I’m very excited to be joining a friend and fellow drum tutor Matt Lacey for an Instagram Live discussion about our experiences of teaching music lessons during lockdown. The lockdown and the school closures have been extremely tough on music…
Sam Coe AMA Video From EPIC Studios
I had the great privilege of playing drums for Sam Coe on a closed video session conducted under COVID restrictions at EPIC Studios just before Christmas. The video shoot was a pre-record of a live performance for the Americana Music…
Coronavirus Practice Diary 2021
I am returning to the idea of uploading regular ‘practice diary’ videos on my Facebook Page during the latest lockdown period this January. The idea is (as I explain in the video) to demonstrate the practice techniques I always talk…
Feeling Like An Artist
World Stage Live Stream Gig
On Friday night I was honoured to have live versions of two of my songs included in an online streamed performance for World Stage Live. The gig was broadcast on Facebook and YouTube, and included three other artists’ performances, in…
Gigging Through Coronavirus
The past few weeks have been tough. The government says that jobs in the arts and entertainment sectors are ‘not viable’. In a huge slap-in-the-face to the thousands of artists, performers and technicians who have dedicated years of their lives…
When The Autumn Comes Music Video
The music video for the title track of my new EP, When The Autumn Comes is available in full on YouTube now. Shot at the Anteros Arts Foundation in Norwich in 2015 (shortly after the song the song was written)…
When The Autumn Comes
The past few months have been a difficult time for many people in the music industry. Lockdown has meant a complete lack of live gigs – and coupled with school closures, a lot of us have found ourselves with very…
Axis Percussion Artist
Axis bass drum pedals and hihat stands have been been my number one choice for years. For me, the build quality and the responsiveness of the direct-drive mechanism Axis use are second-to-none. As a session musician playing a lot of…