Dave Walsh plays Istanbul AGOP Cymbals and Evans heads.
The Tom McRae tour is over but with 32 gigs under the bands belts we're in great shape for a few further explorations later in the summer. Check out Tom's web site for further details.
I'll be doing some gigs with my old mate Stuart McCallum this spring and throughout the summer. We have a few warm up type gigs at the one and only Matt&Phreds in manchester over the next few weeks. Check out their listings for further details.
"Beyond the Basics", my set of drum tuition videos, is now available for download on the video page for free.
My main teaching position is at Leeds College Of Music, UK.
L.C.M. is the largest music student campus in the UK and offers a fantastic range of courses including a B.A. in Jazz Studies and also a B.T.E.C. in Jazz Studies with access to the same staff as the B.A. course. A fantastic opportunity for any young player. I'm part of a fantastic team of staff who are amongst some of the best players in Europe.
Go check out the Leeds College of Music web site for more information.
I also teach at my old school, Chethams School Of Music in Manchester, my home city.
A nice homecoming on many fronts as I was the very first drum kit student at Chethams in 1988. It was then the great Dave Hassell started teaching me on a one2one basis and there the trend began. All percussion students got one2one drum kit tuition after that and it's now standard format.
Click here to find out more about Chethams and e-mail me if you feel your child is interested in auditioning for the school as either a drum kit player or a percussionist. Chethams is now fully supporting young Drum Kit players as a first study choice.
My Drumometer tm video from the DVD makes it on to the drumometer education page.
Check out the link to some fantastic Drumometer tm content. The Drumometer tm is a far better choice than a metronome alone in my opinion as it builds timing awaremess in a totally different way as well as helping you improve speed and control in small and rewarding steps.
A big thank you to Mike Donovan at this great web site for everything they he's done to keep the concept of sharing ideas alive and building up a fantastic database of lessons. If you haven't been, check em out. It's got everything about drumming from Repairs to Soloing and The Buzz Roll to Tango.
"Thanks Mike", for your tireless efforts in the expansion of drumming ideas and philosophy.
I am still a proud endorsee of Istanbul Cymbals. Take a look at my drumming page with some info on some great cymbals I've got in my collection.
