Tom Dunne - Professional Drummer / Music Teacher

Tom; Tom when did your drumming career start? My career started at the ripe age of 6 in a pipe band in my area of Greenhills, D12. Here l learned the roots of good drum skills, discipline, dynamics and most if all, rudiments! Tom;  Did you undertake any further musical studies? After several years playing with The dada's back in the late 80's, early 90's, l took myself off to study in...

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Fiachra Kinder - Drummer and Session Musician

Fiachra is a drummer and session musician based in Dublin. Currently one of three drummers in the upbeat, second-line brass band Stomptown Brass.  In the past he has performed with TandemnFelix, Cloud Castle Lake, Saint Sister, Nova Collective, Myles Manley, Trinity Orchestra and the Collapsing Horse Theatre company. Most notably he has toured around Europe and the US with Hozier, appearing...

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David (Dave) Keegan - Drummer and Photographer

Tom; Can you tell me when you became interested in drumming? Born in September 1972, I first became fascinated with the drum kit when I was about 3 or 4 years old as the first drum kit I had was made by Fisher Price!! My mum, being a fan of The Beatles, showed me some of their film footage and it was then that I was hooked. After various "put together" drum set ups, I final, got a...

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Rod Quinn touring / recording drummer and percussionist

Professional drummer who plays in a variety of styles. According to his site dublindrumlessons.com Rod spent 10 years in London, during which time as well as working as a full-time musician he studied with drum teaching legend Lloyd Ryan. He also successfully secured a recording contract with EMI records. Rod returned to Ireland in 1997 and has recorded and / or performed live with incredible...

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Ben Wanders - Drummer and Session Musician

Ben Wanders is a drummer and session musician who has played on over 30 albums from Irish and International artists in the last 5 years. Some of these include an album for Noel Hogan (The Cranberries), Shardborne, Hedfuzy, Slave Zero and many more. Currently a member of Xerath (Prog UK) Shardborne (Prog IRE) Tonemasons (Funk Fusion IRE) and Little Waits (Fusion IRE) Ben also has a solo project...

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Matthew Jacobson - Irish Drummer / Improviser / Composer

I had the privilege of meeting drummer Matthew Jacobson of the trio F-JOB, who were performing as part of the 2016 Galway Jazz Festival. It was a fantastic gig, performed by a trio of very talented and creative musicians.  Tom: How are you enjoying the Galway Jazz Festival? It’s brilliant. I’ve been down a bunch of times, I’m not sure how many. I think they said this is the 12th year,...

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