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Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Navigating Egos and Personalities where I share how I choose to see and react to 'bad behaviour' or difficult people on the road as well as sharing some of my own shortcomings (of which there are many!!!) ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilydrums--- #ADrummersGuideTo #Podcast #promusicians #musicianp...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Job Insecurity as I share with you how to make your job as a professional musician more consistent, stable and reliable, and I even talk about a massive shift that is on it's way with my career! Chaos has ensued!!! *** If you'd like one-on-one coaching with me... www.emilydrums.com/coaching *** ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can a...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Session Musician Misconceptions as I address the reasons people claim they can't be a session musician, as well as some of the incorrect assumptions I made as a musician coming up to being a professional. Hopefully this will help you get over those barriers too so you can keep striving towards 'the dream'. ---If you'd like to support this podcast, n...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Introverts Unite! I share how I navigate being an introvert in the extroverted world of music, and the drawbacks, benefits, and tricks I have to thrive in this space. I also share how I have cultivated an extroverted persona on stage and on camera, but rest assured, at my core, I am an introvert too! Weird I know! ---If you'd like to support this po...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... The 6 Human Needs as I talk about the filter I run all of my career choices through to make sure I'm the most fulfilled I can be, or if I'm feeling down or empty what needs aren't being met so I can change it! I've found this very useful, and I hope you do too :-)  ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emil...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... My Favourite Mantras as I share the MAIN things I tell myself, my inner workings and beliefs that help me stay on track with my career, goals, and in my personal life too. I've always been fascinated by what people tell themselves, so thought I'd share my side of things. I'd love to hear some of your favourite mantras too, so please feel free to sha...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Process Goals, where I turn goal setting on it's head, and reverse them, to make them more achievable, fun, and allow for all the uncontrollable elements that come with pursuing a creative career :-/ ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilydrums--- #ADrummersGuideTo #Podcast #promusicians #musicianproble...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Shortcuts where I share some proper cringey things I used to do when I was younger to find the 'most effective' route to becoming a professional drummer, as well as some useful things, but the reality of trying to get past the hard work that is necessary to a career in this industry. So if you'd just like to come and laugh at a past version of me, t...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Hot Cross Buns! Is it about food?! Nope, I wish! This is a CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) method that is widely used to help with moments of anxiety by noticing what's actually going on within you. I share how I apply it to auditions, rehearsals, social situations, and I hope it helps you too! Also would highly recommend you look it up for a vi...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Hyper-focus and Flow as I share the benefits of getting into those states and how I use them to 'move the needle' as it were towards my goals. If you want to delve deeper, the books I talk about that are 2 of my favourites are Deep Work by Cal Newport, and Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Would highly recommend both! :-) ---If you'd like to support...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Perfectionism Revisited where I share about my bloomin perfectionist attitude and negative self talk rearing it's head once again in my life. Coming off the back of a fight or flight situation (it's not really but could seem that way in the moment), it's so unexpected and so disruptive! Hopefully this makes you feel less alone if you're suffering wi...

Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Identity Pitfalls where I share the dangers of identifying yourself in certain ways, vs empowering yourself. As always there's a lot of tangents, ramblings, and some real time realisations... you love to see it... kind of! ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilydrums--- #ADrummersGuideTo #Podcast #promu...

Thank you to Lindsay Roberts who inspired this episode of A Drummer's Guide To Developing Complexity in Your Playing. Whilst I don't actually consider myself a complex player, I kind of realised through the episode that maybe I am, how I developed that, and liken it to other aspects of my life. Come join me :-) ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilyd...

Join me on A Drummer's Guide To... Finding Your Rhythm where weirdly I won't be talking about drumming or even music, but working within your constraints to make the most of the time, energy and resources you have day to day to get stuff done without absolutely killing yourself!!! If you're the kind of person who has tried and failed at the 5am club, or can't get with the grind culture so many peo...

Join me on this episode of A Drummer's Guide To... Goal Setting for 2024 as I share how I create, implement and maintain my goals for any given year and beyond. This is an amalgamation of many years of trial and error, and I'm loving this hybrid version I've created for myself! Hope it inspires you in some type of way too :-)  ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.pa...

Join me in this episode of A Drummer's Guide To... Looking Back At 2023 as I... look... back... at... 2023 funnily enough! I share some of the insights I gained as well as what I'll be taking into 2024! What have you learnt about yourself in 2023? Also, I'd like to say a massive thank you to you for listening, and supporting this podcast!xxx ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at...

Join me on this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Normalisation. This is exploring the approach I take when deciding to tackle something, develop a new skill or want to achieve a goal. Hope it gives you some inspiration and ideas to level up parts of your playing or life!  ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilydrums--- #ADrummersGuideTo #Podcast #prom...

Join me on this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Rest! I was knocked out with a cold/flu bug last week - soooo annoying! As you know, I like to be on the go doing stuff, so I found it hard to stop and actually succumb to the fact I am in fact human, and need to recover! Annoying! Anyways, as someone who is rubbish at resting, this episode is kind of an exploration on the subject as it's an area I'...

Join me on this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Recent Musings as I share some of the thoughts I've been having the last few weeks, and talk about nothing in particular! It's a rambling ramble y'all! Let me know if any of it resonates with you, and I'll flesh out some full episodes for you delving further :-)  ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilyd...

Join me on this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Self-Talk as I share the things the voices in my head tell me! Yep, a reaaaaallll insight! I also share how I've gone from letting them sabotage me, to actually becoming friends with them. I hope this resonates with you cause my biggest fear is people finding out how insane it is in my brain at any given time! ---If you'd like to support this podcas...

Join me on this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Faffing as I talk about what faffing around, or tinkering with little almost inconsequential things is a sign of for me and how I stop myself so I can address what's ACTUALLY important! Thanks to Kevin Cook for the inspiration for this episode! :-)  ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www.patreon.com/emilydrums--- #ADrum...

Join me on this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Feathers and Cogs as I share a concept to illustrate the reality of what it takes to become great at your instrument, or anything for that matter! I share my own cogs that I'm still calibrating, and some of my favourite books that have helped tackle the realistic (often boring!) day to day tasks that must be done to ensure a better future me! ---If...

Could imposter syndrome be positive? Join me in this week's podcast episode of A Drummer's Guide To... as I explore this idea, and share how I use my imposter syndrome as a force for good in my own life (whilst getting a bit agro with it sometimes too!)! I'd also love to hear how you've used it in a positive way for yourself too! ---If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can at https://www...

Join me as I share how I deal with feeling unmotivated and defeated, and yes I get those feelings as we all do! In fact I start the episode feeling rather flat, and you can see the physical change happen in me as the episode goes on! Real-time baby! Hope this helps gives you some ideas for yourself, and at the very least make you feel less alone in the way you might be feeling right now. We're all...

What is your inner critic trying to tell you? In this episode I share how I turned my inner critic into one of my best friends, and use it as one of my greatest resources to take action in a way that is in line with what I truly want in my life. I hope this resonates with you, and the book I cite is The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters: https://chimpmanagement.com/books-by-professor-steve-p...