Drummers I Like Podcast

Welcome to the Drum Lesson with our Lead Educator Scott Jackson! Every Monday Scott gives us a dose of knowledge, advice, insight, and more Today's quote: "It wasn't that i couldn't play it, but that i couldn't think of it." Gavin Harrison 8 Habits for a GREAT Practice. * Write Daily Goals: Make sure the daily goals equate to monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals. * Write Musical Ideas Out: Whether it is a chart for a song, a fill, a groove, or I am creating my own musical idea, you need to write it out. * Stick to the Routine: Don't change your practice routine half way through your practice. You should know that ahead of time. * Time Segments: Use a timer and set time limits to each thing you practice * Record Yourself: This is a must do practice habit. * Learn from Your Mistakes: Handle them. Fix it and move on * Capitalize on You Successes: harness what worked best for you! Go 110 percent on whatever that is. * Document Your Successes: You will not be able to harness the power of success if you do not document what worked. Download a Printable Version Here Why Are Habits Important? First thing, two books everyone should read are THE TALENT CODE by Daniel Coyle and THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg. These two books will open your mind up to the true potential your brain is capable of, so long as you know how to use it. Now, Habits... Habits are important because they truly impact are decisions either with food, hanging out with friends, and also WHAT WE PLAY IN A MUSICAL SETTING. Sorry for all caps, but this is true. Hence the Gavin Harrison quote. As drummers, we often knock ourselves down for "not being creative" when it is not that at all. It is in fact, that we have habits that come out without our knowledge that take control while we play music. If these habits did not come forth, well we would have to THINK about every single note we played, and I do mean every single note. Now, think about that. Have you ever noticed yourself performing something effortlessly, but on the flip side while you practiced you had to think about each note? That is habit. That is your basal ganglia kickin in folks. It is a great and wondrous part of the brain, however; the basal ganglia does not discriminate between good or bad. Nor, does it between creative and old habits. Do you see where I am going with this? "It wasn't that I couldn't play it, but rather I could not think of it" It has nothing to do with creativity, but habits. As musicians, we have to understand that if our practice habits are bland, then when we play live the old habits will come back. Our brain wants to be able to "not think" as much so it can be aware to do other processes, but enlue of this it can be a downside too. This means our old fills, grooves, or ideas can easily creep into our playing even though we have spent months learning new fills, grooves, and concepts. Pretty crazy, right? Are you still with me? GOOD. This is where things get interesting. You have to CHANGE your old routine of practice, but still achieve them same reward for practicing. So, the above tips are just the start to changing a routine and making it great. Here are some questions to ask yourself before you change anything. Why do I practice? What is the routine of my practice? What is my reward for practicing? What can I change in my routine to make it better? Jot your answers down and save them for next week because we are taking this head on! The Weekly Challenge: Send a picture of you Documenting your successes while practicing for at least 5 days,

Welcome back to another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast! This week we are chatting with a personal hero of mine, one of the sickest drummers ever, the inspiration behind the drummers I Like Podcast intro music and a genuinely good dude. His name is Anup Sastry and he is drummer, producer, and engineer with a talent that I feel is just not seen on a level this advanced. This show as an honor, a milestone, a dream come true, and ultimately a personal celebratory moment for everything we have come to do with this podcast journey of ours. About our guest: Anup first caught my radar in early 2011 when I found him via a Youtube drum cover of Periphery's "New Groove". He was the first guy out there successfully nailing Matt Halpern drum covers and being such a big fan of Hellpern I couldn't help but get sucked in. He made New Groove his bitch. I was stuck on this cover for quite some time and as I followed his journey of insanely tough drum covers he started posting some covers for what sounded like his own solo material. Low and behold these solo covers led to his solo album "ghost" in 2013. The craziest part about these albums is that they use all programmed guitars and bass which I can promise you would have slipped right past you had I not mentioned it! I was hooked even more and started to obsess over his playing. Since then he has released a handful of new solo albums, toured with amazing bands like Monuments, intervals, Marty Friedman, and truly taken the drumming community by storm. Key Points from today's episode: * We get the full-fledged story from the myth himself with a full breakdown of Anup's childhood and early years breaking into the music scene and playing the drums. * Anup gets into the details of his first drumset purchase in which his father made him do a full classroom style report and price analysis on the cost of drums broken down to hardware, finish, size, upgrades, and more. * Anup breaks down the process behind his solo album success stories in which he was able to program guitars, bass and more to produce a truly amazing progressive rock album keeping up with some of the most popular bands in the genre. Anup is the secret sauce of our community and truly full of insane knowledge, skill, drive, and capabilities to help lead our massive community of drumtrepreneurs in a positive and engaging direction. Finally getting to sit down and chat with him was a dream come true but like all previous episodes a true wake up call to the efforts and actions it takes to obtain any level of success in this industry. That's it for this episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast, tune in next week! - Richard Links for Anup Sastry Facebook Instagram Youtube Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson on Paradiddles

WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI What's going on today? Welcome back to Kevin's Gear Rants! Today we will be talking about Paiste's 900 series of cymbals. Let's get to it!   Thanks for joining us for this deep dive into the Paiste 900 series. To start off we talk about what Paiste wants you to know about this new line of cymbals. We go over what alloy they are using in the 900 series. As well as what Paiste wants you to know about this new line of affordable cymbals. Now let's get into the cymbals! First, we dive into the ride cymbals in this line. They offer three subseries of rides and each one is unique. Several sizes in the Ride, Heavy Ride, and Mega Ride. From there we spend the rest of our time on the crashes in this line. The crashes have two subseries.  crash and heavy crash. This is really where this line shines so make sure to take a listen if you're in the market for some new and also affordable cymbals. Next week we will continue or show on the 900 series and we will finish up by reviewing the Hi-Hats, China and Splashes. This is an impressive line of cymbals so make sure to go check em out and listen to some of the sound files for the 900 series. That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at kevin@drummersilike.com or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant. - Kevin DONT FORGET TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE!! Kevin's Links  Email Instagram Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Drummers I Like Social Media links website Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Daily Fill with our Owner and founder Richard Ducat! Every Tuesday Richard gives us a dose of motivation, guidance, life hacks, marketing tips, and more! Today's quote: " We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution." - Bill Hicks On today's episode, we are back with week 4 of the Drumtrepreneur series! In this series, we focus on strengthening our guidance, focus, balance with challenges that will help hold you accountable for success! Week 4 is an essential week by far and our most important in the series which is why I saved it for last! This week is all about slowing it down, taking a break, doing some self-evaluation, and starting our next month fresh on our new path to success. So far we have covered the following: * Decluttering your schedule and clearing your mind * Balancing your schedule, your week, and your next 90 days * Automation tools and how to make them work for your schedule So we have got a hang on our path to success, we have scheduled it out and increased our ability to execute 10X, and then employed the use of some handy automation tools to ensure we stay on track and efficient with our time. Now take a break, pop open a beer (or pack a bong) and take a break so you can reflect on your amazing accomplishments and prepare your body for another week of hard work! Why it matters: If you're like me you get burnt out by work and work associated activities which means your body is likely bored, sick of the work, and in need of a change of scenery. This is primarily why I talked so highly about the Pomodoro technique and allowing yourself to take short breaks in between each work period. These are our mini breaks, micro vacations, and small moments of stressless thinking that give us the multiple daily mini recharge's we need to think clearly. Without these moments we deprive our spirits of the self-dose of sanity it needs to function at optimum efficiency. Sometimes I am not always perfect about making these moments happen all day and when I don't I can tell. This is why it all comes down to balance and making sure thought ten steps ahead to allow you this much needed time. How to do it: It all starts with scheduling and from there it's execution. Sometimes the hardest thing for me is turning off the monitor, putting away my phone, shutting off the TV, and eliminating social media completely. I know though that if I do I will execute my client work better so I always use that as my main self-argument point. Remember that taking breaks helps eliminate immediate stress otherwise, It just piles up.. so schedule accordingly and treat this time as if it were just as important or detrimental to your wallet as delivering for a high-end client would be. How often do you do it?: I have a simple formula for this entire method. Schedule it out every day and make it apart of your daily regimen and life system. This practice will add literal years to your life, create the essential work-life balance, and allow you to do the number one thing that we look to get out of this entire series. CONCENTRATE CLEARLY. That's what it's all about here and something that should heavily be regarded as your number one coveted need. Without clear thoughts, we cannot act clearly and without clear actions, we can't create clear paths to travel. So this is it for our 4-part Drumtrepreneur self-evaluation series but by far from the last of the series itself. We are taking a break next week to prepare for part 2 of the series featuring our Drumtrepreneur Artist interviews. This series will feature a handful of different drummers talking about their business acquisitions,

What is Up Everyone?! Scott here. I hope everyone is doing well today! I have an other spectacular guest this week. His name is Kyle Maxwell-Doherty, and he currently is a free-lance percussionist in the New York City area. He works with Gallant Entertainment, Radio City Music Hall, and many other performance/education gigs. Kyle is a great player, which makes him perfect for this show! He is incredibly knowledgeable in his craft and explains what is required to be a great performer in the New York City scene. Also, he can play the heck out of the snare drum. Remember to Follow Kyle on his Social Media Pages: The links are below! About our guest: Kyle resides in New York City since while working as a freelance percussionist and dance musician. He made his New York debut performing the world premier of Edo Frenkel’s There is nothing (but they) outside: 1. missa brevis at The Spectrum and recently performed at the Chelsea Music Festival. He has performed with the Radio City Rockettes, the Grammy Award Winning cast of Hamilton: An American Musical and at esteemed venues such as Madison Square Garden, Le Poisson Rouge, and The Blue Note. He has worked for Keigwin+Company, Doug Varone and Dancers, and as modern dance accompanist at Ballet Hispanico, Marymount Manhattan College, Peridance Center, 92nd Street Y, The New School, The Limon School and Juilliard. He is on faculty at Hofstra University and Westchester Community College. He is also a regular member with Gallant Entertainment Inc. He is currently concluding his Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the Direction of Dr. Norman Weinberg at The University of Arizona. While at the UofA he received his Masters of Music degree and served as the Director of The Rosewood Marimba Band and a Graduate Teaching Assistant to the Dance Department as Modern Dance Percussion Accompanist. Prior to attending the UofA he received his Bachelors of Music degree at Concordia College – Moorhead while studying with Dr. David P. Eyler. Kyle performs regularly in Atlas Percussion with percussionists Scott Shinbara and Alex Wier and Ensemble 520 with Mark Cook. He has performed at the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (NCPP), the Society of Electro Acoustic Music In the United State (SEAMUS), the North American Saxophone Alliance, the Bob McCormick Marimba Festival, the Percussive Arts Society’s International Convention (PASIC), the International Festival of Percussion at the Conservatorio de Musica in San Juan Puerto Rico, the Minnesota Day of Percussion (MNPAS), the Nebraska Day of Percussion (NEPAS), and the Omaha-Under The Radar Festival. In 2009 he performed the North American Premier of Karlheinz Stockhausen’sLinker Augentanz. He spent the summer of 2012 creating a sound-scape of Manhattan in accordance with the chance operations found in the sketches and notebooks of John Cage’s A Dip in the Lake found in the Cage Trust Archives at the New York Public Library.  The Soundscape concluded in collaboration with respected Dance Choreographer Douglass Nielson in honor of the John Cage/Merce Cunningham collaboration and in recognition of Cage’s 100th birthday.  In 2006 and 2007, he studied traditional Drumming, Dance, and Gyil performance with world-renowned Master Drummer Bernard Woma and Master Drummer Dancer Sulley Imoro. He has also performed with the Saakumu Drum and Dance Troupe both in Ghana and California. Kyle is proud to represent and have industry support from Vic Firth, Gallant Entertainment Inc. and Alternate Mode Inc. Kyle was the September 2013 Artist of the Month for Alternate Mode Inc. and can be seen performing on their website.

Welcome back to another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast! This week we are chatting with Los Angeles Native and host of the Nebula Music Podcast Eddy Barco! Eddy reached out to me earlier this year looking for a hand with getting His podcast up and live! About our guest: This podcast has literally been in the works for months and it really was worth the wait. Eddy is a true one of a kind drumtrepreneur that has let nothing stop him from achieving his goals. From heisting his local church daily in order to practice to making the tough decision to not give up when hit with an issue that would cause most to give up all hope. Eddy amps me up, his voice is energy producing and his vibe is just straight up cool which makes this entire episode an extremely multi-faceted and full of organic discourse. If this episode doesn't give you a reason to laugh at the pettiness of your problems, get back on the horse, and go full steam ahead towards your goals then you just may be doomed! Key Points from today's episode: * Just like every episode of the drummers I like podcast we dive deep into Eddy's story getting the biography from the shredder himself. * Eddy goes into detail regarding his childhood and early teenage years in which he would break into his church's band room every night of the week in order to practice his obsession that is drums * We get the details on Eddy's brick wall moment in which he was faced to deal with the loss of 10 pre-recorded podcasts with some of the biggest artists in our industry. He break's down how he overcame this moment and launch what is now the nebula music podcast. Eddy is inspirational and after getting that truckload of a story and journey I was immediately struck with a sense of relaxation. All my issues seemed like small problems as Eddy made me see the big picture that day... Something my father in law consistently says to me " Don't sweat the small stuff and don't forget that it's all small stuff! It's the truth and Eddy is the pure essence of that truth and concept as told in this amazing journey of faith and hard work! That's it for this episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast, tune in next week! - Richard Links for Eddy Facebook Instagram Youtube Links for The Nebula Music Podcast Website Facebook Instagram Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson on Paradiddles Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Last Friday's Podcast 

WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI What's going on today? Hello, it's Kevin with you today for another rant! On this episode, we look into the future of Kevin's Drum Gear Rant's.  Today I start the show off with a brief review of last weeks show on the CTA Digital heavy duty tablet stand. Man, that thing is a beast and definitely should be in good shape for a long time to come! From there I let you in on how I expect to expand this show to have more value for our listeners. The plan will be to start bringing you more extensive shows on your favorite new drum gear or how to fine tune and care for that same drum gear. So, you'll just have to listen to the show to get the rest of my ideas for now. Today's rant is pretty short but next week we should be bringing you a very special show so we can't wait to see what we can do to really bring the most value to you the listener. That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at kevin@drummersilike.com or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant. - Kevin DONT FORGET TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE!! Kevin's Links  Email Instagram Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Last Friday's Podcast featuring Dave Weckl and Larnell Lewis Drummers I Like Social Media links website Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Daily Fill with our Owner and founder Richard Ducat! Every Tuesday Richard gives us a dose of motivation, guidance, life hacks, marketing tips, and more! Today's quote: "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale "pimp limps" Carnegie On today's episode, we are back with week 3 of the Drumtrepreneur series! In this series, we focus on strengthening our guidance, focus, balance with challenges that will help hold you accountable for success! Week 3 is going to be my favorite week by far as we get right back into an old subject I speak a lot about. AUTOMATION. I love anything that helps me get the job done and today's episode is going to be a bare-bones break down of the 3 tools I use the most for Drummers I Like backend automation. Take notes, gear up, and get your Drumtrepreneur shoes on for a THICK episode of the Dail Fill So now that we are completely decluttered and fully balanced regarding our method of task management and focus we can jump into making shit happen. Trust me when I say that this has taken me multiple years to dial in and during that process, I have probably downloaded (and made the interns download) a million different productivity apps. Today I will spare you the BS and simplify it down to just 3 of the easiest and most user friends hacks for the on the grind drumtrenpreneur. IFTTT: IF THIS THEN THAT (MY SOCIAL MEDIA VIRTUAL ASSISTANT) "IFTTT empowers you to do more with the services you love"... The official quote literally explains it to a T. It's an automation tool focused on connecting different apps through algorithmic formulas called Applets you can either choose from or create yourself. I have at least 50 applets running weekly and that's everything from Twitter, to Facebook, Instagram, and even my emails. Example: Anytime someone tags #drummersilike on twitter I have an applet that runs on the Drummers I Like Twitter forcing it to like that post. Anytime someone follows @drummersilike on twitter the applet auto tweets a thank you to the persons account handle. This creates some pretty cool auto communication that leaves my followers feeling a little-noticed and allows me to see and be notified of who is following me multiple times by checking my feed rather than sorting through notifications. There are probably at least half a million functional applets at this point and I have been using this app since 2011 college years and it only gets better. Click here visit the site right now and get started. It's completely free. Price: Free with unlimited applets You can check IFTTT out by clicking here HootSuite: My personal social Jesus and creator of everything amazing. As it nears it 10 year anniversary I can only say good things about this powerful application that has been my savior for almost 6 years now. HootSuite is the social media mega tool and serves as the literal Hubspot for anything and everything regarding your social media management. Example: I schedule any reposts through HootSuite and am able to use its giant 6 column drop down board to get a clear idea of what is high definition, quality content from a source I know. I use it for scheduling everything I can for Drummers I Like, my clients, and personal accounts. It also serves as a mega sourcing tool for the best content as it allows me to setup massive boards for a litany of different hashtags, user-related content, user-specific content, and just about anything in between for pretty much every social channel. The best part? IT MEASURES SOCIAL ANALYTICS and not some basic clown type stuff from a random app.

What is Up, Everyone?! Welcome Back. On Today’s Lesson, Scott invited world-renowned Saxophonist Brice Winston. This is an amazing episode because Brice has played with some outstanding drummers throughout his careers such as Brian Blade, Eric Harland, Marcus Gilmore, Kendrick Scott, Lewis Nash, Justin Brown, and much more. Brice Winston is a wonderful performer and educator. The main reason why I invited him on, other than his extensive performance experience, is because of the perspective he has with drummers and music in general. Brice works with young developing drummers through The Tucson Jazz Institute where he teaches jazz combos, and furthermore, he has performed with some of the giant drum set players like I mentioned earlier. His perspective is great because he is NOT a drum set player by profession, however; he coaches drummers regularly, and so he has feedback other than just the technical side to the instrument. He talks about Music not just the pedagogy of the drum set. When I studied with him, this was the most amazing aspect of our lessons. I was so used to being coached about music, but like 75% to 90% was technical stuff. When I got to studying with Brice, he only talked about music and showed me how to get really good at finding my voice, improvisation, and keeping time. He also is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to knowing great jazz drummers just because they played on his favorite albums. He introduced me to Billy Hart, Paul Motian, Roy Haynes, and the modern drummers like Marcus Gilmore, Kendrick Scott, and more. This is an incredible interview with some amazing knowledge for not just the developing drummer, but a seasoned pro too. About our guest: Brice Winston is an American born saxophonist and composer currently living in Tucson, AZ. After attending school at the University of New Orleans, he initially stepped out with trumpeter Nicholas Payton before joining forces with Grammy Award-winning trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard. Brice's 16 year residency in New Orleans and his association with Blanchard has afforded him is the opportunity to record and/or perform with some of the greatest musicians in jazz, including Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Ellis Marsalis, Lionel Loueke, Robert Glasper, Aaron Parks, Marcus Miller, Dizzie Gillespie, Branford Marsalis, Nneena Freelon, Dianne Reeves, Brian Blade, Patty Austin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Mark Whitfield, Mark Turner, Nicholas Payton, and Eric Harland, among others. Brice appears as a composer and a performer on numerous Blanchard film scores and CD releases, including his latest effort, Magnetic. Brice is also one of the co-owners of the Tucson Jazz Institute (TJI) Community Music School in Tucson, AZ. TJI focuses primarily on teaching jazz to middle and high school students in and around southern Arizona. TJI's ensembles have earned national and international recognition, with its Ellington Band winning the Essentially Ellington competition in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and earning the top high school jazz band title from Downbeat Magazine. Brice has spent a considerable amount of time on education, appearing as a guest clinician for such prestigious programs as the Theloniou...

Welcome back to another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast! This week we are chatting with Polish drumming mastermind Maciej Dzik. Maciej is one of my personal drum hero's and a drummer that has done nothing but inspire me over the last 4 years or so from his first Disperve live drum play through to his recent work with shredder Owane P. Maciej really brings a lot to the table from a persuasive style to some ridiculous fluid and powerful chops he really fits the ticket for an extremely talented prog metal drummer with jazz influence and training. About our guest: As I sit here I am finding a ton of trouble writing this up because I can't stop watching videos of Maciej and his ability to play so many different types of extremely complicated songs blows me away. Maciej is from a small town in Poland that is responsible for some pretty amazing musicians and a pretty dedicated prog rock community stacked with talent. Maciej is unique in the sense that outshines the idea of being just an entreprenuer or just a drummer. He truly fits the mold for "drumtrepreneur" and by that I mean his work ethic, approach to detail, prudence, diligence, and drive are on a level that most just can't compete with. In today's episode, Maciej gives us the dirty details of his expansive growth as a drummer and what it took for him to get his foot in the door without losing sight of the bigger picture in mind. Key Points from today's episode: * We get the full scope story on Maciej from his early days of winning a bet with his brother to get his first drum set to the later days of becoming a master jazz player. * Maciej breaks down his bromance with Disperse shredder Jakub Zytecki and what led to his even bigger bromance with genius jazz metalman and known Gym Hawk Owane P. * Maciej gives us some detail on what to expect going forward with Disperse, his other projects, and his arm diameters... That's it for today's episode but only the beginning for Maciej and his next chapter as a drumtrepreneur. With such a giant track record at such a young age, we can all bet that his destiny and future are looking extremely bright! Maciej is truly inspirational and I can now say that I have knocked another drummer off of my bucket list of artist interviews. That's it for this episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast, tune in next week! - Richard Links for Maciej Facebook Instagram Youtube Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson on Paradiddles Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Last Friday's Podcast  Drummers I Like Social Media links

WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI What's going on today? Hello, it's Kevin with you today for another rant! On this episode, we take a look at CTA Digitals heavy duty tablet stand. This device can be a real asset if you use a tablet in live situations. First of all, thank you to all of you listeners that enjoyed our two-part series on drumsticks. Scott and I had a great time bringing you one of the most intensive talks about drumsticks that you'll find on the internet so if you haven't already please take a listen and let us know what you think. On today's show, we dig into the CTA Digital heavy-duty gooseneck tablet stand. I use my tablet on every live show I play these days. So having a way to mount that tablet close to me without having to bend over to get to it has really been great. I also get into the specifics about the tablet holder, describe how it works and what it looks like. I picked this particular tablet holder out of all the others. Mainly due to the fact that it was built with quality and durability in mind. So listen for more on this valuable tool.   Click here to apply for an intern position: SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at kevin@drummersilike.com or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant. - Kevin DONT FORGET TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE!! Kevin's Links  Email Instagram Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Last Friday's Podcast Drummers I Like Social Media links website Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Daily Fill with our Owner and founder Richard Ducat! Every Tuesday Richard gives us a dose of motivation, guidance, life hacks, marketing tips, and more! Today's quote: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." - Stephen Covey On today's episode, we are back with week 2 of the drumtrepreneur series! In this series, we focus on strengthening our guidance, focus, balance with challenges that will help hold you accountable for success! Week 2 is all about balancing important tasks that ensure success and how to avoid the unimportant ones.This is easily the most important part of this series and likely the hardest as I am only able to help you blueprint your layout... The decision of what is important vs. what isn't important is all on you! So now that we have spent the entire week decluttering our schedule and getting a hand on how to put things together we can now start deciding what matters most, how much time I can put towards it and when I want to do it. As I said last week, the process starts at 9:30 PM every Sunday night when I break out my little black book filled with tasks, weekly notes, and scheduling. For a while, it was really hard to decide on what was the most important... Should I wake up and get leisure time in? Should I wake up and just start working? Should I create a morning routine? The obvious choice was the latter but it came with the attempt of making each of the three work in some way. Ultimately, as much as I would love to hit the alarm at 5 am and start the computer up for a power hour of tasking it's simply not possible. I need to prime myself for the day by doing a certain set of tasks that help me wake up. As I always note... HYDRATE! That is the staple to each day of the week for me. I have literally hardcoded this task into my circadian rhythm and made it a part of my daily humanly needs. I think it's important that we start our days doing things that make us feel good. I walk my dog, power through some of my favorite daily business podcasts, eat 81274218 pounds of Greek yogurt, text some homies, and of course, reflect on my day and build up my anticipations and narrow down my task list for a productive day. This entire process normally takes anywhere from 60-90 minutes and is essential to my daily functions. Keep in mind... I have a 3-year-old son who has school 2 times a week which forces me to create different morning rituals for different days. I am practically forced to arrange for his schedule and it works out for me but I can remember a time where I had to literally force myself to change things up. This isn't easy but I can assure you it's vital and a giant part of the successful week I constantly work towards. So as I shift into my first set of tasks I always force myself to use a timer. I consider this somewhat of an Insurance on my stress and productivity levels. The fact that I force myself to follow 40-50 minute work sessions practically ensures that I will get my workloads knocked out which really helps me stay patient and relaxed through the storm. It also allows me to force myself to only allow myself a certain amount of work to do in a session. I can't begin to tell you how much more I get done in 40 minutes completing minor tasks rather than trying to cram whatever the hell I can into a 4-hour block. This also allows me to follow a strong schedule based on a guaranteed time slot system. It's basically winning all week when you get into this mode. To me, this is the key to clarity and insight towards what your next moves need to be. This also allows me to spend a ton of time with my Wife and Son playing drums, learning new things, cooking sweet meals, and building our family bonds. So this is what I mean by balance and for most of us this is completely different as we all don't have kids, multiple businesses, and multiple employees to manage.

This week on Drum Lessons with Scott Jackson, we have a very special treat! I have brought on my first guest to help me educate the masses. I want to Welcome Chris Ozorio onto the show. Chris is a Drummer and Percussionist in the Marine Corps Band stationed at MCRD. He has been a great friend to me over the years and is an extremely focused individual. Chris grew up Rio Rico Arizona, a small town where people live simple lives, but at an early age, Chris knew he didn’t want to be there his whole life. So, he decided to go to The University of Arizona where his pursuit of drums and music would really start to take off for him. Chris is a great drummer with tons of knowledge to sha , and is quickly on his way to becoming a premier performer in the drum world. Chris has some unique perspectives that have helped him become a high caliber drummer. Chris can play drum set, mallet percussion, hand percussion instruments, and shreds on the snare drum. I am honored to have the chance to speak with him, and I am excited to share all of this fantastic information with you! In today's lesson, Chris gives some information about the Marine Corps band as well as some tips that he uses to stay at the top of his game. * The Marine Corps Band: Chris gives us some information on what it is like to be in the Marine Corps, and also shares some insights into what the band he is attached to does. They tour, play festivals, play ceremonies and have to stay in peak physical condition. Chris brings up a fantastic topic, which is the transition from student to professional, and how the operational tempo increase. Meaning you will have less time to prepare for gigs. * The Beginning: It wouldn't be a great interview without getting to know Chris, and so he explains what motivated him to be a great drummer. He tells us why he started, and the progression he went on to go from a middle school band drummer to a full-fledged Marine Corps Band member. This is a really enlightening story of how anyone can pursue their dream and make it a reality. Chris' main focus in the beginning was to just get better at playing drums. Chris developed a daily practice routine of technique, reading skills, timing, and rudiments. With this daily routine, and Chris' drive to want to get better at drums, he went on to The University of Arizona, and eventually The Marine Corps * Advice: Chris gives some great advice for young drummers looking to make a name for themselves. He gives tips on time management, practice schedule, and explains how humility is the key to growing as a drummer. The key to becoming a better drummer is to focus being a better musician and person. Chris has some unique perspectives that have helped him This episode is jam packed with great topics and advice for those drummers looking to become better at their craft. Enjoy the insight from Chris Ozorio from the Marine Corps Band Get more from Scott by signing up for this month of Drummers I Like Pro and Learn More Now! No nonsense. Just results.  JUST CLICK HERE Thanks for listening and Go Practice! That's it for the Daily Fill! Tune in Every Morning Monday Through Thursday for a new episode! - Scott Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below

Welcome back to another episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast! This week we are chatting with up and coming drummer Lindsay Artkop. Lindsay is truly one of a kind with a cutthroat approach to her career and a real understanding of what she wants and where she wants to go. This chat was inspiring, uplifting, fun, and truly one that stands on its own. We hope you enjoy. About our guest: We here at Drummers I Like have started to coin a term for our clan of motivated and passionate drummers. "Drumtrepreneur" is the simple idea that as a drummer, you are also an entrepreneur. This holds true in many lights from the self-motivation that must be ignited to obtain the fire to the constant grind and work effort that needs to be applied. Lindsay is the definition of this ideology coming from a strong background of multiple education degrees from multiple schools lined with an equally impressive backlog of studio sessions, live gigs, and paid sponsorships that put her in the top category of Drumtrepreneur. Key Points from today's episode: * Lindsay breaks down the early days and her journey through school and her move to Los Angeles. * Lindsay talks about her pivotal experience hanging out and getting tips from the master Juan Carlito Mendoza. * As we round out the show Lindsay breaks down her success in social media and much work it has been growing her social media channels. * Lindsay breaks down her influences as well her current drum kit setup. Lindsay is a one of a kind drummer and chatting with her today was an eye opener to how much work it really takes to level up in the competitive city of Los Angeles. Her Attitude and drive really inspire me and while most people tend to take shortcuts to ensure time behind the kit (perfectly fine) Lindsay spends time honing every aspect of her approach to playing which includes schooling. We can't wait to see where things go for Lindsay and wish her the best of luck! That's it for this episode of the Drummers I Like Podcast, tune in next week! - Richard Links for Lindsay Website Facebook Instagram Twitter Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson on Paradiddles Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Last Friday's Podcast  Drummers I Like Social Media links website Instagram Facebook Twitter...

WELCOME TO THE KEVIN'S RANTS EDITION OF THE DAILY FILL WITH OUR OTHER BEARDED PODCAST HOST MR. KEVIN CIARLELLI What's going on today? Hello, it's Kevin with you today for another rant! On this episode, we have our first ever guest on Kevin's Rant. Scott Jackson will be joining us to have a very close look at drumsticks. As a matter of fact, the rant was so long we're going to break it up into two parts.  Today in part two. Scott and I will be discussing taper to start things off. The taper can really affect the feel of the drumstick in your hand and we really dig deep into this subject. Scott also brings up some really different stick tapers he's encountered as well. The next topic we get into diameter and sizing. This part of our show really gets in depth with both subjects of how to choose the right diameter for the style you are playing. As well as what you can expect in regards to how it affects the feel of the stick as well. We covered a lot of topics so far. But a few that we wanted to close with were drumstick length. Then finish our epic rant of sticks with the different coatings that finish the drumstick. Both of these topics are important to think about when choosing a drumstick and coatings can be a very personal preference so keep that in mind as well. That concludes part two on drumsticks. Scott and I can't thank you, listeners, enough for checking out the most in-depth rant that we've had here so far. Thanks to Scott for being my first victim on Kevin's Gear Rant, I couldn't think of a better person to have such a great conversation about drumsticks. Click here to apply for an intern position: SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY That's it for today's episode of the daily fill! Want to add to the conversation? Leave a comment below and let us know what you want to hear on Kevin's Rant or just to add to the topics we talked about today! You can also reach out directly to me at kevin@drummersilike.com or at my Instagram handle kmc_drums. The links are also below. Thanks again for listening and I'll talk to you next week for another rant. - Kevin DONT FORGET TO JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE!! Kevin's Links  Email Instagram Scott's Links Email Instagram Please take the time to leave a review as it helps rank our show and get it out to more listeners like you! Itunes Google Stitcher If you missed any of last weeks episode you can catch a quick link to any of the episodes below Scott's Drum Lesson Daily Motivation for Drummers with Richard Morning fuel with J.C. Clifford Drum Rants with Kevin Last Friday's Podcast Drummers I Like Social Media links website Instagram