I’m very proud to announce that my composition “Whiskey Nights” has been published in the 1st Limburg edition of the #jazzrealbook ! I’m finally a real jazz composer! I really had a great time at the official launch in Maastricht last Friday, catching up and playing with old friends! Buy the book via jazzmaastricht.com🎶📒💸 (For […]
Proudly I can announce Dutch drum magazine Slagwerkkrant has handpicked my submitted drum video as winner of Lucas van Merwijk’s Climate Change Drum Contest! Jury report:’inventive and technically excellent playing (…) delicious groove’. Thank you! Last week I could finally pick up my award: a 22″ Zildjian Crash of Doom! She’s a beast! Obviously I […]
My new DRUM SOLO VIDEO “Stealth Mode” is out now! In this self-produced track I’m playing a custom made drum kit by Exclusive Drums. Recently I’ve met Dirk Defauw, builder of custom drums at Exclusive Drums. Dirk crafts beautiful drums by hand in his workshop in Brugge (BE), so every snare, tom or kick he crafts is […]
DrummerMartijn proudly presents a brand-new drum lesson course: “The Ultimate Top 20 Beginner Drum Grooves.” A collection of 20 essential drum beats every beginner drummer should know. Delivered in a series of 8 play-along videos, each groove is available in four tempos: 60 BPM · 80 BPM · 100 BPM · 120 BPM. Including FREE […]
A review of “Drummers Of The Future” was published in the most recent issue of drummagazine De Slagwerkkrant (aka the Dutch ‘Modern Drummer’): “A well thought-out and smartly built up collection of rhythms and fills”. Read it below (in Dutch):
Dear people, the past two years have been quite a journey! What originally started as just a bunch of papers, became DrummerMartijn’s Drum Book, turned out to be a hell of master research thesis, and now finally, it’s out in the open: Drummers Of The Future – Intermediate is officially OUT NOW! Order your copy for […]
The word is out! My upcoming drum book will be called ‘Drummers Of The Future‘ and is waiting to be published! I’m so proud already! 🙂 You can download a FREE E-book with trial lessons: I’m revealing the front cover and book title in the video below!
Yesterday, one of the songs of our recent VPRO’s Vrij Geluiden live session with Robin Kester was broadcasted on national television NPO1! You can watch the full session on Youtube here:
After receiving my diploma, I’m now officially a Master of Music! Graduated with honours from HKU Utrechts Conservatorium….hard to believe that this ‘Let’s go back to school’-period of my life is already over. But I’m very proud on the things I’ve achieved in the past 2 years. Up to the next adventure! 🙂
On request, my HKU Master Research Thesis, written in 2017-2018, is online and up for viewing/reading. Unfortunately in Dutch only. Feel free to give any feedback through the contact form! https://www.drummermartijn.nl/ed…/hku-master-research-thesis/
