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How to Charge Whatever You Want as a Drummer
Drummer Daily - February 02, 2021 21:47 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsThe recent excitement and controversy over the Gamestop stock reminded me of an old adage that applies to both the stock market and the music business: a product (like your drumming) is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. So if that's the case- how can YOU as a drummer take b...
Running Your Drumming Like a Business
Drummer Daily - January 22, 2021 15:18 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsNo one told me when I became a full-time drummer that my job would be anything more than just playing awesome music all the time. But the reality is: the second you become a pro drummer- or even the minute you decide to pursue it- your job stops being just playing the drums. Your job actually bec...
If I Gave You a Gig, Could You Even Take It?
Drummer Daily - January 15, 2021 21:32 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSo many drummers complain about a lack of opportunity- and yet they aren't prepared for a potential gig. If you aren't ready for an opportunity right now, then you don't deserve the opportunity yet! But that can change! Start today by preparing for the gig you WANT as if the gig is already yours!...
Is This Show Right for You?
Drummer Daily - January 13, 2021 15:53 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSince we're starting a new season of this show, I think it's a good time to make sure you're in the right place... And the honest truth is that this is NOT the right place for everyone. If you've listened to the show for a while, you probably already know that this is the right place for you. So ...
Protect Your Most Valuable Instruments!
Drummer Daily - October 16, 2020 21:26 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWe're going to talk about something today that many of us are reluctant to address: our health as drummers. Particularly our hearing health and protecting our hands, feet, and joints. The only thing less exciting than warming up/stretching before playing, is the thought of being injured and unabl...
How to Erase "Groove-Killers"
Drummer Daily - October 13, 2020 19:03 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI went on a YouTube bender recently, and rediscovered one of my biggest pet peeves about amateur drummers. So today I thought I'd offer some advice on how to fix this issue, if you suffer from it too- AND how to figure out if you have it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...
How to Turn One Gig Into Many More
Drummer Daily - September 30, 2020 15:49 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsSo let's say you get that first paying drumming gig. What can you do during, before and after that gig to turn that one opportunity into more opportunities? In today's show I'm going to share several things I either do myself on every gig, or things I've directly seen other pro musicians do on gi...
Bonus Tutorial: How to Make Your Drum Recordings Groove More
Drummer Daily - September 23, 2020 15:33 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI take this approach in nearly every recording session I play on- so I thought today we could put it in to practice, and you can follow along in realtime. So let's do an experiment today! We're going to play an over-simplified drum part, with the VISION that we can make it feel/groove harder by...
How to Prepare Quickly
Drummer Daily - September 18, 2020 14:05 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI was thrown into a musical situation where I really couldn't use notes or charts- and I had basically one day to prepare and memorize 4 songs that I had never heard. Thankfully, this isn't too uncommon in the music world, so I've done this before. Today I'm going to share with you my preparation...
I Practice What I Preach and It Worked
Drummer Daily - September 15, 2020 19:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI got a call last week for a gig, based 100% on an Instagram video I posted that same day. The style of the video and the style of the gig couldn't be more opposite- it didn't matter to the artist and it won't matter to most artists that are thinking about hiring you. Today, we'll talk about why....
Creating New Problems for Yourself
Drummer Daily - September 01, 2020 15:27 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMany drummers think that becoming well-rounded stylistically is the path to scoring gigs. This is actually wrong- and today I'll talk about why... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Want to be the Amazon of Drumming?
Drummer Daily - August 25, 2020 18:49 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsAPOLOGIES FOR THE RANDOM AUDIO ISSUES ON THIS EPISODE. This episode is a bit of a follow-up to my last episode. I always teach that if you want to be a professional musician- you have to do what professional musicians are doing. But that's not entirely true. Let me explain... Hosted on Acast. S...
The Other Half of a Pro Drumming Career
Drummer Daily - August 14, 2020 19:16 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIt's often said in the business world that if you only have one customer that pays your bills, you don't own a business- you have a boss... AKA just another kind of job. The same is true of us drummers... If you plan to someday get hired by famous artist and then ride their coattails for the res...
How to Stay Motivated to Practice
Drummer Daily - August 12, 2020 14:05 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMark writes: What are the strategies you use to keep yourself motivated to progress in your playing and approach to practice? Do you have any tips to help get through a rut in your playing? Let's talk about it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Simple Hack to Make Your Drum Tracks Feel Better
Drummer Daily - July 31, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI've always preached that if you want to be a professional drummer- you have to do the things that other professional drummers are doing. And this one trick that I'll share today is a simple and easy way to not only do exactly what other pro drummers are doing, but also make your playing have a T...
Addicted to Learning
Drummer Daily - July 29, 2020 13:44 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI suffer from the same affliction that you might have: I often find myself binging on videos of drum tutorials and performances. I'm starting to realize that this may not be such a good thing- and that we all can get so caught up in learning things on the drums, that we take away from the most va...
One Trick I Use to Get Out from Behind the "Drum Cage"
Drummer Daily - July 24, 2020 09:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI hate playing behind those glass drum shields as much as you! So here's what I do to convince the sound guy that the shield isn't necessary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How to Built Your Drumming Career During a Pandemic
Drummer Daily - July 21, 2020 15:18 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsYou may not be able to hang out with other musicians right now, or build relationships like you usually could. But there's still plenty you can do right now to build your career. And what's even better is that this strategy works even when things get back to "normal". Hosted on Acast. See acast...
How I Get My Snare Sound Part 2
Drummer Daily - July 02, 2020 09:15 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIn part two of our snare drum sound series, we'll talk about how I tune every snare drum that I play. My approach isn't incredibly unique, but it is 100% ingrained in me and certainly contributes to my drum sound more than essentially any other aspect under my control. Hosted on Acast. See acas...
How I Get My Snare Sound Part 1
Drummer Daily - June 30, 2020 09:15 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI get a lot of questions about my snare sound and how I achieve it. So today's episode is part one of two that covers most of the details about how I do just that. In part 1, we'll talk about head selection, and my number 1 tip for selecting the right head for getting the sound YOU hear in your h...
Removing Obstacles to Unlock Your Drumming Potential
Drummer Daily - June 25, 2020 20:01 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsI've made lots of clever (if I do say so myself) changes and adjustment to my practice setup over the years. My goal is to make it as easy and quick as possible for me to get into practicing and make the most of every moment playing drums. So let's talk about how you can make similar changes in y...
Find the Right Guidance in Your Drumming Career
Drummer Daily - June 05, 2020 18:49 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsA huge controversy in the drumming world popped up this week... And it brought up an even bigger question I think many of us have asked before: "How can I get advice on my drumming career and trust that it's the RIGHT advice?" So today I'm going to give you a few steps in the right direction to m...
Why Does My Drumming Not "Feel" Good?
Drummer Daily - June 01, 2020 20:03 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsThere have been SO many times that I've heard a recording of my drumming- and something just felt off. It really wasn't until a producer friend of mine started hiring me to edit my own drum tracks that I figured out why. And what's crazy is that this exact reason for drumming not "feeling" right...
How to be Seen as a "Versatile" Drummer
Drummer Daily - May 22, 2020 14:26 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWhen I got fired from my first big gig, I was told it was because they thought of me as more of a "rock drummer" and the artist was going in a different direction. What's weird is that I knew that I could play way more than just rock- but somehow was never given an opportunity to show that to th...
Stop Doing this with a Big Fat Snare Drum
Drummer Daily - May 12, 2020 20:53 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsIf you have a Big Fat Snare Drum (and even if you don't) - you need to listen to this episode. So many drummers get caught in this trap with their playing, and doing this with a Big Fat Snare Drum on your snare really draws attention to it. In fact, this bad habit is so bad, that it is the first ...
The One Time I Almost Got a Gig I Would've Regretted
Drummer Daily - May 01, 2020 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsHave you ever really wanted something- and it didn't work out? And then later you find out something about that thing you really wanted, that makes you realize you would have been miserable if you had gotten that thing? That happened with me one time- with a drumming gig. I'll tell you all about ...
Why I Got That Gig and You Didn't
Drummer Daily - April 28, 2020 20:43 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsThink being a "better" drummer than everyone else will get you the gig? Wrong. Being the best drummer in your scene is rarely, if ever, the path to success. Today, we're going to talk about what really matters to the people looking to hire drummers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Are You Learning or Just Playing Trivia?
Drummer Daily - April 15, 2020 18:32 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsWhat's the number one sign that you aren't growing enough as a drummer? It's if you aren't REGULARLY making mistakes in what you're choosing to play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Running Your Drum Career Like a Business
Drummer Daily - April 07, 2020 19:30 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMany of us have heard the advice that we should operate our drumming careers like a business. Based on what I've seen, many drummers have taken this advice to heart, but in the wrong ways. So today, I'm going to share with you the RIGHT way to operate your drumming-business... even if you never w...
Let's Talk about Phase in Drum Recordings
Drummer Daily - April 02, 2020 13:48 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsLet's talk about something that can seem kind of geeky- phase. Now, if you don't know what phase is, or why you should care about it- we're going to break it down in today's episode. AND- I'm going to tell you exactly how to make sure your recordings are always in phase (or as close as you can g...
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