About Justin Scott

An alumnus of Berklee College Music, Justin subsequently attained a Master’s Degree in Music Performance from the London College of Music and Media.

In addition, he has studied privately with some of the most notable tutors in the world including Gary Chaffee (Pat Metheny, Mick Goodrick), Mike Mangini (Extreme, Steve Vai), John Marshall (John Surman, Soft Machine) and Pete Zeldman (Jaco Pastorius, Steve Vai).

As a performer, he has played and recorded throughout Europe, USA and Asia with, and alongside musicians such as Amit Chatterjee (Joe Zawinul, Dave Leibman), Mike Mondesir (John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck), Mekaal Hasan (Billy Cobham), Iain Scott (Frank Gambale, Brian Wilson), Brett Garsed (Nelson, John Farnham), Moira Lambert (St. Etienne, Paul Oakenfold), Phelan Kane (Placebo, Dido, Samantha Mumba), Justin Sandercoe (Katie Melhua) Svetlana Vassileva (Moby) and Me'sha Bryan (Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry), as well as making numerous TV appearances on shows such as Parkinson, GMTV, The Paul O' Grady Show, Des and Mel, and Children In Need, with artists such as Rod Stewart, Hue and Cry and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

Currently, Justin is recording and performing with The Side Effects, the cult rock/electronica outfit led by former Universal recording artist Ben Astrop.

As an educator, Justin taught for five years at London’s Drumtech where he was instrumental in the development of the curricula for their one-year diploma and master performance courses. In early 2005, he moved to The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance as head of their newly formed drum department where he is heavily involved in the development of teaching curricula at F.E and H.E levels, in particular the development of a Bachelors Degree in Popular Music Performance in partnership with the University of East London.

For several years he was a member of faculty at Thames Valley University where he taught classes on the Bmus and Mmus music programmes. Throughout this time, he has maintained a successful private teaching practice from his studio in West London and has consequently taught literally hundreds of students including Aaron Fagen (David Sneddon), Elliot Fyffe (Blue, Ronan Keating), Aicha Djidjelli (Rachael Stevens, Amy Studt) Lawrence Colbert (Ride), Adam Ficek (Baby Shambles), Olly Betts (The Duke Spirit), and Stephen Simmonds (Groovejet).

Since October 2005, Justin has also written a monthly educational article for Rhythm magazine and his first drum tuition book was published in the USA and UK in early 2008.

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