Face-to-face drum lessons now resuming at ventilated drum studio
A little tour of the drum studio & main studio areas
Congratulations Sam Swift!
Very pleased indeed that my drum pupil Sam Swift is the winner of the Future Beat 2017 competition.
Well done Sam!
Drum lessons
Welcome to my website
Drum lessons take place at the well-equipped and ventilated drum studio in Chichester.
I offer tuition in a wide range of drumming styles and can prepare you for formal grade exams if that's your thing. I've been playing the drums for thirty-five years and teaching for eighteen. I believe that learning a musical instrument should be enjoyable and satisfying - but - like anything worthwhile, it can be hard work and there are no short cuts to learning to play well, but...
You'll like it when you can do it! In fact there is no feeling quite like the one you get when you make progress because you've worked and persevered at something.
It's not that you can't do it...
it's just that you can't do it yet!
The drum studio
Studio teaching gear
- Mapex Saturn 6 piece maple and walnut kit
- Premier Elite 5 piece birch kit (1977)
- Premier 90s Genista birch snare
- DW 5000, Tama Cobra & Mapex Saturn hardware
- Roc Soc & Pearl Roadster thrones
- Zildjian A & A Custom, Zildjian K, Paiste 2002, Sabian AAX Stage cymbals
- De Gregorio Cajon
- Toca cowbells
- Various percussive items - claves, tambourine, bongos, agogo bells
- Music stands & trap trays, ear defenders, sticks, hot rods, brushes, soft beaters
Studio Facilities
- Numerous tuition books, backing tracks, cds, ipod tracks
- Keys, guitars, Korg click
- Playback system - ipod, click, keys, guitar, bass connection
- Parking, kitchen, lavatory
Session/recording work
Enquire about hiring me for gigs/sessionsI was delighted to have backed the awesome Deborah Bonham for her 2015 tour with dates in the UK, France, Switzerland and Belgium. Back for more dates in 2017.
Saint-Saulve, France: January 2017
Weyfest Festival, Surrey: September 2015