“I Hit Drums – A Beginner’s Guide” now available via Amazon, Apple & Kobo is now supported by a weekly Podcast, guiding you through the exercises in the book.
Tailored 1-2-1 drum tuition in the Highlands of Scotland and Online.
With almost 30 years experience, start your Drum education with I Hit Drums.
About
Started by drummer Marc Rollins-McKie in 2014, I Hit Drums now offers tuition privately, in schools and online.
The I Hit Drums teaching method will help guide you through a wide variety of skills and techniques and show you how best to apply them to many genres of music.
Whether your goal is to learn a song to play with friends and family or to start a professional career as a drummer, it all starts with the first lesson.
Primary School Parent
“Highly recommend. We’re having online lessons with Marc and they are great!“
Adult Student
“Excellent drum teacher. Enjoy the lessons very much and would thoroughly recommend Marc as a teacher.“
Secondary School Parent
“Can’t recommend Marc enough! Excellent teacher and very patient. My son loves his lessons!“
£17.50 for 30mins
Lessons can be online or in-person if you live in or near the Inverness area.
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Marc’s Discography
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Gigs – Upcoming and Past
July 2023
28th – Dylan James Tierney – Belladrum, Beauly
29th – Moteh Parrott – Belladrum, Beauly
May 2023
2nd – Dylan James Tierney – Market Bar, Inverness
October 2022
18th – Moteh Parrott – Ardersier Folk Club
August 2022
19th – Moteh Parrott – Eden Court – Under Canvas, Inverness
21st – Moteh Parrott – Evanton Community Woods
July 2022
29th – Moteh Parrott – Belladrum, Beauly
June 2022
25th – Maraan – Market Bar, Inverness
February 2022
21st – Moteh Parrott – Live Session for BBC Rapal
October 2021
22nd – Moteh Parrott – The Space, Rousay, Orkney
September 2021
12th – Moteh Parrott – Eden Court Under Canvas, Inverness
16th – Moteh Parrott – Bogbain Farm, Inverness
August 2021
7th – Moteh Parrott – Capers In Cannich Festival, Inverness
December 2019
26th – Moteh Parrott – Mad Hatters, Inverness
November 2019
1st – Moteh Parrott – Glachbeg Croft, Munlochy
2nd – Moteh Parrott – The Whitebridge Hotel, Whitebridge
August 2019
2nd – Moteh Parrott – Belladrum Festival, Beauly
June 2019
22nd – Moteh Parrott – Black Isle Brewery, Munlochy
April 2019
8th – Moteh Parrott – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
9th – Moteh Parrott – The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
10th – Moteh Parrott – Conroy’s Basement, Dundee
11th – Moteh Parrott -The Drouthy Cobbler, Elgin
12th – Moteh Parrott – Live Stream show on StageIt
13th – Moteh Parrott – Whitebridge Hotel, Whitebridge
14th -Moteh Parrott – Mad Hatters, Inverness
March 2019
8th – Moteh Parrott – Ironworks, Inverness
Decmember 2018
8th – Dark Horse Wedding Band – Private Function, Forress
November 2018
23rd – Moteh Parrott – Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
October 2018
20th – Moteh Parrott – Town Hall, Elgin
21st – Moteh Parrott – McGregors, Inverness
24th – Moteh Parrott – Websters Theatre, Glasgow
25th – Moteh Parrott – The Brig Below, Edinburgh
March 2018
23rd – Flashback Heroes – Royal Dornoch, Dornoch
December 2017
2nd – Flashback Heroes – Jacko’s, Nairn
16th – Flashback Heroes – Ardross, Private Function
October 2017
6th – Moteh Parrott – Eden Court, Inverness
28th – Flashback Heroes – Balintore Inn, Balintore
September 2017
9th – Flashback Heroes – Balintore Inn, Balintore
29th – Moteh Parrott – Mad Hatters, Inverness
August 2017
4th – Moteh Parrott – Belladrum Tartan Heart Festical, Inverness
June 2017
8th – Moteh Parrott – XpoNorth, Inverness
24th – Moteh Parrott – Northern Roots Festival, Bogbain Inverness
March 2017
8th – Moteh Parrott – Ironworks, Inverness
February 2017
25th – Moteh Parrott – North Hop, Inverness
December 2016
28th – Moteh Parrott – The Ironworks, Inverness
November 2016
3rd – Moteh Parrott – Eden Court, Inverness
October 2016
15th – Bearpark – A carefully planned festival, Manchester
22nd – The Unrecorded *Album Launch* – Heath Street Baptist Church, London
September 2016
24th – Moteh Parrott – The Tooth and Claw, Inverness
August 2016
5th – Moteh Parrott – Belladrum Festival, Beauly
August 2015
2nd – Interiors – Standon Calling Festival
2nd – Revere – Standon Calling Festival
May 2015
1st – Revere (acoustic) – Labadoux Festival, Belgium
2nd – Revere – Labadoux Festival, Belgium
September 2014
6th – Revere – Songs From a Front Room Festival, UK
August 2014
2nd – Revere – Standon Calling Festival, Hertfordshire
3rd – Interiors – Standon Calling Festival Hertforshire
22nd – Interiors – Paper Dress Vintage, London
July 2014
25th – Revere – Rock Olmen Festival, Belgium
June 2014
3rd – Revere (acoustic) – Heath Street Baptist Church, Hampstead, London
4th – Revere – Privatclub, Berlin, Germany
14th – Revere (in-store) – Velvet Music, Delft, NL
14th – Revere – Schippop Festival, Schipluiden, NL
May 2014
4th – Revere – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
8th – Revere – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
11th – Revere – Brighton Spiegeltent, Brighton
12th – Revere – Night and Day, Manchester
13th – Revere – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
14th – Revere – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
15th – Revere – King Tuts, Glasgow
16th – Revere – The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool
17th – Revere – Marrs Bar, Worcester
April 2014
2nd – Revere – Patronaat, Haarlem, NL
3rd – Revere – Bibolet, Powerstage, Dordrecht, NL
4th – Revere – Paard van Troje, Den Haag, NL
5th – Revere – Muziekgieterij, Maastricht, NL
10th – Revere – ALBUM LAUNCH, The Lexington, London
19th – Revere – Record Store Day – Velvet Music Stores: Breda, Den Haag, Rotterdam, NL
22nd – Interiors – The Finsbury, London
February 2014
7th – Interiors – The Finsbury, London
December 2013
11th – Revere – Tivoli Spiegelbar, Utrecht, NL
12th – Revere – 013, Tilburg, NL
13th – Revere – Witloff Bar, Botanique, Belgium
14th – Revere – Glimps Festival @ Charlatan, Ghent, Belgium
November 2013
15th – Interiors (Album Launch) & The Unrecorded, North London Tavern, London
16th – Revere – Private House gig
October 2013
9th – Revere – Rotown, Rotterdam, NL10th – Revere – Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL17th – Revere – Dingwalls, London
August 2013
2nd – Revere – Standon Calling Festival, Hertfordshire
17th – Revere – Green Man Festival, Crickhowell, Wales
June 2013
13th – Revere – Cargo, London
29th – Revere – Glastonbury Festival
May 2013
17th – Revere – Mad Ferret, Preston
18th – Revere – The Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
24th – Revere – King Tuts, Glasgow
25th – Revere – The Empire, Middlesbrough
26th – Revere – The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
April 2013
12th – Revere – The Marrs Bar, Worcester
14th – Interiors – The Old Queens Head, London
21st – Revere – Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea
March 2013
19th – Revere – 100 Club, London
December 2012
14th – Interiors – The Charles Dickens
18th – Revere – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
September 2012
1st – Revere – Moseley Folk Festival
August 2012
4th – Revere – Standon Calling Festival
July 2012
14 & 15th – Revere, Larmer Tree Festival
27th – Revere – WOMAD, Wiltshire
June 2012
2nd – Revere – Field Day Festival, London
May 2012
4th – Revere – Standon Calling @ Stortfest Crawl, Bishops Stortford
11th – Revere – The Great Escape, Komedia, Brighton
18th – Revere – Kazimier, Liverpool (Liverpool Sound City)
April 2012
4th – Revere – Cargo
17th – Revere – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen w/Sweet Billy Pilgrim
March 2012
1st – Revere – The Finsbury
January2012
4th – The Unrecorded – Old Queen’s Head
20th – Interiors – The Silver Bullet
December 2011
31st – Revere – NYE @ Royal Festival Hall
November 2011
26th – LeBigParty – Dusk ’til Dawn
October 2011
21st – Revere – Union Chapel (John Barry themed night)
27th – Revere – Hoxton Bar and Kitchen
August 2011
12th – Revere – Standon Calling
June 2011
3rd – Revere – Wychwood Festival
May 2011
13th – The Unrecorded – London, North London Tavern
April 2011
5th – LeBigParty – London, The Macbeth
14th – Revere – London, Rhythm Factory
February 2011
5th – LeBigParty – London, Zenith Bar, Angel
December
10th – The Unrecorded – London, Gallery Cafe
November
18th – Revere – London, Tabernacle
24th – The Unrecorded – London, Luminaire
27th – Le Big Party – London, The Unicorn
28th – Revere – London, Fishtank Festival, Brick Lane
October
14th – The Unrecorded – North London Tavern
27th – Revere – TheRevereSessions, Scott Walker
September
3rd – Revere – Bristol
8th – Revere – London, Bull & Gate12th – The Unrecorded – London, Old Queens Head
18th – Revere – Southsea Fest
29th – Revere – TheRevereSessions, Jeff Buckley
August
6th – Revere – Standon Calling Festival
July
11th – Revere – Nozstock Festival
15th – The Unrecorded – London, Blue Bar
21st – Revere – London, Southwark Car Park
22nd – Revere – Secret Garden Party
June
9th – Le Big Party – London, The Cross Kings
May
5th – Revere – London, The Lexington
9th – Revere – Manchester
21st – Revere – Liverpool Sound City
April
2nd – Revere – Bristol, The Lanes
5th – Revere – Liverpool, Mojo w/The Dawn Chorus
6th – Revere – Newcastle, Cluny
7th – Revere – Manchester, Dulcimer
8th – Revere – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
19th – Revere – Guildford, Boilerroom TBC
20th – Revere – Southsea
21st – Revere – Winchester, The Railway
February
12th – Revere @ The Railway Inn, Wincester
16th – Revere @ The Bowling Lanes, Bristol
20th – Revere @ Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
26th – Revere @ The Prince Albert, Brighton
January 2010
29th – The Unrecorded @ The Zenith Bar, Angel, London
December
4th – The Unrecorded @ Monkey Chews, London
6th – The Unrecorded @ The Old Queens Head, Angel, London
November
1st – Revere @ Riverside Studios, London
10th – Revere @ Bowling Lanes, Bristol
11th – Revere @ Southsea, The Edge of the Wedge
12th – Revere @ Freebut, Brighton
13th – Revere @ Plug ‘n’ Play, Reading
14th – Revere @ The Garage, London (CANCELLED)
14th – Revere @ The Flowerpot, London (Free entry)
19th – The Unrecorded @ Monkey Chews, London
October
9th – Revere @ The Lexington, London
15th – The Unrecorded @ 229, London
December 2008
10th – untitled1961 – Catch, London
June
30th – untitled1961 – Hitchin Football Club
18th – untitled1961 – Nambucca, London
May
15th – untitled1961 – The Grosvenor, London
7th – untitled1961 – Buffalo Bar, London
April
12th – untitled1961 – Islington Academy 2, London
March
26th – untitled1961 – The Good Ship, London
22nd – untitled1961 – The Metro, London
Other 2008
untitled1961 – The Old Kings Head, London
December 2007
5th – untitled1961 – Buffalo Bar, London
November
28th – untitled1961 – The Marquee, Hertford
October
25th – untitled1961 – The Purple Turtle, London
August
29th – untitled1961 – The Comedy, London
July
31st – untitled1961 – The Grey Horse, Kingston
May
10th – untitled1961 – Living Bar, Brixton, London
April
22nd – untitled1961 – The Good Ship, London
19th – untitled1961 – The Cuban Bar, Camden
March
29th – untitled1961 – Fopp (instore), London
7th – untitled1961 – The Space, London
2nd – untitled1961 – Nambucca, London
February
15th – untitled1961 – Embassy Club, Mayfair, London
January
31st – untitled1961 – Turnmills, London
13th – untitled1961 – The Wilmington, London
Other 2007
untitled1961 – Jericho Tavern – Oxford
untitled1961 – Port Mahon – Oxford
November 2006
27th – untitled1961 – The Horse and Groom, London
13th – untitled1961 – The Pleasure Unit, London
11th – untitled1961 – The Square, Harlow
October
12th – untitled1961 – The Betsey Trotwood, London
September
24th – untitled1961 – The Hope and Anchor, London
June
18th – untitled1961 – Caenarvon Castle, Camden, London
May
15th – untitled1961 – The Bull and Gate, London
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