Here are a couple of recent live gigs I played which have been broadcast on Facebook live. The first is with great soul and funk band Brother Strut, who kindly asked me to guest on drums for the great Frank Tontoh. My dear friend, Otha Smith, was kind enough to get me on board. It was filmed at Lovibonds Brewery in Henley On Thames in November 2018. Had a blast with Steve Jones, Sam Tanner, Otha and the band's producer Adam Vanryne. Brother Strut Official website This second

Just wanted to share a few dates that I am playing live for Cherry Lee Mewis. Cherry is a great singer and songwriter in the Americana genre. I was kindly asked to play with Cherry by my old friend Max Milligan a few years back. He is both a wonderful guitarist and songwriter. Here are two of my favourite Milligan compositions I Can't Stand To Say Goodby Spotify Link Old Shoes Spotify Link The live band features: Max Milligan, guitars, Robbie Stewart Matthews, Bass and Nick S

SPV have released the third single from the album Space Elevator II. Keep Waiting, written by David Young and The Duchess, the creative genius' of the band is available as a digital download and on Spotify here. The video for the song is available to watch now, courtesy of our record label and producer and Adam Vanryne. For more Space Elevator videos, news, and records and goodies please head over to the band's website. #SpaceElevator #KeepWaitingSingle #SPVSteamhammerRecords

May 2018 sees the release of Space Elevator II and this time we have a record deal with Sledgehammer/SPV and a UK Tour. It is great getting ready to play with the band again and our tour takes me to my home town of Wigan, my home of 22 years Wycombe, as well as London, Edinburgh, Mansfield, Stoke, Oxford and Gravesend. Look out for me at Bucks New University Students' union on Thursday May 24th The full dates for the tour are here, Dates for the autumn are being booked, but w

If Carlsberg did drum lessons, they would probably be second best to ours. In 30 minutes we had Tilly go through the first lesson, building up some straightforward three way coordination, playing in time with supporting backing tracks and ending up wit her playing along to AC/DC rock classic Back in Black. You can follow the steps freely for the first lesson, just go here At the end of the lesson you will play this quarter note rock groove. Once you can play the quarter note

We have added a page that gives an example of how you will sound at the end of each lesson. There are 10 lessons in the first 3 grades, but over 76 units to work through. Check it out to see how you will sound. Check out the Essential Skills Drum Course #drumlessonshighwycombe #gigajam #briangreene #essentialdrumskillscourse