https://www.thrivedrumming.com/home daily 1.0 2023-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/39bc4f60-591b-4b5d-aada-5ed02fc983d0/1C4A7279.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/84fe87b2-a1af-4e2a-9c02-554ad7b0c3b1/1C4A7324.JPG Home - Drumming… Is my passion! https://www.thrivedrumming.com/media daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1589949068005-T6SQWRO4Z7F48Z2ISDZ9/Montineri%2BLegend%2BDrums%2B003.jpg Media Sweet sound of Montineri and Kaman Legend maple drums! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590281084846-13JDR25346I9KBDNF177/tom_snyder_1974_drum_corp.jpg Media Ten years old in the drum line https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590281507498-8ALSX8484J3RM29UEK63/a_chorus_line_pit_12_1990_tom_snyder+%282%29.jpg Media In the pit for A Chorus Line, Finland 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590281601796-AK89PC5SUT7IPZJEV94N/1_1988_baby_monster+%283%29.jpg Media At Baby Monster studio 1988, Kablamachunk! sessions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590281679378-E2ARFMONKI45AZ7T5X5C/east_end_beat_late_2000s_tom_marc_r_fasanella+%282%29.jpg Media East End Beat at a Cafe in Southampton, LI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590281873618-A2P6Z54ZXXWTDOSEP79Y/tom_snyder_4_26_10+%282%29.jpg Media 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590282133651-SYZJ7OFVG3QI97ZY0X89/tom_snyder_jean_dave_wedding_8_1981+%282%29.jpg Media At 17 sitting in with the band at my sisters wedding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590282193546-YRTK9D0NSOMKNF8Z9BMQ/tom_snyder_junior_recital_ulrich_4_1986+%282%29.jpg Media Purchase College Junior Recital, getting ready to start 2nd mvmt of Ulrich Suite no. 1 for Marimba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1589949429557-TK84Y1C86KP5A94TRF58/Tom%2527s%2BPDP%2Bkit.jpg Media 2018 Maiden Voyage of the PDP Concept Birch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590282366914-LFLG5U0KG7IY150ZGMUE/ludwig_classic_maple_11_2004+%282%29.jpg Media 2004 both my Ludwigs and Sabians were new! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590282518412-1P6YX6SVSSUFEPEMOSWB/tom_snyder_libray_recital_carter_9_1987+%282%29.jpg Media About to play March by Elliot Carter 1987 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590282533508-69TGXX9OZWQ322IBFEDD/troy_t_blues_band_2006+%282%29.jpg Media Troy T. 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What I always wanted to do…. https://www.thrivedrumming.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-02-09 https://www.thrivedrumming.com/lessons daily 0.75 2022-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1596506544438-N0VDH0V1JZVY18D4Q8YO/image-asset.jpeg Lessons Learn how to play drums the right way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1596507128044-3MOJ3Q3CXSCO709IW1VY/image-asset.jpeg Lessons https://www.thrivedrumming.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2020-05-23 https://www.thrivedrumming.com/thank-you daily 0.75 2020-05-27 https://www.thrivedrumming.com/bands daily 0.75 2020-07-06 https://www.thrivedrumming.com/drumgear daily 0.75 2021-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1590367046803-RB8YG8D4FWNAIZ3J21KA/image-asset.jpeg Drum Gear - This type of drum set is all you need to start… It features a Kick (bass drum), snare drum, high tom, floor tom, cymbals, pair of hi-hats, ride cymbal and a crash cymbal , snare stand, hi-hat stand, two cymbal stands, bass drum pedal, a drum throne and sticks! If you get a five piece kit with an extra tom tom, than that is even better! Other gear for a great start: Music Stand, metronome, ear plugs, blank music notation book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1596505044091-PJGTJ2HTATTII1G3T1G9/Briggs_book_2.jpg Drum Gear A world of knowledge awaits within these pages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/1611284914123-IWWHFQ01F90YMB9V58TU/sen-unbound-logo.png Drum Gear SABIAN CYMBALS I have been playing Sabian cymbals for thirty plus years, my ears are happy! I am a member of Sabian Education Network, the support they provide drum and percussion educators is unparalleled! https://www.thrivedrumming.com/about daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eadec3058f8df463e67c908/0e491f33-e650-47d9-a785-0262ba000a01/1C4A7321.JPG About - Tom Snyder - Drummer, Percussionist, Teacher, owner of Thrive Drumming: I have been involved with music since I was ten years old and music has given me over forty years of joy! I have performed in numerous musical settings from club bands in all styles, to musical theatre shows, percussion ensembles, drum circles, symphonic and wind ensemble concerts. These various musical genres have allowed me to perform in venues and studios ranging from CBGB’s in NYC to Carnegie Hall, Baby Monster Studios in NYC, touring Scandinavia with The Original Broadway Farewell Tour of “A Chorus Line”, and countless small clubs and backyards along the way, truly anywhere music can be performed. I have been an instructor of drum-set and percussion for thirty years. I graduated from SUNY Purchase with a B.F.A. and Stony Brook University with an M.M. Currently, I am an original member of the especially tight and fun classic rock quartet, “The Generators”, under the direction of founder Bill J., and I have been been performing and recording with an original music project- the hard rockin’ Christian band “The Blameless Project”. The Blameless Project will release their third album in October of 2022, titled, “Today”. 2022 has been rolling along nicely and I am indeed a happy drumming man!