The RDM Academy · Private Coaching · Application Only

Get my eyes on your hands until you make the line.

For serious marching snare drummers chasing a DCI, WGI, college, or top high-school line: daily video feedback, private lessons, and a 12-week system that turns "I don't know what's wrong" into a contract.

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Limited spots · For drummers serious about making their goal line this season

Students who earned their spot using the RDM system

Santa Clara Vanguard Crossmen Blue Knights Guardians Genesis Cap City Memphis Blues Vigilantes (VIP) Lone Star Classic

Also coached, mentored & teched by Anthony

Carolina Crown Cavaliers Colts Troopers Pacific Crest Rhythmic Force Zephyrus UT Austin Longhorn Band UTA Maverick Drumline Monarch

Students placed in 8 competitive corps using the RDM system, plus students coached & teched across the activity.

What you get

Everything aimed at one outcome.

Daily video feedback

Priority feedback cycles on your hands via Telegram, the core of the program.

Private 1-on-1 lessons

Live lessons over video for the issues feedback alone can't solve.

Weekly group coaching calls

Train alongside other serious drummers and get live answers.

The full RDM course

Technique, fundamentals, the 5 mechanics, vocabulary, and breakdowns, as your reference library.

Mock auditions

Pressure-test your packet before the real thing so audition day isn't the first time.

Lifetime RDM Playalongs + materials

The practice tool, digital packets, books, checklists, and goal-setting sheets, yours for life.

My commitment to you

Two guarantees. Both real.

Here's my promise, and I mean it: I don't stop working with you until you get there. And don't let the 12 weeks scare you. It's not a countdown to magically get good, it's a proving. Even if you're not all the way there when it ends, I keep going. The two guarantees below mean I don't quit on you until you hit the milestone, however long it takes.

Guarantee 1

Until you can play all 5 etudes

Pay in full and commit, and I'll keep working with you until you can play all 5 etudes at a high level, even if it takes longer than 12 weeks.

Conditional on paying in full + staying committed.
Guarantee 2

Until you make your goal line

Complete all 12 weeks of assignments without fail, and I'll keep working with you until you make your goal drumline, however long that takes.

Conditional on completing every weekly assignment for 12 weeks.
In their words

Real drummers. Real spots.

"Working with Anthony, I was able to join BKO. I made snare. I never saw myself marching with an open or world group, but Anthony made that possible."

RDM
RDM Academy student
Made BKO snare

"I made Vanguard, which was the big one. I grew as a person through the learning, and opened my ears like crazy."

Santa Clara Vanguard
RDM Academy student
Made SCV

"For the amount of money, you learn so much more than paying $30–45 a lesson. You get 24-hour access and critique on every single video. What you put in, you get out."

Lone Star Classic
RDM Academy student
On the value
Before you book

Questions, answered.

It's a real strategy call. We figure out where you're at, where you want to go, and whether I can actually get you there. If it's a fit, I'll make you an offer and ask you to make a decision. I'll also be straight with you about your timeline, because auditions and the age-out clock are real, and a season you wait is a season you don't get back. What I won't do is run games or push something I don't believe will get you to your line. If it's not a fit, I'll tell you straight and point you somewhere better.
Marching snare drummers (roughly 15–20) who are serious about making a DCI, WGI, college, or competitive high-school line, and who will communicate and show up. It's not for people who want results without doing the reps.
Because most lessons give you feedback once a week, then you're on your own to practice the wrong things until the next one. Here you send video of your hands as often as you want, and I tell you exactly what to fix every time. Players stay stuck because nobody is watching their hands between lessons. That's the gap this closes.
It's a 12-week structured program: sight-read a new page daily, write a grid daily, send videos at least 4 days a week, and a longer "best attempt" of your current etude on Sundays. The students who run the most feedback cycles improve the fastest.
Limited spots. I only take on drummers I'm confident I can help

Stop guessing. Let's make your line.

Book a free call and we'll figure out exactly what's holding your hands back and whether the Academy is the right fit to fix it.

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