The Practical Pro Musician

Listener Declan writes: "At what stage do you need to consider taking the plunge and quitting the day job to pursue a career as a drummer? At the moment I have a very secure job but am just dying to turn this from semi-pro to pro."Check out the full transcript and more cool drum stuff at DanielHadaway.com/130 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I received a great question from Mitch the other day about mixing and matching different lines and even different brands of cymbals. I thought we'd all benefit from talking about it...Full transcript and more drumming fun over at DanielHadaway.com/129 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Let me tell you about a few different celebrities (at least they were to me when I was 8). They all made a career for themselves doing amazing things... But what part did luck have in it? And what part foes luck play in our pursuit to become a pro drummer? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you want to get hired as a drummer and are looking to introduce yourself to new people in the music business, it's important to keep one thing in mind: you are essentially MARKETING yourself. So here is some solid advice on exactly what to say to a producer, music director or anyone else who might be looking to hire a drummer.Full transcript, and more drumming awesomeness over at DanielHadaway.com/127 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the hardest parts of tuning drums is even being able to hear the different pitches between the lugs. I know that's the hardest part for me. So here are three tips for alternative ways to be able to hear those differences, and get much better at tuning drums in the process! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I want to share a secret with you... This is a secret that almost every incredible artist already knows. And it's something we can use in our drumming to start unlocking our creativity and start playing more INSPIRED parts in our drumming.Full transcript, and tons of FREE drum stuff at danielhadaway.com/125 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every once in a while we can surprise ourselves with how good our drumming turned out. This happens in recording situations pretty often. But how can we "hack" this process and make it happen more often?Full transcript and more Drummer Daily at DanielHadaway.com/124 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you a "serial learner"? Do you keep bouncing from idea to idea- trying to find the "next thing"? Today I want to offer you some motivation to get started on something- and stop hoarding knowledge...Full transcript, and tons of FREE resources (including free drumless backing tracks) at danielhadaway.com/123 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Years ago I decided that I didn't want to use charts anymore. It's tough having my head buried in a chart when I'm trying to pay attention to what's going on, musically speaking. So I had to come up with a way to memorize patterns quickly. I'm going to share that with you today. And let me tell you: this comes in SUPER-HANDY in the studio.Full transcript and more resources for drummers at danielhadaway.com/122 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I keep talking about becoming a "professional drummer". Well what does that mean? And why does it matter how I choose to define "pro drummer", and why should it matter to you?Full transcript and more, including my FREE backing track of the month club at http://danielhadaway.com/121 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want to instantly make your playing come across as tighter and having more feel- without really changing much of anything in your actual playing? Here's one way I've figured out how to do that (and it pretty much works every time).Full transcript and more available at http://danielhadaway.com/120 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A super-common problem many drummers encounter is the dreaded "my kick drum sounds like I'm bouncing a basketball" issue. Here are a few different ideas on how to fix it...Well hey there, welcome back or more Drummer Daily. I'm happy you're here. My name's Daniel, and I'm going to be your drum coach for at least the amount of time that you listen to this podcast. This weekend, this past weekend, I got a question and I thought I'd share it with you and see if we could maybe help you out with something that you might be facing, which is this. I was doing one of my drive intensives, and the person that I was doing it with, one of his questions was, "Hey, I feel like a lot of times my kick drum sounds like a giant basketball when I hit it." That sound, if you don't know what I mean then you probably don't have this problem. If you relate at all then all of a sudden you'll be like, "Yes, I know exactly what you're talking about."That is a, the kick drum sounding like a basketball, where it just has this really wei

Looking for a clear, proven path to becoming a professional drummer? Great! Because today, I'm going to outline that exact path for you...Hey there. How are you? I am so well. I'm so excited that you've come back here again to hang out with me, and I'm super pumped because today is the day that I have been teasing for a long time, and I've been saying, "I'm about to announce something, and I can't tell you what it is." I've been saying, "If you've been asking about the backing tracks that I use on Instagram ..." people have been asking where they can get them, I've been saying, "Hey, if you just wait until May 1st I'll tell you how to get those for free." So, I've just been saying a lot of, "Wait. Wait. Wait until May 1st," and May 1st is finally here, and so I'm so excited to tell you about what I've got going on, but I don't want this to just be an announcement. I want to actually share some really serious info with you, and so I think today I'm going to make this announcement, but then I'm also going to sh

Can making your drums sound better (through tuning or mixing/mic'ing) actually make you a better drummer? I think so...Man, what a week it's been for me. I hope it's been a week for you. It's a week in all caps. Man, it's been a WEEK. We've talked a little bit about all the things that are going on, and this episode's coming out on Friday, so hopefully we're a few days away from the launch of my next big thing. Or, not the launch, but the announcement of my next big thing.Part of that, I don't know if I've mentioned this on the podcast, but part of that announcement on May 1st is that I'll be ... People ask me all the time on Instagram, "Hey, where can I find a copy of that backing track that you used for this video or that video?" Well, what I am announcing on Monday will be a way for you to get almost all of the backing tracks that I've used on Instagram, for free. Hopefully you'll look forward to that, hopefully you'll jump on that. I'm not planning on limiting it to the number of people, but there's a cha

There are times when drumming actually isn't very much fun. So here are some mindset shifts we can use to get through the tough times when drumming is more of a discipline than fun activity.Hey there, welcome back to Drummer Daily, I am ... pulling out my hair is not the right word, because I'm not frustrated, I just am so busy. I am in the middle of redoing my website, so there might be some pieces of it you can already see now, depending on when you're listening to this and when you're happening to browse my website, danielhadaway.com. I am trying to redesign the look of it, but more, I'm trying to make it clearer when you come to my website. I've put out so many resources for you as drummers, videos, downloads, YouTube videos, instructional videos, and my plan is to crate a lot more of those coming up soon and actually link them back to what we're talking about in podcasts a lot, so kind of having more free resources associated with what you're hearing about on this podcast.So maybe it could be a thing lik

Have you ever heard of the Nashville Numbers System? Today, we'll talk about what it is, and how you can use it as a drummer to better communicate with other musicians.Transcript:Hey there. Welcome back for more Drummer Daily. I am happy you're here. Today, I over the weekend, this is Tuesday, but over the weekend I painted my studio room. I'm getting prepared for this thing. I'm sure you're probably rolling your eyes at this point because I've talked about it so much, but I'm getting ready to announce something on May first. This episode comes out on April 25th, so were less than a week away. I'm announcing something on May first, and it's a new thing. It's a new thing. I can't tell you what it is yet. I realized I had the need, or it would be better if I kind of revamped my studio space just a little bit, just aesthetically, just how it looks. Painting it was part of that, so I did that.Anyway ... I did that this weekend, so today I'm upstairs, or I'm going to be upstairs in a minute kind of putting everyth

If your snare sounds like trash, I bet I can tell you why (and how to fix it)... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm always looking for more ways to serve you and your drumming goals. So I had this idea, and I'd love to hear what you think... Send me an email through my website - danielhadaway.com - and let me know if you'd be interested in this. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I get questions/comments a lot about how seriously I take music and drumming. I know many of you are right here with me on this, but today I'm going to try to put words to the reasons WHY music is actually MORE important than life and death to me... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Feeling down because you've made mistakes while drumming onstage? Good news: no one is paying attention! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.