BIOGRAPHY

Born in 1976, Adam Hay is one of the most active freelance drummers/drum teachers living in Canada, having played well over one thousand dates all over the US and Canada with Chantal Kreviazuk (Sony), Raine Maida (Sony/Our Lady Peace), Sarah Slean (Warner), Justin Rutledge (Six Shooter), Martina Sorbara (Mercury/Dragonette), Royal Wood (Dead Daisy/Six Shooter), Patricia O'Callaghan (EMI), John Barrowman (Sony UK), Sharon Cuneta (Sony Philippines), KC Concepcion (Sony Philippines), Dr. Draw, Five Star Trailer Park, Hilary Weaver, among many, many others.

Adam Hay has appeared everywhere from live National TV (MTV, Canada AM, Mike Bullard, etc) and live Radio Shows, Awards Ceremonies, TV and Radio Commercials, Sold Out Theaters and Festivals, Music Videos, National TV Season Launch Parties, countless full length Albums, record company Showcases in the USA and Canada, minuscule cafeterias, to downtown sidewalks as a busker earlier on.

Adam's session drumming has turned up on TV and Film Soundtracks including the Farrelly Brothers film 'Fever Pitch', the HBO series 'Regenesis', the CBC series 'This is Wonderland', the CTV movie 'Playing House', the film 'The End of Silence', the Warner Music Canada soundtrack to the Food Network?s 'The Surreal Gourmet', 'Gray's Anatomy', the Shaw Festival, and many more.

Some artists Adam has been billed alongside on tour throughout the U.S. and Canada include My Morning Jacket, Sarah Harmer, Hawksley Workman, The Proclaimers, Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Dan Bern, Moxy Fruvous, Andy Stochansky (Ani DiFranco), Danny Michel, Starling, Dahmnait Doyle (Shaye), The Waifs, Pedestrian, Jeff Healey, Baaba Maal, Gord Downie, Matthew Good, Luke Doucet, Ron Hawkins, Ivana Santilli, Melissa McClelland, and plenty others.

He's been a session/live freelance drummer in the Toronto scene since 1996 and is a highly sought after private drum teacher (by hundreds of students of all levels and all ages), having given over 3000 drum lessons since 1998, and loving every minute. At one point Adam was teaching over 50 students in one-on-one lessons over four days but has scaled things down to about 35 students. Don't miss your chance to become part of his new core group of students! Sign up soon! You're never too young or too old.