Veteran session drummer Colin Woolway will give a clinic on stick control, pad exercises and rudiments. With nearly five decades of playing and teaching behind him, few people are better placed to break these fundamentals down and show you how to actually build them into your playing. Expect a session that is practical, no-nonsense and rooted in the things that genuinely make drummers better.

Colin has been playing and teaching professionally since 1976, and in that time he has done every kind of gig going: theatre pit work, jazz residencies, cabaret and variety shows, eight years with rock’n’roll icon Suzi Quatro, and everything from stadium tours in front of 30,000 people to scout huts and muddy gardens. You name it, he has played it.

These days he is best known as the founder of the Drumsense teaching programme and the author of the Drumsense books and DVDs, having also written monthly columns for Rhythm magazine for over 20 years. He currently teaches at studios in Twickenham, The Brit School, and East London Arts & Music (ELAM), and regularly presents clinics, masterclasses and lectures. He is a longtime endorser of the British Drum Company, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Remo heads, Bill Sanders practice pads and Roland electronic drums.

Ask what inspires him and the answer is simple: listening to other musicians, playing and talking, always learning something new from the music and the wisdom around it. His words of wisdom for the next generation come down to three: Listen. Concentrate. Persevere. LCP.

Bring your sticks and your full attention, because this is a clinic from someone who has truly seen and played it all.

Colin is appearing in association with Drum Dog.