Marcel van Weerdenburg studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam from 1981 until 1986.



He played in an improvised ‘battle of the drums’ during a workshop given by double bass drum pioneer Louie Bellson in 1983. One year later he won the REMO Scholarship, then left to spend some time in the United States. There he met well-known drummers such as Phil Collins Jonathan Moffett Peter Erskine Terry Bozzio Vinnie Colaiuta Bernard Purdie and Rick Latham Towards the end of the ‘80s he received a permanent appointment at the Talkin’ drum school in London, where he assisted during lessons by John Shearer one of England’s best-known rock drummers in the field of double bass drum.