| Description | Price |
| Dep drums up to 60 mins | £113 (GBP) |
| Dep drums up to 90 mins | £168 (GBP) |
| Dep drums up to 2 hours | £222 (GBP) |
| Dep drums up to 3 hours | £333 (GBP) |
| Dep drums up to 4 hours | £444 (GBP) |
I am a professional touring and recording drummer, based in Hertfordshire, UK. I enjoy what I do and am an asset to any band I play in! Below is a list of my strengths:
- Playing since 1999.
- Quick learner, efficient and leave nothing to chance. Play both covers and in tributes.
- I can play to clicks/backing tracks and also create them for my bands.
- Can play double pedal.
- Can play acoustic music through to metal. At my core I'm a backbeat drummer.
- Good gear, well presented.
- Upbeat and energetic stage demeanour, plenty of smiles.
- Willing to adapt and dress according to different situations.
- Have played all over the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
- I am available to dep (substitute) for an absent drummer at the last minute.
- Can read/write drum notation.
- Have extensive recording experience and have recorded 900+ songs through my online service.
- I have Musical Director experience and in that role I have coordinated my band's arrangements, interpretations and tones. The role has led me to be the first point of contact for new deps and I give them crash courses in what to expect onstage (cues etc).
= areas covered (up to 510 miles)A-ha - Take On Me
ABBA - Mamma Mia
ABBA - SOS
ABBA - Waterloo
AC/DC - Tribute-level knowledge
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Aerosmith - Livin' On The Edge
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Alice Cooper - Poison
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
Automatic - Monster
Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
Bad Manners - Special Brew
Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Beatles - Come Together
Beatles - Hey Jude
Beatles - Twist And Shout
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror
Billy Idol - Tribute-level knowledge
Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
Black Crowes - Hard To Handle
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Blondie - Picture This
Blur - Parklife
Blur - Song 2
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Guns N' Roses version)
Boffalongo - Dancing In The Moonlight
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69
Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting - All For Love
Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love
Cardigans - My Favourite Game
Cars - Just What I Needed
Catatonia - Mulder & Scully
Chic - Le Freak
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Chuck Berry - Johhny B. Goode
Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Cliff Richard - Move It
Coldplay - Clocks
Coldplay - In My Place
Coldplay - Yellow
Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
Cranberries - Zombie
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Cure - Friday I'm Love
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms
D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise
Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Def Leppard - Photograph
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running
Doors - People Are Strange
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Eagles - Hotel California
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
Ed Sheeran - Sing
Electric Six - Gay Bar
Elle King - Exs & Ohs
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
Elvis Presley - Burning Love
Elvis Presley - Little Sister
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Erasure - A Little Respect
Europe - The Final Countdown
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Feeder - Just A Day
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly
Foo Fighters - My Hero
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Free - All Right Now
Fun - We Are Young
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
George Ezra - Paradise
George Ezra - Shotgun
George Michael - Faith
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Money
Green Day - Basket Case
Gun - Word Up
Guns N' Roses - Tribute-level knowledge
Harry Styles - Golden
Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Housemartins - Happy Hour
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love
Human League - Don't You Want Me
INXS - New Sensation
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie
Jam - Town Called Malice
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll
John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
Journey - Any Way You Want It
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Judas Priest - Breakin' The Law
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Kasabian - You're In Love With A Psycho
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Killers - Mr Brightside
Killers - Somebody Told Me
Killers - When You Were Young
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
Kings Of Leon - Mollys Chambers
Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Kooks - Naive
KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin - The Rover
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Lynrd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
Madness - One Step Beyond
Manic Street Preachers - Tribute-level knowledge
Mansun - Wide Open Space
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk
Maroon 5 - This Love
Mavericks - Dance The Night Away
Men At Work - Down Under
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Monkees - I'm A Believer
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Mumford & Sons - The Cave
Muse - Hysteria
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Nelly Furtado - Maneater
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
No Doubt - Just A Girl
Oasis - Tribute-level knowledge
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Outkast - Hey Ya
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead
Pearl Jam - Alive
Phil Collins - Easy Lover
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time
Police - Roxanne
Pomplamoose - Sweet Dreams Seven Nation Army Mashup
Portugal The Man - Feel It Still
Pretenders - 2000 Miles
Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles
Pulp - Common People
Pulp - Disco 2000
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen - We Will Rock You
Radiohead - Creep
Radiohead - High And Dry
Radiohead - Just
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
Rainbow - Since You Been Gone
Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Zephyr Song
Reef - Place Your Hands
REM - Everybody Hurts
REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run
Republica - Ready To Go
Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down
Robbie Williams - Angels
Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Royal Blood - Figure It Out
Sam Fender - Will We Talk
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Semisonic - Closing Time
Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Midnight Moses (Dead Dasies version)
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
Shania Twain - Man I Feel Like A Woman
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Skunk Anansie - Weak
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
Sleeper - Sale Of The Century
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Specials - A Message To You Rudy
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship - We Build This City
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Stereophonics - Dakota
Stereophonics - Just Looking
Steve Earle - Galway Girl
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Strokes - Last Nite
Strokes - Reptilia
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
T. Rex - I Love To Boogie
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Tina Turner - Proud Mary
Tina Turner - The Best
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 - Vertigo
U2 - With Or Without You
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Van Halen - Dance The Night Away
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen - Panama
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Vance Joy - Riptide
Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance
Weekend - Blinding Lights
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
Who - My Generation
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
Wings - Live And Let Die (Guns N' Roses version)
Zutons - Valerie
Onstage, I need an area of approximately 2m squared and access to at least one power outlet.
I need to know the venue's exact address and, if the load-in is different, an address or a description detailed enough that I can work it out for myself. I also need to know if there is on-site parking or not, so I can budget for street parking.
Aside from the drum rig, I provide one light to back-light myself.
Generally the band I am depping (substituting) for will provide this.
I have played hundreds of gigs at all types of venues all over the UK, Europe and the Middle East. There are no "best gigs" and "best venues" as, large or small, the best gigs can be had anywhere. Many of the best venues I've played at have been in continental Europe. During my time in tribute bands, I played a travelling show in France, called Legends Of Rock, which visited many of the Zeniths around the country. Generally Zeniths are mixed-purpose sporting arenas. With the size of that production, plus flying off and riding around on a tour bus, that was my best time and the best gigs I've done. I knew I could possibly never get the chance to play gigs of that size again and so I made sure to rinse myself every single night. I prepared the hell out of myself for those gigs - doing a combination practise/warm-up session that was 3-4 times the length of our 45 min set! Drum soloing to crowds of up to 2500, with the lights and pyro going was just EXHILARATING.
Again, it doesn't matter what size the place is, but I thrive on interaction with the audience. If the singer is doing their job and working them well, my job as a drummer becomes so much easier. It's the singer's job to get people up on their feet and engaged...then once we've got them, it becomes my job to make them move and to read them.
I started drumming in 1999 and got a BTEC ND in Contemporary Popular Music in 2003. I began playing live in the early 2000s and spent the rest of the decade playing in originals band. In my final band, Kids Love Lies, I finally went on my first UK tour in 2010. I turned my online drum recording into a paid service in 2011 and in 2012 I entered the world of cover and tribute bands. I have played in cover bands since 2012 and between 2013 and 2022 I played in Guns N' Roses Experience, the UK's biggest GNRs tribute band. With them I played all over the UK, Europe and the Middle East. I began to learn to read/write drum music in late 2019 and since then have been working at establishing myself as a function band player, with higher-quality players than I have been around previously. As a reader, I can theoretically play an unlimited number of songs, as I don't necessarily have to learn or memorise them.
I don't have any drum heroes, but generally when I was younger I was a fan of all the bands I was into. I came of age musically in the 90s and 00s, so my style is rooted in that.
Depending on the gig, I need 60-90 mins to set up. I say "depending", as sometimes I need to hook up my in-ear rig. As for performance times, my preference is for 90 mins or 2 hours straight through with no breaks, but "no breaks" is increasingly not permitted. I'm happy with x2 45 min or x2 60 min sets. Even better is x1 30 min and x1 90 min set!
Yes, providing there is ample cover from the elements, both from the top and the sides. I also require power. I require a flat/hard surface, so will need a minimum 2m x 2m riser if the band is to play on grass.
As I am a dep drummer, any requests the clients may have is directed to the band.
High-energy, always smiling and "you're carrying this lot"!
Certainly. First thing's first, you'll need to send me your setlist. I can read/write music and so can absorb alot of music quickly. This also enables me to take on gigs at short notice.
Bands/organisations I have depped for include:
Guns N' Roses Experience
Smoking Goats
The Oversound
Mushroom Clown
The Kings
Roundabout Zero
St Paul's Church, Letchworth
Again, too many to list. Below is a list of the venues I played in tribute bands, which are the most prominent.
Feastival, Hampden Park, Eastbourne
American Day, L'Église Saint Just, Sarcy, France
Aquarium, Lowestoft
Arena, Brest, France
Arkéa Arena, Floirac, France
Arts Centre, Aberdeen
Arts Centre, Colchester (3 times)
Assembly, Leamington Spa
Axone, Montbéliard, France
Backstage, Green Hotel, Kinross (2 times)
Balor Arts Centre, Stranorlar, Republic of Ireland
Bannerman's, Edinburgh
Beacon Court Tavern, Gillingham (2 times)
Bier Keller, Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell
Big Top Live, Mote Park, Maidstone
Bikini, Toulouse, France
Birdwell Venue, Birdwell
Blake Hall, Bridgwater
Blossom Way Sports and Social Club, Immingham
Bodega, Nottingham
Boogaloo, Zagreb, Croatia
Booking Hall, Dover (3 times)
Bootleggers, Kendal
Box, Crewe
Brewfest, Boys and Girls Club, Treorchy
Brickyard, Carlisle (2 times)
British Club, Manama, Bahrain
Brook, Southampton (3 times)
Carre des Docks, Le Havre, France (2 times)
Carrière, Saint-Herblain, France
Caves, Edinburgh
Centre de Congrès et d’Exposition Diagora, Toulouse, France
Chardrock, Chard
Cheese & Grain, Frome (2 times)
City Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
City Hall Ballroom, Sheffield
City Hall, Salisbury (2 times)
Civic Hall, Nantwich
Claridge's Mayfair Ballroom, London (2 times)
Community Centre, North Walsham
Concorde, Eastleigh
Conference & Exhibition Hall, Halton Stadium, Widnes
Continental, Preston (2 times)
Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Corn Exchange, Exeter (2 times)
Corn Exchange, Stamford
Cothurne, Attert, Belgium
Counterfest, Old Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees
Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes (4 times)
Crofter, Fort William (3 times)
Cvetličarna, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Diamond, Sutton-in-Ashfield (4 times)
Down On The Farm Festival, Gwatkin Cider Farm, Abbey Dore
Downtown USA, Elgin
Drummonds, Aberdeen
Eden Court, Inverness (2 times)
Eleven, Tunstall, England (2 times)
Engine Rooms, Southampton (4 times)
Engine Shed, Lincoln
Enlisted Club, Ramstein AFB, Ramstein, Germany
Erlensee Rockt, Total Autohof, Erlensee, Germany
Espace des 2 Rives, Ambès, France
Espace Médoquine, Talence, France
Espace Toots, Evere, Belgium
Fat Lil's, Witney (5 times)
Ferry, Glasgow (6 times)
Fibbers, York (6 times)
Flying Dutchman, Beaufort, Luxembourg
Foyer Rural, Chaumuzy, France
Freigericht Rockt, Freigericht, Germany
Galaxie, Amneville, France
Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
Granary, Long Sutton
Grand Hall, Parc des Expositions, Perpignan, France
Habrough Hotel, Habrough
Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
Harley Days, Dražica Beach, Biograd na Moru, Croatia
Heart Rock Live, Wrexham
HeyDay Festival, Parcul Izvor, Bucharest
Ittre Tribute Festival, Grand Place, Ittre, Belgium
Jan Hertog, Maasmechelen, Belgium
Junction, Cambridge
Ku Bar, Stockton-on-Tees (4 times)
Kursaal, Dunkirk, France
L'Acclameur, Niort, France
Layton Institute, Blackpool (2 times)
Level III, Swindon
Liberte, Rennes, France (2 times)
Lights Arena Cafe, Andover
Live Rooms Main Room, Chester (4 times)
Live Rooms Side Room, Chester
Lucky Voice, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Majestic Theatre, Darlington
Manor Ballroom, Ipswich (3 times)
MFN, Shipley Gate
Miners Welfare Club, Swillington
Monaco Art en Ciel, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco
Monroe's Tavern, Galway, Republic of Ireland
Mr Kyps, Poole (5 times)
Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd (2 times)
Music Room, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (3 times)
Music Room, Ipswich (2 times)
Nightrain, Bradford (4 times)
North Notts Community Arena, Worksop
Old Courts Grand Vault, Wigan (2 times)
Old Mill Hall, Grove
Open Club, Norwich
O'Rileys, Hull (4 times)
Palais des Congrès, Montélimar, France
Palais des Sports, Paris, France (3 times)
Park Rock Festival, Parc Communal, Baudour, Belgium
Parr Hall, Warrington
Pavilion Ocean Room, Weymouth
Pavillion Arts Centre, Buxton
Peelpop, De Donk Sportpark, Boekel, Netherlands
Picturedrome, Holmfirth (2 times)
Picturedrome, Northampton (4 times)
Platform, Engine Shed, Lincoln (2 times)
Players Bar, Wakefield
Plough and Harrow, Leytonstone
Porters Pub, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (3 times)
Princess Pavilion, Falmouth (2 times)
Pyramids Glasshouse, Portsmouth
Real Time Live, Chesterfield (3 times)
Red Lion, Gravesend
Régie Gayant Expo, Douai, France
Restricted Rocks, Witton Country Park, Blackburn
Rhodes Arts Complex, Bishop's Stortford (3 times)
Ritz, Manchester (2 times)
River Rooms, Stourbridge (4 times)
Roadmender, Northampton
Rock City Basement, Nottingham (3 times)
Roundhouse, Dagenham
RR1, Rec Rooms, Horsham
Savino Live, Larnaca, Cyprus (2 times)
Sceneo, Longuenesse, France
Scenith, Albi, France
Shush, Wantage (2 times)
Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton (2 times)
Solway Hall, Whitehaven (2 times)
Spot, Macon, France
Square & Compass Inn, Ashill
Station, Cannock
Strings, Newport, Isle of Wight
Summum, Grenoble, France
Sundspärlan, Helsingborg, Sweden
Tackeroo, Hednesford
Talking Heads, Southampton
The Northcourt, Abingdon
The Surgery Live, John Fowler Holiday Park, Ilfracombe
Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France (2 times)
Théâtre Romain, Fréjus, France (2 times)
Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester
Tigre, Compiègne, France
Titans, Lens, Belgium
Town Hall, Elgin (2 times)
Town Hall, Kidderminster (3 times)
Trädgår'n, Gothenburg, Sweden
Tribfest, Bahrain Rugby Club, Saar, Bahrain
Trillians, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tropic, Ruislip, London, England
Tunnels, Aberdeen (2 times)
Umbrella Centre, Whitstable (2 times)
Venue 77, Ipswich
Venue:73, Brighouse
Verlichte Geest, Roeselare, Belgium
Victoria, Swindon (5 times)
Vine Bar, Workington
Vivaz, Scarborough
Warehouse23, Wakefield
Waterfront Studio, Norwich (6 times)
Waterfront, Norwich (2 times)
Wharf, Tavistock
White Rock Theatre, Hastings
Witchwood, Ashton-under-Lyne (2 times)
World's Ultimate Strongman, Bab Al Shams Arena, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Wrabfest, Wrabness
Yardbirds, Grimsby (15 times)
Zénith d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Zenith Sud, Montpellier, France
Zenith, Amiens, France (2 times)
Zenith, Caen, France
Zenith, Dijon, France
Zenith, Lille, France
Zenith, Limoges, France
Zenith, Nancy, France
Zenith, Pau, France (2 times)
Zenith, Saint-Étienne, France (2 times)
Zenith, Strasbourg, France
Zenith, Toulon, France
Zik-Zak, Oisquercq, Belgium (3 times)
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