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A Drummer’s Guide To... — 100 episodes

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222 - Beyond Talent (I Need Your Help!)

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221 - The One Shot Myth (Q from Anonymous)

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220 - The Myth of the Big Break (Q from Jon Raynor)

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219 - Heartbreak on the Setlist (Q from Anonymous)

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218 - Starting the Year With No Gigs (Q from Anonymous)

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217 - Grateful, Successful… Still Wanting More (Q from Dom Ritchie)

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216 - Underpaid, Overworked, Resentful Q from Anonymous

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215 - Women’s Health on Tour (Q from Suzy)

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214 - Recording Your In Ear Mix - Do You Need To? Q from Joe Threlfall mp3

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213 - Why Trust Gets You Hired (Q from Rob Quinn)

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212 - Tempo Wars (Q from Anon)

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211 - Breaking Out of the Pub Circuit (Q from Pete)

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210 - Word of Mouth vs Social Media (Q from Charlie Purdie)

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209 - Get Fixers’ Attention Fast (Q from Joe Threlfall)

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208 - Podcast Format Change

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207 - Confidence No-One Can Give You

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206 - The Dark Side of Being Easy to Work With

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205 - The Fear Of Silence

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204 - Social Media Balance

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203 - Money, Music & Shame

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202 - Courage Over Perfection

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201 - Build It and They Will (NOT) Come

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200 - Live & Unfiltered

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199 - Getting Called Out!

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198 - Rejection Redefined

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197 - Posting Isn't Enough

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196 - Letting People Down

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195 - Self-Inflicted Failure

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194 - Is It Too Late?

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193 - Hard Truths

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192 - Rehearsal Rundown 101

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191 - The Lone Wolf Trap

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190 - Broke, Big and the Bit In-Between

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189 - A Social Media Deep Dive

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188 - The Overwhelm Fix

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187 - Reigniting Your Spark

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186 - Shaken, Then Stronger

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185 - The Skill of Being Seen

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184 - Showing Up Strong

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183 - From Hobbyist To Hired

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182 - Gig Vid Glow-Ups

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181 - Before You Quit...

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180 - The Invisible Goal Gap

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179 - Hyper-Focus Highs and Lows

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178 - Pricing Your Passion

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177 - Building Confidence After Criticism

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176 - Teaching, Touring and Transitions

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175 - Sacrifice

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174 - Big Gig Ready

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173 - Where Are All The Musicians?!

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172 - Pro Procrastination

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171 - Playing vs Posting

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170 - Creating Brilliance from Bias

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169 - Making Space

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168 - 5 Destructive Beliefs

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167 - 3 Signs of Perfectionist Sabotage

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166 - Developing Your Inner Compass

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165 - In-Between The Big Gigs

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164 - How I Got My Gigs

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163 - Instagram

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162 - Burnout

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161 - (are you) Pro Gig Ready?

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160 - Common (mis)Beliefs

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159 - Saying No

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158 - Professional Musician Myths

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157 - Mistakes

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156 - Being Sick As A Session Musician

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155 - Optimising Instagram For More Gigs

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154 - Balancing Creativity Day-to-Day

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153 - Performance Anxiety

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152 - Uncomfortable Truths

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151 - Acceptance

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150 - Embarrassment

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149 - Patience

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148 - Community

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147 - Navigating Egos and Personalities

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146 - Job Insecurity

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145 - Session Musician Misconceptions

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144 - Introverts Unite!

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143 - The 6 Human Needs

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142 - My Favourite Mantras

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141 - Process Goals

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140 - Shortcuts

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139 - Hot Cross Buns!

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138 - Hyper-Focus and Flow

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137 - Perfectionism Revisited

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136 - Identity Pitfalls

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

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134 - Finding Your Rhythm

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133 - Setting Goals for 2024

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132 - Looking Back At 2023

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131 - Normalisation

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130 - Rest

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129 - Recent Musings

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128 - Self Talk

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127 - Faffing

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126 - Feathers and Cogs

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125 - Positive Imposter Syndrome

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124 - Feeling Unmotivated And Defeated

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123 - Your Inner Critic Compass