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Fanny Themlin working on Derek Roddy's Evolution of Blast Beats page 14 RobHironsVideos 215 views Evolution of Blast Beats - Skank Upbeat Double Bass 180bpm
Motions and Emotions Tour 2011 RobHironsVideos 154 views This 15 minute film follows Rob Hirons and Massimo Russo during 12 days of touring through Europe for the Motions and Emotions European Clinic Tour 2011 sponsored by Mapex,...
Motions and Emotions European Clinic Tour 2011 RobHironsVideos 291 views Promotional video for the Motions and Emotions European Clinic Tour with Massimo Russo and Rob Hirons.
Elliot Seitz playing 21 Guns by Green Day RobHironsVideos 156 views An excellent performance from Eliott who worked all the parts out at home by himself. Excellent!
Fantastic double bass drum work RobHironsVideos 524 views Rob and Seb Rambaud at the Breizh Drum Session
Hugo Carlier playing What I've Done RobHironsVideos 166 views Hugo working on the song 'What I've Done' by Linkin Park at the WizDom Drumshed France.
Dimitri Sumian at the WizDom Drumshed School in France RobHironsVideos 125 views Dimitri working on Tornado of Souls by Megadeth for the 2011 WizDom DrumFest
Fanny playing Futile! RobHironsVideos 267 views Great playing from my student, especially tackling Gavin Harrison's tough double bass work...!
Hugo playing 21 Guns by Greenday RobHironsVideos 236 views My student Hugo playing the Greenday song 21 Guns at the Drumshed here in Marseille.
Rob Hirons - Groove and Fill improvisation RobHironsVideos 559 views Rob playing some grooves and fills to a click track at the WizDom Drumshed in Marseille.

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Rob Hirons is a drummer, clinician and educator based in Marseille, France. He currently tours with countless musicians performing hundreds of live shows in Europe as well as doing extensive live and recorded work in France. Amongst his performance credits are tours with english pop group St Christopher in Europe and in California as well as playing and recording in England with such groups as The Rob Donnelly Band, Hengist Pod, King Ivory Blues Band and many others. He has played with Marseille based group Watcha Clan on two studio albums and two live albums and played for their "Nomades AKA" tour and the "Le Bastion" tour taking the group throughout France as well as concerts in Spain, La Reunion and Algeria. Rob recorded the drum sessions for the album "Nationalité Vagabonde" in 2009 for Rumanian singer, actress Rona Hartner as well as playing drums on the "Nationalié Vagabonde" tour. He has also teamed up with blues guitarists Vincent and David Hofmann to form the powerful blues rock outfit Hofmann Family Blues Experience and has played on the albums "Blues Heritage" and "When the Guitars Slide the Blues" as well as recording their new album "You're My Slave" and the accompanying live DVD.

As an active clinician, Rob performs drum clinics and masterclasses for schools and drum events. Each year he presents the Wizdom Drumshow in Marseille encouraging younger players to take to the stage and give their best performance. He has performed two years running at the Tam Tam drum show in Montlucon alongside Carmine Appice, Damien Schmitt, Felix Bohnke, Gérald Manceau, Jean Marc Lajudie, Julien Patoue, Christian Vander, James Kottak and many others, as well as hosting teaching sessions during the two day event. Rob is also a performer at the Breizh Drum Session in Rennes with Julien Goepp, JB Perraudin, Sebastien Rambaud, Damien Schmitt, Piwee Desfray et Dawoud Bounabi and is one of founding members of the Creative Drum Clinic MIC team alongside motivational drum clinician Garry King. Rob also maintains a busy teaching schedule at the WizDom Drumshed in Marseille teaching students in France as well as coaching up and coming players from around the world who travel to the studio for intensive training or take long distance study sessions via the internet.

Rob has studied drum set techniques with Ray Payne, Ronnie Bottomley, Dave Hassell and Tony Faulkner in England as well as with Dom Famularo at the WizDom Drumshed in Long Island, New York. He studied at the City of Leeds College of Music where he gained his Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Jazz Studies certified by Leeds University with studies in Composition and Arranging, History and a major in Performance.

Rob is endorsed by the companies Mapex Drums, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks.

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