A Drummer’s Guide To...

The Click

This weeks video coming from a question asked by Steve Chafe:

'Any chance we could do one of your live chats about Clicks and Tracks Live? I think it's a fascinating subject and I would be really keen to hear about your experiences, Especially with Kim and Tom Bailey.'

Whilst I'm not sure I answered your question particularly well, thank you for giving me the inspiration to talk about a subject I deem very important Steve :-) Thanks :-) If you have a question you'd like me to answer, head to www.adrummersguideto.com

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Covers Bands

A subject close to my heart and just some of the benefits and skills I have learnt through playing with covers bands! They are for sure a huge part of the foundations of my live playing!

Tell me why you do/don't love playing in covers bands? :-)

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Working For Free

This is the controversial subject of whether you should be doing work for free? Have a watch, let me know your opinions - I know it's done me a world of good doing work for free, but open to all view points! :-)

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Success!

This video is how I defined success for myself, how it looks practically over a long period of time, and how I tried to not let 'shiny object syndrome' take me off my path (which it did, and still does occasionally to this day)!

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My Top 3 Ways To Learn Quickly and Effectively

This week's video is about the top 3 ways I learnt, and continue to learn, and excel at playing the drums. Hopefully, it can help you accelerate your learning an instrument too!

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Getting The 'Big Gig'

This week I tackle the subject of getting the call for a 'big gig' or a named artist, and the reality of the journey I took to get there.

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Challenging yourself

This episode is about how I put myself in challenging situations to force myself to learn new skills, or up my existing skills in the quickest, and most high-risk situations. Always terrifying at the time, with a huge sense of relief and achievement by the end of it!

 

 

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Feeling Down

This week's video covers a very sensitive subject of how I deal with feelings of depression I've had throughout my life, as I know that a lot of musicians also suffer with similar things. I'm no medical professional (obviously!) but I just thought I'd share what I do to help myself, and if you find yourself struggling too, hopefully, one of these will speak to you too.

Please feel free to add your coping mechanisms in the comments below, as I'd love to hear about them.

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Failure!

This week I share one of the most heartbreaking (potentially career-ending) moments of my drumming life! I speak about how I chose to not only come back from it, but face my demons head-on, and I'm convinced it was the making of me, even though the path was long, treacherous, and painful!

Share with me your experiences of failing and getting back up to soldier on!

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Groove!

Welcome to this week's topic: Groove!

This was something that was always very elusive to me, and upon realising it was the kind of drummer I wanted to be, became my life's quest! Hear the things I learnt from other drummers and musicians, and the steps I took to help develop my own groove.

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