The Drum Shed Podcast

An evening with Steve White interview recorded live at The Hive Rooms, Surrey, UK 4th December 2025This was our first event which included performances and education from Steve White, a UK Living Legend!Steve has been playing drums since an early age and has played with The Style Council, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, Oasis, The Who, Dr John, James Taylor Quartet and many more.. Drummer, Educator, and Presenter of the Sky Arts Hit series "The Art of Drumming". Steve has been inspired by and worked with Drummers such as Peter Erskine, Louie Bellson, Ginger Baker and Chad Smith. In this interview we talk about when and where it all started, how he joined the Boys Brigade to play Snare Drum, how after joining the Musicians Union 75 pence and being taken to gigs at a young age by his dad he met Paul Weller and played on Radio One to 14 million listeners...We have some live questions from the audience and the beep machine gets some use...This episode doesn't have any performances included from the night but we are working on that for another day.Thank you to Steve White, Pete and James from The Hive Rooms, Archie for the photos and videos, Aurea for the advice, Tony Scullion for donating a few items to the raffle, Deano from Protection Racket for donating some cases, Yamaha for the Snare Drum Raffle prize, Mark from Drumshack for arranging the Yamaha Snare DrumLinks: Instagram @whiteydrums Steve White. Instagram @thehiverooms www.thehiverooms.comInstagram @archiefaiersphotography www.af-photo.co.ukInstagram @thedrumshedpodcast www.thedrumshedpodcast.com Steve is endorsed by, Yamaha, Zildjian, Remo, Vic Firth and Protection RacketA MASSIVE THANK YOU to all of those who came out on a cold School Night for our first event!Enjoy this slightly different episode :)Thanks for Listening!Matt F

Camps, Clinics and The New Roland E-KitsMatt & Riza get into conversation about the past couple of weeks.We cover , Sessions, Jam Nights, and the up coming EVENT with Steve White! To Get Tickets to an evening with Steve White, click here 4th December 7pm The Hive Rooms, Horley, Surrey, UK (Near Gatwick Airport)Matt also tells us about his experience at Will Daly's drum camp, Check out willdrumsdaly.com Highly Recommended!We also get a bit geeky about the new Roland TD-316 and TD-516 Drum Kits! Matt is very excited about these latest editions of the Roland E-Kits.Also We have a new DOT COM! www.thedrumshedpodcast.comEnjoy and Thanks for Listening.Matt & Riza

Tom Howarth is Back from The UK Drum Show and has 5 Top Tips to share about his approach to using Social Media.Tom Has 302K Followers on Instagram @tomhowarthdrums and is known for his stick tricks and engaging drumming content. Tom also teaches drumming In Cornwall and is a genuine nice bloke!We talk about how to stand out amongst all the content on Social Media and with 302 THOUSAND followers, Tom certainly knows what has worked for him.Have a listen and enjoy.Also on YouTube (Coming Soon)Posted 13/11/2025Thanks for listeningMatt F The Drum Shed Podcast

Aurea and Matt caught up with Martina Barakoska at The UK Drum Show after her session in theSound Advice: Educating with Evans hosted by Bobs Drum School (Bob Wynne)Martina gave lessons on both days to a room full of drummers from all ages and abilities. Aurea and Matt attended both sessions playing on the Evans Tactile Pads and Evans Real Feel Folding Bass Pedal Practice PadMartina has been playing drums, teaching drums and recording for many years and is an endorsed artist with Yamaha Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Promark Sticks, Shure Microphones, Roland Drums, and Horluchs In-ear monitors.www.martinabarakoska.comwww.martinabrakoska.bandcamp.com Get Martina's drumless trackswww.theeuropedrumshow.comwww.theukdrumshow.comInstagram: @iamthe_mThank you do much to Martina for spending the time with us during the craziness of the show.Enjoy and thanks for listening.Matt & Aurea

The UK Drum Show / Snares & Matcha Debrief with Matt and RizaRecorded 22/10/2025Matt looks back over the UK Drum Show and we also discuss the Mike Johnston event in Bath held on 21st October.Mike Johnston had a Master Clase event followed by a his first UK Snares and Matcha event where anyone could bring along a Snare drum to "Show and Tell" to the group and Mike then tried it out. This was held in the Music Workshop Cafe in Bath run by Kim Lee.I am sure there will be plenty more Drum Show chat coming up in future episodes.We mentioned a few or our friends in the business.Check outhttps://www.musicworkshop.org.uk/ Kim Leehttps://www.mikeslessons.com/ Mike Johnstonhttps://theukdrumshow.com/https://beat-note.app/ Derek Leehttps://eddiesdrumacademy.com/ Eddie Van Dongen @eddievandongendrums Instagramhttps://martinabarakoska.com/ Martina Barakoska @iamthe_m Instagramhttps://www.drummersuniverse.com/https://cornwallmusictuition.com/meet-the-team/ Tom Howarth @tomhowarth Instagram, https://willdrumsdaly.com/ Will Daly @willdrumsdaly InstagramBob Wynne @bobsdrumschoolThanks for Listening.Matt & Riza

Matt and Riza catch up with the Matt and Jon from Hive Drums. (@hivedrums on Instagram)This was is a shorter episode that we crammed in before the UK Drum Show to find out what the boys have planned for their stand in the Marketplace on the lower floor. Pop down the escalator turn right and you will see them! Go and say hello and check out their Snare Drums. You can also buy one if you like!!Matt & Jon tell us about their newest creation that they will be bringing along to the show, so have a listen to find out more. Recorded this on 13th October 2025, Uploaded 15th October.Enjoy and don't forget to say hi at the show this weekend!!!Thanks for listening,Matt & Riza.

Commence Primary Ignition! Will Daly is on deckFeel the full force of Will's energy and enthusiasm for Drums, Drumming, and Teaching.We also veer off and talk Star Wars for a bit and ask that age old question.."Does a Shed need to be made from Wood to be a Shed or what?" Will is at the UK Drum Show 2025 on Saturday 18th October at 10:30 with his "Practice Pad Party" in the Sound Advice: Educating with Evans room hosted by Bob Wynne.This is a free event with a valid ticket to the show of course. You WILL need to book a ticket and there were only 5 left when we recorded this so get to the site now!https://theukdrumshow.com/evans-sound-advice-room/If it is booked then join the waiting listhttps://theukdrumshow.com/evans-sound-advice-room/Will also hosts drum camps in Essex, UK for all levels in a safe place where you will find yourself surrounded by likeminded people and gain so much from meeting and playing drums with others.https://willdrumsdaly.comThere are a couple of spaces left for his beginner plus camp in November 2025..Will also teaches 1-1 in personOffers some free lessons on YouTube too.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE1Ah97flY2EQ8DB6mNVdoAWill also plays in the band "Stealing Signs" and a Wedding Band.Check out Stealing Signs on Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/6vbva7yCKZbntadwXt0Y0S?si=TIfzQr8sQ42b_ziRWWo1kQMassive thanks to Will for coming in and hope you enjoy this episode!See you at the Show! Matt

Chat with Lola Teague @loladrums on Instagram and Aurea is back in the co host seat as she is quite a fan and has been following Lola's journey so far.Lola is our youngest guest at the age of 16, she played at The UK Drum Show Main Stage Mini last year and already has over 13k of followers on her Instagram account @loladrums. She is also on TikTok and YouTube all with the same Tag so go check out her socials.September just gone, Lola started college at ACM doing a Performance Diploma and talks about her reasons for choosing a diploma over A-level Music. She also spoke about when she started playing aged 4, her gorgeous Hot Pint custom made Drum Kit from Spinelli Drums in Florida USA https://www.spinellidrums.com/ Lola is planning to head Berklee College Of Music in Boston Massachusetts in a couple of years time.Hope you enjoy and take some inspiration from Lola's amazing attitude to building her career at this early stage in her life.Thanks for listening Matt & Aurea