About

Matt Broey Cotter is a drummer based in Kent.

Highlights include supporting The Cure in Mexico, recording at BBC Maida Vale studios, gaining airplay on BBC Radio 1, having tracks featured on TV, and performing at some of the UK’s biggest festivals including Glastonbury, T in the Park and Bestival.

He studied at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute between 2012 and 2015, and went on to become a drum tutor at the Sussex Academy of Music until relocating to Kent where he taught at Right Track Music.

Matt has played many shows across the UK, Europe and further afield. In 2019, Matt performed with Violet Vendetta at Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City supporting The Cure. He is a former touring member of CoCo and the Butterfields, SKIES, Wayward Daughter and Gentlemen Of Few. Up until recently, he was also a member of Firepony and The Bearing. He can currently be seen performing live with The King Rooks, who have recently had success with their latest singles receiving plays on BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing and BBC Radio Kent. Their album is due to be released early next year.

Matt is also available for studio sessions and performing live with bands and artists.

In addition to performing, Matt teaches privately at his teaching space in Cheriton where he provides both face to face and online lessons. He teaches at schools across Kent and runs hands-on small group workshops for various ages and abilities and is currently leading the drum workshops for Folkestone First Timers. Matt is a former tutor at one of Kent’s leading drum schools, DrumWise, where he taught for nearly 5 years before focussing on his own private teaching practice. He continues to study with his tutor.