Find out about Joe, your course instructor

I have had many teachers along my journey, mostly focussing on a Jazz style which is based around improvisation and free flow.

This style has allowed me to easily transfer my skills over to the handpan since I discovered it about 5 years ago. Since then, I have recorded 3 solo instrumental Handpan Albums, and travelled around the world offering my skills as a sound healer, busker, performer, and freestyle musician.

I am very grateful for all that music has brought into my life, and now I have switched my focus from performing to teaching others so that they may also experience the beauty of music. When I began with the handpan I had no access to tuition so I taught myself.

Using the skills I acquired as a Jazz drummer, I began to develop my own way of creating music based around rudiments, exercises, time signatures, and ultimately improvisation and free flow. I have been teaching people about rhythm for the last 4 years in Sri Lanka, running weekly drum circles and also 1-to-1 Drum / Rhythm / Handpan Lessons.

I created this online course to help others learn how to enjoy playing The Handpan. My aim is to guide you back to yourself so that you can discover your own natural rhythm, unlocking your musical ability that will allow you to express yourself freely, ultimately giving you the ability to discover, share and enjoy your own unique songs.

I believe that we each have our own unique music inside of us, and my intention is to teach you the basics around rhythm and time signatures, combined with rudiments, exercises and song examples so that you can begin creating your own unique creations. In ONE Rhythm we share!