Learning to play an instrument, I believe, is one of the most gratifying experiences you can have. The drums are a particularly interesting challenge - training your body to do different things at the same time but in perfect unison is not easy at first, but when it suddenly clicks and you can do it, the sense of achievement is huge. There aren't many instruments that encourage you to hit them and make a massive noise - and playing drums is even good for your fitness! Training yourself to have good "meter" and co-ordination also gives you a huge head start when learning other instruments.

I teach drummers of all ages and all ability levels.

I offer the following teaching and coaching services for a fee of £30 per hour, or £20 per half hour.

I can travel to you, or you are welcome to visit me at my studio space 15 miles North of Oxford. A modest travel expense can be arranged if you are further than 15 miles from central Oxford.

Whilst an organised and structured approach to music education is essential, I generally have a "non-theory" approach to teaching drums - I believe that transcribed sheet music, whilst very useful for conveying beats, fills, paterns and mapping songs, it can be a distraction from the "feel" and the sixth-sense- musicality a drummer needs as an accompanying musician. 

I can take a pupil through the Rockschool grade system if they require, but my default method is to teach real-world drum kit playing for live gigs and recording in the studio.