Richard has been playing drums for over 44 years and teaching for over 30 years.  Drumming has been his passion since his early teens and finds teaching and passing on 'the knowledge' extremely rewarding. As one of the first to start teaching the excellent Drumsense Programme he has found it most enjoyable and produces great results. Richard started drumming in his early teens, began playing professionally at the age of 17 and now has many years of experience with numerous different bands and artists both live and in the studio.                                                                                     

After studying with various teachers, including Drumsense Founder Colin Woolway, he started teaching the Drumsense Programme in 1998 and is Maidstone's longest standing and most experienced drum tutor.

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In addition to teaching privately Richard has also taught in schools.

As well as teaching the Drumsense Programme, Richard is also a Drumsense Master Tutor and able to teach the Programme those who aspire to become a Drumsense Tutor themselves. 

Richard has also had the pleasure of working closely with David Hazlewood and David Driver when organising the very successful Drums In The Weald events which has included performances by Darrin Mooney (Gary Moore, Primal Scream), Adrian Erlandsson (Nemhain), Pete Lockett (Independent), Steve White (Paul Weller, The Style Council) and the Drumsense Founder himself Colin Woolway.