Drum School Short Courses

Yesterday I got to thinking about intensive drum training courses. I don't want to go back to school full time and the whole private lesson thing...though valueable...doesn't provide quite the same sense of accomplishment as going to school. The middle ground would be a short, intensive, course.

It looks like the most of obvious choice is the short course intensives at The Drummer's Collective in New York City. They offer 5 day and 2, 3, or 4 week courses. The 5 day starts at $800 (plus room and board, which they do not provide). Really not a terrible price for such a thing. In fact, it makes paying $400 to go to Bonnaroo seem like a total waste of time.

The other main option is The Musician's Institute in LA, but it seems that their shortest course is 10 weeks...which is too long to be away.

There's also the Berklee Percussion Festival, but it is a little more expensive. It's 5 days, June 20-24, 2011.