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Lloyd Ryan Masterclass
29 Jun 2009
Drumsense tutor Robin Payne is hosting a masterclass with veteran drummer Lloyd Ryan, who counts (the) Phil Collins amongst his former pupils.
The event takes place at 7:30pm on Tuesday 30th June at Warwick School music dept. Tickets are £10. Please bring sticks and a pad.
Contact Robin Payne on 07957 709937 for more details.
Simon Phillips Clinic - Get Your Tickets!
25 Jun 2009
We still have tickets for the clinic with the great Simon Phillips (Toto, Asia, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani ...) and Drumsense founder Colin Woolway. The venue capacity has turned out to be smaller than we originally thought, so get your tickets now to avoid missing out.
The event will be held at the BRIT school in Croydon at 7pm on 14th July. We have priced the event as low as possible at £12 to try to ensure that everyone can afford it. Tickets are on sale here.
New DVD in Webshop
02 Jun 2009
The latest DVD from master drummer John Riley has been added to our webshop. Click here for more details.
New DVD in Webshop
09 May 2009
We've added a new release from Rimshots Publications - the latest DVD from the great David Garibaldi. Check it out here.
Pat Petrillo Masterclass & Lessons
06 May 2009
We have the great PAT PETRILLO coming to Drumsense in Croydon on June 12th. There will be 5 slots for private lessons at £50 per hour, and a masterclass in the evening with limited places at £20 each.
Anyone uncertain as to Pat's credentials as a teacher and player should check him out on YouTube, and then sign up for a class!! To book, contact Colin Woolway.
Extra Ireland Date
06 May 2009
As part of his imminent trip to Ireland, Colin Woolway will be giving a clinic at the Uplay Cafe, Westpoint, Clonard, Wexford on Monday 18th May.
The event will start at 7pm - entry is EURO 15. Contact Drumsense tutor Richie Roche for more details.
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Colin Woolway teaches drums in West Croydon, at the BRIT school, and at Drumbeat in
Newport, Wales. Click here for more details.
Unfortunately I am not going to start off with those cliché, “I have been playing drums since the age 4 or 6”; even if that is the case, that is not exactly how it starts.
Firstly I would like to give thanks to my Mate upstairs for giving me the tool to play for him and the gift to give back to him.
It all started off in Nigeria at about the age of 3 or 4. We have a very big church in Nigeria and at the end of every service I would go to the musicians section and start dabbling on the drums. At that age, even my parents didn’t know that I had been given a gift from God, they just knew that I liked playing the drums. Being parents, they would try and hurry me up and order me to leave that area, but the Pastor always told them “leave him alone, let him glorify God in the way he knows best” obviously in Yoruba! That was the story in Nigeria, until I came to the UK.
My hands had always been itchy especially at home, even when I didn’t have a drum kit. I would find a way to construct one. Back in those days, we had a video in the house called ‘Take Control’ from my church in Nigeria which I watched nearly every day and assembled books in front of me. I was pretty much in tune with drums then that different levels of books represented the small, mid and floor tom. Using my pencils to play what I could see and hear on the TV.
From then it moved to actually playing at church at the age of 9 and progressing from there. Obviously a lot happened between those times, but all cannot be explained.
Although I have been playing all that time, it is best to say that I have been playing professionally for the past 7 years. I have played for my church at all major shows, conventions and concerts, including open air concerts.
I have also played alongside Kenneth Benson (Gospel artist) and in Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, Mermaid Theatre, and Royal Festival Hall and partook in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee in 2000. There are many more, but hard to remember.
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