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I’m Andy Edwards, a passionate music educator and professional drummer based in Dudley, England. With over 14 years of experience teaching music performance courses at Kidderminster College, I guide students from Level 3 to Level 5 in their musical journeys. My background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from The University of Wolverhampton, which I completed in 1990. I gained prominence as Robert Plant’s drummer from 1997 to 2001, performing worldwide and participating in major music festivals. I've collaborated with renowned artists in the progressive rock scene and have been a founding member of the cult band Frost. Proficient in music theory, composition, and various instruments, I also endorse Tama Drums and UFiP Cymbals, and continue to contribute to exciting musical projects.

Experience

  • Kidderminster College
    • Kidderminster, UK
    • Music Teacher
      • Dec 2008 - Present
      • Kidderminster, UK

      I currently run and teach on all the music performance courses at Kidderminster College from Level 3 up to Level 5. This RSL Level 3 Diploma in Music Performance and HND Level 5 Diploma in Music Performance

    • Drummer
      • Jan 1990 - Present

      (from andy-edwards.com)Andy Edwards came to prominence as Robert Plant’s drummer between 1997 and 2001. During this time he worked exclusively for Robert, performing all over the world on over 100 gigs. These included performances headlining many of the major music festivals across Europe.During this time Andy began his relationship with Tama drums that continues to this day and he has performed in many drum clinics as a demonstrator for Tama. In this capacity he has performed at all the major drum events in the UK. In 2005 he played at the UK’s biggest ever clinic and he has performed alongside Mike Portnoy, Greg Bisonette, Terry Bozzio, Thomas Lang and Jimmy Chamberlain Kenny Aronoff, Steve Smith, Gavin Harrison, Simon Phillips amongst many others.More recently and has made waves in the progressive music scene contributing to many award winning albums and DVDs and he has featured in many of the ‘best prog rock’ polls for various publications. He has toured and recorded with prog rock legends IQ and was a founding member of the cult prog band Frost recording two widely acclaimed albums ‘Milliontown, and ‘Experiments in Mass Appeal’Andy currently endorses Tama Drums and Hardware, UFiP Cymbals, Jobeky e-drums and 2box drum modules. More recently Andy has also recording for prog band Magenta, releasing the album ‘The Twenty Seven Club’ and has worked with bassist Steve Lawson in a variety of improvised settings .

Education

  • 1987 - 1990
    The University of Wolverhampton
    Bachelor’s Degree, Fine Art

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