Thanks for visiting my site. My name is Peter Welch aka 'thedrumcoach', an experienced 'world music' percussionist and drum teacher. I work in Shropshire mainly around Church Stretton, Ludlow, Bishops Castle and Shrewsbury with regular drum workshops running there.

Have a look around the site to find what you need. The tabs at the top provide more information.

To give me an idea of who's been visiting, you can write in the guestbook - I promise I won't bombard you with email and offers!

NEWS - video with some 'Kuku' variations to try. Call me after watching to get some tuition:

https://vimeo.com/324955511

Radio Shropshire interview on July 26th 2022: https://soundcloud.com/user-169302332/dc-radio-2mp3?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The concept behind thedrumcoach is to make funky West African rhythms available to adults and teens (16+) in a friendly and fun learning environment. It's a not-for-profit enterprise so contributions go to various good causes and charities in West Africa, mainly in The Gambia.

thedrumcoach makes frequent donations to The Amadu Bansang Jobarteh School Of Music in The Gambia: http://abjschool.org/ where they run a school to teach kids the arts of balafon, dance, drumming, etc. Help these kids have a better life - 'building bright futures on ancient foundations'.

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