Doc Spoons

www.doctorspoons.co.uk / www.myspace.com/docspoons

Richard 'Doc Spoons' Spooner first picked up a pair of sticks at 14 and has yet to put them down. Predominantly self taught (with some later lessons from Martin Hearn (Stix) Doc, as his generally known, has a deep and basic love for all things drums.

A seasoned session player for many years, Doc has worked for a raft of artists and organisations. A truly versatile player, he is as at home pounding out straight rock rhythms as he is riding laid-back hip-hop boom-bap or swung jazz groove.

In addition to his impressive CV of live and recorded work, Doc is also the in-house drummer/percussionist for The Groove Criminal production team, a project, which has seen Docs chops, featured on several commercial sample CDs and the cover CDs/DVDs of both Future Music and Computer Music magazines.

In addition to his work behind the kit, Doc also has wide experience as an educator, gaining a Cert ED from Greenwich University in 2003; he has held positions as senior course tutor for Access to Music at West Herts College & Redbridge College and head of music West
Herts College. Doc is currently teaching kit and tuned percussion to students in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

This genuine love of sharing knowledge and experience has led Doc to write a regular monthly tuition column for Drummer magazine (Doc Spoons' Drum Remedies) and on to the clinic circuit.

TV and Radio
- Various session appearances on Television & Radio including BBC, ITV, CH4, Radio 4, 6 and 7.
- Dan & Nick 40 Nights in The Wildebeest/The Wildebeest Years (BBC Radio 4/Live at the Edinburgh festival)
- The Entire History of Music According to Mundo Jazz(BBC Television)

Artists
Jence
The Gents (Granny Smiths Records)
Nightwatch (33 Records)
Mundo Jazz (BBC)
Paul Murray (UK)
Sue Ballingall (UK)
Peter Byrne (Playpen Records)
Paul Downing (Paulos Records)
Unfaithful Servants (UK)
Blok (USA)
Ezio (Universal /BMG)
Prussian Blue (U.K.)
Koji Yamada & Magical Orange (Japan)
Woodworx (Australia)
Nick Andrew (Scotland)
Dun the Veil (Ireland)
Ecki (Product Records)