NYC Drum Lessons With A Pro is headed by experienced drum performer and teacher David Beegun.   

Chicago native David Beegun has been playing the drums since age 8. His early teachers include Todd Sucherman of Styx, Paul Wertico of The Pat Metheny Band, and Joel Spencer of DePaul University.

While in high school, David started to hone his skills and talent by performing in the school jazz bands, forming jazz quartets with friends, playing with rock bands in Chicago clubs, and sitting in at professional jazz jam sessions. At age 18, David attended The University of North Texas in Denton TX to study music. His peers included an extremely talented batch of musicians such as Ari Hoenig of the Kenny Werner Band, Grammy winning singer Norah Jones, and Sting's drummer Keith Carlock. During his five years in Denton, David studied music theory, piano, general percussion under Ron Fink and Robert Schitroma, and was instructed by famed drum set educator Ed Soph during private lessons. He also performed in school small groups and large ensembles, played gigs in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, and was a member of the rock band Budapest One. 

In August of 2000, David finished school and moved back to Chicago for 5 years where he kept an active schedule of teaching over 40 students a week, performing, rehearsing, and practicing. David has performed with an array of Chicago musicians including Eddie De Hass, Von Freeman, The John Kregor Trio, and Steve Million. David currently lives in NYC where he records as a studio drummer, teaches, and plays with the city's top musicians in rock, funk, and jazz groups including WAS/IS, The Jerome Covington Guitar Trio, and plays in the Brooklyn Indie rock band, The Denzels.

Past Gig venues include: SKW on Superior and Wells, Mudd in Evanston, The Metro, The Abby, The Beat Kitchen, The Cubby Bear, The Kitty Moon in Roger Park, The Blue Water Grill, The Green Mill, Smoke Daddy's, Pete Millers, Chambers, The Velvet Lounge, The Peninsula Hotel Chicago, Hole in the Wall (Austin), Tree's (Dallas), Sambucas (Dallas), Bar of Soap, The Stockyards (Ft Worth), 69 Bar NYC, The Grind, Manahatta, Central Park's Jazz Series, and Night of the cookers just to name a few places out of hundreds of gigs.

David has taught up to 40 students a week for the last 15 years at various schools and music studios including St. Patrick's High School in Chicago, Shackelford Jr. High School in Arlington Tx, Hix Music in Chicago, Chicago Drumworks (where he created a whole program from scratch), Drummers World NYC, and has taught clinics, in private studios, and at students houses for home lessons.  David is currently writing a drum method book which he is very excited about.