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AKA ‘The Drum Guru’ Martin’s prime ‘claim to fame’ is that he’s generally regarded as Europe’s leading Drum Tuning Educator and Clinician.
In 2007 he released his first DVD - ‘Tuning Basics For The Modern Drum Set’ which is already an essential addition to any drummer’s library.
Apart from his work with tuning of the drumset, Martin [...]

A former pupil of percussion guru Max Abrams, Mark worked in clubs, bars, Theatres, TV/Radio sessions, cruises from the early 1970s until the mid-eighties, when he became in-house drummer at Ronnie Scott’s.
Dizzy Gillespie, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, Mark Murphy, Tim Garland, Flora Purim, Johnny Griffin, David Gilmour, Hatfield & the North, Soft Machine, Liane Carroll, Norma [...]

Pete Cater was born in Lichfield in 1969. The son of a drummer, he showed natural flair for the instrument from infancy and by age 2 had appeared on local TV soloing in 5/4.

Jazz has always been Pete’s first love, and his early heroes on the instrument were Joe Morello, Kenny Clare, Buddy Rich and [...]

Lynchpin Jamiroquai band member and drummer supreme Derrick McKenzie joined the band in 1994 for the recording of their sophomore album Return Of The Space Cowboy. Derrick was born on 27th March 1964, with drumming in his blood. His career was kick-started early with performances on his Mum’s tables, chairs, telephone books and biscuit tins! [...]

Andy has played drums for 30 years, recording and touring with a varied roster of artists, and he is an experienced music educator.

Andy has toured all over the world, playing to crowds of 30, 000 with rock god, Robert Plant and he has recorded obscure jazz fusion with guitar whiz Phi Yaan Zek.

He is currently [...]

The Jungle Drummer is a unique live performer who has developed his own style through his musical awareness and experience, from ten years of playing with the biggest live acts in Turntablism, dance music and D&B. His stamina makes him able to drum at 180 BPM for 2 hours plus and his all out approach [...]

Jerry started out on the drums at age 8, played his first gig at age 14 and by 18 was playing drums on the Gloria Gaynor tour. He is an incredibly versatile drummer and has played with a variety of top Jazz, pop and gospel acts. He has appeared on many different promotional tours with [...]

Born and raised in New Orleans (and living there still, when he’s not on the road), Stanton Moore is very much a product of geography, culture and creative networking. He grew up in the thriving music scene of his hometown that included Professor Longhair, Doctor John, the Meters and countless other Big Easy mainstays.

In the [...]

Pete began playing drums at age 15 and was soon playing along to albums by Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and Deep Purple. Having spent a couple of years finding his own way he began working from such well known books as Gary Chester’s New Breed and Gary Chaffee’s Patterns series.
At 20 Pete headed south from [...]

James is Head of Drums at BIMM, Bristol as well as holding the drum seat for Malakai.
With Malakai he’s played the largest venues in the UK (including 3 sell out nights art Brixton Academy, Manchester Apollo, Royal Festival Hall), recorded sessions for Annie Mack, Zane Lowe and Gilles Peterson (Radio 1) at the world famous [...]

Craig has stamped his mark as one of the most in-demand session drummers and international drum clinicians in modern day drumming. His list of commercial credits is rapidly expanding and he is now one of Mapex, Roland and Paiste’s foremost clinicians.
His clinic style, performances and level of entertainment have received rave reviews in the [...]

Colin Woolway has been playing and teaching drums professionally for 35 years. During those years he has done every kind of gig from Olympic stadiums with Suzi Quatro to scout huts and muddy gardens with hundred year old music hall acts.
He is best known these days as the founder of the [...]