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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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Average duration
33 minutes
Episodes
109
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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119 - Social Media - What’s The Point?!

119 - Social Media - What’s The Point?!

Social media! What's the point?!?!

In this episode I let you into my train of thought as to why anyone should bother posting on social media! It's oversaturated, so much noise, and compared to others…

00:33:00  |   Fri 15 Sep 2023
118 - Staying Present

118 - Staying Present

How do you stay present when you play?

In this episode, I share how I stay present on a gig so I can truly be in the moment, and give everything to what I am playing and feeling fulfilled to the brim…

00:40:15  |   Fri 08 Sep 2023
117 - Real-Time Change - The Voice Kids is Cancelled

117 - Real-Time Change - The Voice Kids is Cancelled

How do you deal with change?

Well, this is a unique opportunity to let you into how I deal with change in actual real-time! 2 hours before filming this episode, I found out The Voice Kids wasn't goin…

00:39:49  |   Fri 01 Sep 2023
116 - The Power Of You!

116 - The Power Of You!

What is it that YOU want?

I spent the first 15 years of my playing (and arguably 26 years of my life!) looking to everyone else to find what would make me happy, where I should be putting my energy a…

00:38:50  |   Fri 25 Aug 2023
115 - Staying Positive

115 - Staying Positive

How do you stay positive?

This is a quesiton I get asked a lot, and in this episode I go deep into why I HAVE to find the positive, my struggles when I can't, and hopefully give you some insight into…

00:41:19  |   Fri 18 Aug 2023
114 - Eating Well On Tour

114 - Eating Well On Tour

How do you eat well on tour?

Keeping on top of eating fairly healthily on the road can be a nightmare! There's not always great options, or sometimes there's great and very tempting options, plus you…

00:33:38  |   Fri 11 Aug 2023
113 - Trolls and Haters

113 - Trolls and Haters

How do you deal with online trolls?

In this episode, I share how I have dealt with haters and trolls and try to keep my composure and self-esteem intact. Hope it helps, and please share your tactics …

00:33:38  |   Fri 04 Aug 2023
112 - Gamify Your Life

112 - Gamify Your Life

What are/were some of your favourite games, and why? Can you think of a way to reverse engineer your love of those games into areas in your life you want to build upon? Share your thoughts in the com…

00:25:20  |   Fri 28 Jul 2023
111 - Fear, Avoidance, and Loss Oh My!

111 - Fear, Avoidance, and Loss Oh My!

How do you get past your own fears when you come up against something that triggers nothing but a want to run away from a situation?

Join me as I share how I make the potential for opportunity outwei…

00:33:19  |   Fri 21 Jul 2023
110 - Dealing With Rejection

110 - Dealing With Rejection

How do you deal with rejection?

Ah it's a tough one, and it's inevitable if you want to move forward in anything, so in this episode I lay out how I personally deal with rejection and try to take som…

00:20:21  |   Fri 14 Jul 2023
109 - Getting Stuff Done!

109 - Getting Stuff Done!

One of the questions I get asked the most is, 'how do you do so many things?!'

Well the answer isn't big, clever, or sexy... what a great way to entice you into this episode eh?! What I can tell you …

00:21:50  |   Fri 07 Jul 2023
108 - Not Quitting! (Welcome Back)

108 - Not Quitting! (Welcome Back)

Welcome back to A Drummer's Guide To... !!!

It's been a 2 year hiatus (I can hardly belive it!) and now I'm BACK! Tacking all the subjects surrounding what it takes to be a professional musician that…

00:17:15  |   Fri 30 Jun 2023
The Power Of Routines

The Power Of Routines

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Join me as I geek out about routines and how it's made me the person that I am today for all the good and all the bad!

 

I also sha…

00:06:04  |   Mon 23 Nov 2020
10,000 Hours

10,000 Hours

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Join me in this episode as I talk about one of my favourite books - Malcolm Gladwell's, Outliers, which talks about the 10,000 ho…

00:10:52  |   Mon 16 Nov 2020
WAP - Cardi B

WAP - Cardi B

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Well, I bet you thought I'd never be talking about Cardi B's WAP, but here we are!

It made me really think about my attitudes and r…

00:06:03  |   Mon 09 Nov 2020
Perfection Paralysis

Perfection Paralysis

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Join me this week as I talked about the Curse of perfection, and how it breeds overwhelm, anxiety, and complete inactivity! So usel…

00:08:12  |   Mon 02 Nov 2020
Choosing Your Focus

Choosing Your Focus

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In this episode, I wanted to address the idea of having a choice on what you can focus on in this life and how to get through tough…

00:10:54  |   Mon 26 Oct 2020
Being 1% Better

Being 1% Better

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Join me as I geek out about marginal gains, a concept about taking the parts of you as a musician, or even as a person that you'd…

00:09:04  |   Mon 19 Oct 2020
How To Spend The Next 6 Months (Another Pandemic Special)

How To Spend The Next 6 Months (Another Pandemic Special)

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Join me in this week's episode as I talk about what to do for the next six months upon the news that we are not going to be moving …

00:10:47  |   Mon 12 Oct 2020
10 Steps To Learning Any Song!

10 Steps To Learning Any Song!

This is what I do to learn any music for any job, and have done for over 10 years! Let's share this so we can all be the best version of ourselves, especially when it comes to music, songs and creati…

00:06:07  |   Mon 05 Oct 2020
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