Ed Hicks is a banjo player and teacher with a huge amount of experience working as both a musician and music teacher.

Ed’s has played on gold selling and mercury nominated albums, composed award winning music for the Southpark series, toured the Uk and Europe extensively, played on The Voice and has taught hundreds of people the 5-string banjo.

"During the pandemic I created a several series of banjo tuition videos on Youtube to support the Zoom lessons I was teaching.  If you enjoy these videos or just feel like supporting my music and banjo playing feel free to buy me a coffee. Thank you!"

Here's some nice feedback I've had about my YouTube videos...

"Wow ! Thank you so so so much. I have been trying to learn cripple creek for a while and your tutorial was so clear. I love how you break it down and reply the each section multiple times!"

"This is the best tutorial for cripple creek I’ve seen yet,,, been playing 3/4 months , love this,, just about got it now,, thanku,, great job, keep them coming,,, 🪕🪕🪕🪕🪕🤟🤟"

"If you randomly landed on this video, just STOP! This is simply the BEST tutorial for Cripple Creek that exists on the entirety of the internet. I know, because I have searched. I have spent hours looking for a playable version where the "teacher" doesn't go 100 miles an hour. This man here is a born teacher! He will walk you through this song with clear technique that gives you time to practice along to get it right before jumping to the next section. If you follow his guidance, it will take you less time to learn Cripple Creek than it did to read this comment. This man is BRILLIANT! Thank you, sir!"