Many visitors will have experienced problems with this website over the last few weeks. This was due to some 'sharp practice' on the part of my previous hosting provider. As a result my .com address has been nicked and this website is only available at jimmythedrumteacher.co.uk. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience - Jimmy.
Face-to-face drum lessons now resuming at ventilated drum studio
A little tour of the drum studio & main studio areas
Congratulations Sam Swift!
Very pleased indeed that my drum pupil Sam Swift is the winner of the Future Beat 2017 competition.
Well done Sam!
Drum lessons
Welcome to my website
Drum lessons take place at the well-equipped and ventilated drum studio in Chichester.
I offer tuition in a wide range of drumming styles and can prepare you for formal grade exams if that's your thing.
I've been playing the drums for thirty-five years and teaching for eighteen.
I believe that learning a musical instrument should be enjoyable and satisfying - but - like anything worthwhile,
it can be hard work and there are no short cuts to learning to play well, but...
You'll like it when you can do it! In fact there is no feeling quite like the one you get when you make progress
because you've worked and persevered at something.
It's not that you can't do it... it's just that you can't do it yet!
The drum studio
Studio teaching gear
Mapex Saturn 6 piece maple and walnut kit
Premier Elite 5 piece birch kit (1977)
Premier 90s Genista birch snare
DW 5000, Tama Cobra & Mapex Saturn hardware
Roc Soc & Pearl Roadster thrones
Zildjian A & A Custom, Zildjian K, Paiste 2002, Sabian AAX Stage cymbals
De Gregorio Cajon
Toca cowbells
Various percussive items - claves, tambourine, bongos, agogo bells
Music stands & trap trays, ear defenders, sticks, hot rods, brushes, soft beaters
Live Spark VW Passat ad/Channel 4's Paralympic coverage/Universal
Latin: Afro-Cuban/Mozambique
Too Much Trouble - Heartshaped Buttons
Grooves: Funk/Soul/R&B/Blues
Another Piece of My Heart - Dynamo 5 (Erma Franklin, then Janis Joplin)
Absolutely Nothing - Heartshaped Buttons
Give Me What You've Got - Daniel Pearce and Ticklin the Pickle
Right from the Start - Heartshaped Buttons
Heading Home - Heartshaped Buttons
Solo
Seven - Aubrey Lemmon
Indie/Rock/Alternative
What in the World - Aubrey Lemmon
Sandwiched - Peel
I was delighted to have backed the awesome Deborah Bonham for her 2015 tour with dates in the UK, France, Switzerland and Belgium. Back for more dates in 2017.