Hamish Reid


Location: Hamilton

Challenge: Deaf

Website: soundcloud.com/hamishj

Hamish Reid is a drummer/guitarist from Whakatane, New Zealand currently based in Hamilton, New Zealand.

He has dealt with varying degrees of deafness since birth and wears hearing aids as a result of profound deafness in one ear, and moderate to severe hearing loss in the other.

He also suffers from various congenital issues surrounding sight and bone structure issues in the skull.

Having been writing songs and performing on and off over the last 3 years, Hamish has started his new project entitled Wilde Wolves, for which he aims to have an EP recorded by 2016.

His influences include acts such as William Fitzsimmons, Bon Iver, Hillsong United and City and Colour.