About me...

Name: Gary Walmsley

D.O.B: 02.05.1977

Equipment: Tama Starclassic Maple Custom Drums, Zildjian A-Custom cymbals, Iron Cobra Pedals, Yamaha CS845 Hardware, Vater 5A Sticks, Remo heads, Roland TD6k Custom Electronic kit, Boss Micro-BR Sampler.

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Born in Blackburn, Lancashire in the summer of '77, my family moved to Birmingham sometime around 1980. Drumming has always been in a part of families history, both my Granddad and Father played drums, so it was only a matter of time before I would start too. However, I started playing drums of my own accord whilst at school, rather than being pushed into it my my family.

During my school years, I played drums the school steel band! which not only got me out of regular lessons! but also gave me valuable experience in live performance from an earliy age. We played so many events around the country of which the pinnacle was playing live on television at the opening ceremony of International Convention Centre in Birmingham infront of the Queen!!

After I left school, I played in various bands, based around the Midlands area for some years and gained valuable experience into 'how' and 'how not!' to perform and be a part of a band, until one day during 2001 I was approached by the founder of the IDS drum school in Birmingham and was asked to train as a teacher.

For the the next three years, I taught at IDS and became the 'UK Manager' for the school which involved the complete running of the business from teaching, through to facilities, payroll, booking all the lessons, developing the business side of the school, organising drum clinics and workshops and a lot more. IDS gave me so much experience and a great insight into the music industry and I decided to concentrate on my playing career, rather than the educational side of drumming once further opportunities arose.

Since IDS, I have carried on playing in bands, playing for solo artistes, doing studio sessions, which has seen me share the stage with bands/artistes such as The Feeling, Editors, Ricky Warwick (Almighty), Richie Kotzen (Poison, Mr Big, Forty Deuce), Andrew WK, Jeff Scott-Soto (Journey), Pete Way (UFO), The Kooks and many more...

I am currently performing with UK band 'The First Seven', Ibanez guitar endorsee 'Steve Smith' and singer/songwriter Gary Nock. See the recent work page for more info.

if you are interested in taking drum lessons, or would like more information regarding my drumming services, please contact me.