Parker Sundby
About
I’m Parker Sundby, a Berklee College of Music graduate, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter. Since graduating in 2022, I’ve toured internationally as a professional musician while recording and producing music that has accumulated over 100 million streams.
Whether you’re picking up an instrument for the first time or looking to take your playing, songwriting, or production to the next level, my goal is to make learning engaging, practical, and fun. I teach drums, guitar, bass, piano, songwriting, music theory, and Logic Pro, tailoring every lesson to each student’s interests and goals.
I believe the best way to learn music is by making music. My lessons focus on building strong fundamentals while helping students play the songs they love, develop creativity, and gain the confidence to perform, record, and write their own music. I love sharing everything I’ve learned from Berklee, touring, recording, and working with artists in today’s music industry.
Teaching Style
In between performing and recording, I've held private lessons on a variety on instruments and topics out of my home studio. I've covered guitar, drums, keyboard, and bass guitar techniques as well as broader music theory, harmony, songwriting, and production. I love to teach songwriting with Logic Pro X; together we can write and record a song from scratch. I have given lessons to musicians between the ages of 8 and 80. I focus on creativity, inspiration, and making students feel connected to the instrument with improvisation techniques in addition to learning songs. To every lesson I bring the material I’ve learned from my professors and peers at Berklee, years of performance experience, and the commitment to upholding the following goals:
I want to give the energy to artists that makes them feel like they can try anything without judgment. To be the encouragement, the safety net in which there’s no failing. I will be someone artists can trust.
Wherever I go, I want to be able to create the space that allows for creative thought.
I never want to lose curiosity or the willingness to learn and try something different!
Curriculum
Though every student has a different path, I have several foundational tools we can use to learn together to help develop vocabulary, feel, and fluidity. In addition to Berklee audition prep , I can offer the direct materials that will help you succeed with Ensemble Ratings and advance further once you're admitted.
-For students interested in drumming, I reccomend Haskell Harr's Drum Method as well as Keith Reichelt's Art of Rock Drumming.
-Songwriters should check out Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison
Credentials & Affiliations
B.A., Berklee College of Music
