My name is Kevin Fuhrman and I am a percussionist in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area and have spent the last 17 years developing many skills to serve my community.

My Steel Drum Band, 33° North, has delighted audiences for over a decade and continues to share the joy of Island music. We perform for corporations, local restaurants, and many private parties! Our blend of Reggae, Soca, Calypso, Latin and American music is fun and pleasing for everybody!

I also teach private lessons whenever my schedule permits and continually develop new ideas to help people achieve their goals in learning music. I currently am writing a set of books for percussionists based on my rhythm-reading concepts, also developed over the past decade. I also deliver outstanding seminars for stores, festivals and schools to help shed more light on the absolute joy of playing and teaching percussion!

In trying to find the most effective way to teach people how to read music, I stumbled upon a simple, yet powerful, way to think of rhythm that speeds up the learning curve tremendously. I call this idea the Additive Rhythm Technique or ART. There are materials available to help individuals, small groups or even classrooms transform their ability to understand and perform rhythms more accurately and be able to learn them on their own!

In the marching percussion idiom, there are many materials designed to help percussionists and/or drummers understand their role in this arena. I am dedicated to finding and developing ideas/concepts and practical materials to help this process. I based my work on the philosophy that it is "90% mental and 10% physical" when people are successful. I have put together books addressing both issues and in a way to help the beginner up to the advanced player understand how to be best prepared for his/her role in a marching percussion situation.

Thank you for checking out my site and let me know if I can help you any further!