Welcome to Elephant Drums

Who we are and what we do

About Us

Elephant Drums LogoElephant Drums began in 2007 as a simple drum booth in the back room of a south London music shop. The team expanded and by 2009 had out-grown the original studio and gradually developed into the current hub of drum studios and teaching locations.

Our drum lessons are designed to give learners the practical skills and a deep understanding of contemporary drumming. We are truly independent and we are not tied to any corporate or commercial entities with pressures that conflict with the learning needs of our students. Our business model is simple: we just provide high quality, friendly, flexible drum tuition at an accessible price.

Elephant Drums’ drum tutors are full-time professional drummers with impressive drumming CVs and a huge amount of teaching experience. They are always enthusiastic, encouraging and engaging, and work hard to provide a truly personalised tuition service.

Originally based in Elephant & Castle (hence the name Elephant Drums!), over the years we expanded to cover more areas of London. The studios are conveniently located close to public transport links. Find out more about the drum studios.

We also have a home tuition service where mobile teachers provide drum lessons at the learner’s home, workplace or school if the student has their own drum kit there.

Looking for online drum lessons? We also provide the option to receive expert personalised one-to-one remote drum lessons by live video.

How the drum lessons work:

Emphasis is placed on practical musical application and the exploration of a wide variety of genres, techniques and stylistic interpretations. Learners can personalise their course of study to suit their needs or choose to follow a set series of drum lessons (which is recommended for beginners).

Topics commonly covered include: Drum kit in the studio

  • Groove playing
  • Coordination and independence
  • Time feel development
  • Aural perception
  • Concepts and thought processes
  • Drumming within the context of a band
  • Drum kit set-up and maintenance
  • Dynamics and expression
  • Reading and writing drum notation

If you have any questions about learning drums please read the faq page or contact us.

Drum Lessons and Courses:

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One-to-One Drum Lessons and Courses

Available at the drum studios, or at your home/office/work location, or online via video.

Give It A Go

Taster Lesson DiscountTry out drumming by taking advantage of the ‘Give It A Go’ introductory discount offer. Book an introductory lesson using the discount code to try out a full one-hour introductory drum lesson.

Stress-Beaters

Stress-Beaters DrummingGet part-sponsored or fully sponsored by your employer to pay for drum tuition. Drumming beats work stress and unlocks creativity, whilst helping to stay happy, healthy and active.  Find out about Stress-Beaters.

Gift Vouchers

Drum Lesson Gift VouchersDrum lessons are a fantastic gift for experienced and new drummers alike. Whether your friend, colleague or relative is a total beginner or has been drumming for years, Elephant Drums gift vouchers are an ideal present.

Online video drum lessons

Drum Lessons onlineNot based in London? Remote drum lessons are available wherever you are in the country, or anywhere in the world. Live online drum lessons are taught 1-to-1 and work in the same way as in-person lessons.

Bespoke Training & Events

Bespoke TuitionElephant Drums creates bespoke drum workshops, organises team-building and corporate drumming events, and advises on drumming in film and TV shoots. See Bespoke Events & Training for further information.

Band / Group Classes

Band Builder

Band development and performance.

Band Builder

JamSocial

Band skills workshop and social event.

JamSocial

Events

Masterclasses, performances and meetups.

Events

One-to-One Tuition

Lesson Chooser

Who We Are

We are a group of independent drum teachers who give private (one-to-one) drum lessons. We all work professionally as full-time drummers and we have a passion for passing on our knowledge and experiences of our instrument.

We don’t operate like a typical “drum school”. With this comes all the advantages of a personalised tuition experience, greater flexibility with lesson scheduling, and a choice of locations.

We formed Elephant Drums as an association of private tutors back in 2007 and it is run cooperatively with all enquiries/bookings being handled by the teachers. New bookings are allocated to the most appropriate tutor for the new student, depending on what the student wants to learn and where the student is based.

All of us teach beginner to advanced level students and we each specialise in different genres of music for those students that require high-level specialist tuition.

|Learners normally stay with the same teacher for all weekly lessons to maintain consistency and to make regular progress. However, there’s always the option to switch teachers or move lessons to one of the other studio locations. Because we are all associated under one umbrella it also means we can easily arrange cover lessons with one of our fellow Elephant Drums teachers.

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