Drummer · Musical Director · Producer · Arranger · Educator

Oli
Edwards

Theatre, touring and session drummer based just outside London. Available for shows, deps, MD work, remote recording and lessons.

Check availability Drum charts — £1 each

01 — Live

Shows, tours & depping

Theatre, touring and dep work in the UK and internationally. I play the book, run the band from the kit when the show needs it, and handle the tech: click, tracks and QLab.

Celeste at Cadogan Hall, London
Oli playing drums on stage in a purple sequinned jacket, wearing in-ear monitors
Discotheque on Celebrity Ascent
Kit set up on an arena stage under the lighting rig Black and white shot of the kit set up in an empty concert hall Drummer's view of the kit in a cathedral nave

A

Drums & deps

Theatre shows, tours and deps. Reads the book, plays to click and tracks.

B

Musical direction

The band and the show run from behind the kit: count-ins, cues, click and tracks.

C

QLab & show tracks

QLab programming for audio and video. Backing tracks designed, mixed and charted.

D

Arranging

Band and horn arrangements. Full shows written for guest entertainers.

Available for shows, tours and deps.

Check availability

02 — Studio · Recording & production

Remote drum recording

A soundproofed drum studio just outside London. Send a track and get live drums back — as stems for your own mix, or a finished production.

In the room

Yamaha Recording Custom · Ludwig Club Date · DW hardware · Istanbul Agop cymbals · Audix & Sennheiser mics

  1. 01Brief. The song, references and notes on the feel.
  2. 02Tracking. Recorded here, with listen-backs and changes until it's right for the song.
  3. 03Delivery. Drum stems, or a finished, produced track.

Priced per project.

Enquire about recording

03 — Lessons

Lessons.
By application.

A small number of students at a time, at my studio just outside London. All ages and abilities. The one requirement is commitment — practising between lessons and working towards something.

Oli Edwards

I work full time as a musician, so lesson times occasionally move around shows and tours. You're learning from someone working in the industry year-round.

What we can work on

  • Technique, time and groove, from first lesson up
  • Reading and sight-reading charts
  • Playing to click and tracks, and following an MD
  • Preparing for theatre, touring and dep work

Rate

£60

per hour, in person

Places

Limited

By application only

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I read every application myself.

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04 — Drum charts

Drum charts.
£1 each.

Not transcriptions — readable parts built for sight-reading. The groove written out, sections labelled, repeats and endings marked, laid out the way the song goes.

Per chart
£1
Buy 10, get 1 free
10 + 1
Charts
215
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Preview of Oli's Let's Dance drum chart: the first two lines of music are clear, the rest of the page is blurred FULL CHART WITH PURCHASE
Preview — Let's Dance

05 — Contact

Contact

Bookings, deps, recording, lessons and charts. Use the form, or email directly.

INSTAGRAM
@OEDrums
BASED
Just outside London, UK

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What's it about?

Lessons have their own application form, so I can see your experience and goals up front.

Go to the application