rock, Heavy Metal, Gospel Chops, Drumline, Pop, Hip-Hop, funk-RnB, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Caribbean drumming styles. In addition, he teaches classes in reading, chart interpretation, brushes, soloing, rudiments and technique (fundamental concepts, Moeller and push pull), and he teaches ensemble repertoire and performance in varied styles. You can also find Zac teaching at Hunterdon Academy of The Arts in Flemington NJ on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
In addition, Zac is the author of a series of books,
Framing Time, Afro-cuban Rhythms For the Drum set, Rock Styles, Concepts: Musical ideas for the modern drummer, Contemporary Jazz: Jazz Vocabulary for Drummers, Hyper Growth.
Zac has attended The Berklee College of music in Boston, and The Drummers Collective in New York City.
Coming Up in October: Featuring Students from Zac Treby School of Drums
The Recording Experience: Starting in October.
At Zac Treby School of Drums, The Recording Experience is a well established Showcase for our students who work so hard during drum lessons, and who want something more than just your average, run of the mill, drum lesson experience. The Recording Experience allows students to show off their talents and abilities for current and future progress. Students showcase everything they’ve been working on, and in addition gives them opportunities to be showcased on our website and social platforms for all to see!
Coming In June: Introducing The Metal Music Song Collection Program
Why Metal Music?
The Poll is in! Let’s face it, it’s all about what the kids are listening to. It’s true, traditional music education approaches rarely teaches students how to perform with other musicians. At Zac Treby School of Drums, we don’t shy away from what the music industry showcases, instead we embrace the traditional and the modern and melt it all into one great Drum Lesson Experience! Ever wanted to play drums, but always felt like the drums lessons or teachers wont teach you the music genres you like? Been there! It’s all about finding that perfect place where they’ll teach you upon your musical interests. That sound like you? Then look no further! Zac Treby School of Drums teaches ALL genres of music. We took a poll on what the kids are listening to, and we created a great program for our June summer offer.
What’s Inside The Metal Music Song Collection Program?
Inside our Metal Music Program, we teach our drummers all the essentials of the Metal Music Genre. Student can delve into the world of Metal songs, learning from artists such as Metallica, Slayer, Meshuggah, Whitechapel, Xonor, Sleep Token, Korn, Spirit box, Dream Theater, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Slipknot and more. This Program features drummers such as Natasha Savic, Mike Portnoy, II, Brandon Zackey, Gene Hoglan, Thomas Haake, Dave Silveria, Joey Jordison, Alex Rudinger, and Dave Lombardo to name a few.
How?
Inside The Metal Music Song Collection, We break down all the songs into bite sized techniques and sections, to give the students a chance to build the chops and sound of the current style their working on. Students get assigned a song, and work on material in their drum lessons right from the song. Everything from Blast Beats to Thrash Metal Beats, The Metal Music Song Collection has everything you need to become the Metal Drummer you’ve dreamed of being.
Coming up in July: Drumline Program
Marching bands in general and especially marching drum lines emphasize uniformity. To achieve absolute uniformity, every member of the drumline must play with proper stick heights. In addition, every snare drummer should have a working knowledge of Drum Cadences, Drum Rudiments, Rolls, and Open-Closed-Open concepts as a foundation. Zac Treby School of Drums teaches all the essentials of Drumline. Inside the Drumline, students can expect to learn techniques and skills such as Dynamics and Sticking Combinations, in order to develop the sound of a drumline. This Drumline features methods and Curriculums from drummers such as Charles Wilcoxen, George Lawrence Stone, Moeller, J Burns Moore, Jim Chapin, Scott Johnson and many others.
Zac Treby School of Drums Song Collection Programs
There are essential components that create the sounds that we are used to hearing and connecting with on a daily basis. Zac Treby School of Drums introduces our students to this connection in our Drum Lesson Experience. That’s where our Song Collection Programs come in! Cue the music!
During different times of the year, our programs switch up quite a bit to keep things fresh for the students’ perspective of learning. At Zac Treby School of Drums, we like to keep our students challenged. Our Students learn music from a wide variety of musical icons and legends such as: Sleep Token, Raye, Bad Omen, Chappel Roan, Charli xcx, Led Zeppelin, ghost, U2, Meshuggah, Enterprise Earth, The Police, Korn, Olivia Rodrigo, Ice Cube, Billie Eilish, Beyonce, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Billy Joel, Tito Puente, Black Sabbath, Kelly Clarkson, Thelonious Monk, Silent Planet, Metallica, Rush, Spirit Box, Bring Me The Horizon, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Branford Marsalis, Aerosmith, Frank Zappa, Slipknot, The Ramones, Michael Jackson, Whitechapel, Genesis, Jimi Hendrix, Dream Theater, System of A Down, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, Porcupine Tree, and much more!
In addition, each season features an Album Collection from a legendary Artist, where students have the opportunity to learn a whole Albums’ worth of music in 4-6 months.
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned musician, understanding music fundamentals in our Drum Lesson Experience can help you. Ready to dive in? Great! But first! Let’s show you how we do it.
Song-Machine-Approach: Our Song-Machine-Approach places students in a certain class of drumming according to their abilities and skill sets.
Here is what we offer inside our Song-Machine-Approach:
- Song Collection Programs: Each student has the chance to choose programs that contain songs by artists both classic and modern, and learn how to play those songs with the materials inside our Song-Machine-Approach.
- Drum-less Tracks: In our drum lessons, we work on songs that have been chosen for students, which provide them with four mp3 versions of a song – 1. A Studio Version – 2. A Metronome Version (No Drums) – 3. A Drum-less Track Version (No Metronome) – 4. A Drums Only Version (No Music).
- Musical Notation Transcriptions: Our Musical Notation Transcripts of these songs assist the student in tackling difficult section, and further provide techniques that are built into the songs that they work on.
- The Recording Experience Showcase: With our Recording Experience, students have the opportunity to perform via Audio and video, their material in a real live studio for 1 hour, recording their songs in real time. The top students will also have the opportunity to be showcased and featured on Zac Treby School of Drums Website and social Platforms.
Call today for a free consultation and receive a trial lesson (201-887-1407)
Book a Drum Lesson with Zac Treby in East Brunswick NJ or Online via Zoom. Call now for a free consultation: 201-887-1407
Contact us for a Free Consultation and receive a FREE Trial Lesson!
Email: zactreby@gmail.com
Phone: 201-887-1407
