PROFESOR INVITADO
Miguel Lamas (Ferrol/Spain, 1993) is a Latin Grammy Award winning drummer and playing drums already from 4 years old.
Since the childhood he has related not only to the world of live music but also studio session. His first show was at the age of 6 in his town. Two years after that, he did his first remunerated show playing some rock & roll music. With the money earned he bought a “Ramones” t-shirt. After that time, he discovered the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Dave Weckl Band… and his love for the world of jazz fusion became obsession.
At the age of 14, he did his first tour around Europe, with a band called BellónMaceiras Quinteto, playing in some of the biggest folk & world music festivals. Around the age of 16 began to sing his first endorsements deals and played on some drum festivals around Spain.
After a few years, Miguel has become one of the top drummers of the new generation. He has played in some of the biggest drum festivals around the world like: Meinl Drum Festival (Germany) The UK Drumshow (Manchester) Bag’Show (Paris) TamTam Drum Festival (2015/2019), Alteisa Drum Festival, Galician Drumming Festival, La Rioja Drumfest (Spain) Drum Festival Switzerland, Meinl Drum Day / Scottish Drumming Festival (Scotland) Porto Drumshow (Portugal) Musik Produktive Mess (Germany), NAMM Show (USA) Pearl Drum Day (Venlo, The Netherlands) …just to name a few, in addition to many clinics around Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Perú…
Miguel is sponsored worldwide by Pearl Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, Promark Sticks, Cympad, Earprotech In Ear Monitoring, NBO Accessories. He also has his own signature model of sticks with Promark, which are being selling around the world in drum shops or big centers like Thomann, Music Store, Musik Produktive, Amazon… He usually do commercials and promotional stuff for all these brands not only on his social media platforms but in videos, magazines…
He has worked with some of the biggest names in the latin-pop industry live and studio like: Melendi, Dani Martín, Malú, Manuel Carrasco, Pablo Alborán, Maldita Nerea, Abraham Mateo, David DeMaría, Antonio Orozco, Álvaro de Luna, Pedro Guerra, Bustamante, Merche, Alex Ubago, Miriam Rodriguez, O’Funk’illo, Iñigo Quintero…
His recordings credits and collaborations also include: Juanes, Alejandro Sanz, Sergio Dalma, Samurai, Nena Daconte, Sharon Corr, Antonio Banderas, Emilio Aragón, Manolo García, Juancho Marqués, Rulo & La Contrabanda, Fito & Fitipaldis, Beret, Pablo López, Aitana…
