About Will Taylor

I am Will Taylor, a professional drummer and drum teacher based in north London. I have been drumming for 30 years and teaching for 25. It started at 14, playing marching snare in The Falcons Marching Band, before I took up kit lessons.

The Damned

I was the drummer in The Damned for the album Darkadelic: I recorded it with the band in 2021 and toured with them through 2022 and 2023, in Europe, the UK and the US. Darkadelic came out on earMUSIC in April 2023 and reached number 9 in the UK albums chart and number 1 in the UK rock chart. Louder tells the story of how it was made.

Other bands

Before that I played in Pixie Geldof's live band (2015 to 2016), did a lot of shows with Spycatcher (2011 to 2015), including supporting The Get Up Kids, and played in The New 1920 and the Watford hardcore band Incoherence. The full list is below.

Teaching

I have been at LCCM, the London College of Contemporary Music, since 2009: I started out running the LCCM Beefeaters Drumline, and joined the full-time faculty as a Drum Lecturer in 2018. I teach one to one at my studio near Manor House and online, and run clinics and masterclasses. More about lessons.

Books

I wrote the Modern Hands drum books. The first Modern Hands grew out of articles on hand technique I wrote for The Black Page: an interactive eBook of 17 exercises, each with its manuscript and a link to its video. Modern Hands Vol.2 is a book of exercises and etudes for drummers from beginner to professional.

I am endorsed by British Drum Co, Paiste, Evans, Vic Firth and Protection Racket.