Tim started drumming on a kit at the age of 12 when his mother decided that even though they were dinted she wanted her pots and pans back.

His passion for music has constantly driven him throughout his musical career. For the past twenty years, Tim has been teaching drums privately in addition to his constant perfroming and recording in a variety of musical situations.


Tim has developed the 'Ground-Up' approach to drumming. Concentrating on his feet frist, this helped shape his originality and creative force on the drum-kit.
To His Credit :

1989 - First place in the Canwood Drumwarz Competion in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

1990 - Authored his first instructional drum video entitled "Drumming Creatively". This video is a good example of Tim's constant search for creative rhythmical possibilities while pushing the envelope to physical possibilities of drumming.

1997 -Authored his second instructional drum video entitled, "Cymbals, Drums and Rhythms". See the review from Drums Etc! Magazine

1999 - Formed the Drumcussion Society of Alberta. Tim's passion and enthusiasm for drums and drumming that inspired him to form the Drumcussion Society, a non-profit society promoting drums and drumming throughout the community by presenting workshops and clinics, by local percussionists.

1999 - Tim assembled a "Drumcan Kit". This 'kit' is made from recyclable materials. He first used it to perform as a solo street performer at Edmonton's world class Fringe Festival, becoming a instant hit at the festival by leaving the crowds with wonderment of how he was able to make music out of that stuff.

2000 - The release of Tim's first solo CD - "The Drumcan Man". Tim started bringing his Drumcan Man Show into local schools, showing children how to make music on everyday household items.

2000 - Tim set World Drumming Record for the fastest feet in June, drumming 1100 beats in 60 seconds.

2000 - The Alberta Foundation For The Performing Arts presents Tim with a grant to bring the Drumcan Man Show into the schools.


2001 -Tim set a new record for Speed Drumming, pushing the limits of The Extreme Sport Drumming movement by drumming 1239 beats in 60 secounds playing double strokes. This record was certified by the World's Fastest Drummers (W.F.D.) and recognized by the Guinness Book of Records.

2002 - Drummers Bring Beat to the Fringe! Drumcan Man makes music from another man's junk.
SUSAN HAGAN
Journal Staff Writer
EDMONTON

Rhythms of the Fringe mix naturally with the pounding drumbeats outside the Arts Barns.
One drummer pushes originalitiy to the limits with makeshift drums created from household and garage sale items.
Tim Waterson, the Drumcanman props cans, tins, pails and a metal ashtray on a drumstand to show kids it doesn't take alot of money to make music. It's important people don't forget the importance of creativity in light of cuts to arts funding, he says: "I wanted to inspire kids that anything can make music. . .

. . . A water bottle has more sounds than any real drum." His only real instrument is a kids snare drum-- a toy he says can sound better than the real thing.

The Drumcanman: This is your brain on Drums
DRUMMER: Tim Waterson

TBW Drums Etc Magazine

This album lifts the expression "metal" to new heights. we're looking at solo drumset performances and what a drumset!
It consists of tins, bottles, aluminum pans, cake boards, garbage lids, and other props from the Wizard of OZ .
To this motley collection, drummer Tim Waterson adds a Dixon bassdrum, a Pearl piccolo snare, Remo Spoxe,some Zildjian cymbals and whatever he reckons might work. And it works! It's an attractive sonic blend. Let's be blunt: it's no cure for migranes, and it's a bit much to absorb at one sitting, but the sharp timbres make a joyous din, curiously comtemporary.
If the Modern drummer festival can feature Nashvilles Street Beats, we can throw Tim Waterson in their faces!


CYMBALS, DRUMS, AND RHYTHMS WITH TIM WATERSON
FLYING FEET PRODUCTIONS 1997


There is urgency to Tim Waterson's mission, namely to demonstrate the kinship between hands and feet on the drumset. He's got an hour to cover a lot of ground and he's hell bent to do it. In his haste I feel that he may have left many a novice behind.
Take swiss triplets for example: He's off like a rocket before the words have left his mouth. It's the same with Paradiddles and most of the other stickings. A couple of minutes here and there dedicated to explanation would have been well spent.
On the other hand, Waterson sets a good example. His hand motion is impeccable and his feet are nimble. I would not hesitate to recomend this video to younger students for that reason. While he may not have the articulation of Terry Bozzio ( Who obviously influenced

Tim's kit configuration), he comes darn close to that in the speed department- not that he recomends speed for it's own sake. In fact , his counter selling is prudent: He offers one of the more cognent arguments I' ve heard lately for practicing
heel - down all the while acknowledging the real world validity of heel - up technique. Operating on a large drumset, Tim manages to entertain, with a Waynes World charm, and educate simultaneously. As with any budget production there are glitches but there is also considerable substance and credibility.


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