Canadian drum and percussion product designer, inventor and educator Ronn Dunnett is one of the most renowned and prolific names in the drum and percussion industry. Dunnett owns and operates two major drum brands - Dunnett Classic Drums and the George Way drum company. He started his namesake company in 1989 while living in Australia where he began work on designing metal drums including the world’s first Titanium drum shell. The drums Dunnett created garnered the attention of many artists and the respect of industry manufacturing leaders, and to date Dunnett holds 10 US patents.
Dunnett's entry into foster care at the age of 13 eventually lead him to music lessons and a set of poorly maintained off brand drums which he immediately began work on and making improvements to. By the time he was 16 he was living on his own, attending school and studying music. He joined a touring band and recorded with several Canadian bands until the age of 27 when he relocated to Vancouver to continue his career in music, and also began a career in photography studying with some of the city’s most famous commercial and fine art photographers. His work in photography gained the attention of Playboy and was published in international publications such as PHOTO.