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About Michael

Experienced performer and educator who's worked with artists such as The Weather Girls, Peter Donegan, LYR, L.Devine.

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Drummer

Whitley Bay

Public liability insurance of £10 million

Musician with a wealth of performing and teaching experience. Owner of Music Schools in Northumberland and North Shields. Notable gigs include: Peter Donegan Costa Festival 2025 - Main stage performance. The Weather Girls mini UK tour 2025 - Culminating at a sold out headline show at Soul Mama in London. Royal Albert Hall 2022 and 2024 - National Championships of Great Britain with Easington Colliery Band. Soulutions supporting Change at Birmingham Town Hall 2024. Soulutions supporting Kenny Thomas on his 2023 Brit Soul Ascending tour. Soulutions at Margate Soul Festival 2022 - Supporting Emile Sande. LYR (Poet Laureate Simon Armitage) at Durham Cathedral - Conducted by Simon Dobson (Bring Me the Horizon, Alter Bridge, Architects) Mouth of the Tyne Festival 2015 - L Devine (Then performing as Olivia Devine) - Main stage performance alongside Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and The Christians. Able to perform to click tracks and have own IEM pack. Qualifications: MMus through Newcastle University - Specialising in composition and free improvisation. 2:1 degree BMus (hons) in jazz, popular and commercial music through University of Sunderland - Specialising in performance and composition. Grade 8 drum kit with Trinity Guildhall. Grade 6 piano with LCM. Grade 5 theory with ABRSM. Fully DBS checked. Full Public Liability Insurance. Musicians Union member. Drum Equipment: SHELLS Mapex Armory Studioease Kit Transparent Walnut 22x20 Kick 10x8 Rack Tom 12x9 Rack Tom 14x14 Floor Tom 16x16 Floor Tom Tama Club Jam Mini Kick Drum in Aqua Blue – 18x7 Natal DNA Kick Drum in Blue – 20x18 SNARES: DW Black Knurled Steel Snare – 14x6.5 Vintage Gretsch Name Band Snare – 14x5.5 Mapex Black Panther Black Widow – 14x5 World Max Black Dawg – 14x6.5 Remo Mastertouch Piccolo Snare -14x3 Tama Club Jam Mini – 12x5 Bass Equipment: Yamaha BB434 Tobacco Sunburst Yamaha TRBX174 Black Ampeg RB112 Bass Amp PEDALS Mosky Golden Horse - Klon Centaur clone Glowfly Glitchwave 567 - Glitch Fuzz Korg Toneworks AX1G (1990s) - Multieffects

Michael's Song list

Jazz:

Ladybird

Footprints

Doxy

On Green Dolphin Street

Oleo

Tenor Madness

Watermelon Man

Cantaloupe Island

Red Clay

For The Elders

Indiana (Back Home Again)

It's Only a Paper Moon

Autumn Leaves

Black Orpheus

Someday My Prince Will Come

Come Fly With Me

Mack the Knife

Teach Me Tonight

On the Sunny Side of the Street

The Look of Love

One Note Samba

Blue Bossa

Windows (Chick Corea)

Jordu

A Night in Tunisia

Straight No Chaser

Ornithology

Funk/Soul/Disco:

Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

Weather Girls - Hold on I'm Coming

Weather Girls - Super Love

Terri Green Project - Caught Up

Terri Green Project - Two Wrongs

Terri Green Project - Never Gonna Let

Terri Green Project - Night to Rember

Grover Washington Jr. - Mister Magic

Tower of Power - What is Hip?

Tower of Power - Soul With a Capital S

Tower of Power - Pocketful of Soul

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Stevie Wonder - I Wish

Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)

Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster Jammin'

Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely

Jamiroquai - Little L

Jamiroquai - Corner of the Earth

Rock:

Foo Fighters entire discography up until Concrete and Gold

Muse entire discography up until Drones

Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister

Queens of the Stone Age - Song for the Deaf

Queens of the Stone Age - Avon

Queens of the Stone Age - Little John

Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit of the Summer

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By The Way

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Can't Stop

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Monarchy of Roses

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Fight Like a Brave

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Nobody Weird Like

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Suck My Kiss

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Give it Away

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Dani California

Marmozets - Weird and Wonderful Marmozets (Full Album)

Marmozets - Knowing What you Know Now (Full Album)

Green Day - American Idiot (Full Album)

Green Day - Nimrod (Full Album)

The Who - My Generation

The Who - Can't Explain

The Whole - Won't Get Fooled Again

The Who - Pinball Wizard

Brass Band:

St Magnus

Hyperlink

On the Shoulder of Giants

Red Priest

Clog Dance

Floral Dance

Musicianship

Genres:

1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Country, Rockabilly, Irish rock, Folk rock, Avant garde, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Marching, Noise music, Originals, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Covers, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Hip Hop, Karaoke, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Tribute, Vintage, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Hardcore, Heavy metal, Indie, Pop rock, Post rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Synth rock, World music, Ska, Latin, Reggae, Samba, German music, Afrobeat, Jazz, Blues, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Modern jazz, Swing, Jazz fusion, Latin jazz, Classical, Musical theatre, African music

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Instruments:

Drums, Percussion, Piano, Bass Guitar, Timpani

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Event types:

Concert, Wedding, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching, Fluent sight-reader, Fluent improviser, Composer, Lyricist, Songwriter

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