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Function/Cover Band Showreel

Don't Look Back In Anger cover

My final originals band, Kids Love Lies

About Will

I'm a professional drummer based in Herts, UK. I play with function, cover and tribute bands and am available to dep (substitute) for bands.

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Bishop's Stortford

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I am a professional touring and recording drummer, based in Hertfordshire, UK. Get in touch with me if you need a dep (substitute) for a gig, ie. if your drummer is unavailable! I enjoy what I do and am an asset to any band I play in! Below is a list of my strengths: - Playing since 1999. - Quick learner, efficient and leave nothing to chance. Play both covers and in tributes. - I can play to clicks/backing tracks and also create them for my bands. - Can play double pedal. - Can play acoustic music through to metal. At my core I'm a backbeat drummer. - Good gear, well presented. - Upbeat and energetic stage demeanour, plenty of smiles. - Willing to adapt and dress according to different situations. - Have played all over the UK, Europe and the Middle East. - I am available to dep (substitute) for an absent drummer at the last minute. - Can read/write drum notation. - Have extensive recording experience and have recorded 800+ songs through my online service. - I have Musical Director experience and in that role I have coordinated my band's arrangements, interpretations and tones. The role has led me to be the first point of contact for new deps and give them crash courses in what to expect onstage (cues etc). So, if I dep for you, I know what to ask and what to be conscious of.

Will

5 out of 5

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Will's Reviews

5 out of 5

I honestly cannot thank Will enough. We threw him a real curve ball with less than a days notice and he totally pulled it out of the bag. A total pro. Great to work with, communicative and fantastic musician. Had real integrity in making sure he could deliver what we asked for before committing. I cannot recommend him enough...

Reply from Will

1 year ago

Thanks very much Jeni! You're all top people at the church. It was nerve-wracking only having about 4-5 hours to get my notes and basic parts together, but it turned out fine in the end!

5 out of 5

I've used Will's drums for two different projects now and have found him to be capable of nailing a variety styles and always playing tastefully and for the song. I'll no doubt be using him again future!

5 out of 5

He was undeterred by us giving him a hard time every now and then along the way!

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Will's Song list

A-ha - Take On Me

ABBA - Mamma Mia

ABBA - SOS

ABBA - Waterloo

AC/DC - Tribute-level knowledge

Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady

Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

Aerosmith - Livin' On The Edge

Aerosmith - Walk This Way

Alice Cooper - Poison

Alice Cooper - School's Out

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales Of San Francisco

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

Bad Manners - Special Brew

Ben E. King - Stand By Me

Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror

Billy Idol - Tribute-level knowledge

Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Blink 182 - All The Small Things

Blondie - Picture This

Blur - Parklife

Blur - Song 2

Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Guns N' Roses version)

Boffalongo - Dancing In The Moonlight

Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive

Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name

Boston - More Than A Feeling

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven

Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69

Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

Catatonia - Mulder & Scully

Chic - Le Freak

Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

Chuck Berry - Johhny B. Goode

Cliff Richard - Move It

Coldplay - Clocks

Coldplay - In My Place

Coldplay - Yellow

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary

Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms

D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better

Daft Punk - Get Lucky

Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

Deep Blue Something - Breakfast At Tiffany's

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

Def Leppard - Photograph

Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno

Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Earth, Wind & Fire - September

Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

Ed Sheeran - Sing

Electric Six - Gay Bar

Elle King - Exs & Ohs

Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation

Elvis Presley - Burning Love

Elvis Presley - Little Sister

Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds

Eminem - Lose Yourself

Europe - The Final Countdown

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This

Feeder - Buck Rogers

Feeder - Just A Day

Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Foo Fighters - All My Life

Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly

Foo Fighters - My Hero

Foo Fighters - Times Like These

Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You

Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Free - All Right Now

Fun - We Are Young

Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid

George Ezra - Paradise

George Ezra - Shotgun

George Michael - Faith

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Money

Green Day - Basket Case

Gun - Word Up

Guns N' Roses - Tribute-level knowledge

Harry Styles - Golden

Hole - Celebrity Skin

Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love

INXS - New Sensation

Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills

James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)

Jefferson Starship - Jane

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire

Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads

Journey - Any Way You Want It

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

Judas Priest - Breakin' The Law

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot

Kasabian - You're In Love With A Psycho

Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone

Kings Of Leon - Mollys Chambers

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker

Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop

Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll

Led Zeppelin - The Rover

Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti

Madness - Night Boat To Cairo

Madness - One Step Beyond

Manic Street Preachers - Tribute-level knowledge

Mansun - Wide Open Space

Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You

Maroon 5 - This Love

Men At Work - Down Under

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Michael Jackson - Beat It

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait

Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

Mumford & Sons - The Cave

Muse - Hysteria

Muse - Time Is Running Out

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Nelly Furtado - Maneater

Nickelback - How You Remind Me

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

No Doubt - Just A Girl

Oasis - Tribute-level knowledge

Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel

Outkast - Hey Ya

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead

Pearl Jam - Alive

Phil Collins - Easy Lover

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Poison - Nothin' But A Good Time

Portugal The Man - Feel It Still

Prince - Little Red Corvette

Pulp - Common People

Pulp - Disco 2000

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls

Queen - I Want To Break Free

Queen - We Are The Champions

Queen - We Will Rock You

Radiohead - Creep

Radiohead - High And Dry

Radiohead - Just

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name

Rainbow - Since You Been Gone

Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Zephyr Song

Reef - Place Your Hands

REM - Everybody Hurts

REO Speedwagon - Take It On The Run

Republica - Ready To Go

Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down

Robbie Williams - Angels

Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me

Royal Blood - Figure It Out

Sam Fender - Will We Talk

Semisonic - Closing Time

Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me

Skunk Anansie - Weak

Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

Sleeper - Sale Of The Century

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Starship - We Build This City

Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

Stereophonics - Dakota

Stereophonics - Just Looking

Steve Earle - Galway Girl

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

T. Rex - 20th Century Boy

T. Rex - I Love To Boogie

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

The Automatic - Monster

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles - Come Together

The Beatles - Hey Jude

The Beatles - Twist And Shout

The Black Crowes - Hard To Handle

The Cardigans - My Favourite Game

The Cars - Just What I Needed

The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go

The Cranberries - Zombie

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

The Cure - Friday I'm Love

The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love

The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running

The Doors - People Are Strange

The Eagles - Hotel California

The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger

The Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed

The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So

The Human League - Don't You Want Me

The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie

The Jam - Town Called Malice

The Killers - Mr Brightside

The Killers - Somebody Told Me

The Killers - When You Were Young

The Kinks - You Really Got Me

The Kooks - Naive

The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away

The Monkees - I'm A Believer

The Police - Roxanne

The Pretenders - 2000 Miles

The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles

The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women

The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash

The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil

The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Midnight Moses

The Specials - A Message To You Rudy

The Strokes - Last Nite

The Strokes - Reptilia

The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army

The Zutons - Valerie

Tina Turner - Proud Mary

Tina Turner - The Best

Tom Petty - Free Fallin'

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

U2 - Vertigo

U2 - With Or Without You

Van Halen - Dance The Night Away

Van Halen - Jump

Van Halen - Panama

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Vance Joy - Riptide

Walk The Moon - Shut Up And Dance

Weezer - Hash Pipe

Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Wings - Live And Let Die (Guns N' Roses version)

Will's Prices

Last updated: 2024

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£93.75
Up to 1 hour	£187.50
Up to 2 hours	£250
Up to 3 hours	£375

Remote drum recording

Per song.

£93.75

30 min show

Applies to all types of events. Best suited to originals bands playing a half hour set.

£125

In-studio drum recording

Per song.

£125

90 min show

Typically x2 45 min sets. Applies to all types of events.

£218.75

135 min show

Typically x3 45 min sets.

£281.25

2 and a half hour show

Applies to all types of events.

£312.50

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

My energy, my smile, my solos and my professional manner.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

I have played 500+ shows in the UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Too many to mention - Larry Mullen, Steve Hewitt, Sean Moore, Alan White, Jimmy Chamberlin, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

I have played to (and soloed to!) crowds of up to 2500 at Zeniths in all four corners of France.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I am fine with event timings changing, but please inform me ASAP.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

If booking me as a dep drummer, no, as I generally don't have any involvement in the presentation of the show.

How much time do you need to set up?

Personally, I need approximately one hour to be set up, soundchecked and comfortable.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

I don't play as a solo drummer, but if booking me as a dep, if you want to tailor your setlist to fit around what I already have in my locker, feel free!

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

I bring my acoustic drumkit to all live events. For recording sessions (eg. in London) I prefer to travel light and by public transport. Being able to bring only sticks and odds and ends is what I prefer best. The cost of driving/parking in London is prohibitive.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If you wish for me to dep and are a function or cover band, some of your songs may already be on my list. If not, I will learn the remainder as standard. For originals and tribute bands, you will need to provide links to your material, so I can transcribe it.

Musicianship

Genres:

Indie, Rock, Alternative rock, Glam rock, Hard rock, Pop rock, Punk rock, Britpop, Post rock, Classic rock, Heavy metal, Power rock, Pop, Covers, Acoustic, Americana

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Instruments:

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Event types:

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

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Drum technician

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