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Posted by Darren Ashford on November 22, 2017September 10, 2019

Welcome to my website! My name is Darren Ashford, I’m a session drummer, educator, published author and self confessed gym rat.

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Desperado gig at the fantastic @epsteintheatre in Liverpool. Great to meet so many friendly music lovers after our first show of 2020. #eagles #desperado #darrenashford #mapexdrums #meinlcymbals #vicfirthsticks #sabiancymbals #zildjiancymbals #icmplondon #bimmbirmingham #drumminglife #drummersofinstagram #instadrummer #liverpool

Celebrating my birthday with Me’sha and Den in Bristol. Much love ❤️🥰 @meshabryan #luckybloke #cake #teamcakesen #birthday #darrenashford

Fantastic evening at the press night for Romantics Anonymous @romanticsshow at Bristol Old Vic @bristololdvic1766 The lovely @meshabryan was just brilliant! I can’t tell you how proud I was. After a short stint in Bristol (until the 1st Feb), she’ll be jetting off to Los Angeles, Washington DC and Charleston as the production tours the US. Wishing you every success my love. ❤️ #meshabryan #romanticsanonymous #comedyactor #actorslife #belfieldandward #bristololdvic #teamcakesen #thecreamalwaysrisestothetop #proudboyfriend #bristol

TT34 Trying out a few improv ideas... Equipment used: Pearl Masterworks Mapex Black Widow Snare Vic Firth 5A Sticks Shure Microphones Recorded through a Behringer X32 Rack and mixed in Logic. Filmed on a Lumix (Panasonic) GH4 edited in Final Cut Pro X. DM for private lessons in Birmingham & London or via Skype or follow the link in the bio. #traditionaltuesday #darrenstraditionaltuesday #drummerlife #drumminglife #drumming #instadrummer #instadrum #X32 #drummersofinstagram #darrenashford #mapextomahawk #vicfirth #shuremicrophones #moderndrummerpodcast #traditionalgrip #traditionalgripdrummer #drumteacher #bimmbirmingham #icmplondon #midlandsdrummer #drumuniversity #snaredrum #shurebeta181 #drumlessons #lumix #drumtechnique #stevesmith #snaresoftheday #snaregeek #pearldrums

TT33 Some random noodling with halftime shuffles and jazz at the studio this last week. Happy drumming! Equipment used: Pearl Masterworks Vic Firth 5A Sticks Shure Microphones Recorded through a Behringer X32 Rack and mixed in Logic. Filmed on a Lumix (Panasonic) GH4 edited in Final Cut Pro X. DM for private lessons in Birmingham & London or via Skype or follow the link in the bio. #traditionaltuesday #darrenstraditionaltuesday #drumminglife #drumminglife #pearldrums #meinlcymbals #vicfith #mapexdrums #bimmbirmingham #icmplondon #traditionalgripdrummer #instadrummer #drummersofinstagram #midlandsdrummer #darrenashford #moderndrummerpodcast #mapextomahawk #shuremicrophones #x32behringerdigitalmixer

TT32 Ahead of recording a new batch of Traditional Tuesday videos for Instagram, here’s the second part of Baton Rouge, the big band play-along produced by the uber-talented drummer/engineer Darren Williams. This track is available as a demo download from his site. Follow the link in his bio @darrenwillamsmusic Grab the audio file and give it a go. Happy drumming! Equipment used: Mapex Tomahawk Snare 14” x 5” Vic Firth 5A Plastic Tip Sticks. Shure Beta 181 Side Address Microphone. Recorded through a Behringer X32 Rack and mixed in Logic. Filmed on a Lumix (Panasonic) GH4 edited in Final Cut Pro X. DM for private lessons in Birmingham & London or via Skype or follow the link in the bio. #traditionaltuesday #darrenstraditionaltuesday #drummerlife #drumminglife #drumming #instadrummer #instadrum #X32 #drummersofinstagram #darrenashford #mapextomahawk #vicfirth #shuremicrophones #moderndrummerpodcast #traditionalgrip #traditionalgripdrummer #drumteacher #bimmbirmingham #icmplondon #midlandsdrummer #drumuniversity #snaredrum #shurebeta181 #drumlessons #lumix #drumtechnique #stevesmith #snaresoftheday #theultimatebigband #pearldrums

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