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Hand Drumming Education In Santa Cruz, CA<\/center>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lessons, Classes, Playshops &
\nCommunity Drumming Events
\nAll Ages & All Levels Of Experience
\n<\/span><\/span>In a wide range of musical styles from around the world
\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>ongas \u2022 Bongos\u00a0\u2022 Timbales \u2022\u00a0Djembe \u2022 Cajon \u2022 Doumbek\/Darabouka\u00a0<\/span>
\nFrame Drums \u2022 Udu\u00a0\u2022 Shekere & Other Shakers \u2022 Tambourines
\n<\/span>Afuce\/Cabasa \u2022 Clav\u00e9s, Bells, Blocks & More!<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Jim Greiner is an internationally acclaimed, multiple award-winning percussionist,\u00a0educator and community drumming leader who\u00a0lives in Soquel, California. \u00a0Jim\u00a0performs and teaches locally and throughout the U.S. Jim also conducts interactive rhythm programs for corporate team building, conference and meeting ice breaking, community groups and events, schools, and private celebrations locally and worldwide <\/span>through his company, Hands-On! Drumming\u00ae<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jim is also an endorser\/clinician for a number of the world’s leading music instrument manufacturers, including Latin Percussion Instruments (LP), Sabian Cymbals, ProMark Drumsticks, Gibraltar Drum Hardware, and Audix Microphones, and teaches clinics at music stores, music camps and schools with their support.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim’s teaching methods are strongly grounded in the universal fundamentals of rhythm, as well as in traditional and contemporary\u00a0rhythms from many cultures. \u00a0He is also renowned for\u00a0seamlessly integrating real-world Life Skills into his teaching\u00a0that reinforce Life Rhythms (patterns of attitude and action) that uplift and empower people of all ages and all walks of life. \u00a0Some of these Life Skills and Life Rhythms include:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Relaxing, grounding &\u00a0energizing ourselves<\/span>
\n \u2022 Creating\u00a0a solid Life Groove that reinforces our positive Intentions<\/span>
\n \u2022 Progressing by creating, and celebrating,\u00a0regular successes<\/span>
\n \u2022 Letting go of the fear of making mistakes<\/span>
\n \u2022 Stimulating\u00a0creativity, a playful spirit, and a “can-do” attitude<\/span>
\n \u2022 Communicating & collaborating effortlessly with other people<\/span>
\n \u200b\u2022 Reinforcing the Blessings of Life by regularly\u00a0celebrating them!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Thank you for your interest in my Santa Cruz, Monterey & SF Bay Area<\/em><\/span>
\n hand drumming & hand percussion teaching.\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/span>Please contact me<\/span><\/a><\/span> to receive my bi-monthly Rhythm Power\u00ae eNewsletter, with FREE lessons and videos, and announcements of my local public events.\u00a0 Come join our local rhythm community, and participate in the worldwide, age-old tradition of \u200bplaying percussion instruments to uplift and empower<\/span> ourselves, and the people who hear and feel our rhythms!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bAll the best,<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jim-Greiner\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Jim Greiner invokes the primal power of rhythm to release the participants’ stress, to exercize their minds and bodies, and to bind them together into community.” \u200b\u2013 PBS Special, Healing Quest<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

“Jim Greiner is a master percussion educator, and a pioneer in using drumming to motivate people in corporate and community groups.”\u00a0 \u2013 The Percussive Arts Society<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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