Ashley Davies is regarded as one of Australia’s most innovative and finest drummer/songwriters. Throughout a career spanning two decades, Davies has covered many miles of rich musical terrain and clocked up a dazzling score of credits to his name. As one half of Matt Walker and Ashley Davies, he won an ARIA award and opened for the likes of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Cruel Sea, Gomez, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Cowboy Junkies, ZZ Top, Cold Chisel and Junior Brown. As a drummer who is able to adapt to many styles of drumming, Davies has recorded, toured, and played live with some of Australia’s great and well-known artists: Jeff Lang, Chris Whitley, The Waifs, Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil), Lisa Miller, Dave Larkins (Dallas Crane), Chris Wilson and The Crown of Thorns, The Backsliders. As a passionate believer in nurturing fresh talent he’s also recorded with artists just starting to make an impact on the industry: Jordie Lane, Luluc, Abbie Cardwell, Rory Ellis.
Davies teaches that the drums are a musical instrument as well as percussive. He uses rudimentary studies not just as exercises but as an integral part of playing and encourages students to learn various styles of drumming in order to improvise and to enhance one’s own individual style.
Described by Rolling Stone as “a lot more full and textured than your average drum clinic”, subjects covered in lessons include hand and feet technique, thinking creatively, co-ordination and independence and also VCE tuition available.
Head over to Ashley’s website here!
UPSTAIRS AT GREVILLE RECORDS, 152 GREVILLE ST, PRAHRAN VIC 3181
0415 118 390
