Jan 10 2025 38 mins
😱 So you get the call for the big gig, but then what?!
🤔 Are you a musician, aiming for a professional career, but maybe you don’t actually know what is expected from you, and are too embarrassed to ask, because you’re meant to be acting like a professional after all!
😳 That was me, embarrassed to ask what the job actually meant, and kind of guessed a lot of it, and when I say I took a path SO MUCH HARDER THAN IT NEEDED TO BE!!!! I want you to have the easier path.
🎙 In my podcast episode #174 - A Drummer's Guide To... Big Gig Ready I share how I get ready by:
📝 Finding out the info of the gig (seems obvious right), song list, lineup, my role expectations past my instrument i.e electronics, are we playing to clicks, is there track, am I running track(?!) what’s the monitoring setup, and loads more!
🤓 Researching peripheral information like previous live shows, other material that is not on the song list.
💪 Practical practising advice before rehearsals start (if you even get a rehearsal!!!)
👀 Other smaller life things that will make things easier to handle.
😖 I share all my experiences in so many different circumstances and the repercussions of being (and not being) prepared!
🎧 If this has piqued your interest, then check out my podcast episode #174 - A Drummer's Guide To... Big Gig Ready where I expand on all the thing you need to be ready when you get the call for the big gig!
🎙 And if you’d like the curtain to be lifted further on how to create a sustainable career as a professional musician, then search for A Drummer's Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and YouTube
🥰 If you have a topic suggestion for a future episode or something specific you’d like me to talk on, then hit me up at www.emilydrums.com/ama
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