Drummer's Resource

I'm a big believer in doing what you love for a living. In 2012 I took the plunge to follow my music passions full-time and left behind a career in my family's restaurant businesses because I knew it wouldn't fulfill me. I'll be honest, it was extremely hard…for numerous reasons.

Over the past 6+ years I've given a lot of thought when it comes to advice about whether or not someone should leave their "day job" to pursue their "dream job." This podcast is a list of a few things (and it's by no means a complete list) to consider if you want to make the transition yourself.

I share my thoughts on what's worked for me in the past for setting and achieving goals and why you need to start first with working on your mind.

Daniel uses this famous phrase as a jumping off point to explore how we often make excuses for our shortcomings as musicians, and offers some ways forward to support a musical life of honesty, integrity and purpose.

Corey Fonville explains how he stays in his lane, follows his muse and creates the music and career he desires - all while ignoring trends and fads.

We released over 100 episodes in 2018, and while all of them were packed with useful knowledge, some of them stood out from the rest. This episode recaps the top 10 episodes of 2018 (by download) and includes snippets from each.

The latest installment of the "Five Favorites" series features Daniel in a wide-ranging conversation with Joe Franco, a drummer, author and producer who's six decade career has wound through some of the most interesting highways of the music and drumm

Toss Panos shares insights from his nearly 40-year career, discussing failure, self-awareness and staying true to yourself and the music.

How Matt Starr went from a struggling musician to landing gigs with Ace Frehley (KISS), Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Kevin DuBrow (Quiet Riot) and more.

Hands down, the most effective way to progress at any given thing is to get around people who are better at it than you are. I call this leveling up.