Gang of Four · Don Airey & Ian Gillan of Deep Purple · Beyoncé · Girls Aloud
World-classdrumming.Taught one‑to‑one.
Jon Finnigan has toured the world and records with rock royalty. He takes a limited number of students online — live, in studio quality, from his UK recording room.
Not theory. A career on the world’s stages.
Gang of Four
Member 2013–2019 · Drums on “What Happens Next?” (2015)
Don Airey · Deep Purple
Touring & recording since 2016
On record
Drums on Don Airey’s "One of a Kind" (2018)
The drummer you’d be learning from.
Real footage — not a showreel. The player behind Deep Purple’s front line and Gang of Four is the same person on the other end of your lesson.
“Lazy” — Live in Moscow, 2019
Deep Purple’s front line with a full orchestra
“Smoke on the Water” — Live in Moscow
The Deep Purple anthem, on the biggest stages
“Paralysed” — Live on KCRW
Post-punk pioneers, US session
Twenty years on stage. One hour a week with you.
Most online teachers teach theory they’ve never had to use. Jon teaches what actually works on stage and in the studio — because that’s where he’s spent his career. Lessons are live, one-to-one, and streamed in full studio quality.
The promise
Twenty years at the back of the world’s biggest stages — distilled into one hour a week, with you.
Simple pricing.
Serious teaching.
Every new student starts with a full first lesson — Jon hears where you’re at, gives you the truth about it, and maps out what comes next.
Weekly Lessons
A recurring weekly slot that's yours alone — the fastest way to grow.
From a village kit to the Kremlin Palace stage.
Gigging by 13. Guildhall Grade 8 by 16. Since then his drums have been heard around the world — touring with Gang of Four, backing Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan and Don Airey with a 40-piece orchestra, and recording with members of Jamiroquai, Whitesnake and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
What it feels like to actually improve.
Six months in and I'm playing things I never thought I'd manage. Jon meets you exactly where you are and pushes from there.
“My son passed Grade 5 with distinction. The lessons are calm, structured and genuinely fun — he counts down the days.”
“I came in as a gigging drummer wanting to tighten up for the studio. The pro sessions changed how I hear my own playing.”
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Limited slots
Ready to play like you mean it?
Jon takes a limited number of students so every one gets real attention.