Simon is a professional drummer based in the Northern beaches area of Sydney, Australia. He has returned to his native Australia after spending over 10 years working professionally as a drummer and drum tutor in the UK. While in the UK he earned a reputation as a talented, reliable musician who can play comfortably a wide range of styles from jazz fusion to soul and rock. As well as regular gigs with the popular 16 piece classic soul / motown outfit Souledasylum formed by Mike Rowe, former bassist with Chris Rea and David Coverdale and epic Pink Floyd Tribute Virtual Floyd he has become a first call depping / stand in drummer for many function / corporate bands as well as name bands such as rockabilly acts Union Avenue and the Radiotones, and can comfortably fit in to virtually any musical situation, sight reading or not. Simon has also performed in challenging musical productions such as Godspell and We Will Rock You and played on numerous session recordings.

Simon maintains an active playing schedule and can be seen gigging ina nd around Sydney with one of Australia's no 1 cover bands 'The Australian Blues Brothers Show' and several other top Sydney cover bands including Rocker's 'PanoRama',The Eagles Show Tribute,Rock My Soul show band,Bliss Bomb,The Tuners and more as well as original band The Bopulaters. As well as his busy playing schedule Simon has enjoyed teaching drums at private music schools and University in the UK and has put hundreds of pupils through Trinity College grade exams with 100% success rate (In Australia Simon teaches AMEB CPM courses for those who are interested in taking grades). Some of his students have gone on to become successful professional drummers. His relaxed teaching style and individually tailored approach to drum lessons made Simon a very popular drum kit tutor both in the UK and here in Australia. He is currently teaching at schools in the Hornsby area and has a busy timetable with private students.

If you'de like to learn drums in the Northern Beaches or Hornsby areas of Sydney Simon is
available for private drum lessons at competitive rates. 

 Please check my Learning page for more
details.

Also available for sessions and short notice fill in work and drum tuning / setup.