Mike is a highly trained professional musician with an HND in Popular Music and a depth of experience as a player in both contemporary and classical music.
Originally from Devon, Mike is experienced in both classical percussion and modern drum kit. His experience and classical training has given Mike the opportunity to develop both show playing and modern kit work, and he has performed in diverse works from classical percussion ensembles to shows such as Godspel, Annie, Cabaret onto the work he currently is involved with in backing up and coming Pop/Rock bands as a session drummer.
Accordingly, Mike's versatile backgrounds enables him to back up his teaching with his broad musical experience making him an ideal tutor for students wishing to study rock, pop, jazz, funk, latin, reading, show style and classical snare drum.