My playing career has taken me all over the world playing a wide variety of music types. I currently play for Co-Stars, London’s number party/show band.

My strength, in my playing and teaching, is my versatility. I'm fluent in all contemporary styles of music especially Pop, Rock, Latin and Jazz. This experience I enjoy passing on thorough my teaching.

I'm often asked "How did you become a professional drummer?" The answer, practice, practice and more practice! But this was never hard work for me, I have always loved to play.

My father is a musician, so there was always music in the house. I was given my first pair of sticks when I was 6 and played around on pots & pans until I got my first kit at 13 when I had a few lessons to get me started. I was 17 before I played in my first band with friends; we played 50’s rock & roll.

It was about this time that I started to study the drum kit properly and learned to read music. Not long after I started working semi-professionally in cabarets, amateur dramatic shows, Jazz and Latin bands and a number of function bands. At 26 I gave up my day job when my Pop band got a record contract. We released 1 single and got on TV, but we were a complete flop! I found work playing as an accompanist playing percussion for dance classes.

I studied with Bob Armstrong (the most respected drum teacher in the country) for 3years as well as taking Latin percussion lessons with various musicians. I started to teach 12 years ago and have taken the CTABRSM teaching course. Currently I am playing with the Co-Stars, London’s top show band, as well as depping in other bands and shows.

This is not the most direct route into the music business that you could take, I would recommend that anyone seriously considering a career in music should go to music college. But talents will always out- and here I am! As the standard career advice says, “In life you are best to do what you are best at, and enjoy.”