Freelance Drummer / Drum Teacher

About Me

I love playing the drums - It's the best seat in the house!Located near Ipswich, Suffolk - I was a late starter at 21 but with any instrument 'you only get out what you put in' and it takes a great amount of self discipline to achieve great results. I used to practice for around 4 hours a day before deciding to enroll in the Drum-Tech (www.drum-tech.co.uk) 1 year diploma music course in west London where i graduated after passing every exam in December 2001. In london i was lucky enough to meet some amazing world class drummers such as Steve Smith, Dave Weckl and Horacio 'el negro' Hernandez. Since then i have released a drum educational book which has sold out all over the world, including Australia - In April 2005 i joined the tuition team at drummer magazine (www.drummer-mag.com) where i have a monthly column focusing on drum grooves, fills and techniques - I'm also a Vic Firth (www.vicfirth.com) PDT educator.

My Interests

I Love music, especially Funk, Latin, Jazz, Soul, generaly groovey stuff.Other interests are Poker - Snooker - Film - Art - Comedies i.e. Green Wing and TV Dramas are sometimes really good.

I'd like to meet:

Robert de Niro, Robbie Coltrane, mark Heap, ricky gervais - loads of people, comedians, Actors and drummers.

Music:

I Love music, especially Funk, Latin, Jazz, Soul, generaly groovey stuff.Chick Corea, Dave Weckl band, Vital Information, Dave Matthews Band, porcupine tree etc and more commercial bands such as Foo's Chilli's Muse, Korn, Jamiraquai Gnarls barclay etc..

Movies:

Favoutie Movies - Shawshank redemption, Goodfellas, Casino, Final destination 1-3 , beetlejuice, Cableguy, Planes traines & Automobiles, Dumb & Dumber, Ace Ventura etc

Television:

Green Wing, The Streets, Black Books,The Office & Extra's much more but i can't think of any more at mo

Books:

Not much of a reader - I read mostly Biography's i.e. Michael caine, Keith Moon, Robbie Coltrane, Billy Connelly & Stephen Fry so far.