I have been playing since 2003.  I walked 2000km to Spain from London at this time and when I arrived to Santiago I bought a drum and have been playing ever since.  I spent the first few years playing in Psy-Trance Parties, learning to synchronize myself with the recorded beats, I haven't had any teacher, nor do I have a clue about traditional African drumming rhythms.  My rhythm is born of Soul.  My teacher of rhythm has been the unrelenting beats of Dance Music and the eternal rhythm of Pilgrimage. 

'Rhythm is a deep expression of Soul. That I am fully alive is communicated through these beats'