Life of a Dhol Player were booked for a 3-day wedding in Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh. A destination where dramatic desert landscapes fade into the crystal-clear waters of the Red Sea, with late-20s temperatures that contrasted sharply with London’s cold, wintery November. This was our first show in Egypt and one of our largest international bookings in terms of drummers: a whole half-a-dozen of us, including Pav, Sunny, Kam and Vik, along with help from our friends at Elite Drumme

Some wild stories, and trust us, over the span of 15+ years in the industry...theres more where these came from!

Our top ten tips and tricks for all dhol players in 2021! From experience, just keep these in mind!

Lets be honest, every dhol player who knows this feeling has experienced it.

Lockdown brought a change none of us ever expected Ups, downs, and many things we missed that once felt so regular. Here's some of our thoughts...

It's okay to feel nervous, after all we are all human, when it comes down to it, we have a job to do, and we want to feel good doing it, so if you ever feel those pre performance nerves, here are some things to keep in mind!

2019 highlights, alot of memories, so lets go through some of the BIG ONES!

Dhol at Disneyland? plus all the shenanigans? YOU'RE WELCOME!

On set with the one and only FRESH PRINCE himself!

Freshworks Get the Imperial Drummers Experience We’ve always enjoyed playing at corporate events, but this one was something else. Freshworks, a technology company with their HQ in Chennai threw an after party at Studio Spaces to commemorate their first-ever conference in London. Studio Spaces First things first, the venue was incredible. Located in St Katharine’s…

Friday night – Dhol Players: Where you park your car is very important!!! Friday Night I had a booking with this lovely family in Krystal Banqueting hall in Seven Kings this Friday evening. The plan was simple – Get to the venue, Get changed into my sherwani, Escort the family in, Change back and meet…

Saturday – A day in a life of a Dhol player It was Saturday morning and I was up and ready for the days bookings with our veteran Dhol player Satnam . It was 8am; I had my favourite grey waist coat on and left the house to pick up Satnam. On our…

So after being late at our last booking because of my shitty car (Click here to see what happened at our last booking), Pav and I made an effort to be punctual and arrived early. Unfortunately, the client (going by the alias of Mr Ahmed), sent me a message that he was going to be…

Bookings & Break Downs So we get a phone call from Mr X saying we had to be in Slough for a walk-in at 8am. We wanted to be early for this walk-in, in fact we left so early we had enough time to stop off for some McDonald’s breakfast (you can’t start the day…

ABOUT US AND OUR BLOG Sunny Singh Day job: Marketing Manager No. of years playing dhol: 16 Instagram: @Sunny_SB Loves: A crowd that raves Hates: Sidhu Moose Wala’s moustache Pav Tooray Day job: Management Accountant No. of years playing dhol: 21 Instagram: @Pav_31 Loves: Aloo valeh paronteh Hates: Weddings that run late! The life of…