This is the podcast I, Emily Dolan Davies, wishes existed when I was starting out in the music industry. I share my stories, lessons and musings from 20 years experience as a session drummer. Anything goes from touring, recording, and running a business, to random anecdotes in between! Come join me :-)
😵💫 How good are you at saying no?
😬 Are you a musician that feels they have to say yes to everything, leading to overwhelm, burnout and just generally bad mental health?
🫵 If the answer is yes, then…
😩 I can’t be a professional musician because…
🤔 What’s the end of that sentence for you?
🎙 If you have a solid belief that something is holding you back from being a professional musician, then my po…
😱 If you’re a musician who hates making mistakes, then this is for you!
😬 Are a musician who is feeling paralysed by the fear that you might make a mistake?
🫣 Or do you feel you may ruin the reputati…
📣 Calling all sick musicians!
🫣 No I’m not talking about awesome musicians - you can be awesome too, but I want to share what I do when I’m ill as a session musician!!!
🎧 Listen to my episode A D…
📣 Musicians! Is this the REAL reason your Instagram might not be hitting the way you want it to?
👀 Are you a musician finding it hard to use Instagram as a tool for getting work, getting more gigs,…
📣 Musicians, if you want to balance your creative aspirations with your day to day duties, then this is for you
🤨 Are you someone who is finding it hard to balance your need for creative growth and d…
🚨 Is avoidance of pain keeping you from success? 🚨
🙈 There’s a common misconception that I’ve seen flying around that if you do everything ‘right’ you’ll breeze into being a pro, and stay there as lo…
🚨 Are you in control of your career? 🚨
🫣 To a point you may be, but honestly, with all the moving parts of this life, it would be arrogant for us to think we could control all the outcomes
😩 In rea…
🙅♀️Is fear of looking or sounding stupid keeping you from a successful career?
🙈 It certainly was for me for many years!!!
🤔What do you think will get you more work… someone watching you perform and…
🤔 ‘If I work harder, I will be successful’ - is this what you believe?
❌ I did - I was WRONG! Well not entirely… but there was another part to that puzzle that I was no good at, and arguably am stil…
Join me in this episode, A Drummer's Guide To... Community as I share how important a sense of community has been in my pursuit of being a professional musician, even when it was just a community of …
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 so…
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 massi…
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…
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 thriv…
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 do…
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 …
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 eleme…
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 drumm…