With direct assistance from global drumming ambassador, Dom Famularo, the Learning Advantage program was engineered by Mapex to strengthen its ongoing commitment to music education.

Learning Advantage is supported by two core principles. First, Mapex ensures that dealers are equipped with well-maintained, high quality drum sets and hardware on which students can successfully learn. Secondly, Mapex provides an avenue for its member instructors to enhance their own education and, in turn, pass that knowledge along to their students.

Industry research reveals that students excel at a faster pace and are more likely to practice when their equipment is of high quality. Mapex Learning Advantage Dealers are offered extra incentives to keep their teaching studio gear replaced frequently and in excellent working condition.

Learning Advantage instructors have direct access to some of the greatest teaching resources in the world. Lesson plan archives, access to new teaching methods and direct contact with some of the industry’s greatest living instructors are just a few of the components that allow Learning Advantage Instructors to empower students of all ages and abilities.

With its goals firmly in place, Mapex is committed to challenging student drummers to reach their fullest potential and most importantly, have fun while doing it. The Learning Advantage Program places Mapex in a position to pave a path of learning that propels the next generation of drummers into the exciting world of modern drum set artistry.

When you are looking into percussion education, look into Learning Advantage and see the future. Mapex Learning Advantage... It’s not about the drums. It’s about the drummers.



Dom Famularo
  Contemporary Drumset Phrasing by Frank Katz P.35 (Hal Leonard) (Jazz Intermediate 3(1).pdf)
  Advanced Technique For The Modern Drummer by Jim Chapin P.21 (Warner bros.) (Jazz Intermediate 4(1).pdf)
  Rudimental Patterns by Joe Cusatis P.11 (Warner Bros.) (Jazz Intermediate 5(1).pdf)
  4 Way Coordination by Marvin Dahlgren P.28 (Warner bros.) (Jazz Intermediate 6(1).pdf)
  The Drum set Crash Course by Russ Miller P.32 (Warner bros.) (Jazz Intermediate 7(1).pdf)
  Turn It Up And Lay It Down by Joe Bergamini with Kevin Fuhrman P.59 (Warner Bros.) (Jazz Intermediate 8(1).pdf)
  Beyong Bop Drumming by John Riley P.9 (Warner Bros.) (Jazz Intermediate 1(11).pdf)
  The Jazz Drummer’s Workshop by John Riley P.14 (Hal Leonard) (Jazz Intermediate 2(1).pdf)



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