celebrating over 50 years in the music business,i've been a drummer since the age of nine,and in two NWOBHM(new wave of british heavy metal) bands in the 70's/early 80's,"Trial by Fire"(under the management of Don Arden)and also "Hades Spell"(with Peter Jenner managment). and recorded demo tapes with each of them,Trial By Fire had a minor hit with "Chasing The Dragon" from the self-titled album that was recorded late 1979 into 1981, and it was discused as to wether it should be released when heavy metal became popular again(check it out on youtube)i also did a few things with Steve Marriott at his little home studio ClearSounds.since the early 80's,i've been a studio and session drummer at some of the finest recording studios around,and met and played along side some amazing people in my career so far,for which i feel very fortunate,this has included recently,some studio work with Björk Jörga, Steve Winwood,Stevie Wonder,John Mayer and Nora Jones. i still do a lot of studio and remote studio work,but have also concentrated in recent years(during and since covid) with online lessons,and after the lifting of restrictions, teaching at local schools,although i still gig with the old trial by fire guys,doing cover songs with the odd one of our own thrown in,for mostly weddings and birthdays.i am also eternally grateful to be endosed as an ambassador by many of the percussion worlds finest - DW drums,The British Drum Company,D'addario percussion equipment,Roland digital sample percussion pads,Zildjian,Meinl,Paiste cymbals,Vic Firth drumsticks,Evans and