Personal Summary
Hard and happy worker, experienced and creative, charismatic and amiable nature, along with an open-minded and energetic personality, has earned me recognition for a good collaborative spirit, priding myself on being reliable and adaptable.
I value good communication and try bring a calm and focused presence to each job. Willing and able to lead, teach and problem solve makes me proud to bring my useful and enthusiastic energy to every project.
Beyond my career in audio, I have experience in event management, technical instruction, safeguarding, and child welfare, underpinned by a strong commitment to health and safety. My broad experience across other industries has given me a wide range of transferable skills that support and enrich my work.
UK national currently based in Penryn – TR10 8JZ
Willing to relocate anywhere
Driver’s License: Yes – AM, A, B1, B, BE, fkpq
Highest level of education: Diploma of Higher Education
Chosen Industry: Arts & Entertainment
Total years of experience: 30
Drummer/Drum Teacher
Freelance
1996 to Present
I currently teach drums privately for all ages and perform as a dep musician as and when required whilst continuing my own repertoire.
Please see my website for more information – ktdrumsandsound.co.uk
Peripatetic Drum Teacher
Cornwall Music Service Trust – Cornwall
June 2021 to October 2022
- Regional hub for music teachers
- Adjoined my drum teaching and my teaching assistant skills to deliver bespoke drum lessons to students at a selection of the regions primary and secondary schools.
- Delivered presentations at school assemblies to promote, advertise and demonstrate the lessons on offer.
- Remained a solid, responsible role model and support for all students
Orchestra Drummer
Cruise & Maritime Voyages – World Cruise
August 2019 to May 2020
- Working alongside dancers and performance hosts as part of the entertainment team.
- Learn and perform all show material for the main productions on the ship.
- Transcribe my own parts to read on stage.
- Collate all show cues and tempos for my own purposes to lead the rest of the band and cast.
- Play in the Jazz lounge whenever not in a main stage production.
- Other daily ship duties such as activities host, guide, DJ for the late-night disco.
- Muster station 1st in command, managing an orderly demonstration of safety drills and associated procedures and taking the roll call for 150 passengers.
- I rearranged a reconfigured one of the lounges to accommodate quality live recordings of our performances to hand out to the passengers to add to their experience.
Show Drummer/Technician
Danceblast – Bristol
January 2011 to January 2017
- Technical assistance for all rehearsals and shows including arranging and editing songs audio for rehearsal purposes.
- Accurately learning a wide range of songs to match with what the dancers had rehearsed to.
- Performing on the drums for shows.
Live Sound Foley Artist
North South Theatre Company – Cornwall
November 2015 to December 2015
Independent Theatre Company
- Provided realistic and entertaining sound effects and music to accompany the live performances for this tour.
Marketing & Events Manager / Technician / Drum Teacher
dBs Music – Camborne
October 2012 to December 2014
- Provided services to the students and teachers in installing, maintaining all equipment at the college and on hand for student and teacher assistance. Lesson setup and student support.
- Install user accounts and resolve software issues over the network.
- Marketing & Events logistics and management, attending roadshow events, radio play, gigs and festivals.
- This was a new college and underwent a complete refurbishment where we as a team re-built and installed all studio technology.
- I also ran more drums and guitar tuition classes for the wider college students.
Drum Teacher
Strum & Drum – St Albans
November 2007 to February 2008
- Drum teacher for pop up music school
- giving fast paced drum lessons to classes of children from a set syllabus
Education
Extended BTec Diploma in Music Production
dBs Music College
June 2011 to January 2013
- Triple Starred Distinction
Continuing Professional Development
Location Sound Recording
Straight Curve Film School – LondonJanuary 2007 to January 2007
Diploma in Drums
Drum-tech Institute
January 2001 to January 2002
Merit
9 GCSE’s
Stanborough School, WGC, UK
1999
- Maths – C
- English – C
- English Literature – D
- Double Award Science – DD
- Graphic – C
- Art & Design – C
- Resistant Materials – D
- French – D
Other Skills & Training
- I organised and ran the first marathon at sea across the Atlantic, raising money for charity.
- Colossal Training For Work Aboard Cruise Ships
- Crowd Management Certificate
- Fire Fighting and Prevention
- Good safe manual handling practices and good with working at heights.
- Proficiency in Security Awareness
- Recent up to date DBS (disclosure and barring certificate)
- Basic Safety At Sea
Server & Website Design & Management
November 2025 – Present
- Manage my own home server that runs all my home automation, media and files on my private network, which is accessible anywhere in the world via my 5g mobile router
- Designed and built several of my own websites (including this one) that are also hosted on this server
Self Growth/Fitness
I have been a keen runner since school and after school clubs which helped continue my interest in health and fitness to this day.
Below are all the results I have from official races I’ve participated in;
- 1997 – Army Cadets – regional cross country race – 4th
- 1998 – Army Cadets – national cross country race – 55th
- 2010 – Bristol Half Marathon – 1:43.37 – 2011th
- 2013 – Truro Half Marathon – 01:40.16 – 96th
- 2013 – Falmouth Half Marathon – 01:39.18 – 95th
- 2013 – Turkey Trot – 0:29.51 – 153rd
- 2014 – Falmouth Half – 1:38.4 – 97th
- 2015 – Falmouth Half – 01:37.26 – 78th
- 2016 – Falmouth Half – 01:34.36 – 57th
- 2016 – TUI Discovery – solo charity fund raiser – 3:50.26 –
- 2017 – TUI Discovery – solo charity fund raiser – 3:35.12
- 2017 – Bristol Half – 01:34.01 – 640th
- 2018 – Jewel of the seas – solo charity fund raiser – 4:02.34
- 2021 – Blackpool – 3 miles every hour, solo charity fund raiser – 14 hours
- 2021 – Truro Meet your Max – 7.3miles – 38th – 57.46
- 2022 – Falmouth Half – 1:41.04 – 106th
- 2022 – Run To The King – 100km – 12:58:04 – 11th
- 2022 – Eden Marathon – 4:06.21 – 47th
- 2023 – Calisthenics Regional Championship – 2nd
- 2025 – Eden Half – 1:48.29 – 75th