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 often uses odd time signatures. I had

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 them. The snare takes the hardest beating

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 their other schools for piano, guitar

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 flute. We were missing bassist Paul again.

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 getting full with all my gear. I have two

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 other times we have been there. This time

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 recently. Apart from the cymbals I just

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 2 this morning as they played her big

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 hand. Cheap cymbals tend to be made

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 tunes and some more modern songs, but

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 song. I have done a few of these, but do

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 and I am really enjoying it. We have a

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 that is in a couple of days. The song

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 bit of practice to manage a decent

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 with Todd and I hope to learn a lot.

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 a couple of recent videos that I could

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 through the songs. Four of the six members

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 that cover a range of techniques. It is

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 the latest Drumeo member collaboration done.

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. Next came my Roland TD-07 kit about