My Story

My name is Mikaela Swan and I am a drummer in the Australian music scene, professionally active since 2020. I have been drumming for nearly ten years and have accumulated over 139,000 followers on Instagram and 147,100 fans on Tiktok.

Growing up, I was inspired to drum by my father, who played slipknot very often when I was a child. One Christmas, my parents gifted me a plastic drum kit, which made me develop a strong passion for drumming. After discovering Dave Grohl, the founder of Foo Fighters, playing the drums for Nirvana, I was forever obsessed with the idea of playing the drum kit.

Since then, I have become a professional drummer in my own right. I currently drum for two amazing bands, Dizzy Days & Happy Valley. I have performed with many established artists in various stages of success, such as Crooked Colours, Sorah Snow, Lucy Francesca Dron, Nicole Mckinney, Big Blue Eyes, Oskar Campbell, Staples, Lounge, The Dandys, Jerome Williams, and so on. I am forever thankful for everyone that has made my dream feasible and for the opportunities I have been given.

Within touring with my bands, I am always looking forward to jump on shows locally or internationally and connecting with people worldwide through music.

As well as a gigging musician with a passion for drumming, this has influenced my love for teaching in-between shows. I am best known for my heavy and hard hitting nature, with the ability to adapt to any stylist genre. I specialise in a wide range of drumming genres including Pop, Rock, Jazz, Heavy Metal, Funk, and Disco. My favourite artists of inspiration include: Foo Fighters, Nothing But Thieves, Slipknot, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Jamiroquai, Dynamo, Harry Styles, Palaye Royale, Queens Of The Stone Age, 1975, and Tool.

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