Rob will be making a journey over to Istanbul to visit the guys at Bosphorus to discuss the Traditional range of cymbals. Rob has been the face of the Traditional range for 2 years and he is looking forward to talking with Emrah and all the guys about new possibilities within this fine range or cymbals.
There could be some VERY exciting cymbal things happening this year, more news on that to follow!!
Gigs are being booked for the Charlie Jones ‘Love Form’ project, check the diary on this site for more details!
Happy New Year to all who visit this site and I hope you find it of interest!
If you have any questions please feel free to email me and I hope you enjoy navigating your way through the different pages here.
Look out for my new Drum Workshop page which is being prepped as we speak, it will have pictures and all the spec on my 2 new DW Collector drum kits.
This year will see many more masterclass/clinics dates and also gigs with The Roandan Trio, The Robert Brian Quartet and the exciting new Charlie Jones ‘Love Form’ Project. There will be plenty of other great sessions along the way as well!!
Please check out the site regularly and I look forward to seeing what 2014 brings!
Good luck to you and have a great year!! xx
Rob has just joined the Vic Firth roster of world famous drummers!
Rob has used their sticks for the past 5 years and is delighted to be excepted as a new endorser.
He uses 5B and 5A wood tip drumsticks on all of his projects and looks forward to working with Joe, Vic and all the great guys at Vic Firth.
Rob will be a guest on the Drum Workshop stand at The London Drum Show on Sunday the 13th of October!
http://www.londondrumshow.com/
Rob was asked to be one of the British endorsers to attend the show, and he may also play at some point throughout the day!
If you are attending the LDS on Sunday then swing by the DW stand and catch up with Rob and the whole team.
Rob has a 6 page interview in Septembers issue of the UK drumming magazine Rhythm!
It covers the recent sold out shows with punk legend Siouxsie Sioux at Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival as well as the Simple Minds recording sessions. Rob also talks about his 20 years in the music business and mentions his new endorsement deal with DW drums.
It is the most in-depth interview so far on Rob and his drumming career.
OUT NOW!!!
Amazing reviews for the upcoming Charlie Jones record ‘Love Form’.
Released on Stranger Records – September 2013.
Here is an amazing review of the first sellout Siouxsie Sioux gig at Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival in June.
The Guardian reviewer rated the show and indeed Rob’s drumming very highly!
Check it out here:
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/16/siouxsie-review
Charlie Jones’ first solo album ‘Love Form’ gets released in September and features Rob drumming on two tracks – Death Hand and Love Form. Charlie is one of the UK’s finest bass players and has worked with Goldfrapp, Robert Plant, Siouxsie Sioux.
The album ‘Love Form’ is available to buy here:
The album is a very interesting mix of moods and colours and is receiving glowing reviews in all the music magazines.
Rob’s drumming is pivotal to some of the biggest sounding pieces on the record and he is very proud of his work.
Charlie has chosen Rob to be the drummer for the live gigs which are coming up very soon.
Watch this space…..
Rob is proud to announce that he is now a DW endorser and will have his new Collector’s kit very soon!
Rob’s DW kit will feature the usual traits of cross over sizes from a rock/jazz kit in the DW Collector’s series. This allows him to use any set up/sizes for all possible gigs or recording sessions.
Pictures and promo are arranged for August so more details to follow…