Ryan Baker started out in music as a drummer/percussionist and picked up bass and guitar later on in life. Ryan has performed in jazz, rock, and funk bands as well as marching and concert ensembles. Along with teaching, he is also a member of the accomplished band BlueNevada. Ryan is well versed in auxiliary percussion and hand drumming.
While in college Ryan was the drummer for the Jazz Ensemble performing a range of styles from Big Band standards to obscure improv numbers. In private lessons he focused on learning the ins and outs of Latin drum set and percussion. He also studied mallet percussion, steel pans, and various concert percussion instruments. Ryan also has many years of experience learning, teaching, and writing marching percussion. Having played marching snare drum in high school and college, he has built up an extensive knowledge base of drumming techniques and rudiments. In his spare time, he wrote and taught the music for several local high school drumlines.
All of Ryan's experience learning and teaching percussion makes him an excellent choice to have you rocking the skins in no time. Whether you are just starting out or you want to continue learning to play the drum set, Evolution Rock School is the place for you.
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Keith began playing the bass at an early age of 11, influenced by legendary rock musicians such as AC/DC, Rush, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Who. He privately trained for 6 years, finding he had a natural talent, and at the age of 20, signed a major record deal with Sony World Music/Epic Records. Keith recorded and toured with the band Foam to promote its debut release "Big Windshield, Little Mirror" and opened for bands including Creed, Live, Everclear, Blink182, Third Eye Blind, and Match Box 20.
Now 36, Keith resides in Hagerstown and continues to hone his skills. Students will benefit from his talent, teaching abilities and extensive performance experience. He is married and has three children who also have a love of music.
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Having a great grandfather who played guitar, a grandfather who was a regional Country Music Favorite, and a mother who sang in cover bands during his childhood, it is not surprising that fourth generation musician Dusty Nevada Corbin knows his way around a few instruments. Dusty’s grandfather, “Cordwood” (Truman Keeney), fronted the band “Cordwood and Family” and played live with that band on the radio station WFMD on a regular basis. Cordwood, was declared the fastest fiddler in the Tri-State Area at several competitions and even wrote a song that was recorded by country music star “Little Jimmy Dickens”. Family get-togethers always included guitars and sing-alongs and for most of Dusty’s childhood he went to bed listening to his mother having band practice in the living room. Destined to be a musician, it seems his early life was marinated in a world of music.
Growing up with a piano in the house, Dusty began playing around with keys by age 4 and started formal lessons at age 14. Dusty has performed on stage every single year of his life since the age of 7 and it was during the first grade that he joined his school choir. That event marked the beginning of 13 years of singing with several different school choirs. The next instrument that Dusty would learn would be the guitar. At the age of 13, learning the guitar came easy for the young man who had many family members very proficient at playing the instrument. Dusty would then take his love of music with him into the next stage of his life... college.
While majoring in music at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Dusty continued singing and taking piano along with other music courses. After transferring to Salisbury University he continued his music education by taking classical guitar classes. It was there that Dusty started his first rock band and began playing in local bars and at college parties. Soon after having moved back to the Frederick area, Dusty started his current band BLUENEVADA with his brother. The all original rock act has released three recordings since 2003 on their own label, Cloverspell Records. BLUENEVADA has performed all over the Mid-Atlantic from Maine to Ohio and all the way down to the Carolina’s. In the band, Dusty performs vocals, keyboard, guitar and bass depending on what song is being played. A new recording is slated for release in September, 2011. BLUENEVADA is a lifetime project for Dusty and he plans to continue to record and perform for many years to come.
Having been immersed in music his whole life, Dusty is delighted to have found a great venue to teach the younger generation of up and coming musicians in our area. Joining the staff of talented instructors at Evolution Rock School, he is able to pass on the knowledge and skills that he has been given to others.
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Frank started playing the banjo at age 14. He has studied the Scruggs, Trischka, and Keith methods, and has an extensive collection of learning materials and tabletures. In addition to the banjo, Frank can play guitar, (upright) bass, and the hammer dulcimer. Frank joined his first band in 1980 while in California. After that, he was a member in The Smokey Valley Ramblers for 20 years, the Hangfire Band for 6 years, and is currenty a member in The Back Creek Boys which he joined in 2010.
Frank brings his 40 years of experience to the students at Evolution Rock School as well as many years of giving private lessons, conducting numerous banjo and band seminars at various concerts and festivals, and his experience of being the Director of Music at Zion Assembly of God in Maugasville, MD. Frank is able to teach beginner to advanced banjo players.
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