About Dustin Silva Books
John Lamb is a drummer and music educator based in Portland, OR. He has a B.S. in Music, Biology and Psychology and a Masters in Education. He has also studied with Bernard Purdie. He writes for Drum! Magazine and for Computer Music Magazine. His other titles include Anatomy of Drumming, A Matter of Time: The Science of Rhythm and the Groove and Start Playing Drums: A Method for Adults to Learn to Play the Drums. He has been performing the drums professionally around the U.S. and Asia since he was 15 years old. John proudly endorses Remo drum heads. Dustin Silva is a composer, singer/songwriter and poet. He studied at Musician's Institute in LA as a teenager and won a summer scholarship to Berklee College of Music. His interest in Indian music led him to study at the Ali Akbar College of Music. As a teacher, Dustin specializes in injury prevention and recovery with an emphasis on proper body mechanics. His expertise in this area comes from 7 years of study under somatic educator and Body Mapping expert, Lisa Marsh.
