Blog - The Dom Dom

26 April 2025

Spring is here. Yay :-)

Spring is here. Yay. The one term that doesn’t culminate in an end of term DomDom concert is the autumn term: Few of us need another entry in our pre-Christmas diaries...

31 December 2024

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everybody. May 2025 treat you and your loved ones well and often see you happy, healthy and full of groove. 2024 was a special year for me, a great...

25 July 2024

Happy holidays everybody and thank you for all your support throughout the academic year 🙂 And what a year we’ve had….. Since September 2023: TheDomDom drummers have collectively practised 80810 minutes...

27 April 2024

A big heartfelt thank you

A big heartfelt thank you to all my drummers and their families for enabling me to do what I love doing. Thanks to you, I have been lucky enough to turn my...

9 January 2024

TheDomDom’s Autumn Grading 2023

On the 8th of December, 18 of those I have the pleasure of drumming with took part in TheDomDom’s Autumn Grading 2023. I’m very pleased to report that this grading...

29 July 2023

TheDomDom’s Summer Term Concert 2023

Our Summer Term Concert 2023 was the first DomDom Concert to offer my drummers the chance to perform with a live band. This presented a great first hand opportunity to experience the...

4 May 2023

A pleasure shared is a pleasure doubled

Playing drums by yourself is fun but playing drums with other musicians is a pleasure shared and a pleasure doubled....

30 April 2023

TheDomDom’s Spring Grading 2023

I'm very pleased to say that everybody passed with flying colours and that 38% of the drummers grading achieved a distinction - our best result to date....

29 April 2023

TheDomDom’s Spring Term Concert 2023

The DomDom's Spring Term Concert was our 5th concert and the 1st we staged at our new bigger venue The Pavilion, which allowed us to accomodate increased demand and to stage our...

7 April 2023

Talent loves work ethic

Talent wants to be friends with a healthy work ethic to properly flourish. That's why I'm keen to reward effort and work ethic. ...

14 September 2022

Transferable skills

I believe that the ability to perform and entertain is a crucial part of any musician’s skillset. That’s why I stage regular concerts. They enable my drummers to hone these skills. What...

30 August 2022

A good balance between joy and progress

One thing I’m very keen to share with my drummers is the joy of making music. That great feeling when you lose yourself in playing – only to come back happier...

13 April 2022

Third Time Lucky

After a 2 + year pandemic related wait, it was a little slice of heaven to resume staging the DomDom concerts and to provide my drummers with an opportunity to hone their...

25 March 2022

Drums graded music exams

In January 2022, 11 of those I have the pleasure of drumming with set themselves the challenge of achieving their first or next drums graded music exam. I am very pleased to...