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179 - Hyper-Focus Highs and Lows

🚨 Are you a musician who is becoming burnt out from your hyper-focus sessions?

😩 Do you wear your hyper-focus sessions and work yourself to exhaustion as a badge of honour? I know I absolutely did! I only ever felt like I had done something productive if I had driven myself to the point of exhaustion through hyper-focusing on tasks?

🎙 If you can relate to this, then check out my podcast episode #179 - A Drummer's Guide To... Hyper-Focus Highs and Lows

🧐 In this episode, I share:

💪 The massive benefits of hyper-focus - let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater here!

😖 The pitfalls I personally have experienced, and it goes waaayyyyy past just burnout!

☯️ How I use hyper-focus to my advantage whilst minimising the negative impacts.

👀 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #179 - A Drummer's Guide To... Hyper-Focus Highs and Lows

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

🥰 …and if you have a question you’d like me to answer on a future episode, then you can at EmilyDrums.com/ama

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178 - Pricing Your Passion

💰 If you’re a musician who is struggling to know what to charge, then my new episode #178 A Drummer's Guide To... Pricing Your Passion could be for you!

💸 Are you a musician who is playing with artists but finding you’re doing it for little or no money, or maybe don’t know how to even approach a conversation about money.

💵 I’ll be the first to say, I find conversations about money HAAAARDDDD!!! I’m much better than I used to be, but has been and continues to be a process for me!

🎧 In my podcast episode #178 - A Drummer's Guide To... Pricing Your Passion I share…

🤑 How I approach conversations about money

🤑 How I price myself.

🤑 What NOT to do!

👀 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #178 - A Drummer's Guide To... Pricing Your Passion

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

🥰 If you have a question you’d like me to answer on a future episode, you can submit it at [www.emilydrums.com/ama](http://www.emilydrums.com/ama) 

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177 - Building Confidence After Criticism

😬 Are you a musician that has dealt with unsolicited criticism?

👀 If the answer is yes, then you are not alone, and the lovely Greg shared with us his exact experience of getting criticism during a gig, how they dealt with it, and my own experiences of similar situations (of which there have been many!)

🎙 If you’re part of this club too, then come join me in my podcast episode #177 - A Drummer's Guide To... Building Confidence After Criticism.

🎧 In this episode, I share how I have dealt with moments of criticism, in the moment and longer term. And here are the areas I look to:

☯️ Finding ways to know in myself my strengths weaknesses

🙋‍♀️ How to take criticism as an opinion rather than fact

🤔 Other factors that are almost definitely involved that we may not always bring into the equation

👀 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #3 - A Drummer's Guide To... Building Confidence After Criticism.

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

🥰 and if you have a question you’d like me to answer on a future episode, then send your question in to EmilyDrums.com/ama

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176 - Teaching, Touring and Transitions

🚨 Are a musician who is wanting to transition from a ‘stable’ job to following your passion and making music your career?

☺️ Well, if it is, you’re in luck because the awesome @zachondrums asked me a question on this very subject and so I gave him some steps to make this scary step more manageable, and you can hear all about it on my podcast episode 176, A Drummer's Guide To... Teaching, Touring and Transitions.

🙋‍♀️ If you’re a musician who is also struggling with this step and want to know how to give yourself the best chance of success, then I think you’ll enjoy this, and feel a little less alone… hopefully.

🧐 In this episode I share how best to: Leverage your situation Leverage social media Leverage your current contacts …and then building from there!

👀 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #176 - A Drummer's Guide To... Teaching, Touring and Transitions

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

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175 - Sacrifice

🧐 Are you wondering the level of commitment needed to pursue a career as a session musician?

🎙️ If you’re wanting to make music your career then my podcast episode #175 - A Drummer's Guide To... Sacrifice is for you

🏞️ In my experience I feel sacrifice is necessary if you’re looking to excel into spaces that are off the beaten path, however, too much sacrifice in the name of music can make you fall down injured on that path and come crawling back to the mainstream!

🎧 In my podcast episode #175 - A Drummer's Guide To... Sacrifice I share my personal sacrifices I’ve made in my career that have made my career, as well as the ones that have hindered my career and life.

👧 This is an episode to my younger self, and so you don’t have to make the same mistakes I did.

👀 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #175 - A Drummer's Guide To... Sacrifice

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

📣 And shoutout to Patreon member Matthew North, and if you’d like to check out his music, www.matthewnorthmusic.co.uk 

🥰 If you'd like me to cover a specific topic on a future episode, hit me up at: https://www.emilydrums.com/ama

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174 - Big Gig Ready

😱 So you get the call for the big gig, but then what?!

🤔 Are you a musician, aiming for a professional career, but maybe you don’t actually know what is expected from you, and are too embarrassed to ask, because you’re meant to be acting like a professional after all!

😳 That was me, embarrassed to ask what the job actually meant, and kind of guessed a lot of it, and when I say I took a path SO MUCH HARDER THAN IT NEEDED TO BE!!!! I want you to have the easier path.

🎙 In my podcast episode #174 - A Drummer's Guide To... Big Gig Ready I share how I get ready by:

📝 Finding out the info of the gig (seems obvious right), song list, lineup, my role expectations past my instrument i.e electronics, are we playing to clicks, is there track, am I running track(?!) what’s the monitoring setup, and loads more!

🤓 Researching peripheral information like previous live shows, other material that is not on the song list.

💪 Practical practising advice before rehearsals start (if you even get a rehearsal!!!)

👀 Other smaller life things that will make things easier to handle.

😖 I share all my experiences in so many different circumstances and the repercussions of being (and not being) prepared!

🎧 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #174 - A Drummer's Guide To... Big Gig Ready where I expand on all the thing you need to be ready when you get the call for the big gig!

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

🥰 If you have a topic suggestion for a future episode or something specific you’d like me to talk on, then hit me up at www.emilydrums.com/ama

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173 - Where Are All The Musicians?!

😩 Are you struggling to find other musicians to play with?

🎧 If you’re a musician wanting to play with more people and expand your network and grow your career, then my podcast, and episode #173 - A Drummer's Guide To... Where Are All The Musicians?! could be for you!

👀 In this episode I cover how important other musicians are to our careers (sometimes even those playing the same instrument!)

🔥 I share the top places and scenarios I have met musicians that created seminal relationships within the industry and ultimately led me to my career flourishing.

😳 I include how I find these spaces, as well as the courage to actually enter into them!

✋ These include…

🥁 Jam Nights

🎸 Gigs (yours and others)

🎹 Trade shows, clinics and masterclasses

💻 Online options

 

👀 If this has piqued your interest, then check out episode #173 - A Drummer's Guide To... Where Are All The Musicians?!

 

🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

 

🥰 If you have a question you’d like me to answer on an episode, you can submit it at www.emilydrums.com/ama

 

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172 - Pro Procrastination

👀 Are you a musician putting the pro into procrastination?!

🙋‍♀️ Let me tell you, just before recording episode #172 - A Drummer's Guide To… Pro Procrastination that was ME!!!

😵‍💫 I share my struggles with procrastination in real-time and the ways I get over myself. This includes:

💥 Creating as little friction as possible to do the action

😍 Using rewards

😈 Telling people how naughty I’m being by procrastinating

💪 Looking at the bigger picture

🤏 (Paradoxically) Looking at the smallest picture possible

⏱ Using the ‘1 Minute Rule’

🫠 Using procrastination to your advantage

🎧 So if any of this sounds interesting to you, and you fancy an episode fraught with rambling, then check out episode #172 - A Drummer's Guide To... Pro Procrastination

🎙 …and if you’d like to lift the curtain further on all the other things it takes to be a professional musician, aside from playing your instrument, then look for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube

Ask your questions for me to answer on an episode at https://www.emilydrums.com/ama 

 

171 - Playing vs Posting

🚨 If you are a musician who believes that your playing ability can supersede your need to use social media in order to build a sustainable career then I have an episode for you! (and some bad news!)

🎙 In my podcast episode A Drummer's Guide To… playing vs posting I answer Phill V’s question addressing his struggle to come to terms with dedicating time to social media and content creation over becoming a better player.

👀 The reality is, we only have so much time in this world, and we’re all striving to be the greatest players we can be, however, if you’re looking to make this as a career, then social media has to play into it.

😖 In this episode I talk about my own struggles with social media and the balance of progressing as a player, and posting on social media.

💪 I then go into how you can leverage the need for progressing as a player and convert it into social media posts, so you can cover all the bases without adding huge amounts of work to your schedule.

😩 So if you’re experiencing the internal struggle of progressing as a player and posting on social media, then my podcast episode A Drummer's Guide To... Playing vs Posting

🎧 …and if you’d like to lift the curtain further on all the other things it takes to be a professional musician, aside from playing your instrument, then look for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and youtube

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170 - Creating Brilliance from Bias

😳 Do you feel like your career in music is affected by the biases of others?

 

🎙 If this resonates with you then check out my podcast episode A Drummer's Guide To… Creating Brilliance from Bias

 

✏️ Thank you to this anonymous person who reached out via my ‘suggestion box’ (check out my highlights if you want to add your own).

 

❓ They shared that they have been struggling as an ‘international non-white female drummer’ in what they see as a ‘boys club’ and although they work to the highest professional standard, they feel they’re often put on gigs as part of a ‘box-ticking’ exercise.

 

😥 This is a rough headspace to be in and experience to have, and I talk on my own experience, thoughts and feelings around this, along with how I choose to see things to regain a bit of autonomy and empowerment in this situation.

 

🧐 This subject was a hard and complicated one to tackle, and if it’s something you’d be interested in hearing, then check out my podcast episode A Drummer's Guide To… Creating Brilliance from Bias

 

🎧 …and if you’d like to lift the curtain further on all the other things it takes to be a professional musician, aside from playing your instrument, then look for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and youtube

 

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