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Drummer Daily — 290 episodes

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How to Charge Whatever You Want as a Drummer

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Running Your Drumming Like a Business

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If I Gave You a Gig, Could You Even Take It?

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Is This Show Right for You?

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Protect Your Most Valuable Instruments!

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How to Erase "Groove-Killers"

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How to Turn One Gig Into Many More

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Bonus Tutorial: How to Make Your Drum Recordings Groove More

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How to Prepare Quickly

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I Practice What I Preach and It Worked

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Creating New Problems for Yourself

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Want to be the Amazon of Drumming?

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The Other Half of a Pro Drumming Career

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How to Stay Motivated to Practice

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A Simple Hack to Make Your Drum Tracks Feel Better

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Addicted to Learning

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One Trick I Use to Get Out from Behind the "Drum Cage"

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How to Built Your Drumming Career During a Pandemic

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How I Get My Snare Sound Part 2

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How I Get My Snare Sound Part 1

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Removing Obstacles to Unlock Your Drumming Potential

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Find the Right Guidance in Your Drumming Career

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Why Does My Drumming Not "Feel" Good?

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How to be Seen as a "Versatile" Drummer

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Stop Doing this with a Big Fat Snare Drum

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The One Time I Almost Got a Gig I Would've Regretted

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Why I Got That Gig and You Didn't

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Are You Learning or Just Playing Trivia?

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Running Your Drum Career Like a Business

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Let's Talk about Phase in Drum Recordings

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Want to Get Paid for Drumming? Do this...

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One Difference Between "Making It" and Not

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Use the Same Unfair Advantage as Me

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Creating Your Own Drumming Opportunities

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The Right and Wrong Ways to Use Drum Tutorial Sites

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Should I Quantize My Drum Recordings?

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The Solution for Your Drumming Career

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Drummers Listen Up!

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Broken Toilet Paper and Constantly Improving

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What I Learned from Harry Styles

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Buy the Right Gear for You!

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I Don't Get Paid Enough for This

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Networking the Right Way

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Dealing with Unsupportive Friends and Family

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Stop giving your bosses what they want

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Making the Most of Practice Time

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Put on Your Practice Pants!

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Don't Create the Perfect Plan!

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How to Afford That New Piece of Gear

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Let Your Playing Do the Talking

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Touring Messed Up My Brain!

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The Simplest Way to Figure Out Where to Start

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A Weird Story I've Never Shared

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2 Secrets from the Very Top of the Music Business

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If I Had to Start Over

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Getting Gigs Isn't Hard

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Take a Shortcut in Your Music Career

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Getting Paid in a Scene Full of Freebies

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It Only Takes One Connection

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How to Get Past Being Shy So You Can Network

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What I Did Immediately After Getting Fired

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Count the Cost of Your Music Career

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4 Lessons from Getting Fired

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I Hate Networking!

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Let's Talk About M-O-N-E-Y

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The First Step Towards Progress In Your Music Career

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Don't Be Fooled by the Wrong People

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Preview: The Practical Pro Musician

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The (Sort of) End of Drummer Daily

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Do This Before You Charge for Drumming

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Dealing with Anxiety About Drumming

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Overcoming Politics and Bureaucracy in the Music Business

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Balancing a Music Career with Family

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The Key to Becoming a Pro Drummer

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Drumming in Unfamiliar Genres

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Breaking Musical Language Barriers

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Sometimes It's Best to Take a Break

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How to Stand Out in Your Music Scene

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Separate Your Dynamics and Intensity

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How to Become More Efficient with Your Drumming Development

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Social Media and Professional Drumming

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Starving Artist? Not Necessarily...

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Are You Willing to Do What it Takes?

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You Gotta Play the Bad Notes to Get to the Good Ones!

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Steal Like an Artist!

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Taking a Break from Drumming - And Making it Count!

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My "Magic" Networking Phrase

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Drum Clinics and Videos: How to Actually Learn Something

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What Charles Schwab Can Teach Us About Drumming

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Special Edition: How to Play Accurately Without Sounding Robotic

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Walkthrough: My Drum Recording Setup

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3 Tips for Tuning Toms

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How I Make My Drum Tracks Feel Better - Even AFTER I've Recorded Them

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A Special Opportunity for You

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One thing you can do to get on the path to becoming a pro drummer.

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Should I Leave My 4 Bands to Join a Pro Tour? Also How do I get on a pro tour?

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Tips for Transitioning from Marching Percussion

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My Process for Remote Recording Sessions

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How to Get Discovered as a Drummer

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When do you go "full time" as a pro drummer?

101

How to Blend in with a Band When You're the New Guy

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Don't Say "It Doesn't Work" If You Haven't Tried It

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Get Obsessed and Find Your Drumming Voice

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#187: 3 Ways to Get Clarity on What Artists Want From You

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#186: Let's Hang Out this Year

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#185: How to Network for Gigs the "Right" Way

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#184: How to Start Charging for Your Drumming

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#183: Are You a Cool Runnings Type of Drummer?

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#182: Getting Hired and Fired from My First "Big" Gig

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#181: How Do I Even Know if I'm Getting Any Closer to Going Pro?

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#180: I'm 16. Where Do I Start? And What Recording Gear Do I Need?

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#179: An Important Update About My Future

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#178: What Does College Football Have to Do with Drumming?

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#177: What Kinds of Compromises Should You Make?

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#176: Stop Asking Me How to Get Famous!

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#175: What Will You Stop Doing This Year?

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#174: Having Vision for Drum Parts in the Studio and Live

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#173: Are You Aligning Yourself with the Market?

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#172: The Money Perils of Being a Pro Musician

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#171: If It's So Easy, Why Haven't You Done It?

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#170: Why Becoming a Pro Drummer is Easy (Maybe)

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#169: Stop Listening to this Podcast and Do Something

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#168: A Different Approach to Playing the Kick Drum

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#167: Does your drumming have this one fatal flaw?

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#166: How's Your Drum Diet?

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#165: Don't Give Them What They're Asking For

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#164: What's Your 4-Minute Mile?

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#163: How to Strategically Network and Promote Yourself

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#162: Leverage Your Weaknesses to Develop as a Drummer

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#161: Don't Have Much Time to Practice Drums? Do This One Thing

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#160: Shift Your Mindset About Creating Drum Parts

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#159: The Battle of "Can" Versus "How"

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#158: How to Get Recognized and Noticed as a Drummer

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#157: Buy This Gear to Start Recording Drums

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#156: How NOT to Get Hired for More Gigs...

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#155: How to Find a Balance Between Pursuing Drumming, Family, Work, and Life...

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#154: What's Up with Having a Bunch of Different Drummers on an Album?

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#153: Becoming a Drummer of Value

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#152: Crashing on a Ride vs. Riding on a Ride

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#151: How to Decide When It's Time to Change Drum Heads

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#150: You Don't Get to Give Up!

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#149: Why would anyone hire a remote session drummer?

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#148: How Can I Get Started in the Music Business as a Drummer?

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#147: How to Get Your First Paid Drumming Gig

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#146: What's the Most Efficient Way to Network for Gigs?

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#145: Tips for Practicing for Improvement - While Still Having Fun

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#144: How to Pursue a Pro Drum Career without Feeling Selfish

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#143: How Do You Actually Make Money Playing Drums?

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#142: It's Not Perfect But It Counts

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#141: Do I Focus on Live Jam Sessions & Networking or Playing With a Click and Studio Work?

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#140: How Do I Find People to Make a Band or Play Music With?

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#139: If I Define My Sound, Will I Pigeonhole Myself as a Drummer?

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#138: Want to Be a Pro Drummer? You Have a New Job

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#137: Do you have a dream or just a fantasy?

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#136: How many takes does it usually take professional drummers to get a solid track in the studio?

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#135: Can I actually make an income by recording drums at my house for other people?

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#134: How to Get Involved in a Music Scene When You're the New Guy on the Block

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#133: How can I record myself playing drums without a ton of gear?

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#132: Do I Need to Move to a New City to Become a Pro Drummer?

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#131: How Can I Get Started As a Pro Drummer if I Don't Know Anyone?

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#130: When Should I Quit My Day Job?

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#129: Should I Mix and Match Cymbals?

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#128: What Does Luck Have to Do with Becoming a Professional Drummer?

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#127: What to Say to a Producer Who's Looking to Hire a Drummer

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#126: 3 New Ways to Check Your Drum Tuning

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#125: The Secret to Finding Inspiration and Creativity on the Drums

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#124: You're Better Than You Think Sometimes

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#123: Stop "Learning" and Start Making Something Happen!

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#122: How I Memorize Songs Quickly

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#121: I Want to Be a Pro Drummer - But Where Do I Even Start?

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#120: Who is the Best Musician in the Room?

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#119: Help! My Kick Drum Sounds Like a Basketball!

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118: How to Become a Professional Drummer

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#117: Better Drumming Through Better Sounding Drums

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#116: The Discipline of Drumming

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#115: The Nashville Numbers System and What it Can Do for Drummers

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114: The Number One Reason Your Snare Sounds Like Garbage

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I Have an Idea to Run by You

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Is Drumming a Matter of Life and Death?

180

No One is Paying Attention

181

Take Your Drumming Ability Back from Your Gear!

182

The "Other Way" of Drumming

183

Drum Sound Obsession!

184

Listen With Your Ears, Not Your Hands

185

How I Treat Other Musicians Matters

186

Drummers Who "Don't Play With a Click" Are Bad Drummers

187

Drummers That Show Off Don't Get Hired

188

I Am Not a Drummer... I Am a Musician

189

The Two-Thirds Rule and How it Will Unlock Your GROOVE as a Drummer

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3 Techniques You MUST Master as a Drummer

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EPISODE 100!!!!!!!

192

My Favorite Alternative Percussion Pieces

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Differences in Recording in a Home Studio vs a Pro Studio

194

The Difference Between Studio and Live Drumming

195

Weekend Bonus - Drum Clinic 1

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Let's Hang Out Online Every Week

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Playing on a Small Drum Kit vs. a HUGE One

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Don't Be a Deaf Drummer!

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A Fun Drum Fill to Add Interest to a Repetitive Beat

200

Tales of a Barefoot Drummer

201

"I Need More Hi-Hat" Said No One Ever

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Your Drumsticks are Great! Your Drumsticks are Terrible!

203

Tips for Getting that Perfect Drum Sound

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Drumming is a Non-Zero-Sum Game

205

Are You Working Hard at Being an Average Drummer?

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Imitation is the Sincerest form of Flattery

207

Dealing with Coming Back to the Drums After a Break

208

Getting the Best Sound from Your Drums on a Limited Budget

209

Your Drum Gear Isn't the Problem... You Are!

210

You Might be a Better Drummer Than You Think!

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How Can it Become Possible?

212

The Details Within the Details

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3 Keys to Making Your Drums Sound Better in Any Room

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Are You Drumming Just to Better Than the Other Guy?

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What to Do When You Aren't "Feeling It"

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Are You Serious About Becoming a Professional Drummer?

217

Strengthening Your Snare Hand

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Unlock Your Hidden Groove by Focusing on Details

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Getting the Most Out of Electronic Drums

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Why I Stopped Using Charts

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The Dirty Secret of Professional Studio Drummers

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The Single Biggest Mistake Drummers Make When Tuning Toms

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How to Pick Out a New Kick Drum Head

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What I Learned from Show Choir About Drumming

225

The Secret to Getting More Drumming Gigs

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Inside a Professional Drum Audition

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What's Coming Up From Me in 2017

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Don't Make a New Year Resolution...

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A Quick Trick for Really Critiquing Your Drumming

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What is Drumming Costing You?

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Are You a Squirrel Looking for a Nut or a Pumpkin?

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Do you really need new drums or cymbals?

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Unlock that Non-dominant Hand!

234

Drum Better Just by Looking Better?

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9 Drum Gift Ideas (That Won't Break the Bank)

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Do you want to be a professional drummer, or just a YouTube star?

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5-Piece Drum Kit with No Cymbals?

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Haters Gonna Hate...

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(Part 5 of 5) How to Get Drastically Better with a Click Track in 2 Weeks

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(Part 4 of 5) How to Get Drastically Better with a Click Track in 2 Weeks

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(Part 3 of 5) How to Get Drastically Better with a Click Track in 2 Weeks

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(Part 2 of 5) How to Get Drastically Better with a Click Track in 2 Weeks

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(Part 1 of 5) How to Get Drastically Better with a Click Track in 2 Weeks

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How to Quickly Tell If You're Ahead or Behind the Click Track

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More About Muffling Drums

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How to Be a Drummer in a Glass Cage of Emotion

247

Tips for Picking Out New Drum Sticks

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What it Feels Like to Have Your 10,000 Hours of Drumming

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Consider This When Muffling Drums

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My Snare Drum Recommendation

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A Quick Tip for Enjoying Drumming with a Click Track

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What to Do When You're In a Bad Band

253

How I Tune My Toms

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An Unexpected Benefit of Getting Great with a Click Track

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How to Choose New Drum Heads

256

How to Determine It's Time for New Drum Heads

257

Welcome Back, Kotter

258

Dependability as a Drummer

259

For Worship Drummers: Playing with Dynamics

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For Worship Drummers: How to Play Drums with more Sensitivity

261

Behind the Scenes of Major Tour Rehearsals

262

We're Talking About Practice

263

New Drum Day!

264

One Secret to Locking in with a Bass Player

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Unlocking Your Genius as a Drummer - Are You Willing to be Terrible?

266

My Recurring Drum Dream

267

Another Magic Trick on the Drums!

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Stroke Your Rolls!

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Questions to Ask Before a Studio Session

270

Can You Play Better Just By Looking Better?

271

Practice for the Gig You Don't Have Yet

272

Why It's Better to be Late than Early

273

In Which I Might Make You Angry

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A Magic Trick on the Drums

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ALWAYS Repeat Your Mistakes

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The REAL Truth Behind Being a Studio Drummer

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Losing Han Solo in the Bushes

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3 Ways to Have More Fun Practicing Drums - Part 3 of 3

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3 Ways to Have More Fun Practicing Drums - Part 2 of 3

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3 Ways to Have More Fun Practicing Drums - Part 1 of 3

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The 80 Percent Rule

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Developing Your Drumming Vocabulary

283

3 Tips for Tuning Your Snare Drum

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Are Flams Killing Your Groove?

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Most People Aren't Willing

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The Shortcut to Getting Better at Drums

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One Common Trait Professional Drummers Have

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003 - It's Always the Little Things

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