Drums For Success

will be in the building. 🥁🔥

Join us April 25th for the M.I.A Drum Clinic – “It’s A Family Affair”

This year is about legacy, community, and passing the torch to the next generation of musicians.

Whether you’re a drummer, producer, or just love music — this is where you need to be.

📍 Faithful Central – The Living Room
🎟️ Registration: $20

Don’t miss it.

will be in the building. 🥁🔥

Join us April 25th for the M.I.A Drum Clinic – “It’s A Family Affair”

This year is about legacy, community, and passing the torch to the next generation of musicians.

Whether you’re a drummer, producer, or just love music — this is where you need to be.

📍 Faithful Central – The Living Room
🎟️ Registration: $20

Don’t miss it.

A lot of musicians think playing all the time means they’re getting better… but performance is not the same as practice.

The stage will always expose what the practice room didn’t fix.
If you don’t put in time outside of rehearsal, it’ll show.
If you don’t prepare outside the gig, it’ll show.

Real confidence doesn’t come from hoping you make it through the set.
It comes from putting in the work before the moment arrives.

Don’t practice on the gig.
Don’t rehearse what you should’ve already developed.
Prepare so well that when it’s time to lead, play, and drive the bus, you do it with strength, confidence, and clarity.

That’s how solid musicians are built.
That’s how growth happens.

I’m TJ Fisher with DFS Academy, helping you make a difference one beat at a time. 🥁

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Teaching Moments 🎶

One of the biggest things I teach students is this:
if you can’t count it, you won’t fully lock in the phrase.

In this moment, I’m showing a student how to hear the phrasing, feel the space correctly, and approach it from a more professional perspective — not just playing notes, but understanding where the phrase sits and how it’s supposed to feel.

That’s a big part of what I do as a music educator every day.
Behind the scenes, it’s not just about teaching students what to play — it’s about teaching them how to think, how to listen, and how to grow.

Because when counting gets clearer, phrasing gets stronger.
And when phrasing gets stronger, the whole musician gets better.

If you’re working on your timing and phrasing, this is your reminder:
slow down, count it, feel it, then lock it in.

What’s tougher for you — counting correctly or feeling the phrase naturally? 👇

I really might have one of the greatest jobs in the world.

As a music educator and nonprofit owner, I get to partner with the GRAMMY Museum to pour back into inner-city youth and the community through music education.

This is more than workshops.
This is access.
This is mentorship.
This is showing young people that their gifts matter and their future is bigger than their current circumstances.

Music changes lives, and I’m grateful to be part of that work every chance I get.

Let’s keep giving the next generation something to believe in. 🎶

I’m Lynda Fisher, co-CEO of Drums for Success, a nonprofit I lead with my husband TJ Fisher. We mentor inner-city youth and empower musicians globally. Reach out and find out more about us. I’m Lynda Fisher, here with Drums for Success, helping you make a difference—one beat at a time!

“Taking you behind the curtain at the Grammy Museum—I’m Tj Fisher, empowering students through mentoring and music workshops. Partnering with awesome organizations such as we love to share the gift of music with the world.