Welcome to Emily is live. Emily Dolan Davies, come and hang out whilst I share my experiences in the music industry, you can ask me questions live. And we can get you one step closer to your professional dream. Hello hello hello we are back, I have been sat in the room, as it were, and there are so many people here already, and we have only just started so I'm going to give a quick shout out to the people that have been especially since way before I started streaming. And so first of all, Charlotte Bibi. Hello, who was who was patiently waiting on Monday. Oh yes, you've been waiting for a little while, I'm not actually sure if you're in the room again now but Hello Charlotte if you are disasters in who I know has had to leave, I think, and hopefully is listening on his phone so I think he has to drive home. And so, yes, David frog man is in hello David limits how are you. So, look who else is in let's see what I've got Greg Walmart is here again. Hello Graham Lovely to see you Moon cat drums is here called Baylor's How you doing, Chris pound is here. I haven't seen for ages so Hello Chris Lovely to see you hooked on Classics Simone is here as well, can't join the chat as I'll be driving but I'll be listening in. Well, hello to Simone, you're not alone I think disaster is in the same boat there I think he's also driving home from work, I think, Jed Kenyans in hello I know you can't stay long because you're also working out on the road so jet drive trucks walrus TAs, David Travers Dixon, from Tasmania is in the house. How you doing, David it's been forever, it feels like since manage say hello I know that the timezone thing doesn't always work so I'm glad that we could see you on here and I love that you say it's an Emily stream at a reasonable Tasmanian hour. I feel like it's not, oh, maybe it's only about 10 o'clock there but it always seems late and you always seem to be up late and Allie is here. Hello, Ollie How are you, Fergus is in as well. How you doing Fergus Joe Perkins Arno's here as well, I mean it's just unbelievable. Brandon's in as well hello Brandon you're fairly new to me name so lovely to meet you, Brandon, Matthew Hecker is in Hello Matthew, they've been forever. This is like everyone's in today Jake Paradism and Steve leach have I missed anyone. I hope not. Oh, Matthew Chambers as well, hello, hello Matthew chambers. So, how are you guys all doing. Welcome to Emily's live, this is a live podcast funnily enough, the clues in the title, and today I wanted to talk about discovering your dream job, if you like, because this is something that I realised, about five, six years ago that you know we all, well, maybe we don't. But for me, I started out playing the drums I was 11 years old, and I decided that I wanted to be a professional drummer, that was when I hit about sort of 14 I realised that maybe it was viable to actually make this a career, and I was like, Yeah, I want to be a professional drummer and all I knew was what I always told myself was, I just want to make a living playing the drums. I want a roof over my head and food in my fridge, and that's how you know that I have been successful in what I'm trying to do, as long as I can do it playing the drums. I am happy. And this was a great ambition 100% But it got to about 2015 I think it was. And I realised that I was doing it, I was doing the thing, I mean, I even become more specific in what I was doing so I wasn't just playing the drums I was touring I was recording I was working with named DA is, you know, and I realised that I wasn't actually happy. It was the weirdest thing I was literally living the dream that I always had, and I wasn't happy. And there's something that basically sparked all this and got me sitting down and made me really reevaluate that this, and that was when I parted ways with the darkness. So it was May in 2015. We decided to part ways I was obviously I was upset about it, but I knew that in the next year that followed essentially the next 12 months, no one would call me for work, I knew that for a fact and the reason why it's because people would think I would start working with them, and I just knew that the phone would be ringing, because people would just assume I'm busy, so I thought, Okay, well that sucks. What can I do with that time, I've this really, I must say I have this weird reaction when things happen like that were. So, when, when I split the the darkness or let's say COVID happen right my reaction to bad things like that happening. I just think okay well this is gonna leave space for something else that might be for another opportunity but in this case, it was space to reevaluate and just go, Okay, why am I unhappy, and what can I do to make myself happy if that makes sense. So I remember I booked a holiday, and went away to Spain just jumped on a plane to Malaga. And I thought right well I'm gonna do is, I love drumming, I want to be a drummer. I am a drummer. I'm not very happy Why am I not happy and I decided to sit down and just really evaluate what it was about my job that I absolutely loved. And what about it, I didn't love that much, and then maybe trying to find a role within sort of being a drummer, that would hit all those things that I love, or as many of them as I could, and it wasn't just within drumming, I suppose it was in life as well, like just looking at the bigger picture like lifestyle day to day like what do I love, what would I, what would I love that I don't currently have, what do I not like very much and all that sort of stuff, and come up with a plan, basically, to just have a better quality of life overall so if you are someone like that that is loves what you do, but actually there's some part of you that feels a little bit unfulfilled, or just something doesn't seem quite right, I highly, highly, highly recommend you sit down with yourself and ask yourself these questions because I changed my life, literally, since that time that I sat down and work this out. I've never been happier so I five stars would recommend. So here's what I did, I sat down and I will tell you my answers you know and some of them might be a little bit questionable you might be like really, but, and maybe a realistic but here we are. So I sat down the first thing that I asked myself was right. What do I love, What do I absolutely adore about being a drummer. Yeah, what do I love. So I decided that the thing that I've always loved since the day that I started playing his songs. In fact I've loved songs before I started playing drums, and that really gets me like playing songs just getting into like lyrics and all of that sort of stuff, creating a vibe and just connecting with other musicians. I absolutely love that comes into another part of it I love other people's like stories and experiences and kind of like tapping into that or it's almost it's it really fulfils me I just, I adore it for whatever reason. The other thing I love is working with lots of different people and in all honesty that was part of the reason that I couldn't carry on playing with the darkness is that I would have to dedicate my life just to them, which is great and an amazing opportunity but it just doesn't fit my personality because I really love the variety of working with different people. And that's why you know I loved being a session musician because I got to work with different artists and yes, I was dispensable but that kind of make made it interesting, if that makes sense, because I could just like joke around, play with lots of people, it's great. What else did I love, I loved travelling, that was like one of my favourite things was getting to travel around and do all that, and then sort of like more in lifestyle let's let's talk about not to do with drumming, I loved. I love, I still love all of these things I still love I should say, I love having a routine. I am someone although I love a lot of variety. I also really love having a routine and and being able to like work through issues meeting really so like work out what's the most effective routine for my day to do like exercise and make sure that I'm eating well and then like working and being creative because another thing I loved being creative. I feel like I'm a problem solver, whether that's like, people asking me for advice or, you know if there's a, if I can't do something, then I love working out how to do it. Often I am, you know, very frustrated when I can't work it out and I even had an instance of that yesterday that really annoyed me. But I genuinely just love that feeling of overcoming a problem or something that I, I, you know, I don't know how to do. But I want to do. So those were kind of the things that I decided or at least some of them I've actually written a list, I would say that I probably will reference in a minute, just in case I've forgotten any really important ones but there that's just an idea of some of the things that I loved about being a drummer. Generally in life, things that I love. And, you know, why did I love these things well. Well, let's be honest, I'm, I'm a bit of a control freak, so I do like to be in control of things that's why I like routines and things like that. And yeah and I just love connecting with people I kind of think that is the baseline of why I love playing the drums with those musically, whether it's personally having a conversation, whether it's doing something like this talking to you guys, and, and yet so those were kind of the things that I decided what I really loved those things, and I thought well it's probably a good idea to recognise the things that I'm not enjoying that much so that I can minimise those things. So I was like, this is gonna sound crazy because it's such an integral part of being a musician. I really don't enjoy rehearsals and I am I am saying, I don't enjoy rehearsals, the reason I don't I think I touched on this last week. I really can't stand being in the same room for days on end playing the same songs over and over and over again. When I often come to rehearsals like completely rehearsed myself like I'm ready to go. And it frustrates me, if, if I'm in a room especially with other people that don't hold those same standards. So that's the other thing getting frustrated with people that like say, don't hold those same standards. Also, when people are rude to each other or other people, if they're rude to me I'm not that bothered but seeing that that kind of irks me a little bit as well so that's not ideal. Also not having, say you're on tour, not having your own space if it's a tour bus tour for instance, I struggle with that sometimes not all the time. Sometimes I love it but I do like the option of having my own space. So, you know, maybe, maybe not that also things like exhaustion on tour Bigland tour is exhausting. And the biggest one that I think for me is I really was not happy with the fact that I was basing a lot of my value as a musician, as a person, on whether the phone was ringing. And I can tell you that is one of the greatest ways to completely destroy any self esteem because to link something so important or self esteem to whether, you know, to an external factor to whether someone is calling you. I didn't realise that that Well, I kind of realised that at the time, I hadn't realised for 1015 years before that. It's so destructive. So I think that in that moment I realised that I really needed to get in control freak, to take control of what I consider to be success, and also whether I was being successful if that made sense so I thought right, Whatever I kind of decided I need to do. I need to be in control of it. So, what I then did was, I sat down and I brainstorm some ideas of ways that I could hit the things that I really loved about playing the drums, and then minimise the things that I didn't enjoy about playing the drums and I say playing the drums but what I mean is sort of that wider scope of being a professional drummer, being a session musician, you know what my job at that moment entailed and essentially that was touring, that was doing covers gigs function geek functions gigs, and, and a little bit of recording that was my experience at the time but I thought right, let's see what else I can do that can utilise all these things in the right way and I can use them in my favour. So I sat down and I came up with a couple of ideas. So the first one for me was to put on my own show, which probably seems pretty crazy, and I think it probably was. But, side note I did this, the reason that I thought it would be a good idea, a I was completely in control creatively, and you know it was a creative outlet and I thought that that could be really interesting that could be really fun. and also it meant the long term, because me I think big, you know I mean I don't just think about the immediate long term, you know, it could lead to Turing, it could lead to seeing the world, it could lead to meeting lots of new people and really interesting scenarios, and I went down this path and I did create a show, a one woman show I say as a one woman show is me and my husband, and we will he was my fiance at the time, we created the show called feathers and cogs, one woman show just me on stage with my trauma drums with a bunch of visuals, music, a bunch of crazy technology basically the whole premise of it for the show and the creative side of it and why mad brain was me finding things that I thought, Oh, I've never seen that done on stage before. Well then I guess I should do it. That was pretty much my reasoning behind everything that happened on that show, and it was great fun. It was a really great experience. It took about six months to put together. But essentially, at the end of it, I was exhausted like emotionally I was wrecked I still feel wrecked from that show, and people still ask me if I will do another one. But it took so much out of me, that I'm not sure, basically I knew that's probably not a sustainable thing for me to do for it to take so much out of me, and although I really enjoyed it actually the thing that I realised again I took it as my number one thing I love playing other people's songs, I love connecting to other people's stories that why'd you know how they say, reading fiction, always is something about travelling or I don't know widening horizons basically the best way to time travel or to travel is by reading fiction. I feel the same way about playing songs playing music, I feel like you connect into someone's story and you get a viewpoint that you wouldn't usually have and I realised that that was really, really important to me. So when I sat down with myself again. After the show realising that maybe that wasn't the correct thing to do and this would have been the beginning of 2016. I decided that, although this was crazy at the time, I thought you know what, something that really would work for me is starting a remote recording business, I'd seen a couple of people would do in it. And so it was definitely viable because they seem to be, you know, doing a good job with it. There was some slight issues though, in that I had no recording gear, and I also had no knowledge of how to record professionally in that kind of capacity, I'd been into recording studios but purely as a drummer, certainly not as an engineer, didn't have the information, and I was like, Okay, that's a bit of an obstacle, but the poll of the things that I would get from doing this again long term, I could see in my mind's eye, the fact that if this all went to plan and I learned these things you know the things that you can learn so it's not like it's either yes or no, you have more you don't learn so it's like okay, that's an obstacle but we can get around that or we can get over those hurdles. But the things that I knew that it would afford me, was so much greater than the sort of pain of learning how to get there. Things like playing songs, day in and day out, playing with different people day in and day out, people from everywhere in the world, day in and day out, having a routine thing at home and being able to you know, even down to silly things like being able to work all day and then go back into the house and cook. Crazy, crazy concept but something like that on the road I wasn't able to do, you know, you'd be playing a gig you'd be doing soundcheck, I'd never been able to be able to cook, or very, very rarely and that was a really frustrating thing for me. And equally, would never have to do rehearsals. Amazing. Working to my own schedule I didn't need to you know have anyone else in the room, it was just me, I can work in the way in the weird and wacky ways that I love to work, and I could be in solitude, I could do it just quietly with a lot of peace, rather than having to be, you know, sociable I like being sociable I do but if I have the choice, I'd rather have the choice if that made sense to be sociable versus you know if I want to have a quiet day and just get on and do my thing. I like that too. I like having the option and the variety of everything and all of this combined was just so amazing. The other thing is, I didn't need to commit to just this one thing, it still meant that I could go and do touring as well and pick up tours, as when I wanted, you know, if the phone was ringing, I could say yes or no but it wasn't my be all and end all. And yeah, so I think that this moment of kind of just asking myself what I loved about what I did. Why didn't love about what I did, and then just brainstorming an idea, literally changed my life and I just had to share it with you because it was such a pivotal moment for me, and I've never been happier. I'm not saying things are there aren't still struggles there are, and you know, like I say, even just the initial struggle of learning how to, like how equipment worked in a studio, and then there was the running the business side whole nother thing that, ultimately, it's just given me such a richer experience of my life. And I'm not saying that that's going to be the solution for you necessarily but maybe think about the things that you really love maybe, for instance, another thing that I'm not a big fan of is kind of going and doing gigs and having really late nights like getting back at four in the morning. I love the gig, but having to drive home and getting back up for the morning didn't enjoy that, or very rarely sometimes I did very occasionally but now it is very occasionally because it's supplements all this other stuff was going on. Maybe for you, giving back is really important so maybe something like teaching is the way forward because you just want to give to the community and you want to be able to like help people on their journey, that's an amazing thing. Or even, you know, starting a podcast about something maybe you're really passionate about, drums, and, you know, like down to the minute details like the the bearing edges and the different lugs that you can get it's all stuff that I don't have a huge amount of knowledge on but if you're super into that like that it's your thing you're obsessed, why not start a podcast on that that could be a fun thing to do. You never really know where these things are gonna lead as well so it's definitely just worth asking yourself the question just to define and hone in what it is about what you do that you love and then just maximise it, There aren't any rules create something, create something that hits all those points, or as many of them as you can because you might not be able to hit all of them say I was only doing recording, it means that I wouldn't be travelling because my job, but, you know, I can do travelling, as a fun thing fantasy that travelling for fun. What a strange concept. I just wanted to share this thought because like I said it's such an important moment for me in my career and in my life, that if this helps one person, just to ask that question. Actually, what do I love, actually, what do I not love and then go from there. I think it really can enrich your life. So, I hope it does. I hope it helps you. Anyway, I'm going to head to the questions I've had a few in beforehand that I'm going to answer in fact one of them is from disaster, who I think is listening, he was in earlier typing but I think he's, he's now driving. So, right, there's three questions that I have, so I like this first one because it kind of ties in to what I've spoken about, oh by the way, if you want to join in on the live aspect of this podcast or YouTube, wherever you're listening or watching it, then go to Emily is live.com you can join us live you can ask questions live or you can send in questions beforehand and I'll do my best to answer, answer them. So yeah, the first question is, was playing with world class X touring around the planet, what you wanted when you sat on a drum kit for the first time. Did you expect that running your own business as a recording artists would be so satisfying. So kind of two questions there so right was playing with world class X, what you wanted when you first sat on the drum kit. No, absolutely not. The first time I ever sat on a kit. I was 11 years old, so I get goosebumps every time I think about this, and, and the only thought that ran through my mind was, oh my gosh, I could be good at this. I sat down and I understood it, I couldn't probably play but I just there was something in me it was like, I just, I can't I often say it's like Neo in the Matrix seeing the code, but it's like I found a part of me that I didn't even know existed. And it was just this kind of sudden need this hunger to be good at this thing because I believed I could be, I don't know why that came into my consciousness but I grabbed hold of it because it's the only thing in my life before or since I've ever felt that way, it was just like oh my gosh, I could be good at this, and then it became, I will be good at this, I am obsessed and that was kind of my trajectory. It was only when I hit about 13 or 14 years old that I realised that I could actually do this as a living, you know, it kind of skirted around the idea but I didn't really understand how that would happen and like how that was a viable thing and I'm incredibly lucky me and my sister were brought up with both of our parents saying to us, Look, if you can find something you love and work out how to make a living from it, then you have that is life you are sorted, like that is the dream sort of thing, and I think a big part of that reason was because they weren't allowed to do what they wanted to do, as kids, they had to get very traditional jobs, and they totally rebelled, by the way later on in life but when they were growing up, that's all they were told, so I think they very much took the opposite approach and just said, Look, if you find something and you can work out to make a living, then go do it, and I will be forever grateful for them, just that is normal to me that is just how my brain thinks so. No, I didn't expect that when I first picked up the sticks I all I wanted to do was be good at it because I fallen in love with it, and it was just, I'm doing this thing this is a part of me, and I want to be as good as I can be. That was it, the career side of it kind of came later. And then the second part the question. Did you expect running your own business as a recording artist would be so satisfying. Did I think it would. Well, when I first thought this up through asking these questions. I sort of did think it would be. I think it was an ideal, it was kind of like that would be really cool if that happened, and it wasn't like I didn't want to set myself up to be disappointed in case it didn't work out as well as I hoped it would if that makes sense but I thought it would be fun, but in all honesty I think the biggest thing, the biggest obstacle in front of me was the fact that I didn't have the knowledge of how to run a business, and how the actual inner workings of a recording studio work. So I think that was so far in front of my face that I didn't dare think much past that, if that makes sense. Now I'm here though, I, I, it's unbelievable to me, the kind of the feeling that I get the satisfaction that I get just the joy that I get through working in my studio, as anyone knows that's been following me for the last couple of months. Also, my new studio is currently being built. So, I've not been able to record for like two or three months, and it's killing me. But when I get in there oh my gosh it's gonna be so amazing again and I just, I can't wait to get back in there. So yeah, it's, it's, it's so much more satisfying than I ever could have imagined because it's just incredible and I think, yeah, sometimes you don't actually appreciate how life changing things can be, you just got to kind of go on that journey and just start from a place of like, okay I'm gonna do this. Let me commit to it and just see where it goes because weird stuff happens. Trust me, it's all very strange and right so we've got another question here, maybe slightly off paste real love of paste. I am a busy working professional, whose hobby is drumming, I'm finding it hard to see how I can meet like minded same level people to play together with considering my busy work and life schedule, any thoughts, yes. So that's awesome festival. I think anyone that can pick up an instrument and play and have fun with it is just ideal. In my experience, and I would say, get on Gumtree. It's a great place to meet local musicians at least it was when I was coming up, that's where I found in fact no that wasn't where I found my first band, my first band I found on loot, which doesn't exist anymore I'm pretty certain. But it was basically a newspaper version, and online version of Gumtree what Gumtree is now so I'd say look on Gumtree maybe Facebook groups like if you have a local area musicians group or something and just either set like just have a look through search for anyone that says drummer needed drummer wanted anything like that or put up an ad, and just say hey I'm a drummer, I'm into these kinds of bands anyone that fancies doing just a weekly jam or whatever, hit me up, get in touch, whatever. And, again, see where it goes. I think sometimes you've just got to set out your stall and say this is what I have to offer and whether that's a time thing, whether that's a style or band influences thing, or wherever it is, I think. Yeah, you've got to sort of be quite proactive about it rather than just stumbling across people also local rehearsal rooms sometimes have again a bit old school but they sometimes have people advertising for musicians, members of bands and they might be just a jam band that had exactly the same position as you. I think as long as you're very open with what you're after, then, yeah, it's, it could be a really really good thing. I'm just going to check something. Yes. Okay, great. So I hope that helps. Also, I don't know who those questions are from so hello if you're here in the room, then please do say those questions are yours. And then the third question this is before I come to the questions in the room is from Michael Lopez, who was here on the tip, tip text before I went live, but if you're hopefully you're listening on your drive home, I think, but he was just asking what's the story behind the crystal on your neck, which a Michael very well noticed very well notice, I tell you what it is. Back in, when was it in October. I think I call COVID I'm not sure but basically, Something happened, I don't know and I lost all of my energy was an absolute nightmare. And anyone that knows me knows that I am, I run on a lot of energy I'm, you know, I just like to get stuff done anyway it floored me it totally floored me for months, months and months and I was trying to get better and I was trying to just work out. What could it be, how can I help and it was just anything I could do to help the situation, and I was in Cornwall maybe a couple of months ago, and part of the thing about me is that I very much take on other people's energy and whether that's positive energy or loving it or bounce off it or wherever there's negative energy it drains me something chronic, it's just the way I am, and apparently this crystal will protect me from that, from people's negative energy, allegedly, I don't know whether it does but I'm gonna try anything that I can so I thought well, better to have it or not have it and I don't know whether it's made a difference but I have energy right now that's all that I know and I'm very happy about it. Okay so let's head in to the room as it were, let's see who is still here. And if anyone has any questions, just stick them in the chat or if you just want to chat about something random, I am more than happy to do that too. So I guess I should go from there. Let's see, so let's go from him. Moon cat John says hi all with a ghost. And Chris pan saying Hi Emily, good to see you're hooked on Classics Hi Emily can't join the chat as I'll be driving Barbie listening in Simone, I hope you're still here listening. So Jed says hi all hope you're okay I can't stay long as I'm out and about on the road again I hope you're driving safe Jed. Let's go down a little bit walrus test, this is David Travers Dixon from Tasmania, who makes some of my favourite whiskey, can I just say, so it's got round to watching count me in last night, there was someone in it who looked and sounded just like you. I'm so glad you got to see it, I'm still getting such wonderful comments about count man so if you haven't seen it, it's documentary over on Netflix, basically celebrating dramas and neutral experiences, and somehow for some reason I seem to be a part of it I got a phone call one day and get an interview and now it's on Netflix and it's all very surreal, but I'm very proud to be a part of it and amongst amazing company as well. It's unbelievable the dramas on that just yeah if you, if you're able to then go check it out. Yeah, count me in on Netflix. So Matthew chambers is so bombed bombed out, that's because of the intro, and, oh, crikey sorry my screen just jumped. Oh my goodness, there's a lot of people speaking, So, I'll know is here as well hello oh no you made it well done. And Ali says good morning Emily yes it's it's it's afternoon, early afternoon. So Brandon says good morning from the badges den in California, of course BS badger, welcome so badger drums makes amazing drums, we've been talking all about snare drums recently me and me and badger sorry I'm not used to calling you, Brandon. Man badger has been have been talking about snare drums and he's been realising how terrible my knowledge of like what different bearing edges do and different lugs due to the sound of a drum or I'm I'm so useless. I know when I find something that I enjoy the sound of, but I couldn't tell you why most of the time, sometimes I can but most of the time I have no idea. Matthew Hecker Hello Matthew, how are you and Jake frets the leeches ear Hey Steve, I'm in fact Stevie I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time, and Matthew North is here. Hello, Matthew, hope all is well all is very well thank you Matthew Nathan drums is here hello Nathan You finally made it Nathan keeps accidentally missing these which is such a shame because he's such a big part of this group of people. Adam Stanley drums is here Hello Adam, how are you so how do you discern between working through different scenarios and just being unhappy because a change is actually needed. That's a really really good question. I think it's very dependent on each situation, for sure. But again, I think it's very personal. I personally put a time limit on it. So, or a limit, I should say, maybe not just a time limit so if it's a difficult scenario, and you're able to actually affect that scenario. i It's your band, or, you know you're a key part of the situation. I would put limits on it in terms of right I will address it and see what happens then in X amount of time, I'll sort of look at it again. If it's something where you're a hired gun essentially session musician, or I don't know, even if it's working with a client within the studio. I will again put a time limit on it and just say if I don't feel better about this in, you know, six months time, then maybe I should just knock it on the head because for me I balanced up the cost of my happiness, my energy, You know the effort that I put in, and at the end of the day, I don't want to be and I've had this when I'm onstage, performing. And I feel resentful towards the artist that I'm working with, and it's, it's the worst feeling. I remember even once, and this was very early days and I will never say who this is. I was on stage, and I was so resentful that I wanted to play badly. That's how bad it was. I've never ever told anyone that I've never admitted that to anyone, but I knew in that moment, I need to leave, and I left literally a couple of weeks later, best decision I've made. You know, because the thing is, it's never just gonna be that one opportunity, if you don't let it, you have to be proactive. Yes, but you don't need to hold on to everything like with an iron grip because, And again, it's a weird thing that I have, I do believe that if you take something out of your life, that space, it gives you space for other opportunities to come and be a part of your life but you won't even see them you won't even have the energy, the capacity to have them, because everything is blocked everything is full. Your whole life is full, and especially if you're feeling negative feelings or whatever towards a situation that's just not gonna get you what you want, if that makes sense without getting to kind of rule airy fairy about it. I really do believe that leaving space for opportunity and creativity is a really important thing. So, yeah, I'd say, sorry, Adam, it's not a very clear cut answer but I think it is very specific and to your scenario and if you can work away around it. That's great. That's really good and honestly it's not something that I'm brilliant at. I'm the person that is more likely to step away, than to kind of try and I don't know, like, I don't know, whatever. The other option is see how bad I am at it but I think it's horses for courses and it depends on you as well and your way of dealing with things. Adam I know you're really good at like actually talking about things like that so that is that is good, lean into whatever you are and whatever you do and how do you do it. So Allah says hi nice glad you made it. Yes, we're all happy you made it Nathan. David says, all the kids in my Soviet kindergarten were brainwashed to be to be, oh cosmonauts astronauts also moved long, so my dream job is cancelled. But my dream business is still on my mind, David, we've never spoken about this but can I just say when I was a kid, when I was probably from the age of about four to the age of about eight, I was up test with the moon with space, and I wanted to be an astronaut too, and I didn't go to on your kindergartens, but my goodness I would have loved to because I was upset I would, I would, I would make books on how, like, about the moon, and I always remember I'd probably get about two pages in like I'd make a book with a4 paper and just fold it over, that's my book I'm writing two pages in and then I'll know about. Next one, the moon, two pages. Next one. Anyway, I was obsessed also so I can totally, I can, yeah. Oh, in another life I would love to have been an astronaut is so cool. So Matthew chambers says big fan of ageing. Me too. But I know you're kind of tongue in cheek there, but fan of eating means fan of travelling to me, best food you're gonna eat is whilst you're travelling so touring might be the option for you and that could be in terms of like touring as a session musician with an artist, it could be as part of like a stage show like a touring stage show, I know, I know what was the best one that's gone on to anyway, sorry, my brain is just going off on a tangent, but it's finding something that fits, or maybe it's similar to me cooking at home so you want something that brings you home or so maybe is teaching or recording studio, whatever is on that side of things so it's just a or maybe a bit of everything that's, you know that doesn't have to be just one option but yeah, I mean, always a big fan of he in really, in fact, maybe then you could be like a fitness instructor, because then you can really eat as much as you want because you're going to burn it all off now that would be good. Nathan says thank you Allie, I was just taking my hardware ensnares out of the car I knew I should have been doing something related thank you for reminding me it was this. Yes, no problem, Nathan anytime I did think I thought, My goodness, if he misses another one, accidentally then he'll probably feel really bad so I just thought I'd just put it out there, And, and David is saying hi to Nathan. Worst TAS wait list and say, Oh, the whole, the whole Ganga here it looks like, I don't think we're missing anyone at the moment are we, Jed says I've got to get off now and for Emily and friends catch up soon, I'll catch the stream soon bye for now. Yes, Jed, you can listen to it back it will be out on Friday. So Nathan says Oh no, not you. Steve leach says, I love that you said that Emily regarding rehearsals I feel exactly the same way, Steve, thank you for saying that because I feel like it's sacrilege saying something like that. I always felt it was wrong to feel, Steve, we are so on the same page, I It feels like I'm saying a dirty thing by saying that I don't enjoy rehearsals. I'm fine if it's like one day rehearsal just to run everything that I can deal with, or like for it. Okay. The Voice Kids different scenario, we'll do, like, four days rehearsals, but it's literally we run everything. Three times I think, and then we don't play again until we film it. Well pretty much there's a couple of bits in between, but it's not like labouring over parts, everyone knows what they're doing, we do it, We hit it, we move on, and that is, oh, that's my perfect way of working and that's how we get through about I think it's like 30 songs over a couple of days. So yeah, but rehearsals are, I just, I just, you know, some people go into rehearsal for months, playing the same set for months, it's, it's my idea of hell. It literally is, I just know it's not for me, I think there would be very few scenarios where I would make an exception for that kind of level of sitting in a rehearsal room. Oh goodness, and, and Morris Tatars, how's it going, Nathan and Walter saying hey buddy haha so Jake says yeah I completely agree. I don't mind rehearsals but excessive rehearsing is frustrating, especially where some people don't come prepared, or their plan is to learn the songs in the rehearsal, literally, Jake. That is one of my biggest pet peeves in the world, is people coming to rehearsals and not knowing the part, it's got, it's fine if we haven't heard the stuff and we're learning it in the room, fair enough. But aside from that, I just can't see any good reason do you see me I'm getting stressed even thinking about it I need to stop thinking about it, but it really winds me up so much when people come unprepared because I don't. That's not how I work, and although it's unrealistic and yes it is. I expect people to hold similar standards if you're doing a professional job if you're being paid, there should be a certain level that you want to, ah, anyway, that's my little rant over for now at very least. And Nathan says that he's very stressed busy and stressed at being busy, Nathan you're one of the most busy people that I know you must take some time, please take some time. And he says, Hey, Carl, how are you mate, I saw you playing drums with your band on a video recently, very nice. I have not seen that I need to see that. So wars test says I write and record demos, all the time, when it comes to rehearsing, most of my bands are pretty tight and don't really practice, other than about a jam a week in the lead up to the show. Alright so this is the thing you say, I feel like it's just personal preference because some people love that hand, they love the jam and all that, and like you say you're with people that don't really practice but they come in, they do the job and it's sweet and you're happy. That's awesome. It's just like, it's just bored but I don't know what it is. Something must have happened to me when I was younger, where I just cannot abide rehearsals, I don't know why. And Nathan says yay feathers and cogs, so feathers and cogs was the one woman show me and my husband put on back in 2016 2015 2015. It was December 2015 And then it was like, the week after was Christmas. Then we moved house. And then we got married, all in the space of about two weeks. Crazy. Maddie Jamie says I remember feathers and cogs, it was an interesting idea. It was an interesting idea. I still cringe, there's so many things that I was not happy with, there were many things I was happy with, but there was, as I said in a previous episode I very much see the mistakes I see the things that need to be fixed. Those are the things that I fixate on. And therefore, that's why I'm not doing it again there was a lot that was wrong with it in my head and it was, It was a lot. Grandma, what had says have wondered before whether there will be any future chance to see a feathers in cultural reprise reprise sounds as likely. I mean, you may see something that is a version of feathers and cogs, but it probably won't ever be called that again maybe, I don't know, maybe in the future but it definitely will take on a very different form, but it's like anything, it's even like things like this podcast for instance, this started out the very very first incarnation of this was I used to make really short and I can't even remember what platform. This was on. It may have been YouTube it may have even been a different one before that, very very short question and answer videos, that was so I was so embarrassed and self aware about the fact that I would often be like that I would chop out all those little words a couple of what they call those types of words they're sort of the little in between words so be very very choppy very very short and I put, put it onto Instagram. Now, not Instagram sorry, on YouTube, but that was back in 2014 I think something like that. It was a long time ago. And this is obviously seven years later, oh my gosh it's seven years later, but here it is, this is this is the next incarnation and obviously we've done a version, another podcast a drummers guide to that was a version of this, the live streams was a whole thing for the last couple of years, so everything is sort of a stepping stone to something else to me like it's, it's an evolution, it's a constant evolution. Same with drums stamp club so if anyone doesn't know. I run this, this club called the drum stem club, the drums. Just drums them club, and is free drum only tracks that started out as drum loops that I made with MIDI, because I didn't have a studio but I wanted to put something out there and it was called Edsel loops, but most people don't even know about that but that was would have been back in 2015, I think, I'm not even sure, but that's the point. I think everything. If you build upon things, then, interesting things happened. It's very good. Allie says, Is there a video of frozen cogs there is, but it wasn't shot very well, and honestly I don't actually know where it is, if I can find it. I'll see if I can put something together but it might be one of those things that just exists in that moment in time, it may be and the people that were there saw it, and it happened, and it was not perfect, People said they enjoyed it so that's nice but we'll see. We'll see maybe maybe I'll just send you something. So Nathan says, Boris tasks right our mate, I've started using the idea of recorded demos as a way to do individual rehearsals instead of rehearsal. Instead of rehearsals, so rehearsal time isn't so sticky. That's interesting. So I think I understand what you mean now. So Nathan Thank you for clarifying to David your, are you talking about doing demos as in you send it to each person to record their parts on it so they're kind of rehearsing and learning, and recording on there, at the same time to everyone kind of knows where they're at because I think that's a really great idea if that's what you're saying. And Nathan if that's also what you're saying and if I'm reading into that right which I might be but it's possible that I'm not. Carl Bailey says thank you sir, I to Nathan's right, I think that probably the band. Oh gosh. Grand Valley, valleys, I am grand a release. This is things like this really show how out of touch I am loads of sequence stuff to play off had another gig, different band last week too. I love it when I hear people that are playing with lots of different bands because I have people after my own heart for sure. Nathan says to David transduction is cut down on wasted group time massively so far this is the recording the demos together, which but separately I think it makes a lot of sense. I've never thought of that but actually it makes so much sense. And he Nathan says the car, Bayless, yeah the sequence stuff sounded very cool, yeah I don't know that band at all, grand, grand Dave the lease or grand Felice. I'm not the best to say named at the best of times. So war is tested. I always, I also love. Sorry, I also lucked out, that I also really dig all of my band songs, so I can just add them to my solo jam time Spotify playlist. Now that is an ideal situation. In fact, you're reminding me there are certain artists that I work with, or have worked with, I should say that do also do that, they listen to their own songs, and they warm up, and they sing their own songs, and that is how they warm up and I think what an amazing spot to be in that you enjoy your music so much that you can use it in that way, I think that's brilliant David, I think that's really brilliant Fergus Hello Vegas says Hey Emily, just to ask if you've ever had to take on other jobs in order to pay the bills while you're on your journey to where you are at the moment. Yes, I have luckily not a huge amount, but I worked, so I worked in a drum shop for a little while. That's where I did my work experience when I was 15 years old and then would work there on Saturdays after that I worked babysitting jobs as well. And I also worked, where my mum worked my mom used to work for a company called GSK who was like a pharmaceutical company. She worked in the. She was an occupational health nurse there, but there was a bunch of data entry stuff, and my mom was like, Look, do you want to go and do this job to earn some money so that you can keep doing your drumming and I was like yeah yeah of course. And so I did that hated by the way it was awful. I had to be there like five o'clock every morning. Oh my goodness, and I would listen to the Angelo's voodoo album, and I love that album so much, you know when you listen to something intensely and then you associated with that period of time, for years I couldn't listen to it because it reminded me of that time and I just really didn't enjoy it. Anyway, I digress. And I also used to help my dad so he is where he's a producer of a kids TV show, but he's always been involved in, like animation and stuff, and I would help him do like the jobs that like small jobs like something to do with scripts or a cover what is called, or there's various very no menial tasks but they're kind of like is literally a checklist put this here 500 times, that sort of thing. And so he would, he would pay me to do things like that. I did almost work in a closed shop and I almost worked in a bar for a little while, but I ended up starting to play covers gigs, so thank goodness for that. I think that's it. I'm pretty sure that's it, I'm pretty sure that's it. But yeah, I've always tried to sort of like, always have it be drum related later on so teaching, stuff like that I do that. Instead of working in a bar, but that that risk of having to get like a job like that really fueled me it was like, Okay, I better go find something to do, and Nathan drums says to walrus tats haha, that is an added bonus, I was going to say I was going to say what even the song, the drummers wrote haha, but that would be you. So that's about. We'll recess playing along to his own terms. So budget says sounds like having the living the dream. I can't wait for the day that building drums becomes my full time gig, well budget I will say that you are clearly on your way because the level of quality that you're providing for the drums that you're building is exceptional, and I think it is literally unfortunately, there is an element of time and patience that comes along with any job but especially any creative job so yeah whatever you're doing, just keep doing it because you're very, very good at what you do, Clearly. Oh, my chat is jumping around like a crazy person. And wars test says haha I'm stealing the gig and party into the wee hours and get home at 5am phase, dude. It wasn't long ago I was in exactly the same phase and occasionally I still am in that phase. Although partying into the wee hours I was never part of that phase, I am so boring, anyone that works with me. No, I am so unwelcome now, I am so the first person to bed if I can be. I might have a drink after the show, maybe two, maybe, but that is kind of my limit for various reasons, I won't go into which I know sounds strange, because I love going into random tangents, but not for today. Nathan says McDonald's and Starbucks enjoy that I Oh, McDonald's and Starbucks, enjoy that I drive home at 4am most nights haha. McDonald's on fleet services has seen my face, more times than I should probably admit to. It's important, I remember someone telling me that you can't fall asleep if you're eating, although my husband would probably disagree with that he was in the Marines they were tired all the time because they crazy. But anyway, apparently you can't fall asleep when you eat. This is why I got told so I decided, Okay, well that I just better eat all the way home on long drives home. Not great, the old our waistline. Fergus says so inspiring to hear all of your stories. Do you take every session, Or if you don't connect with the track, have you ever declined work, I love recording sessions and shows, I have to enjoy. So, yeah, there are things that I won't take on, if I don't think I'm the right person for it or if my because obviously songs are different styles and genres, I don't play every genre or style, I don't I have certain things that I excel at for sure. But if I'm not that person. I will say, Look, I don't think I'm the right person for this but here's some other people that might be great for this X Y, Zed here try them out and there's never any bad feeling or anything like that, that's the same for gigs, you know and I may have even said yes to gigs but then it becomes apparent actually I'm probably not the right person for this I'm probably not the right fit, that could be musically that could be personally as well. And it's no negative thing about those people or about that music. It's just I'm not the right fit. It's like a relationship, it's often not about people being, you know, bad or good or whatever. It's just a mismatch, and that's it and I think being okay with that leads you to things that are more aligned with you and all the things that come naturally to you and I think that's a great thing. Jake, did I even answer your question, I'm so sorry, Vegas. Did I do I take every session, no. So, yeah, Jake Perez, I know for a lot of people, the pandemic has caused people to have a rethink. Has it changed anything for you Emery. Yes 100% So when the pandemic first hit. I, my initial reaction was so let's give some context so when the pandemic first hit, I had a whole year's touring booked in with Kim Wilde, it was the greatest hits tour, I was like right we were literally two weeks off of going into rehearsals for this whole new show, loads of new songs to learn loads new programming to do it was really exciting, and then obviously all of it hit, and it was like, Oh, okay. Like everyone did it was just shocking Oh my goodness. For me, the way that I deal with things happening like that and this can be obviously a global pandemic, or it can be on a smaller scale just in my world. My reaction is for some reason. Okay, great. That means, and it doesn't mean that I think that is great. It just means that I need to take a positive from it, otherwise I will go into a spiral and I don't know where to go. So my reaction to the pandemic was okay great, that means that I can focus on X, Y, Zed, and I can help people with X Y, Zed, and that became i that means that I can create the remote recording business course which is basically just teaching people about how to run a business when it comes to running a remote recording studio because the business side is not something that I feel comes naturally to musicians and Jake I know that you know that because you've been on the course. And I'm just reading your question now. So yeah and then. So I focused on that, which meant that I didn't have time to stop and think. And I kept busy and then the studio was really busy because it, you know it afforded a lot of musicians the time to finish their passion project, or, you know their own stuff versus working for other people. So I became very busy because of that. And again, I wasn't focusing on anything and then I was just keep going, keep going, keep going because that's how I work. That's how I that's just how I roll in life. It wasn't until October, when I got sick, that I was like, Oh no, I was forced to stop and take stock and although I didn't want any It was painful. I think it was really good because it did make me think what was important. And, you know, even down to I mean, we moved house because of it, because of the pandemic because the and Tony realise you know what was important to us. Long term what we wanted. What we didn't want again if you're sitting down and just going right, what do I love what don't I love. Let's just maximise the things that we love, Life is short, this pandemic has shown us that if anything, it's about spending more time with family is about, you know, looking after ourselves I was not looking after myself at all, I still struggle with that, I'm trying I'm trying my best and I'm doing better for sure. It was things like, You know, even doing the live streams I realised that was taking a lot of energy for me, and I loved it so much. That's why I'm still doing them but I'm doing them more in a condensed version like this and being able to interact because I also knew that, you know, social media was taking up a lot of my energy and time, you know, replying to comments, all that sort of stuff. That's why I was like, I love talking to people. Okay, so I'll do a live stream, and then I can answer the questions just there in the room as it were, and I can connect, and it's gonna be awesome a marriage this condensed thing that I can control. Now you have to recognise that when I hit, you know, end stream after this, I will go home and I will collapse for the rest of the day because I really do everything I do, I give everything, and I know that about myself, but what I didn't know before the pandemic was truly how much I was giving, and truly the toll that it was taking until it really did just all hit me and I was like, I can't do anything. I literally couldn't even I couldn't even walk upstairs without just needing to sit down, I couldn't do anything. I can't express to you how much was taken from me and it made me just realise and I was like, this is not sustainable, I need to make a change. So, yes, in short, yes, it did change a lot for me it made me realise what I value most, it made me realise that if I do only have a small amount of energy on any given day, what do I want to spend that energy doing and it's not time and it's not money, it's energy. Energy is the most important thing to me because it is the thing that seems to have been most affected. For me, so I'm very, I'm a lot more purposeful, I'm not perfect but I'm getting better. So I hope that answers your question, Jake, Ali says I can relate to the first time playing, and the goosebumps. For me it was feeling like I was home, it was the best feeling I could do, it was the best feeling I could do it early, it was exactly the same feeling for me. I like that that coming home. That's why I felt like I belonged and I, up until that point, I never felt like I belonged anywhere in life. So, to fill that was just, it was new to me, for sure. It was very new to me and since then, obviously, I very much feel like I belong within this drum community in this community that is on on here on Everly is live and further afield, it's, it's an amazing experience, but that was my first time of being like, and relax. I'm here and I've arrived and I just thought, Well, I'm not leaving so there we go, drums, drums, didn't have a chance, they were always gonna be a part of my life so focuses I realised that it's definitely a journey and not a destination, 100%, and enjoying each and every day now, thanks. Oh no, I completely agree with you, focus I think if you can enjoy the journey that again in that same way of finding something you love, and do it as a living. That's brilliant. If you can enjoy the journey to get there. That is like the platinum underlined, everything golden version of it. Because, yeah, it's funny you know, I don't think I have any real, like, big goals that I work towards anymore. I think I have small, small goals but actually, My goals are things like doing this today, and I consider this part of my journey. I'm not sure where that journey is going. I do know that I'm really enjoying it. And I think, yeah, if there are things that you can kind of enjoy day to day, Sunday, sometimes they are mundane things but sometimes if you can just sit and be present and go Do you know what, I get to do this, then you're definitely in a winning state, like just in life. So, David says, Can you name the crystal on your neck. I also have mine. I'd love to tell you what this is called, I can't remember. Is it Tourmaline maybe it's a black crystal. This one is caught on the top. But yeah I don't know what this is and I'm not sure if you can see it that well but yeah, it's, I like it. I don't know. I just like it it looks quite nice. Although says still no count me and available in the Netherlands but I'll keep waiting patiently until it is, I'm so sorry for anyone that is trying to watch, count me and I know that the Netherlands Brazil, Japan, for sure, but I don't know, I'm sure there are others. It's not currently on Netflix. I'm just hoping that it will be soon. And I need to work out if there are any hard copies, I'm sure that they'll put it on sales on waste, I hope, I mean things are so different now so I don't know but I will I will endeavour to find out the second I know that it's available for purchase so I will be laying everyone out so don't worry about that will retire says try getting a VPN on oh yeah that is actually a good show. Then you can access Netflix and other sites, as if from another country also your data and usage is more secure, I think, more or less 100% are loving what you're saying, I have a feeling that Netflix has really really clamped down on VPN and recognising it and not allowing it. And another thing you can do is travelled to a country that does have it, so just come to the UK, just so you can come and watch it, and then you can fly back No I'm joking. Don't do that. But um, yeah. Anyway, sorry I'm being silly. Matthew chambers Hey Emily. I've seen you playing electronic kits on some photos. How do you feel about them, I've converted a power kit and it's great for small venues, but it just doesn't have that acoustic soul. I think electronic kits are really really useful for specific scenarios. If I had my way all the time, which I definitely don't. I would always be playing acoustic kits, it's what I learned on you know, I'm essentially a rock, pop, blues drummer, like that is where my heart lies, but when you're playing with artists that use a lot of samples is such a great way to be able to play the song, rather than playing along to the samples if that makes sense because then you still have that element of the live thing energy or wherever, but with the samples as well. And yeah, so I think there's definitely a time and a place for it, then. Yeah, it's horses for courses, I'd say. And it's great actually on the cam gate because I do have an acoustic kit with electronics I literally had the best of both worlds, which is really fun. But yeah, I mean, I always love playing an acoustic kit. I think the picture you might be talking about actually is when I was playing with Tom Bailey with the Thompson from the Thompson twins. That was a fully electronic sound, oh and Howard Jones That was a filling electronic electronic setup as well. But again it's just kind of is what the gig required is what the music required, and I think I got to learn into it because it is a completely different discipline, and I think anything that I find a challenge with I'm like oh okay yeah let's do that. And it makes it fun. So, even with the Howard Jones gig for instance, that was a double drama gig so Jonathan at concern, had been there for 15 years, he plays full on a fully electronic kit I was kind of using like a stand up percussion set. So, what that meant was not only the parts, the past kind of like yeah okay I can do that already not to do that or not to programme this thing. But then it became about the performance which was a bit of a challenge, and that was awesome. So it's just my focus shifts to what the geek requires and sometimes it's not playing related, and it's not gear related so yeah I think if you can find fun in everything that you do, then that'd be super cool so for instance if you're playing. What were you saying, so you're playing small venues yeah so nightmare with the, with the limiter. We've all been there for sure nothing worse than seeing that limit on the, on the wall there but if I was doing that in your shoes, I would, to make it fun for myself, I would start programming, different kits for the different songs so not all of them, obviously if it's, if it's a rock song whoever just the general generic kit, as it would be. But if it were like a Prince song for instance maybe get a few like samples that you would sort of Chuck in there just because you can because it affords you that opportunity. Why don't take advantage of it, and it can be just literally on one song, or it could be on two or three or four or five, or who knows but yeah, if it's appropriate, obviously, it might not be appropriate. But that's how I would deal with that just to keep it interesting for myself if that makes sense. So I know Paul says wars TAS thanks for the advice, knowing nailing nearly nothing about technology, but I'm going to try or call some friends to fix this. Yes friends to fix things is always a good thing. Neither you nor says I was I was obsessed with space to, especially after I saw a TV film called salvage one about this bloke that built a rocket out of a loader scrap from his junk yard. Oh, Matthew that sounds like absolutely my seven year olds jam, for sure. Seven year old me would absolutely love that kind of film. Yeah, I, that was the other thing when I was younger, wanting to be an inventor. That was the only thing I didn't know what to embed, no idea but I love the idea of it, and Matthew says, and it landed on the moon. I still want to build a rocket, but I'm getting quite good at. amps and pedals, while they often say that if you can't build a rocket amps and pedals are the next best thing so that's awesome Matthew like I'm totally with you there. Graham says heart my obsession with speech related things never went away, even studied, aerospace, aerospace engineering and uni Graham, How did I know that that's incredible. In, credible, that's so cool. Our rap. I want us to talk about that, maybe we've talked about that all the time, that was really awesome. David says to Adam, any vintage Adidas jackets around. I have no idea what the idea. Sorry, I'm probably a little behind on the chat here. Grandma says sounds like this group could build a rocket to rival Elon Musk Yeah, with the amount of people I didn't realise how many of us are like quite into space and astronauts that's very cool I'm feeling even more at home than ever. Then cat drawn says the rehearsals thing, I get to, I'm another one that works out stuff at home first lincat drums, I, I don't know, but I have an inkling that this might be a drummer thing, and my theory, and I'm just thinking this up now why that might be. Could it be because we play such a loud instrument, it's very hard to discreetly learn parts. So we bad day before we get there, that's my theory. Okay, we'll see I might be completely wrong about that Ferguson's homework at home, has always been my work ethic, but hate sitting through other musicians learning their parts. The magic is lost for me. Dude, totally the same, it's just, oh it's doll, Craig. Hello, Bon Jovi fans Craig it's been forever, how are you how are the blooms, Craig Westwood, is a loony, which means that he does hot air ballooning, which is so cool and moved to France recently well it's probably a year and a half ago now is it I'm not sure, new studio on the way, Craig, please write some more songs so that we can work together again, Craig's an amazing musician great guitars. Go check him out, go check out his music, a lot of the people from the live streams, we'll know Craig already because we did a lot of live streaming live recording his song. Awesome. Charlotte says, I think this explains why a lot of bands don't repeat books at their, oh sorry, I think this explains why a lot of bands don't repeat book at the studios, it's always new people because they're just rehearsing for one gig at a time. Yeah, I mean, you're probably right. It's, I don't know. I'm saying that as if I've ever run a studio, I have no idea. I am that person that is just there like once, and then, off I go. Richie is here. Hello, Richard. How are you, someone turning up not knowing their part, is a big trigger for me. Oh man, you know what I was really scared to admit about the rehearsals thing, but I feel like him in a room of like minded people it is making me happy, by the way if you don't agree, please say always say I won't be offended or anything like that. So, always say if you think different because yeah, it's all good. Elisa, same here I got so frustrated with one particular band member who used rehearsals to learn. Ah, Holly, we all have those people I'm picturing someone and someone in my mind's eye right now same reaction. Richard G says, I don't mind helping people figure out structures and all that but they just haven't got a book, if they haven't got the song learned at all, may do, Richard, cut from the same cloth. I structures fine, I don't mind that. Absolutely, part. Know your parts, please know your parts. They've frogman says feathers and cogs, I've got plans on the logo if you don't mind. Go for it, go and use it that's the logo that I sketched randomly. I don't even know when, in fact I think I sent you on, Didn't I send you a copy of it. Nathan says yeah so everyone learns and record to their parts, oh this is so this is this demoing style practising where you take a song, and each person from the band records their part, like individually at home. I think this is genius. I can't believe I've never thought about this or. Yeah, so this is what Nathan says, yes, so everyone learns and records their parts, and can practice them in their own time, not everyone else's with the rest of the track, ie the other musicians, without everyone having to meet up. I love this idea. I love it I love it. I want, I want to implement it, I just, I'm wondering if I can do in the Qmr law, I don't think so, is that it's everyone's pretty good at learning their parts and not bad, but I think that's brilliant. What a great way to rehearse, especially during these COVID times I'm sure that was so useful, like just working songs. I love it. It's so good. And so David frogman says, I think rehearsing, by the by VR is on its way. I agree, I think there's a lot of things on it's waiting for VR like, especially when it comes to like sports performance. I think it's such an interesting time, that is about to happen of like elite sports people just going to the next level because of like practising things in your mind and I think it's very exciting. I'm very excited focuser thanks Emily as great Emily, as I thought my attitude that attitude was holding holding me back. Goodness I can't speak. Yeah, no problem, anytime, any, any that I hope, I hope me just chatting on like this does help you because otherwise it's just a child on it, and always tested every time I hear someone say everything I do my brain drum jumps straight to Brian. Brilliant I've things like that so things trigger me to song just in my head, mostly that I sing out loud but anyway, Nathan drums says wars test I know, I know that's true. Boy, Boris says glad it's not just me, and honour says be careful what you're saying to me, is just a one hour flight of Denson stroopwafels and I'm on my way. This is about I know being in the Netherlands, and not being able to watch count me in over there and don't jump on a plane just yet. Oh no, let's see if we can work out another situation, and Adam Stanley said, drums, says to David front man. I am always on the lookout. I justify the spend by how cool I know our look, I guess I'm going for the Damon Orban meets 90s Thrash Metal kid, I think we're talking about Adidas jackets, but I don't know where this conversation has emanated from so I apologise if I'm missing the point here but, you know me I'm just on my little ramble. And so David Friedman says tourmaline. By the way, I don't even know if that's how you say this is the stone that's around my neck. I have Tourmaline bracelet. I'm using it rarely on the potential dangerous situation for my energy, very strong protection as an armour. See I don't know about this crystal thing and I don't know whether it works but i All I know is that it's going to help, I will try it. I will try. Most things if I think it might help, especially more energy levels at the moment so there we go. Craig westward says Yes, still a loony balloony working on some new tracks, but that's exciting, and my own home studio is nearly done Yes. Looking forward to seeing your new setup I'm recording some more tracks need to cry, always lovely seeing you. Right. And on that note, can't believe it's been like an hour and 15 That's crazy. Thank you so much for being here if anyone is listening back or watching back on YouTube and you want to be part of this live conversation, head to Emily is live.com, and all you got to do is sign up, it means that you will get a watch link. On the day that I go live, and we can chat. Equally, you can just sit there and say nothing but I always love seeing people and saying hello and all that good stuff so I hope you've enjoyed this episode please subscribe follow share all that stuff, and I will be back next week with another subject. We can chat some more. And, yeah, enjoy the rest of your week. Alright guys, let's love to see you later.
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