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Billy Ward
Billy Ward has performed in clinics and master
classes all over the world, including The
Montreal Drum Festival, Rhythm In Bath (England),
Percussive Arts Society International Conference,
Cape Breton International Drum Festival (Nova
Scotia), Drummer Live (England), the Modern
Drummer Festival and more. As a drum clinician,
Billy emphasizes a more musical approach to
drumming while at the same time re-enforcing
the importance of drumming fundamentals. He
offers a very articulate “real world”
approach in his teaching.
For five years, Billy’s been writing
the much acclaimed “Concept” articles
for Modern Drummer Magazine and serves on
MDs advisory board. His book, “Inside
Out... Exploring The Mental Aspects Of Drumming”
is available through Modern Drummer Publications.
The drum instructional, Big Time, has a completely
new fresh approach and received the Modern
Drummer Magazine Reader’s Poll Award
for Best Drum Instructional of ‘05.
Billy also was awarded the Eric A Bergquist
Award for Excellence in Education in the Percussive
Arts.
As a performer, Billy Ward has toured and
recorded with “Blue Chip Artists”
such as Joan Osborne, Carly Simon, Robbie
Robertson (The Band), The Knack, Ace Frehley,
Bill Evans, Yoko Ono. Last year, Billy played
on B.B. King’s Grammy Award winning
album, “80”. All told, Billy has
played drums on more than 60 albums and 60
film soundtracks. His first solo album, “Two
Hands Clapping” got a (perfect) 5 star
rating in Modern Drummer which called the
record “Album of the Year”. “Voices
In My Head” is the title of Billy’s
second Instructional DVD, which has just been
released through DW Drums DVD.
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