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WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI

What's going on today?

Welcome back to Kevin's Gear Rants! Today we will be talking about Paiste's 900 series of cymbals for the second time! Let's get back to it!

Thanks for joining us for this deep dive into the Paiste 900 series. We start things out after a bit of a refresher. Then, we talk about the hi-hats in this line. They offer quite a few cool options and I really like one of the hi-hats in this line so listen out for that

Then we get into the China cymbal of the 900 series. This cymbal really continues with the signature sound of this line and will have many applications. I compare this cymbal with another from Paiste that I myself use, so I have some fun comparisons here to help you get an idea of what to expect with this China.

Last but definitely not least is the splash cymbal. The 900 series gong sound comes out in this splash quite strong and has some neat complex sounds for a great priced product. I also talk in this section about the possibility of creating some stack options using the crash/chinas from this series or the splash/china. I think there would be a few cool options!

That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at [email protected] or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant.

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Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Daily Fill with our Owner and founder Richard Ducat! Every Tuesday Richard gives us a dose of motivation, guidance, life hacks, marketing tips, and more!

Today's quote: " It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going." - Brian Tracey

On today's episode, we are back with a quick check up regarding the last 4 weeks of our drumtrepreneurial journey towards focus, discipline, and execution. I want to spend today's episode reviewing our month as an exercise of refreshing the mind on everything we just worked so hard towards.

In the last few weeks we have covered the following:

* Decluttering your schedule and clearing your mind

* Balancing your schedule, your week, and your next 90 days

* Automation tools and how to make them work for your schedule

* Decompressing and taking a break

So as we look back on everything we worked so hard for we must continue to refresh, evaluate, restructure, and repeat. This is probably the most important part of this continual process as it requires us to continually pick apart our actions and re-engineer them for success. It probably took me 6 months total to really get a hang on doing this and forcing it into my circadian rhythm each and every day but I'm telling you it is worth every bit of effort. Remember... You can always go back to the previous four episodes if you need a refresh on everything.

The Weekly Challenge:

For this week's Drumtrepreneur challenge, I am changing things up because sadly it seems like these contests may be a little too much work for my listeners. That's okay because we are about to change things up with a new schedule of daily fill Tuesday shows that will feature weekly giveaways, challenges, and the occasional guest! So... On to the challenge... I just want you to review the show with your honest opinion on how these daily fill shows have helped you in the real world. I get a lot of feedback regarding these shows being extremely beneficial and It would mean the world to me if you proclaimed your love for me on iTunes. For that I will give away something new every week! This weeks prize brings back a fresh pair of drum sticks, a free download of beatmirror for IOS, and a shout out on the podcast!  

Here's how to enter.

Subscribe and leave a podcast review on Itunes explaining how this show has helped you! (CLICK HERE TO LEAVE SUBSCRIBE AND REVIEW)

* Make sure you leave a name on the review we can reach you by on our shout outs to winners!

Remember, the winner will receive a fresh pair of drum sticks, a free download of beatmirror for IOS, and a shout out on the podcast!

That’s it for today’s episode of the Daily Fill! Tune in next week for more motivation, more guidance and more practical tips that can be applied to your day today!

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Welcome to the Drum Lesson with our Lead Educator Scott Jackson! Every Monday Scott gives us a dose of knowledge, advice, insight, and more

Today's quote: "It wasn't that i couldn't play it, but that i couldn't think of it." Gavin Harrison

8 Habits for a GREAT Practice.

* Write Daily Goals: Make sure the daily goals equate to monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals.

* Write Musical Ideas Out: Whether it is a chart for a song, a fill, a groove, or I am creating my own musical idea, you need to write it out.

* Stick to the Routine: Don't change your practice routine half way through your practice. You should know that ahead of time.

* Time Segments: Use a timer and set time limits to each thing you practice

* Record Yourself: This is a must do practice habit.

* Learn from Your Mistakes: Handle them. Fix it and move on

* Capitalize on You Successes: harness what worked best for you! Go 110 percent on whatever that is.

* Document Your Successes: You will not be able to harness the power of success if you do not document what worked.

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Why Are Habits Important?

First thing, two books everyone should read are THE TALENT CODE by Daniel Coyle and THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg. These two books will open your mind up to the true potential your brain is capable of, so long as you know how to use it. Now, Habits... Habits are important because they truly impact are decisions either with food, hanging out with friends, and also WHAT WE PLAY IN A MUSICAL SETTING. Sorry for all caps, but this is true. Hence the Gavin Harrison quote. As drummers, we often knock ourselves down for "not being creative" when it is not that at all. It is in fact, that we have habits that come out without our knowledge that take control while we play music. If these habits did not come forth, well we would have to THINK about every single note we played, and I do mean every single note. Now, think about that.

Have you ever noticed yourself performing something effortlessly, but on the flip side while you practiced you had to think about each note? That is habit. That is your basal ganglia kickin in folks. It is a great and wondrous part of the brain, however; the basal ganglia does not discriminate between good or bad. Nor, does it between creative and old habits. Do you see where I am going with this? "It wasn't that I couldn't play it, but rather I could not think of it" It has nothing to do with creativity, but habits. As musicians, we have to understand that if our practice habits are bland, then when we play live the old habits will come back. Our brain wants to be able to "not think" as much so it can be aware to do other processes, but enlue of this it can be a downside too. This means our old fills, grooves, or ideas can easily creep into our playing even though we have spent months learning new fills, grooves, and concepts. Pretty crazy, right? Are you still with me? GOOD. This is where things get interesting. You have to CHANGE your old routine of practice, but still achieve them same reward for practicing. So, the above tips are just the start to changing a routine and making it great.

Here are some questions to ask yourself before you change anything.

Why do I practice?

What is the routine of my practice?

What is my reward for practicing?

What can I change in my routine to make it better?

Jot your answers down and save them for next week because we are taking this head on!

The Weekly Challenge:

Send a picture of you Documenting your successes while practicing for at least 5 days,

Welcome back to another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast! This week we are chatting with a personal hero of mine, one of the sickest drummers ever, the inspiration behind the drummers I Like Podcast intro music and a genuinely good dude. His name is Anup Sastry and he is drummer, producer, and engineer with a talent that I feel is just not seen on a level this advanced. This show as an honor, a milestone, a dream come true, and ultimately a personal celebratory moment for everything we have come to do with this podcast journey of ours.

About our guest:

Anup first caught my radar in early 2011 when I found him via a Youtube drum cover of Periphery's "New Groove". He was the first guy out there successfully nailing Matt Halpern drum covers and being such a big fan of Hellpern I couldn't help but get sucked in. He made New Groove his bitch. I was stuck on this cover for quite some time and as I followed his journey of insanely tough drum covers he started posting some covers for what sounded like his own solo material. Low and behold these solo covers led to his solo album "ghost" in 2013. The craziest part about these albums is that they use all programmed guitars and bass which I can promise you would have slipped right past you had I not mentioned it! I was hooked even more and started to obsess over his playing. Since then he has released a handful of new solo albums, toured with amazing bands like Monuments, intervals, Marty Friedman, and truly taken the drumming community by storm.

Key Points from today's episode:

* We get the full-fledged story from the myth himself with a full breakdown of Anup's childhood and early years breaking into the music scene and playing the drums.

* Anup gets into the details of his first drumset purchase in which his father made him do a full classroom style report and price analysis on the cost of drums broken down to hardware, finish, size, upgrades, and more.

* Anup breaks down the process behind his solo album success stories in which he was able to program guitars, bass and more to produce a truly amazing progressive rock album keeping up with some of the most popular bands in the genre.

Anup is the secret sauce of our community and truly full of insane knowledge, skill, drive, and capabilities to help lead our massive community of drumtrepreneurs in a positive and engaging direction. Finally getting to sit down and chat with him was a dream come true but like all previous episodes a true wake up call to the efforts and actions it takes to obtain any level of success in this industry.

That's it for this episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast, tune in next week!

- Richard

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WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI

What's going on today?

Welcome back to Kevin's Gear Rants! Today we will be talking about Paiste's 900 series of cymbals. Let's get to it!

 

Thanks for joining us for this deep dive into the Paiste 900 series. To start off we talk about what Paiste wants you to know about this new line of cymbals. We go over what alloy they are using in the 900 series. As well as what Paiste wants you to know about this new line of affordable cymbals.

Now let's get into the cymbals! First, we dive into the ride cymbals in this line. They offer three subseries of rides and each one is unique. Several sizes in the Ride, Heavy Ride, and Mega Ride.

From there we spend the rest of our time on the crashes in this line. The crashes have two subseries.  crash and heavy crash. This is really where this line shines so make sure to take a listen if you're in the market for some new and also affordable cymbals.

Next week we will continue or show on the 900 series and we will finish up by reviewing the Hi-Hats, China and Splashes. This is an impressive line of cymbals so make sure to go check em out and listen to some of the sound files for the 900 series.

That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at [email protected] or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant.

- Kevin

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Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Daily Fill with our Owner and founder Richard Ducat! Every Tuesday Richard gives us a dose of motivation, guidance, life hacks, marketing tips, and more!

Today's quote: " We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution." - Bill Hicks

On today's episode, we are back with week 4 of the Drumtrepreneur series! In this series, we focus on strengthening our guidance, focus, balance with challenges that will help hold you accountable for success! Week 4 is an essential week by far and our most important in the series which is why I saved it for last! This week is all about slowing it down, taking a break, doing some self-evaluation, and starting our next month fresh on our new path to success.

So far we have covered the following:

* Decluttering your schedule and clearing your mind

* Balancing your schedule, your week, and your next 90 days

* Automation tools and how to make them work for your schedule

So we have got a hang on our path to success, we have scheduled it out and increased our ability to execute 10X, and then employed the use of some handy automation tools to ensure we stay on track and efficient with our time. Now take a break, pop open a beer (or pack a bong) and take a break so you can reflect on your amazing accomplishments and prepare your body for another week of hard work!

Why it matters:

If you're like me you get burnt out by work and work associated activities which means your body is likely bored, sick of the work, and in need of a change of scenery. This is primarily why I talked so highly about the Pomodoro technique and allowing yourself to take short breaks in between each work period. These are our mini breaks, micro vacations, and small moments of stressless thinking that give us the multiple daily mini recharge's we need to think clearly. Without these moments we deprive our spirits of the self-dose of sanity it needs to function at optimum efficiency. Sometimes I am not always perfect about making these moments happen all day and when I don't I can tell. This is why it all comes down to balance and making sure thought ten steps ahead to allow you this much needed time.

How to do it:

It all starts with scheduling and from there it's execution. Sometimes the hardest thing for me is turning off the monitor, putting away my phone, shutting off the TV, and eliminating social media completely. I know though that if I do I will execute my client work better so I always use that as my main self-argument point. Remember that taking breaks helps eliminate immediate stress otherwise, It just piles up.. so schedule accordingly and treat this time as if it were just as important or detrimental to your wallet as delivering for a high-end client would be.

How often do you do it?:

I have a simple formula for this entire method. Schedule it out every day and make it apart of your daily regimen and life system. This practice will add literal years to your life, create the essential work-life balance, and allow you to do the number one thing that we look to get out of this entire series. CONCENTRATE CLEARLY. That's what it's all about here and something that should heavily be regarded as your number one coveted need. Without clear thoughts, we cannot act clearly and without clear actions, we can't create clear paths to travel.

So this is it for our 4-part Drumtrepreneur self-evaluation series but by far from the last of the series itself. We are taking a break next week to prepare for part 2 of the series featuring our Drumtrepreneur Artist interviews. This series will feature a handful of different drummers talking about their business acquisitions,

What is Up Everyone?! Scott here. I hope everyone is doing well today! I have an other spectacular guest this week. His name is Kyle Maxwell-Doherty, and he currently is a free-lance percussionist in the New York City area. He works with Gallant Entertainment, Radio City Music Hall, and many other performance/education gigs. Kyle is a great player, which makes him perfect for this show! He is incredibly knowledgeable in his craft and explains what is required to be a great performer in the New York City scene. Also, he can play the heck out of the snare drum.

Remember to Follow Kyle on his Social Media Pages: The links are below!

About our guest:

Kyle resides in New York City since while working as a freelance percussionist and dance musician. He made his New York debut performing the world premier of Edo Frenkel’s There is nothing (but they) outside: 1. missa brevis at The Spectrum and recently performed at the Chelsea Music Festival. He has performed with the Radio City Rockettes, the Grammy Award Winning cast of Hamilton: An American Musical and at esteemed venues such as Madison Square Garden, Le Poisson Rouge, and The Blue Note. He has worked for Keigwin+Company, Doug Varone and Dancers, and as modern dance accompanist at Ballet Hispanico, Marymount Manhattan College, Peridance Center, 92nd Street Y, The New School, The Limon School and Juilliard. He is on faculty at Hofstra University and Westchester Community College. He is also a regular member with Gallant Entertainment Inc.

He is currently concluding his Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the Direction of Dr. Norman Weinberg at The University of Arizona. While at the UofA he received his Masters of Music degree and served as the Director of The Rosewood Marimba Band and a Graduate Teaching Assistant to the Dance Department as Modern Dance Percussion Accompanist. Prior to attending the UofA he received his Bachelors of Music degree at Concordia College – Moorhead while studying with Dr. David P. Eyler.

Kyle performs regularly in Atlas Percussion with percussionists Scott Shinbara and Alex Wier and Ensemble 520 with Mark Cook. He has performed at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (NCPP), the Society of Electro Acoustic Music In the United State (SEAMUS), the North American Saxophone Alliance, the Bob McCormick Marimba Festival, the Percussive Arts Society’s International Convention (PASIC), the International Festival of Percussion at the Conservatorio de Musica in San Juan Puerto Rico, the Minnesota Day of Percussion (MNPAS), the Nebraska Day of Percussion (NEPAS), and the Omaha-Under The Radar Festival. In 2009 he performed the North American Premier of Karlheinz Stockhausen’sLinker Augentanz.

He spent the summer of 2012 creating a sound-scape of Manhattan in accordance with the chance operations found in the sketches and notebooks of John Cage’s A Dip in the Lake found in the Cage Trust Archives at the New York Public Library.  The Soundscape concluded in collaboration with respected Dance Choreographer Douglass Nielson in honor of the John Cage/Merce Cunningham collaboration and in recognition of Cage’s 100th birthday.  In 2006 and 2007, he studied traditional Drumming, Dance, and Gyil performance with world-renowned Master Drummer Bernard Woma and Master Drummer Dancer Sulley Imoro. He has also performed with the Saakumu Drum and Dance Troupe both in Ghana and California.

Kyle is proud to represent and have industry support from Vic Firth, Gallant Entertainment Inc. and Alternate Mode Inc. Kyle was the September 2013 Artist of the Month for Alternate Mode Inc. and can be seen performing on their website.

Welcome back to another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast! This week we are chatting with Los Angeles Native and host of the Nebula Music Podcast Eddy Barco! Eddy reached out to me earlier this year looking for a hand with getting His podcast up and live!

About our guest:

This podcast has literally been in the works for months and it really was worth the wait. Eddy is a true one of a kind drumtrepreneur that has let nothing stop him from achieving his goals. From heisting his local church daily in order to practice to making the tough decision to not give up when hit with an issue that would cause most to give up all hope. Eddy amps me up, his voice is energy producing and his vibe is just straight up cool which makes this entire episode an extremely multi-faceted and full of organic discourse. If this episode doesn't give you a reason to laugh at the pettiness of your problems, get back on the horse, and go full steam ahead towards your goals then you just may be doomed!

Key Points from today's episode:

* Just like every episode of the drummers I like podcast we dive deep into Eddy's story getting the biography from the shredder himself.

* Eddy goes into detail regarding his childhood and early teenage years in which he would break into his church's band room every night of the week in order to practice his obsession that is drums

* We get the details on Eddy's brick wall moment in which he was faced to deal with the loss of 10 pre-recorded podcasts with some of the biggest artists in our industry. He break's down how he overcame this moment and launch what is now the nebula music podcast.

Eddy is inspirational and after getting that truckload of a story and journey I was immediately struck with a sense of relaxation. All my issues seemed like small problems as Eddy made me see the big picture that day... Something my father in law consistently says to me " Don't sweat the small stuff and don't forget that it's all small stuff! It's the truth and Eddy is the pure essence of that truth and concept as told in this amazing journey of faith and hard work!

That's it for this episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast, tune in next week!

- Richard

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Last Friday's Podcast 

WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI

What's going on today?

Hello, it's Kevin with you today for another rant! On this episode, we look into the future of Kevin's Drum Gear Rant's. 

Today I start the show off with a brief review of last weeks show on the CTA Digital heavy duty tablet stand. Man, that thing is a beast and definitely should be in good shape for a long time to come!

From there I let you in on how I expect to expand this show to have more value for our listeners. The plan will be to start bringing you more extensive shows on your favorite new drum gear or how to fine tune and care for that same drum gear. So, you'll just have to listen to the show to get the rest of my ideas for now.

Today's rant is pretty short but next week we should be bringing you a very special show so we can't wait to see what we can do to really bring the most value to you the listener.

That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at [email protected] or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant.

- Kevin

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Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Daily Fill with our Owner and founder Richard Ducat! Every Tuesday Richard gives us a dose of motivation, guidance, life hacks, marketing tips, and more!

Today's quote: "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale "pimp limps" Carnegie

On today's episode, we are back with week 3 of the Drumtrepreneur series! In this series, we focus on strengthening our guidance, focus, balance with challenges that will help hold you accountable for success! Week 3 is going to be my favorite week by far as we get right back into an old subject I speak a lot about. AUTOMATION. I love anything that helps me get the job done and today's episode is going to be a bare-bones break down of the 3 tools I use the most for Drummers I Like backend automation. Take notes, gear up, and get your Drumtrepreneur shoes on for a THICK episode of the Dail Fill

So now that we are completely decluttered and fully balanced regarding our method of task management and focus we can jump into making shit happen. Trust me when I say that this has taken me multiple years to dial in and during that process, I have probably downloaded (and made the interns download) a million different productivity apps. Today I will spare you the BS and simplify it down to just 3 of the easiest and most user friends hacks for the on the grind drumtrenpreneur.

IFTTT: IF THIS THEN THAT (MY SOCIAL MEDIA VIRTUAL ASSISTANT)

"IFTTT empowers you to do more with the services you love"... The official quote literally explains it to a T. It's an automation tool focused on connecting different apps through algorithmic formulas called Applets you can either choose from or create yourself. I have at least 50 applets running weekly and that's everything from Twitter, to Facebook, Instagram, and even my emails.

Example: Anytime someone tags #drummersilike on twitter I have an applet that runs on the Drummers I Like Twitter forcing it to like that post. Anytime someone follows @drummersilike on twitter the applet auto tweets a thank you to the persons account handle. This creates some pretty cool auto communication that leaves my followers feeling a little-noticed and allows me to see and be notified of who is following me multiple times by checking my feed rather than sorting through notifications.

There are probably at least half a million functional applets at this point and I have been using this app since 2011 college years and it only gets better. Click here visit the site right now and get started. It's completely free.

Price: Free with unlimited applets

You can check IFTTT out by clicking here

HootSuite: My personal social Jesus and creator of everything amazing.

As it nears it 10 year anniversary I can only say good things about this powerful application that has been my savior for almost 6 years now. HootSuite is the social media mega tool and serves as the literal Hubspot for anything and everything regarding your social media management.

Example: I schedule any reposts through HootSuite and am able to use its giant 6 column drop down board to get a clear idea of what is high definition, quality content from a source I know.

I use it for scheduling everything I can for Drummers I Like, my clients, and personal accounts. It also serves as a mega sourcing tool for the best content as it allows me to setup massive boards for a litany of different hashtags, user-related content, user-specific content, and just about anything in between for pretty much every social channel. The best part? IT MEASURES SOCIAL ANALYTICS and not some basic clown type stuff from a random app.