DAVID HOPGOOD
(Drums on ‘Mercenaries’)
David Hopgood is an accomplished drummer from Adelaide. The two biggest shifts in his musical landscape came in 2009-2010 with the project Split-Second Heaven, all-original rock/pop songs, all music and lyrics by David, and Unitopia, one of Australia’s biggest Progressive Rock bands, whom he joined as they were preparing for their first European tour in 2010. He recorded original material with United Progressive Fraternity for the album ‘Fall In Love with the World’ and returned overseas for European shows in 2014.
Aside from all this playing, David also works as a percussion teacher with the South Australian Instrumental Music Service and writes lots of solo and ensemble material for students. His first book of pieces ‘The Secondary School Percussionist’ was published in 2007. “In the future, I would like to have a successful website, continue to inspire a new generation of drummers whilst developing a Zen approach to drum instruction, compose more drum and percussion music, write more regularly and push my drumming and songwriting forward in every musical situation.
