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Derrick

Derrick



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Member Since3/9/2006
InfluencesAll the music in the world as music is the freedom of one's expression, mood and personality!!!! I LOVE MY MUSIC!!!!!!!!!
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   About Derrick
I started playing at the tender young of age six years old, firstly by picking up two of my mothers hangers and banging on the floor furuiously to beat i heard on the radio!!!! Funnyly enough at that age i knew that drumming was the thing i really wanted to do. Anyway i would come in from school and keep playing away on the floor as if there was the biggest kit around me. But of course that was all in my head. Anyway playing was not consistant i can assure you, until i met a friend of mine playing at in band a reggae band of course, and it all came flooding back to me the the urge to play again, so i managed to find myelf a couple of local gigs in my area, and but of course at the older age of 10 i could not afford my my own drums and my mum was not having any of it!!!! But my friends took pity on me and leant me there kit, and this carried on for a few years i hired kits with the help of my mum of course and stuff. At 14 i joined my friends band her name was Toyin a very talented singer who i went to school with and she was already working with top reggae artists that i only wished i could work with. At 16 i got my own job at marks and spencers in east london earning £9 a day working on a saturday morning from 7 till 1pm. Then with the help of my dad and a great saving scheme we managed to get together £400 to get my first drum kit Slingerland 1960's kit sounded great i loved it. Ater i did my extra hours at M&S i would come home and practice for hours on end actually roughly about 4 hours a day as that is when my mum came home from work and forced me t stop drumming. I also joined a jazz funk outfit called Tranzeyance we did a couple of gigs but we always rehearsed every tuesday without fail down in shorditch those were the days and i loved those days. Eventually i joined another band called Candyland still working at marks and spencers but by now i was travelling to marble arch and starting at 6am and finishing at 1pm so i could come home and practice. I was with them for a few years and we got signed by Fiction Records for a few years released an album and then dropped but we had a fantastic run and we did some dam good touring!!!!!!!! After getting over the trauma of being dropped, i kept in contact with a friend of mine who worked at emi publishing, and i gave him my number and just asked him to keep an eye out for me and who needed a drummer. Eventually he got back to me and told about a band called Freaky Realistic a three piece outfit who were like a pop rap outfit, we did a few tv's and showcases which ended up doing ok for them, but still i was not fully satisfied. Eventually i got a call from an old friend of mine who i plaed a couple of gigs with, and this band was Urban Species a rap outfit from north london and they were fantastic especially llive. They toured for long time and it was such a great experience for me. All the guys were fantastic and one young lady of course, we toured japan and europe extensively especially doing japan at christmas!!!!!!! In 1993 I met a a friend of a friend who was top producer and his sister was a singer, but so we exchanged numbers and we said we would talk. Two days later he rang me to say that a band called jamiroquai who i had never heard of at the time. were looking for a druimmer and would i like to audition for them. So i did my two long auditions and the rest lovely people is history!!!!!!!!!!!! I would also like to add that the song on my space is courtesy of a production company called Freak n See, the young lady singing is Sophie delila the track is called back together my favourite track off the album whick i s entitiled All Yours. I am working her and jimmy her working partner at the minute. So you will get a chance to hear those also. This profile was created using: ProfileTweaks Editor Ver.2

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Jennie Laws

Jennie Laws



Oct 12 2009 8:07 AM

Derrick!!!
how are you??
so nice talking to you the other day...
and thank you so much for working with me creatively! I'm excited to see where it takes us :)
I just wanted to leave some love here on your page.
love love love atcha!
oxox
candycream *supersoul*

candycream       *supersoul*



Oct 12 2009 8:07 AM

The new candycream album -Chance- is out now, feat. Tony Momrelle (Incognito) !

Get your copy at ..www.candycream.de/pages/sound/..

hope, you like it!

cheers ...... ..........
vampy777

Letitia De Lioncourt



Oct 12 2009 8:04 AM

Hi Derrick,
hope all is well with you. Just flying by to wish you a fantastic week.
Greetings from Germany
JL*
Umano

Umano



Oct 12 2009 8:03 AM

Hola, te invitamos a disfrutar nuestro último video clip
"Acércate"

Hi, we invite you to enjoy our latest video clip "Acércate”



 





 



saludos



 



Úmano

jamirofunk

jamirofunk



Oct 12 2009 8:03 AM

Hi Derrick, thanks for add...
Jamirofunk
Karen Morales

Karen Morales



Oct 12 2009 8:03 AM

Hello Mista :P Haven't been on here in a while!! Sending love as always x
Lila

Lila



Oct 12 2009 8:03 AM

hi Derrick!!!
show you some support!!!!

kiss&hugs
Chrissie

Chris Piccola



Sep 24 2009 8:33 AM

hey you just wanna to send u a big big kiss..smackkkkkkkkkkkk!!!! :)
Red Snapper

Red Snapper



Sep 24 2009 8:33 AM

http://www.redsnapperofficial.com

come and join our mailing list to receive exclusive

free tracks available early next year

thanks

redsnapper
MysticDream

MysticDream



Jan 29 2009 7:12 PM

hi! welcome in the mystic!!! ;)
*AnnA*

*AnnA*



Jan 30 2009 5:22 AM

A celestial hello to you Derrick! Enjoy the weekend!!!
<==(*__*)==>

Bella Sorella

Bella Sorella



Jan 29 2009 8:10 PM

Hi, Derrick! Thank you for visiting us and for the add. We hope all is well in the UK. BYW enjoyed your music selections, summertime...Your new friends, Nova and Susanna
~Bella Sorella~
J.A.H.

juan herrera



Jan 30 2009 7:18 AM

Hey D. i know your listen to Jazz Funk trip right now like to dedicated this tune from Johnny Hommand has a cool jam groove at the end.. @ 1:40 :reminds me of "when you gonna learn"!


Ana Sophia

Ana Sophia Rosa



Feb 1 2009 7:00 PM

BIG kisses for my dear friend Derr!
Lots of love!
Trips

Trips



Feb 2 2009 5:01 PM

Hey thanks for adding us!

Tom,
Night Trip
Lorraine

Lorraine



Feb 3 2009 9:00 PM

Hey Derrick Funk affair was a great event again, fabulous, Sorry we couldn't stay as the snow started to build and we had to get back...It took us two hours your journey must have been crazy!!?
Lila

Lila



Feb 4 2009 10:28 PM

Hi Derrick!
How are you? What about news about work in Jamiroquai? Can't wait to hear a something new...

Keep yourself
double nu a.k.a putrii or 'MEL'

double nu a.k.a putrii or 'MEL'



Jan 29 2009 7:00 PM

hey derrick!how R ya?
Golden Zip

Golden Zip



Jan 29 2009 7:00 PM

NEW NAME, NEW SOUND !!!


zaz become GOLDEN ZIP !!!


COME LISTEN OUR NEW SONGS



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See ya. Thx.


Golden Zip

Tânia

Tânia



Jan 29 2009 7:00 PM

"Get Naked Lap Dance Remix""...my favourite... :)))
..xxxx
um forte abra&#231;o Derrick
Ester

Ester



Jan 29 2009 7:00 PM

OMG I just found my log in for myspace........make friends with Katie Tizzard.....she's the one we are talking about!!!!!
Adrian Eccleston

Adrian Eccleston



Jan 6 2009 10:41 PM

Yes bredren!

All da best in 2009! See you out there!

One Love,

AGEAGE x
zed

zed



Jan 6 2009 11:40 PM

Happy new year mate, and all the best, Zed.
hélène

hélène



Jan 7 2009 10:42 PM

Bonne annéééééééeeeee !
*AnnA*

*AnnA*



Jan 8 2009 3:40 AM

Olalala Derrick!!!
Sending lots of warm hellos and hoping you had the most beautiful time with the family during the holidays and the new year is off to a fanastic start!!!
Many smiles, peace & cheers!
AnnA ^_^
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