I believe that playing drums is a doorway into a wider appreciation of all things musical. As the drummer in any given situation you are not only the time-keeper but in a sense an on-the-fly arranger, bringing out the nuance and shape of the music and underpinning the efforts of your fellow players.

My early playing experiences were with post- punk 'new wave' bands, progressing through heavy rock, folk, pop and a stint with the Berkshire Youth Jazz Orchestra before my college education blew the horizons wide open. Since then I have performed and recorded with pit orchestras, folk groups, jazz combos, rock bands, world music groups, solo artists, you name it...

In teaching, I try to impart a balance between technical precision and instinctive musicality. Either one without the other is fairly useless but when you can achieve both then the world is your oyster.

Drum Lessons in Bath.

Plucky Purcell - Indie Funk
Cartwheel Ceilidh - Celtic/English folk
The Locust Recipe - Prog rock
The Golden Eggs - Folk
Moonstone Ceilidh - Celtic Folk
The Soap Dodgers - Rock 'n' roll, blues, funk The Kneutsons - Indie-rock Hodmadoddery - English/Celtic folk Childe Roland - Psychedelic electro-acoustic rock Tracy Island - Cult TV/film themes Round Midnight - Jazz standards Caspakopf - Indie pop-rock a Band named Brian - Solo project De Pasz - Jazz fusion Pas Partou - Acoustic covers Feldkirchener Musikkappelle - Brass band, swing Toni Tanner - Singer-songwriter Madigan - Irish/American folk-rock Debbie & The Dynamics - Reggae The Andy Burden Band - Acoustic folk-pop Super Rhythm Express - African pop-funk Wise Wound - Psycho-acoustic pop/rock Bert Weedon - 60s/70s guitar virtuoso Charlie Round-Turner Trio - Swing Tanglefoot - Celtic/English folk DMZ - Hard rock Bob Whale & The Marleys - Funk/Reggae Radford University Jazz Combo - Jazz, funk The Thin & Quiet Elastic Cats - Jazz-fussion Fergus Read Ensemble - Vintage Jazz The Essential Bears - Prog/blues/rock Self-Service - Pop/rock Inside Out - Acoustic folk-pop Legend - Pop/folk Lorelei - Melodic rock Collision - Hard rock Aunt Agatha's Secret - New Wave Feedback - Punk/New Wave