CURRENT OCCUPATION: Drum Teacher - Priesthorpe School, Pudsey, Bradford // Music Library Officer Leeds Central Library // Peripatetic & Private Drum Teacher

PLAYING DRUMS SINCE: 1990

TEACHING DRUMS SINCE: 2000

RATES: £25.00 per one-hour lesson

TEACHING LOCATION: Student's residence or my own practise facility

CURRENT BANDS: GALAXIANS, AZORES, ACTON LOW (Leeds UK)

SELECTED PREVIOUS BANDS: THE DRAGON RAPIDE (Leeds UK) / ORIGAMI (San Francisco USA
/ Melbourne AUSTRALIA) / THE LAPSE (New York USA) 

TOURING EXPERIENCE: USA / UK / FRANCE / BELGIUM / GERMANY / CZECH REPUBLIC / POLAND
/ DENMARK / ITALY / SLOVAKIA / SLOVENIA / SWITZERLAND / LUXEMBOURG /
AUSTRIA / NETHERLANDS / HUNGARY / CROATIA

TEACHING DETAILS: Beginners / Intermediate / Advanced / Theory / Grades /
All ages / Rudiments / All genres and styles / Sight-reading / Tuning /
Set-up / Technique / Influential drummers / drum kit building etc

My teaching style is informal but involved, with the emphasis on
individuality, expression, melody, style and freedom. I encourage my
students to approach the drum set as a melodic rhythmic instrument, to
discover both their creative and expressive ranges and to listen to as
many different kinds of music as possible. I believe that the key to
becoming a good musical drummer and good musician is to embrace as much
style and content as possible, from traditional approaches to more
contemporary ideas. I encourage my students to be musical and to develop a
keen ear for what is appropriate, relevant and contextual. I also
encourage my students to be free-thinkers, to develop their own ideas and
to play the way they want to play, not necessarily the way tradition
dictates.
 

Drum Lessons in Leeds.