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Tool Time

I have not done a drumming video in a while, so here is something that I worked on recently. Tool are a band known for being intense and also for complex music that

Changing a drum head for the first time

I bought my second hand Tama Club Jam kit just over a year ago and it came with the original heads. These will wear out and so I was going to have to face changing

Monday Drum Day: Getting scientific

I have made a few song videos for participating in the monthly collaborations in the Drumeo drum school. This month the parent group Musora expanded it to include

Monday Drum Day: Another jazz jam

Yesterday was a first session of the year for our little jazz group known as The Moonshots. We have @purplesinger on piano, @daniellemurray on clarinet and Bob on

Hoping for a great year of drumming

Last year I had lots of fun with my drums. I have been playing for a few years now and am starting to feel confident in playing with others. The study/studio is

Drumming at open mic again

Our little community of musicians had another open mic at The Angel's Share in Hitchin. Playing outdoors in December is not ideal, but it was not as cold as some

Monday Drum Day: Trading solos

Yesterday our gang of jazz-curious friends got together at London Road Studios to work on some more tunes. This time I took along my new cymbals that I featured

Too soon for a swinging Xmas?

I really am not one to kick off Christmas early despite the shops being full of festive tat in October. But then I did hear Maria Carey talking to Zoe Ball on Radio

New cymbals from Zultan

Since I got my acoustic drum kit I have been thinking about getting better cymbals. The guy who had it before had acquired some basic ones that I suspect were second

Monday Drum Day: Brushing up on jazz

I am around 3 years into my drumming journey. Luckily I have some friends who are willing to play with me. We have a band @theriverkicks who play a mix of old folk

Monday Drum Day: Getting funky

I have not done one of these for a few weeks, so it is long overdue. Every month the Drumeo drum school put together a collaboration video of students playing a

Monday Drum Day: Fishing for blues

You may know that one of the bands I am in is @theriverkicks who play a mix of traditional folk tunes and more modern music. This is where I get to play the drums

Monday Drum Day: Believin' in yourself

This is yet another bit of drumming from a Drumeo student collaboration piece. I am just not sure I will get around to recording the whole song before the deadline

Monday Drum Day: Beating the Beat

Every month there is a collaboration on the Drumeo drumming school. I have done a fair few of these, but do not always get around to it. They tend to require a fair

Monday Drum Day: Melody with Todd

At this time next week I should have just finished a materclass with Styx drummer Todd Sucherman in London. There should be about thirty of us spending three hours

Monday Drum Day: Like a train

This is a track I recorded for the @radioliquorice show that @daniellemurray puts together for our local community of musicians. People submit three songs. I had

Monday Drum Day: Swinging it

Happy Monday! I had a musical day yesterday as it was the first rehearsal of our jazz band in a long while. We have a gig coming up next month, so needed to work

Monday Drum Day: Controlling the sticks

There is one book that a large proportion of drummers will have owned. Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone was published in 1935 and contains lots of exercises

Monday Drum Day: Heavy Hail

Happy Monday! I know it is the day many of us go back to work, but I counter that with some drumming in the evening. This week I needed to get my submission for

Monday Drum Day: Jamming

I have now been drumming for a couple of years. I started with a basic floppy mat thing with no dynamics, then got a Yamaha all in one box that is nice and portable.