About

Matt Broey Cotter is a drummer and educator based in Folkestone, Kent.

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

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. He has previously lead drum workshops for Folkestone First Timers and is a former tutor at DrumWise, one of Kent’s leading drum schools. He taught there for nearly 5 years before focussing on his own private teaching practice. Matt continues to study with his tutor.

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 toured across the UK and Europe and performed with Violet Vendetta at Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City supporting The Cure. He is a former member of emo/math-rock group Pen Name and played on their debut album. He is a former touring member of CoCo and the Butterfields, SKIES and Wayward Daughter.

He can currently be seen performing live with The King Rooks, who have recently had their tracks featured on BBC Radio. Their debut album was released in July 2025. Matt performs and records with Joe Bulley and also performs alongside Joe for Rockaoke events across Kent.

Matt is available for recording sessions and has recorded drums for a project with legendary producer Dan Carey (Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C, Foals) and in July 2026 worked on a session at the famous Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales.