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Waltz (for the Professor)

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Released: Jun 9, 2010

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Born in South Wales, Thomas has been playing drums for seven years. From the first time he picked up a pair of sticks at the age of sixteen, Thomas has been constantly improving his abilities, and establishing himself as a competent and professional musician. He is capable of stepping into any musical situation and providing exactly what people require from a professional drummer. He is also very comfortable working alongside other professional musicians, both live and in the studio. Thomas is an expert rock player, but he can also play a wide range of different styles, such as jazz, funk, blues, reggae, ska, Latin, R n’B and pop, to an excellent standard. He has worked with many different bands/artists across these different music genres, and performed at some of the biggest music venues and festivals in the UK, including Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, Newport Centre and Indigo2 at the 02 in London. He has supported many well-known bands on the live stage, including Goldie Looking Chain and The Selecter, and also well-known drummers at clinics. He has recently completed a 35-date European Tour, which saw him playing shows in Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Italy. He has had the opportunity to be involved in battle of the bands competitions, music video shoots and the London International Music Show. He has also performed live on BBC Radio Wales. As a session musician, Thomas has recorded with many different bands/artists and worked with renowned producers, such as George Shilling (Ocean Colour Scene, Porcupine Tree). Some of his fine work has been released on independent record labels, and even played through the PA at Wembley Stadium, one of the world's most prestigious live music venues. He has also recorded in some of the UK’s best studios, including Metropolis Studios and Atomic Studios in London, and Sound Locker Studios in Brighton. Thomas has studied music in Europe’s leading school of contemporary music, the ICMP in London, with some of the country’s best drum tutors. He won the Roland Partial Scholarship award in 2005 to study there, and he passed the Diploma in Popular Music Performance with Merit in 2007. He was also awarded the prize of "Most Improved Drummer" at the graduation ceremony. Just recently, he was awarded a 2:1 in his Bmus Degree in Popular Music Performance, and he passed a RockSchool LRSL Music teaching diploma at Level 6. He has also had the opportunity to teach alongside members of the ICMP faculty, including Andy Saphir (Michael Twitty) and Jay Stapley (Roger Waters). He also has experience as a private drum teacher, and as a music teacher in a local school. Thomas is also a member of the Musician's Union, and has certificates from Child Protection and Health and Safety seminars run by the Union. He also has a Public Liability Certificate from the Union. Thomas also plays many percussion instruments to a high standard, such as congas, bongos, timbales, tambourine, shakers, surdo e.t.c. He can use electronic drums and samples to great effect in his performances, and he is familiar with using backing tracks live on stage, and playing to a click in the studio. Thomas can also read music, and can sight read drum music to an excellent standard. Thomas is available for gigs, tours and sessions as both a drummer and percussionist. He is also available for private lessons in both drums and percussion. These are just some of the bands/artists Thomas has worked with: A Work In Progress, The Trips, Samira Mohammed, Pete Lockett and the ICMP Drummers, Pippa Rogers & The Ricochet, Night Trip covers band, The Kaisers (Kaiser Chiefs tribute band), SjW, 2 Rude: A tribute to Ska, Anne Christine, Nick Ward, Goldie Looking Chain, Pop Fiction, Ed Tudor-Pole (Tenpole Tudor), Benji Webbe (Skindred) (The myspace links for some of these bands/artists can be found in my top friends list) If you want to get in touch with Tom, you can e-mail him at TommiMak@aol.com or message him on myspace. You can also visit his personal Facebook page: www.facebook.com/tommimak And you can follow him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tompricedrummer Tom recommends that you check out www.ukdrummer.com - It's a great website! You can also download exclusive lessons written by Tom only at www.drummerlove.com - Find him in the 'Downloads' section!

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Tom Price - Drummer/Percussionist Good gig last night with Pop Fiction. Had a lot of fun but didn&#39;t get back until 5am! Still, I made sure I was awake for the Monaco GP!
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Tom Price - Drummer/Percussionist Gigging tonight in Shackleford near Guilford with Pop Fiction. Haven&#39;t played with these guys for a while, looking forward to it! :&#41;
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Genre: Classic Rock / Progressive / Rock
Location Wales, Please select your region., Un
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Last Login: 5/27/2012
Member Since 6/9/2010
Type of Label Unsigned
Bio
Born in South Wales, Thomas has been playing drums for six years. From the first time he picked up a pair of sticks at the age of sixteen, Thomas has been constantly improving his abilities, and establishing himself as a competent and professional musician. He is capable of stepping into any musical situation and providing exactly what people require from a professional drummer. He is also very comfortable working alongside other professional musicians, both live and in the studio. Thomas is an expert rock player, but he can also play a wide range of different styles, such as jazz, funk, blues, reggae, ska, Latin, R n’B and pop, to an excellent standard. He has worked with many different bands/artists across these different music genres, supported many established bands and drummers at big events, and performed at some of the biggest music venues and festivals in the UK, including Brangwyn Hall in Swansea and Indigo2 at the 02 in London. He has had the opportunity to be involved in battle of the bands competitions, music video shoots and the London International Music Show. As a session musician, Thomas has recorded with many different bands/artists, worked with renowned producers, such as George Shilling (Ocean Colour Scene, Porcupine Tree), and some of his fine work has been released on independent record labels. He has also recorded in some of the UK’s best studios, including Metropolis Studios and Atomic Studios in London, and Sound Locker Studios in Brighton. Thomas has studied music in Europe’s leading school of contemporary music, the ICMP in London, with some of the country’s best drum tutors. He won the Roland Partial Scholarship award in 2005 to study there, and he passed the Diploma in Popular Music Performance with Merit in 2007. He was also awarded the prize of "Most Improved Drummer" at the graduation ceremony. Just recently, he was awarded a 2:1 in his Bmus Degree in Popular Music Performance, and he passed a RockSchool LRSL Music teaching diploma at Level 6. He has also had the opportunity to teach alongside members of the ICMP faculty, including Andy Saphir (Michael Twitty) and Jay Stapley (Roger Waters). He also has experience as a private drum teacher, and as a music teacher in a local school. Thomas also plays many percussion instruments to a high standard, such as congas, bongos, timbales, tambourine, shakers, surdo e.t.c. He can use electronic drums and samples to great effect in his performances, and he is familiar with using backing tracks live on stage, and playing to a click in the studio. Thomas can also read music, and can sight read drum music to an excellent standard. Thomas is available for gigs, tours and sessions as both a drummer and percussionist. He is also available for private lessons in both drums and percussion. These are just some of the bands/artists Thomas has worked with: A Work In Progress The Trips Samira Mohammed Pete Lockett and the ICMP Drummers Pippa Rogers & The Ricochet Night Trip covers band The Kaisers (Kaiser Chiefs tribute band) SjW 2 Rude: A tribute to Ska Anne Christine (The myspace links for some of these bands/artists can be found in my top friends list) If you want to get in touch with Tom, you can e-mail him at TommiMak@aol.com or message him on myspace. You can also visit his personal Facebook page: www.facebook.com/tommimak And you can follow him on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tompricedrummer Now he's on tumblr too: tompricedrummer.tumblr.com Tom has recently been featured on a fantastic new drumming website: ..ukdrummer.com/up-and-coming/.. This is me performing with Pete Lockett and the ICMP Drummers at the REMO Drummer Night at LIMS 2008. I'm in the back, far left!: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. This is SjW's music video for their new single "The Keeper": .. .. .. .. .. .. .. This is SjW's music video for their new single "4am": .. .. .. .. .. .. .. This is SjW's music video for their song "Getaway": .. .. .. .. .. .. .. This is me performing with 2 RUDE: A TRIBUTE TO SKA at TJ's In The Square, 2010: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Tom Price - Drums, Percussion. My solo tracks, "Waltz (for the Professor)", "Keep 'em Dancing" and "Mr. Lockett", were written by me and recorded at the ICMP Studios in May 2010
Influences
Neil Peart, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Joey Jordison, Mike Portnoy, Phil Collins, Carl Palmer, Bill Bruford, Ginger Baker, Mitch Mitchell, Terry Bozzio, Stewart Copeland, Brian Downey, Mike Cosgrove... too many more to mention!
Sounds Like
A really good drummer!