I started playing drums as a 12-year old at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham and began playing in bands from age 14. With the encouragement of the school, I played my first gigs at about age 15.
I continued to play at university and in my twenties played and recorded with several original bands and artists including Mr Moon, Earl Grey, The Wah and latterly The Grenadiers. I also spent several years playing on the functions circuit. My playing career has been modest but the gigs have taken me around the country and as far afield as Germany.
I set up my teaching studio in 2007, with equipment provided by Sonor drums and Zildjian cymbals. As well as my private lessons, I teach drum kit at the Royal Hospital School and Ipswich School.
I feel I owe it to my students to continually improve as a player and a teacher, so for several years I trained with the well-known teacher Colin Woolway. I also spent 3 years under the tutelage of the late (great) Bob Armstrong, who was regarded as the UK’s leading drum educator. More recently, I studied with the widely respected teacher and drummer Pete Riley.
My current playing includes live work with a 10-piece Steely Dan tribute, recreating the music of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker for theatre audiences across East Anglia and London. I also do occasional ‘dep’ function gigs, theatre pit work for musicals and freelance recording at my private studio.
Aside from drums, my hobbies are collecting LP records, motorsport and watching Ipswich Town FC. Above all else though, I love spending time with my wife and two daughters.
