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AUGUST 2021 - Festival dates for Captain Stingray!

AUGUST 2021 - Little clip of first gig with Captain Stingray! Very uplifting to be playing these sounds live!

AUGUST 2021 - Beautiful new Yamaha kit arrived! Live Custom Oaky Hybrid in Charcoal Sunburst with Natural Snare.

JULY 2021 - First gig back with House Jammerz 's. Everybody's Free - It certainly felt that way on stage! Amazing crowd. Catch us next  - 28th Aug "Back to the Old School" at Hankelow Hall, Cheshire. - 3rd Sept "Ibiza Proms In The Park" - Lichfield. - 4th Sep "The Duke Street Party", Wanstead, London.

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JULY 2021 - Stage set, kit send up ready for the first sound check for well over a year!

Testing out my new Yamaha snare before the gig later. Lets hope I only drop the one stick!

May 2021 - After a horrible year it's great to get some gigs in the diary! It's been a long time, be great to see some of you there.

Friday 23rd July - HOUSE JAMMERZ Trentham Gardens Lakeside Concert. Tickets £18.00.
This is a clip of our 2019 gig , I'm on percussion, a crazy night in a fantastic setting. This year I'll be playing Kit.
3500 tickets sold out in the first two days!

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Friday 30th June CAPTAIN STINGRAYS GROOVE MACHINE - The Underground Stoke. Tickets £5.00.
Having joined the fantastically funky Stingray people last year and done quite a bit of recording, this is the first actual gig! 

May 23rd THE BLACK RATS - Stafford County Club. Tickets £7.00.
 We'll be playing songs off our album "The Long Ride" that was released last year and some brand new ones written in lockdown.

April 2021 - Great to be back teaching again, and in the new look revamped studio too! Get in touch to book in.

November 2020 - First full track from the "Live at the Lodge" sessions. 

November 2020 - I get to play a whole bunch of different grooves with this band from Gumbe and Cumbia to Reggae and Funk. This is the trailer for an audience free streaming gig we recorded in September.

June 2020 - "Is It Trippin?" More live drums and congas on this second track and video from KGUN . Grab your mask and hit those moves!!

As a result of the unfortunate situation we find ourselves in with the Covid-19 pandemic and following government guidelines, I will not be teaching at the studio until further notice and the lifting of restrictions allows. Keep drumming if you can everyone and hopefully we can all get back together before too long. Stay safe.

May 2020 - I play live drums & percussion on this dance track from a new project I''m doing called Kgun. I put the video together around footage from my trip to Tokyo last year. Hope you like it!

May 2020 - Debut album "The Long Ride" by  The Black Rats released 1st May. Click on the image to preview and buy tacks.

April 2020 - "Better Days" music video by The Black Rats for our first single. Playing cajon on this one. Hope you like it!

March 2020 -  As a result of the unfortunate situation we find ourselves in with the Covid-19 pandemic and following recently announced government guidelines, I will not be teaching at the studio until further notice and lifting of restrictions allow. Keep drumming if you can everyone and hopefully we can all get back together before too long. Unfortunately  many gigs have had to be cancelled  as well including The Black Rats album launch but with luck we get to play some festivals later in the summer. Stay safe.

Feb 2020 - Live percussion at another LiT night at JK's in Cannock on 2nd Feb following on from the ace Pre Christmas party.

January 2020 - The Black Rats at Pilgrims Pit Sunday 2nd Feb as part of independent venues week. Supported by BBC Sounds.

November 2019 - Drum lessons for Christmas! Get special offers on taster sessions and drum lessons as presents and give a voucher.

November 2019 - Drum Clinic with Nathan Shingler. Free entry and Under 16's welcome accompanied by an adult.

October 2019 - Black Rats Debut Album finla mixing nearly done and a gig at the Stone Food & Drink Festival this weekend!

September 2019 - UK Drum Show this weekend in Manchester, anyone heading up there make sure you check out the Istanbul Agop's, Aquarian heads and Pro Rackets cases! If you're there on Saturday YDOTY Nathan Shingler is playing the Mike Dolbear Masterclass theatre. We've been working on his pieces the last few weeks and he's sounding awesome. Be great if you can show your support. 

August 2019 - The Black Rats are playing at the  historic Holly Bush Inn, Salt on Fri 23rd & Sat 24th Aug. Outside gin bar, outside, pizza oven and outside live music... all in the garden of one of England's oldest pubs!   Free entry, music starts at 8.00.

August 2019 - Clip of The Black Rats version of Diamond On The Soles Of Her Shoes by Paul Simon.

August 2019 - Playing Percussion for the Club Classics gig at Trentham Gardens with House Jammerz. Great crowd!!

July 2019 - With the Black Rats recording original tracks for the forthcoming album. To give  you an idea of our stripped down sound here's the Black Rats version of Skin Deep by The Stranglers. LP Laptop conga and bone shaker.

May 2019 - Slow Funk Shuffle/ Hip Hop Groove - Check the Hi Hat Accents! Istanbul Agop Vezir 13"

Royal College Of Music Percussion Day

May 2019 - Heading into London for the Percussion Day at the Royal College with Tommy Igoe. YDOTY winner Nathan Shingler supporting him on his clinic. Been working with Nath the last few days on what he's playing, looking forward to seeing him do it for real and of course to listen to Tommy. Hopefully see some of you down there!!  

April 2019 - Perc Up Everyone! Got the dance music vibes going in this vid. Curious bunch...

April 2019 - Thanks to everyone who came down to Granvilles in Stone last night to see the Black Rats. It was great to premiere some original songs. Recording next!
March 2019 - AfBro! Brain nearly running out of RAM playing this.  Afro Cuban Inspired piece based on a recurring tom theme. Six over four in the feet, left foot splashes, lots of independence in the hands and dynamic toms!

March 2019 - Nathans winning performance at Young Drummer Of The Year 2019 now online.  Been teaching Nath for 7 years, just shows what hard work can do! Take a listen, he sounds awesome. 

February 2019 -  As well as taking the title Nath also got to keep the Sonor Kit and a set of Meinl cymbals, he gets to visit the Sonor factory in Germany and will appear at the UK Drum Show in Manchester and the Royal College of Music percussion day amongst others! Well deserved!  Seen here with  Laurens Meyer  (Meinl)  and Edwin Ploojuir (Sonor). Ace prizes guys!

February 2019 - Winner!   Massive well done to Nathan Shingler for winning the 2019 young drummer of the year!! His playing today was awesome, been teaching him for the last 7 years and it's always been a pleasure. Thanks to Sonor Drums, Meinl cymbals and Evans heads for the great prizes and to Mike Dolbear for organising the whole thing. Well done too to all the other finalists, the standard was incredibly high.

Miss Moneypenny's Proms

October 2018 - Looking forward to playing Miss Moneypenny's show in a few weeks time. Live orchestra, live rhythm section and the worlds most glamorous club in the most spectacular show ever at Symphony Hall Birmingham... and its HaLlowEeeeN ... I'll be at the back playing kit if anyone can see past the dancers

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