Tom Rozum as a mandolin teacher

[scgc.om]

I'm looking ahead to the summer (aren't we all . . . ?!!) and have the possibility to take a class with Tom Rozum at a local Blue Grass week-long workshop.

Anyone here taken lesson(s) with Tom? For those who have experienced his teaching, what can you say about his style and method?

Thanks for all help.

[Don Grieser]

When he taught at RockyGrass quite a few years ago, he had materials and a plan of what he wanted to cover. He was also open to cover things students wanted to learn. He knows music & theory and he can communicate it.

It'll be worth taking his class just to learn his approach to backing up a vocalist on the mandolin. He's one of the best at that so don't let him get away without covering that.

[AlanN]

Never have taken a 'class' with Tommy, but I'll tell you this: he is the perfect mandolin picker to learn how the instrument fits in a band. From fills, to backup (as Don points out) to tasty tidbits, he is the man.