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A Drummer’s Guide To...

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 :-)

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
33 minutes
Episodes
109
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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159 - Saying No

159 - Saying No

😵‍💫 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…

00:31:23  |   Fri 30 Aug 2024
158 - Professional Musician Myths

158 - Professional Musician Myths

😩 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…

00:41:43  |   Fri 23 Aug 2024
157 - Mistakes

157 - Mistakes

😱 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…

00:32:07  |   Fri 16 Aug 2024
156 - Being Sick As A Session Musician

156 - Being Sick As A Session Musician

📣 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…

00:23:01  |   Fri 09 Aug 2024
155 - Optimising Instagram For More Gigs

155 - Optimising Instagram For More Gigs

📣 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,…

00:36:33  |   Fri 02 Aug 2024
154 - Balancing Creativity Day-to-Day

154 - Balancing Creativity Day-to-Day

📣 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…

00:19:51  |   Fri 26 Jul 2024
153 - Performance Anxiety

153 - Performance Anxiety

  • 🚨 Musicians, if you want to destroy your performance anxiety, then this is for you!

    😖 If you’re finding yourself side of stage, with knots in your stomach, worrying that everyone will be judging you…
00:42:03  |   Fri 19 Jul 2024
152 - Uncomfortable Truths

152 - Uncomfortable Truths

🚨 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…

00:31:00  |   Fri 12 Jul 2024
151 - Acceptance

151 - Acceptance

🚨 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…

00:38:17  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
150 - Embarrassment

150 - Embarrassment

🙅‍♀️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…

00:36:31  |   Sat 29 Jun 2024
149 - Patience

149 - Patience

🤔 ‘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…

00:35:37  |   Fri 21 Jun 2024
148 - Community

148 - Community

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 …

00:20:55  |   Fri 26 Apr 2024
147 - Navigating Egos and Personalities

147 - Navigating Egos and Personalities

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…

00:25:32  |   Fri 19 Apr 2024
146 - Job Insecurity

146 - Job Insecurity

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…

00:31:17  |   Fri 12 Apr 2024
145 - Session Musician Misconceptions

145 - Session Musician Misconceptions

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…

00:35:37  |   Fri 05 Apr 2024
144 - Introverts Unite!

144 - Introverts Unite!

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…

00:48:23  |   Sat 30 Mar 2024
143 - The 6 Human Needs

143 - The 6 Human Needs

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…

00:41:02  |   Fri 22 Mar 2024
142 - My Favourite Mantras

142 - My Favourite Mantras

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 …

00:52:28  |   Sat 16 Mar 2024
141 - Process Goals

141 - Process Goals

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…

00:34:10  |   Sat 09 Mar 2024
140 - Shortcuts

140 - Shortcuts

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…

00:45:16  |   Sat 02 Mar 2024
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