Ben Hans

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ben Hans is a percussionist, author, clinician and music instructor based in Nashville, Tennessee. As an educator, Ben has taught music lessons to students of all ages and skill levels in private studio for over three decades. Ben also has two decades as experience as a collegiate music educator. Performing live in many genres of music with many internationally known artists, Ben is also a freelance editor and session performer with many published works including: “Workin’ Drums – 50 Solos for Drum Set,” “40 Intermediate Snare Drum Solos,” “Rudimental Solos for the Marching Snare Drummer,” “Modern School for Mallet Keyboard Instruments,” “Hal Leonard School for Snare Drum,” transcriptions of Ray Luzier’s “Double Bass Drum Techniques,” "How to Play Drums in 14 Days" as well as performing on, writing, editing and music directing the Hal Leonard DVD “Traditional Rudimental Drumming,” by John S. Pratt. Ben is a Yamaha Performing Artist who also currently endorses Aquarian Drumheads, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Mike Balter Mallets, Impression Cymbals and Tycoon Percussion. Ben is a member of ASCAP and John S. Pratt’s ‘International Association of Traditional Drummers’. Have questions about this book, want to do an online lesson, or come to see a live show? For more information, visit his website, www.benhans.com.