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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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139 - Hot Cross Buns!

139 - Hot Cross Buns!

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 anxi…

00:44:51  |   Sat 24 Feb 2024
138 - Hyper-Focus and Flow

138 - Hyper-Focus and Flow

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 …

00:33:43  |   Sat 17 Feb 2024
137 - Perfectionism Revisited

137 - Perfectionism Revisited

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 o…

00:23:57  |   Sat 10 Feb 2024
136 - Identity Pitfalls

136 - Identity Pitfalls

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, ramb…

00:36:51  |   Sat 03 Feb 2024
135- Developing Complexity in your Playing (Question from Lindsay Roberts)

135- Developing Complexity in your Playing (Question from Lindsay Roberts)

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 thro…

00:33:03  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
134 - Finding Your Rhythm

134 - Finding Your Rhythm

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 reso…

00:36:03  |   Sat 13 Jan 2024
133 - Setting Goals for 2024

133 - Setting Goals for 2024

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 …

00:31:51  |   Sat 06 Jan 2024
132 - Looking Back At 2023

132 - Looking Back At 2023

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 20…

00:38:05  |   Fri 29 Dec 2023
131 - Normalisation

131 - Normalisation

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 y…

00:46:03  |   Sat 23 Dec 2023
130 - Rest

130 - Rest

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 an…

00:26:16  |   Sat 16 Dec 2023
129 - Recent Musings

129 - Recent Musings

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…

00:29:14  |   Sat 02 Dec 2023
128 - Self Talk

128 - Self Talk

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, t…

00:27:24  |   Sat 25 Nov 2023
127 - Faffing

127 - Faffing

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…

00:40:15  |   Sat 11 Nov 2023
126 - Feathers and Cogs

126 - Feathers and Cogs

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 s…

00:37:18  |   Fri 03 Nov 2023
125 - Positive Imposter Syndrome

125 - Positive Imposter Syndrome

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 l…

00:38:11  |   Fri 27 Oct 2023
124 - Feeling Unmotivated And Defeated

124 - Feeling Unmotivated And Defeated

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 ha…

00:28:04  |   Fri 20 Oct 2023
123 - Your Inner Critic Compass

123 - Your Inner Critic Compass

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…

00:39:49  |   Fri 13 Oct 2023
122 - Finding Your Superpower

122 - Finding Your Superpower

What is your greatest superpower? 

Join me as I share what I think mine are, and hopefully inspire you to explore your own strengths along with the 'Kryptonite' element that comes with every superpow…

00:35:03  |   Fri 06 Oct 2023
121 - Creativity

121 - Creativity

Join me on this episode as I explore my own journey with creativity, how I harness my creativity, and expand its definition past where most would!

If you'd like to support this podcast, now you can a…

00:44:46  |   Fri 29 Sep 2023
120 - Successful Musician Traits

120 - Successful Musician Traits

What are some of the common traits that all musicians posses?

This was a question I obsessed over (I know, doesn't sound like me) for many years! Join me as a share my research and findings from abou…

00:34:54  |   Fri 22 Sep 2023
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