Artists - Yamaha

Bastian Thusgaard

BASTIAN THUSGAARD, Session musician, educator and drummer of Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK.

Akira Jimbo

Casiopea 3rd/Independent

Jaka Lipar

Jaka started playing drums at the age of 14, after 3 years of learning the guitar in music school.

Bob Knight

Born in Yorkshire, England in the late 70's Bob Knight started playing drums aged 6 and got his first Yamaha kit aged 12.

Adam Topol

Drummer Adam Topol has been on some remarkable musical journeys, including a recent world tour with Jack Johnson, with whom he's played since the late 1990s. But he's as musically adventurous as he is well traveled: As a solo artist, collaborator, and sideman, Topol has explored an atlas-full of world music styles, with an emphasis on Cuban and Jamaican grooves.

Troy Miller

Troy Miller, a multitalented drummer, music director and composer began playing drums in a family band and at church. As a teenager he reached the finals of the BBC 'Young Musician of the Year' competition. After graduating from the Guildhall School Of Music, Troy started playing with Jean Toussaint and soon after with Soweto Kinch. Having played opposite American Vibes Legend Roy Ayers several times, Roy asked Troy to go on tour with him and has been playing with him for the last 5 years both Europe and the US. This lead on to a number of other collaborations including tours with Don Blackman, Jocelyn Brown, Amp Fiddler and Michael Urbaniak the latter of whom is associated with Miles Davis.

Larnell Lewis

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Larnell Lewis was first introduced to drums in church at a very young age. This is where he began to learn to play a variety of styles including gospel music. He worked tirelessly to not only develop his understanding of rhythm, but also studied electric bass and piano to further his knowledge of the melodic and harmonic aspects of music making.

Steve Gadd

Eric Clapton//James Taylor//Paul Simon

Manu Katche

Sting//Manu Katche and his band//Peter Gabriel

Xavier Muriel

Buckcherry