Events

We are proud to be championing drum education at events around the UK and US - check out our travels so far!

2024

In July 2024, we were invited to host a stall in the Music Market at RADAR Festival, held at the O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK. The wonderful team at RADAR gave us free weekend tickets to give away to 2 lucky winners on our mailing list.

At the event, we taught free drum lessons on an Efnote 3X to festival attendees, and had the opportunity to interview various drummers from the performing bands, including Jay Postones from Tesseract, and Baard Kolstad from Leprous.

We also had a drumometer challenge running throughout the weekend (as many single hits you can play in 20 seconds). Check out the final leaderboard scores! We kept the top 5 for each category:

Place	Name	Score
1	Josef (The Last of Lucy)	308
2	Scott Kirkman	293
3	Chris Keeling	289
4	Noah (Conjurer)	288
5	Emma Taylor	274
6	Baard (Leprous)	269
7	Robin (Kyros)	268
8	Jackson (Future Static)	266
9	Shawn (Sungazer)	262
10	Mr Gregles	259
11	Jay (Tesseract)	255
12	Alex (Giant Walker)	248
13	Chris (Plini)	244
14	Elliot (Car Bomb)	240
15	Jerome (The Omnific)	239

Place	Name	Score
1	Adam	289
2	Kyle	284
3	Lewis	284
4	Renaud	283
5	Dee Dee	277

Place	Name	Score
1	Jamie (Giant Walker)	260
2	Rob	258
3	Daniel	242
4	Rachel	241
5	Joss	243

Place	Name	Score
1	James	246
2	Kat	231
3	SJ	227
4	Deadpool	226
5	Octavio	224

Interviews

Adam Neely
Sungazer

Baard Kolstad
Leprous

Jay Postones
Tesseract

2025

In July 2025, we were invited back to host a stall in the Music Market at RADAR Festival, held at the O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK. We taught free drum lessons to festival attendees, and had the

opportunity to interview various drummers from the performing bands, including Richie Martinez from Arch Echo, and Anton Franzon from Normandie.

We also had our drumometer challenge running throughout the weekend (as many single hits you can play in 20 seconds). Check out the final leaderboard scores below! (We could only keep the highest scores that fit on the board!)

Place	Name	Score
1	Richie (Arch Echo)	330
2	Bastion	319
3	Kieran (VMBRA)	313
4	Chris Keeling	307
5	Kyle (Defences)	306
6	Martin (VUKOVI)	304
7	Emma Taylor	303
8	Kim (Pintglass)	300
9	Scott (Continents)	296
10	Kiaran	289
11	Louis (As Everything Unfolds)	289
12	Craig	284
13	Nick (Tiberius)	283
14	Ross (Air Drawn Dagger)	279
15	Reuben	277
16	Jeu (High Regard)	276
17	Anton (Normandie)	275
18	Sion	273
19	Emily (Lake Malice)	270
20	Ste (Hactivist)	279
21	Si (Waterlines)	267
22	Dan (Break Fifty)	263
23	Matt (Mother Vulture)	262
24	Amy (Tropic Gold)	257
25	Mike (Lastelle)	257
26	Cam Humphrey	275
27	Ryan Wood	260
28	Luke Paget	250
29	Ieuan (Artio)	248

Place	Name	Score
1	Ryan C	332
2	John	320
3	Jacob	313
4	Jan	307
5	Vlad	298
6	Connor	293
7	Jak	288
8	Fin	287
9	Sami	286
10	Ben Mason	285
11	Sam	284
12	Billie	283
13	Marcus	281
14	Will S	280
15	Kubrick	278
16	Luke	277
17	Andrew J	276
18	Will	275
19	Dee	275
20	James	272
21	Kendrick	267
22	Taylor	266
23	Steve	266
24	Mattu	265
25	Julian	264
26	Gian	263
27	Matt	260
28	Jamie	260
29	Felix	259
30	Tom	254
31	Jamie	251
32	Alistair	251

Place	Name	Score
1	Brad	301
2	Francesco	289
3	Joe M	273
4	Big Kev	270
5	John	268
6	Anton	267
7	Mo	267
8	Christy	266
9	Ryan	261
10	Paul S	259
11	Sam	259
12	Rae	259
13	Andy M	255
14	Luis	255
15	Ewan	255
16	Antony	254
17	Liam	254
18	Anthony	253
19	Ryan	252
20	Wee Kev	248
21	Verity	246
22	Matt	246
23	Nicole	244
24	Ben	240
25	Adam	239
26	Lewis	239
27	Oscar	237
28	Jack	228

Place	Name	Score
1	Xavier	295
2	Sarah	293
3	Ben	284
4	Oli	282
5	Karl	281
6	Aisyah	280
7	Der	280
8	Frank	277
9	Flix	276
10	Pav	273
11	Phil	270
12	Dan	267
13	Alexandria	264
14	Ryan	263
15	Rachel	263
16	Tom	262
17	Sarah	261
18	Gem	259
19	Kie	257
20	Jo	255
21	Tom	255
22	Rob	251
23	Henry	251
24	Pascal	247
25	Jonny	246
26	Louise	245
27	Sophie	244
28	Stuart	243
29	Tim	242
30	Emma D	240

Interviews

Richie Martinez
Arch Echo

Anton Franzon
Normandie

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2024

digitalDrummer's E-Drum Experience Lab

Bridging the Gap Between Acoustic and Electric – Emma Taylor (with Efnote)

In 2024, Emma kicked off the digitalDrummer E-drum Experience Lab with a session titled ‘Bridging the Gap Between Acoustic and Electric’.

Known for her captivating drumming videos and passionate dedication to music, Emma spoke on her lifelong experience with electric drum kits and their benefits.

Sat on an EFNOTE 3X kit, she explained how e-drums make her work more accessible and straightforward, particularly in online teaching, creating video lessons, live streaming, and recording music/MIDI. Additionally, she shared insights into what she appreciates about my current setup, including the timing practice tools and touch-sensitive cymbals on the 3x model.

Emma also performed some songs from her band Ilona Mahieu accompanied by the vocalist Ilona. Emma performed again at the Efnote stall, which you can watch below:

DRUMOMETER CHALLENGE

After the success we had with our drumometer challenge (as many single hits you can play in 20 seconds) at RADAR 2024, we upgraded our setup and brought it back for the UK Drum Show 2024 and found a new home on the EFNOTE stall. Thank you to all the amazing people who took part; check out the final scores below!

Place	Name	Score
1	Gareth Wrigley	345
2	Brad Ratcliffe	327
3	Berni Diaz	319
4	Max Marlow	311
5	Nikodem Horur	311
6	Emma Taylor	286
7	Kyle Bartley	286
8	Chris Keeling	281
9	Connor McColl	279
10	Nathan Peers	274
11	Robin Johnson (Kyros)	273
12	Luna Soturi	272
13	Jay Postones (Tesseract)	268
14	Vicky O'Neon	265
15	Mr Gregles	264
16	Jamie Parker	262

Place	Name	Score
1	Marvin Wong	318
2	Kirk Brandham	303
3	Oscar Payne	303
4	Alex Earley	301
5	Will Shaw	296
6	James Mcauley	295
7	Lucas Foulds-Hamilton	294
8	James Watts	293
9	Mo Abdelgadir	288
10	JJ Wheeler	285
11	Isaac Haynes	285
12	Alex Bartlett	283
13	Lili Davies	282
14	Dan Haysom	281
15	Jake Stone	280
16	Max Carr	279
17	Tomasz Nowakowski	279
18	Andrew Jones	275
19	Toby Holdridge	274
20	Charlie Skelhorn	274
21	Matthew Longshaw	274
22	Harry Jenkins	273
23	Euan Jewell	272
24	Ben Rodley	271
25	Jeremy Johnson	270
26	Austin Lowe	269
27	Ross Brown	267
28	Peter Söltl	267
29	Rich Davis	267
30	Al Branton	264
31	Dan Stefoni	263
32	Dan Adams	263
33	Liam Oleary	262
34	Sam Jacklin	260
35	Tobias Holzner	259
36	Sofia Mikedis	258
37	Panka Pongracz	254
38	Garth Jackson	253
39	Ben Kirby	253
40	Kyle Calland	250
41	Jonny Wild	250
42	Adam Sayers	250
43	Charlie Scott	248
44	Lucas Pender	247
45	Chris T	246
46	Jonah Chau	245
47	Harry Isaacs	245
48	Samuel Holcombe	242
49	Tristan Marchent	241
50	Andrew Haynes	240
51	Joe Bradley	239
52	Jan Trafas	234
53	Alice Kuzmych	231
54	Cillian McSweeney	230
55	Eva Davies	225
56	Joe Logue	221

Place	Name	Score
1	Aaron Andrews	305
2	Josh Francis	293
3	Sanish Prasad	291
4	Jimmy Hamann	286
5	James Brierley	284
6	Jern Huang Loh	284
7	Richard Lee	284
8	Fowo Obe	274
9	Ethan Regan	274
10	Joe Thomas	272
11	Nathan Hewitt	267
12	Alistair Hooper	264
13	Arfon Edwards	263
14	Chris McFadden	262
15	Charley Obee	261
16	Wesley Lawson	255
17	Josiaah Smith	255
18	Kaiden Maloney	255
19	Philip Woodrow	251
20	Xander Cartlidge	250
21	Lin Chus	246
22	Samuel Fergusson	244
23	Freddie Hunt	242
24	Ellis Walsh	241
25	Chris O'Sullivan	241
26	Peter White	239
27	Tyro Alli	239
28	Zack Douglas	235
29	Ben Egan	233
30	Joe Fergus	232
31	Ben Guest	225
32	Nicole Saplacan	220
33	Robert Guest	217
34	Ashan Byron	216
35	Ben Jackson	216
36	Morgan Pierce	212
37	Anthony Bealing	211
38	Saumil Hariyani	211
39	Iain GT Davies	209
40	Thomas Wild	203
41	Giacomo Pepe	200
42	Phedre Birch	181
43	Stuart Birch	180
44	Toby Hawkins	176
45	Ilona Mahieu	173
46	Eliza Hawkins	139

Place	Name	Score
1	Steve Harvey	274
2	Brenna McFadden	241
3	Rory Bartlett	236
4	Paul Maloney	233
5	David Regan	223
6	Adele Watts	215
7	Kieran Murphy	213
8	Dionne O'Sullivan	209
9	Sarah Guest	206
10	Jarvis Jinx	196
11	Chris Jenkins	194
12	Hanna Bret	191
13	Simone Byron	173

2023

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In September 2023, Emma was invited to give a masterclass in The Lounge at the UK Drum Show at the ACC Liverpool, UK. She spoke about her experience teaching online lessons, creating educational content, and performing in bands. This was followed by a Q&A with the audience and a performance of a song from her band Ilona Mahieu, accompanied by the vocalist Ilona.