Joseph Carlo – Musical Resumé
Drum Tutor and Musician

Unit 28
502 Hornsey Rd
London
N19 4EF

mob: 07813 966 818
tel: 0207 272 1299
email: boomboomjoe@gmail.com
Web: http://www.boomboomdrums.co.uk


Please note: this resumé only contains information relevant to my musical career. For a full work history and qualification list please contact me.

 

Personal Profile

Primary instrument: Drums
Secondary instruments: Bass, Piano, Guitar

Joseph is a competent and confident musician with a good working experience of professional performance, writing, recording and touring. He has been giving drum lessons on and off since the age of 17and in 2004 he turned his passion into his trade. As a tutor he is encouraging and flexible and as a drummer he is solid, versatile and reliable.

Joseph has a clearedEnhanced Disclosure’ check dated 18/12/06 completed for Cambridge Education Associates.

 


Musical Qualifications

BMUS Popular Music Performance
Grade 5 Piano Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

 


Experience/History

2003 – Present

I have always taught private lessons on the drum kit from almost as soon as I could play but it is only since I finished my degree that I have been treating it as a career. Since then I have been gaining a steady number of private students and school teaching in order to earn my living.

Previous clients/projects include:

o Make Believe Arts - Transition Project music/drama/arts workshops for children moving from primary to secondary education.
o Islington Area Music Schools/CEA@Islington – Drum tutor at a Saturday morning music school for ages 6-16.
o The Log Cabin - Play worker and assistant to the visiting music therapist providing music workshops for SEN and mainstream children of all ages.
o Bridge School Farringdon/CEA@Islington – Drum tutor for SEN children. (ongoing)

Recording sessions and performances in the UK, Europe and the USA for London based band Red Fishes www.redfishes.com , Italian/London indie act Elena www.elenaonline.com on Delicious Records and London based band The Committee.

Recording/performance/promotion/development for National Snack, my own musical endeavour. Work includes:

o Writing, performing and recording of original songs.
o Organisation of a 5 piece band to rehearse the material.
o Promotion, both web-based and physical world.
o Building solid working relationships with promoters, sound engineers, producers, musicians and all other important members of the musical community.

Organising the live music event ‘SUCK!’ in various London venues including The Spread Eagle Kingsland Rd and The Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore.

2000 – 2003

Moved to London from Sudbury, Suffolk. Studied at the prestigious Drumtech to gain my degree.

1996 – 2000

Performed and wrote for various bands but turned my attention to travelling and then to working as a trainee piano renovator. This ended when I decided to go back to studying music

1994 – 1996

Drummer for The Foolhardy Folk Circus and Clown Troupe. This was a full time position that gave me experience performing and teaching all over the UK and Europe at events/venues that included The Clowns International Festival in Utrecht, Holland, The Bradford Mela, Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts, Glastonbury Kids Festival, Anglia TV’s ‘Slim Your Bin’ campaign, regular tours of UK towns and villages and many summer fetes, festivals and car shows.

1991 – 1994

Played semi professionally in bands of varying musical styles at venues all over East Anglia. Gigs were both paid and unpaid, some being self promotions.

 

Further Information

http://www.boomboomdrums.co.uk – My tuition website, includes links to my playing and student testimonials
http://www.nationalsnack.co.uk – The National Snack band website.

All websites bulit and designed by Joseph Carlo

 

References
Please contact me for details of referees.