RhythmSticks Drum Tuition

26/09/2026

I’m so saddened to hear of the passing of drummer and educator Colin Woolway today. I knew Colin through his DRUMSENSE program and was lucky enough to meet him on several occasions. He was such a lovely man who would always have time for a chat and I was looking forward to seeing him again at The UK Drum Show in a few weeks time. My condolences go out to his family.

Photo L to R: Colin, Tony McNally et Moi

27/08/2026

It was Ethan’s last session at RhythmSticks this week as he prepares for university life.

It’s been a real pleasure watching his drumming develop over the years and whilst we’ve had plenty of laughs along the way Ethan’s always taken his drumming seriously and been keen on finding music which challenged his playing. Top man! Good luck Ethan!

19/08/2026

A small RhythmSticks tribute to Frank Beard - probably my favourite of ZZ Top’s live videos because the camera gets just behind Frank so you can see exactly what he’s doing. A master of the shuffle - just look at his left hand!

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05/07/2026

Wow, wow, wow! Massive CONGRATULATIONS to Aidan on being selected to perform on the Main Stage Mini at this years UK Drum Show in October. This young man is going places for sure!

⚡MAIN STAGE MINI ANNOUNCEMENT⚡

Aidan Bello will be performing on Main Stage Mini on Saturday 24th October at 11:05! 🥁

Aidan started playing at the age of 7, and his first teacher was his big brother Aaron, who showed him a basic groove. He then started playing every day, watching YouTube videos of Sepultura and Slipknot, and other metal bands.

After that, he started wanting to learn to play like Dennis Chambers, Nate Smith, Ash Soan and Steve Gadd and completely changed his taste in music as the grooves became more challenging.

In short, Aidan enjoys playing and making up grooves. He now attends Yorkshire Young Musicians at Leeds Conservatoire, where he is studying Drums and Percussion.

Book your UK Drum Show tickets today to catch Aidan's performance!

24/06/2026

Massive shout out to Ellie who performed with The Winterton Rock Academy at Epworth Music Day at the weekend. The sun shone down on a really solid and confident display of drumming. WELL DONE ELLIE and well done Winterton Rock Academy

03/06/2026

Meet our newest RhythmSticks student, Orange cat, already making huge progress. Great dynamics, solid groove, clean fills and performs well to the camera - he’s gonna be good!

16/05/2026

So, I asked Jude to work out where the drums came in (by counting) in the song we were working on and (again by counting) what beat of the bar the drums started on. He worked it out and learnt the drum intro to the song. I really ought to have recorded that but instead, I recorded our celebratory dance at the end of the lesson.

15/05/2026

It’s great to see another RhythmSticks student out there playing live music with other musicians. Here’s Charlie playing with band mates at Retford Charter Day at his new school. Well done Charlie! Awesome! 😎🥁🥁

11/05/2026

EXAM RESULT ALERT:
A little late with this news but …….Massive CONGRATULATIONS to Ellie on passing her Grade 5 Trinity Rock & Pop exam with DISTINCTION. Excellent work Ellie - Grade 6 here we come!

24/04/2026

A MASSIVE shoutout to Monty for his awesome performance with North Lincolnshire Music 80’s presentation which I was lucky enough to catch at Cafe Indie this week. In only his 3rd (maybe 4th) public performance he was looking very comfortable and confident behind the kit and his timekeeping was bang on! He was loving every minute and is probably still buzzin’ as we speak. WELL DONE MONTY!
(Photos courtesy of Kevin Davies)