ABOUT

 

With over 20 years of experience, Nairn is a professional session drummer and drum teacher based in Edinburgh. 

 

It was his desire to have a career in music that led him to leave his hometown of Aberdeen and move to Edinburgh to study a BA (Hons) at Edinburgh Napier University. During his studies he briefly performed drums for one of Scotland's biggest indie bands, Vistas before co-forming Edinburgh band, swim school in 2018. 

 

For 2 years Nairn played drums in swim school and during this time he performed at major music festivals such as TRNSMT and Belladrum and toured around the UK supporting The XCERTS. He also performed various live sessions for the BBC on both TV and radio.

 

Since September 2021 Nairn has been performing with Scottish singer songwriter Callum Beattie and has toured across the UK and Europe and performed sold out shows at venues such as the OVO Hydro, Edinburgh Castle, Murrayfield Stadium and has headlined festivals across Scotland including Belladrum Festival in 2026. During this time he has supported McFly, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Amy Macdonald and Texas to name a few. 

 

Nairn recorded drums on Callum's highly anticipated second album, VANDALS which was released in 2023. The album received a No.1 in Scotland and was awarded No.1 in the iTunes Album Chart, No.5 in the Official UK Album Downloads Chart, No.6 in the Official Physical Albums Chart and No.22 in the Official UK Album Charts. 

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