Royd Phipps - Drumming is my calling
On January 1, 1999 Royd Phipps took up duties at the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports and in the Department of Culture in St. Kitts he serves as a Folklore/Drumming Officer. He has been playing the drum for over 20 years and says that the reason why he drums is just a mood and feeling. "It's a love," he said. "It comforts me when things go wrong. But most of all it's a love and a passion."  Phipps said that the drum is a calling, however, though there are many books that speak of drumming and teaches drumming it takes real dedication to master the skill.And for Phipps it is different, his skill of drumming is deeper than most people's skill, 'his' stems from his grandfather who he says was the foundation of it all.  Read Interview