The Practice Room

Just keep swimming, just keep singing! 🎤🎶👯‍♀️ did you know that singing naturally releases endorphins? Guaranteed therapy for these Covidian times! We still have remote voice lesson slots available for our fall semester, as well as a wide variety of instruments! Hope everyone is staying sane and don’t forget to let loose and belt it when you feel the urge! 🗣🗣🗣

Meet Doug Berns! 🤘🤘🤘Doug offers private bass lessons to students of all ages and skill levels, and will also be teaching a remote course called Digital Rock Program this semester on Thursdays from 4:15-5:15! In this course, students will write songs collaboratively, record, and jam out with expert instruction! Key musical concepts will be introduced such as songwriting, rhythm, harmony and improvisation, grounded in examples of rock and roll and other contemporary styles. At the completion of the semester, students will turn their recordings into the band’s own LP! Each student must be enrolled in private lessons in their chosen instrument (with us or elsewhere). Each student must also have a working version of Garageband on their laptop. Limit 6 students.
A maestro of bass and face, NYC native Doug Berns has been holding down the low end across a multitude of musical outfits since the age of 14. He has toured all throughout the United States and the world, bringing his talents to such countries as Japan, Spain, England, Mexico and Jordan. He holds it down for afro-beat heavyweights Antibalas and EMEFE, slammed rock and metal with The YeahTones and Letallis, popped the pop for Toot Sweet and MICKY, and created a brand of his own brand of metallic rock with KTHRTK and DBB. In normal times, you can catch him week in and week out keeping the party going with Big Woozy Band, and grooving the gospel at Abundant Life Church in Brooklyn. He has shared the stage with such revered musicians as Jose James, Lenny Pickett, Billy Martin, Passion Pit, Big Boi and members of Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. Doug has taught music privately for 10 years, and is the Rock Band instructor at the Dalton School in New York City.
Register for private bass lessons and Digital Rock Program with Doug for the Fall Semester at ThePracticeRoomNYC.com now!