Ben Docwra is a professional drummer/percussionist. He has a Degree in contemporary music performance from the London Centre of Contemporary Music which provides an advanced knowledge of drumming styles, rudiments, techniques, reading and limb independence.
Ben gained valid teaching experience...
So you want to become a regular session drummer but you don’t know where to start? Here is the definitive list of what makes a good session drummer excel, meaning more work and more money for your drumming skills. And hopefully you can use this for your drum teaching too.
1. Hone Your...
Wouldn’t it be great if there we tracks out there that you could play along to without drums, just with other musicians (without them being physically there? This has led us to doing a project, with young musicians starting out in mind. We have decided to create some free drum loop packs so...
Are you employed by a local music services or hub as a music teacher? Watch this video to see how to improved your teaching and how to potentially increase your wages. Andy Gleadhill – top drum teacher, explains how this works and what you need to do. Watch the following video for more information...
We where delighted to speak to World renowned drum teacher Andy Gleadhill who has written our new drum teacher training course. This is what he said about how the course will help you to improve as a drum tutor and what you need to do to pass the course and become an accredited drum teacher. To find...
Are you a drummer with a home studio who would like to develop your techniques and get more from your drum recordings? The Musicians Union have developed a one day intensive course to give you an overview of each piece of equipment used in the recording chain, best practices for recording, and...
One of the Worlds most respected jazz drummers, is giving you the chance to have private lessons with him at our My Drum Lessons teachers drum studio in Leeds. In his drumming, Hugo Danin demonstrates its passion and dedication to the improvised music, more specifically by the Jazz that very early...
Top drum tutor Matt Dean shows you how to use the My Drum Lessons lesson templates to easily teach drum students. This video show’s Matt discussing how he goes about structuring a lesson and then using the lesson sheets to provide to the student for extra curriculum support. More drum teacher...
Want to speak to a great drummer that has drummed with Bono, The Darkness and Bryan Ferry to name but a few. Well if you would like to ask Emily a question just follow this link and email her a question. She won’t email back – oh no Emily will answer your question on video for the World...
We asked Emily if you could pick any guitarist, bassist and singer to join you on the drums, dead or alive who would it be? She certainly knows her musicians and came up with fantstic choices. See her super group video here.
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Drummer Emily Dolan Davies is asked Will Feathers And Cogs tour? Emily’s new drum show Feather & Cogs will start late 2015 in London. We ask her if she plans to take it around the UK or even further. Find out what she says here. Keep logging on to see more Emily interview video’s....
My Drum Lessons asks Emily Dolan Davies Where did the name Feathers And Drums come from? Emily tells us how she came about with the name Feathers and Cogs for her new one woman drum show starting in London at the end of 2015. The Garage in London on the 16th December. Get your tickets
Read More >Drummer Emily Dolan Davies is doing a one woman drum show in London in December 2015 at the Garage in Highbury, London. Hear all about the show and its conception here. It sound amazing but see what she says about it here in our video interview. Keep logging on to...
Emily Dolan Davies tells My Drum Lessons what is the secret to succeeding in drumming. How do you succeed as a professional drummer playing for some of the biggest acts in the World and sessioning for the likes of U2 and Tricky on drums? Keep logging on to see more Emily interview video’s....
My Drum Lessons Asked Emily Dolan Davies Have you played with your drum hero’s? Steve Gadd, Levon Helm and many others have been hero’s of Emilys but has she ever jammed or met any of them? See her answer here in our video interview. Keep logging on to see more Emily interview video’s....
