Jeroen Simons studied MBO Communication. He also studied drums at the conservatory in Tilburg and Rotterdam for 2.5 years but, in his own words: "I didn’t feel comfortable with it so I switched to private lessons with Richard Heijerman." He also took private lessons from Chris Strik, Fred Krens, Hans van Oosterhout, Mark Eeftens and Juan van Emmerloot.
Jeroen Simons names Thomas Haake, Sean Reinert, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers, Hans van Oosterhout, Gary Novak, Tony Williams, Steve Gadd .....
