A Drummer's Guide To...

This is the reality of how to get a big gig with a named artist, all the foundations, leg work and trading the boards that have to happen before you even get noticed. As I say in this podcast, I don't think people understand the amount of work that goes into playing professionally, so Ii thought I'd lift the veil a bit.

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This is how I have leveraged being thrown into situations that terrify me to step up and gain new skills and experience. If it terrifies me, then I'm more likely to do it! Listen to my stories about working with Cher Lloyd, Tricky and Bryan Ferry.

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This episode is about the things I do when I'm feeling down, in a state of depression to regain control. This can be 'post tour blues' or when the phone isn't ringing and I'm feeling worthless. Hopefully these strategies will help you too. Just keep pushing.

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This is the biggest failure and lesson of my drumming career. It was true heartbreak and the time I truly have been closest to putting down my sticks for good! Hopefully you can learn something from my lesson too :-) 

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This week's episode is a subject that has, and continues to elude me. Groove. I talk about my personal journey in feeling not worthy to have great feel and groove, and my quest to define and obtain it (a journey I'm still on). I tell you the advice I've been given by brilliant drummers such as Andrew Small and Clem Cattini that have helped me become the player I am today.

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Today, Emily talks about the benefits of having a website as a professional musician, and also the loss of opportunity you have if you dont. Also she gives a breif overview of the key things to include on your website to get the best chance of someone contacting you for your services.

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My personal experience of auditioning, mainly as a session drummer. I talk about the prep I do to make sure I'm prepared fully, as well as the headspace I get myself into, what to expect from the audition itself, how I deal with the aftermath, and not getting the gig.

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The questions you should ask yourself, and the answers you should keep in mind for when times get tough (which they inevitably will). These are the questions that have kept me laser focused on my goal of becoming a session musician, and by which I measure all my decisions, success and failures by.

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In this episode, I tell you how song charting has helped me work with more people, and further my career, as well as being a tool to free up space in my brain (of which there is not much!)! If you'd like to see me chart some songs in real-time, then head on over to YouTube: https://youtu.be/Uyp65obPZLk

If you'd like to hear, watch and read all the topics I've been covering on my 'A Drummer's Guide To...' series, then head to www.ADrummersGuideTo.com, come and say hi and ask some questions! :-)

This week's episode on A Drummer's Guide To... is about when you are presented with a song that your technique doesn't reach to. It's the way that I deal with working around my weaknesses whilst I work on them privately in the practice room.

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