Drum Teachers

John Zak
John Zak has been playing drums professionally for over 25 years. Beginning his career in Adelaide he was trained by Jim Bailey in all modern and traditional styles and quickly moved into the commercial scene playing in recording and cover bands to capacity audiences. In 1984 he joined Led Zeppelin touring act "The Zep Boys" and has since toured Australia , Europe and America with a variety of acts ranging from new age electronic to heavy and traditional styles. John now lives in Melbourne, owns and operates a fully equipped digital recording studio, writes and records original music, has two feature articles in and writes for Drumscene magazine, has endorsements with Premier drums, Sabian cymbals, Vater drumsticks, Roland V - drums, and Musashi health foods and is in the middle of the "Zeppelin flies again" project combining "The Zep Boys" with symphony orchestras nationally and internationally and the similar "Symphonic Pink Floyd" project. John teaches beginners and advanced students specializing in commercial music(everything from mainstream to heavy, including programming), most forms of technique development (including double bass drums) and career motivation.

Artists john has worked with: The Zep boys, Graham Bonnet, The Party boys, Glen Shorrock, Shirley Strachan and Skyhooks, John Swann, Angry Anderson, Russel Morris, Flame trees, Scat, Jim Keays, Altar, SSS, The Internationals, The Mega boys, Ross Wilson and performances at "The ultimate drummers weekend" The best annual drums and percussion expo in the southern hemisphere.

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