Educator-built · Fort Worth, Texas

Tools for teaching, assessment, and the work that keepsperforming arts programs moving.

Backwerd Rimshot is an educator-built product company. It began in percussion and expands wherever the same practical problems appear across music and performance programs.

What’s here now

01Backwerd Rhythm ShopFree percussion tools · Live
02Praxis PercussionThree workspaces · Active
03PassoffsPerformance review · In development

Three products · Clear jobs

A focused portfolio with room to serve the whole program.

Independent product · In development

Passoffs

Show the work. Review it. Record progress. Passoffs begins with percussion, but its core job is shared across music and performance programs.

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Passoffs product card reading Performance evidence, Educator review, Progress recorded
PassoffsProduct in development
Performance evidenceEducator reviewedBuilt to cross disciplines

The standard

Made for real work, not the idea of it.

Every product begins with work we understand firsthand and earns its place by making the next rehearsal, lesson, service call, or assessment clearer.

  1. 01

    Practical

    Built for the room, the rehearsal, and the workday.

  2. 02

    Approachable

    Clear language, useful defaults, and no jargon maze.

  3. 03

    Authoritative

    Grounded in firsthand teaching and real operating needs.

  4. 04

    Efficient

    Designed to shorten setup—not add another system to manage.

Taylor Dwyer, founder of Backwerd Rimshot, LLC
Taylor DwyerFounder · Percussion educator

Behind the company

An independent maker close enough to the work to understand the details.

Taylor Dwyer built Backwerd Rimshot to connect classroom-ready resources, focused software, and professional workflows. The work began in percussion. It expands only where the same real problems exist for other music and performance educators.

Based in
Fort Worth, Texas
Perspective
Percussion educator
Method
Build · use · refine

Contact Backwerd Rimshot

Start with the part of the work you need.

Product support stays close to the product. Rhythm Shop and Praxis Percussion use dedicated support inboxes; company, partnership, and Passoffs messages go directly to Taylor.