Gabriel S. is excited to join the teaching staff as an instructor at Thunderbird Arts Academy. He began playing at an early age, and currently specializes in teaching drums, piano, audio engineering, beat-making, live sound, dj’ing, and bass guitar. He has a wide range of performance experience from gospel, pop, and r&b to jazz, funk, and even metal music. Gabriel has been in the music industry professionally for the last 7 years, and is currently performing with a variety of bands around the valley. He has a passion for a vast variety of types of music and is a skilled audio technician and composer. A few of his favorite artists include William McDowell, DOMI & JD Beck, and James Brown. He enjoys all styles of music, and has experience in a variety of musical genres. He looks forward to sharing his musical knowledge with his students, and help bring their skills to a higher level.