The Drummer's Perspective Podcast

Ep. 004 - Finding The Balance // Touring, Practicing, Family and Music

Whatever we do in life, it's super important to always have a healthy balance. As musicians though, we can sometimes feel overwhelmed at all of the things we want to practice, play and experience, whilst still maintaining a healthy balance of hobbies, health and family. In this podcast, I want to share with you how I approach balancing touring with a show full-time, whilst still continuing to carve out time to practice, play a variety of other music and most importantly, spend quality time with my family.

Ep. 003 - Interview with Joel Farland (Peking Duk / 50 Cent / Tkay Maidza)

Joel Farland is a musical director and producer for some of the biggest artists in Australia and around the world at the moment.
He's working with the likes of Peking Duk, Tkay Maidza, Parkway Drive and most recently 50 Cent. He's also been the musical director and producer for numerous live TV events, including the ABC New Years Eve concert and The ARIA Awards.
Joel started out studying classical percussion in London, before transitioning into drums and getting to tour the world playing various arenas and music festivals. He's since then gone on into the world of musical directing and producing, and is pulling together some absolutely incredible shows that are currently touring all over the planet.
In this chat, I speak with Joel about his journey and development from player to musical directing, as well as hearing his incredible advice for drummers who want to get into the world of playing for large scale pop and RnB tours, as well as A list artists and bands.
Make sure to follow Joel on Instagram or at his website.

Ep. 002 - 5 Ways to Help You Land Your Dream Gig

Every musician at some stage has had an idea of what their dream gig might be, but achieving those dreams can most times be much easier said than done!
In this podcast, I'll share with you my journey of how I was able to achieve my dream gig of playing drums with Cirque du Soleil at 19 years old.
I'll also share with you the top 5 things I think you can do to help get YOU closer to landing your dream gig.

Ep. 001 - Interview with Danny Farrugia (The Cat Empire / Tina Arena / Angus and Julia Stone)

In this conversation, I had the amazing pleasure of chatting with one of my favourite Australian drummers, Danny Farrugia. Despite being one of the most in demand drummers on the live touring scene right now, playing with everyone from The Cat Empire to Tina Arena, The Bamboos, Angus and Julia Stone and many more, Danny has also established an incredible home recording facility, from which he is at a place now of recording on major releases from. Enjoy hearing Dannys advice on getting a home recording space up and running, as well as how he approaches balancing touring work, recording work and family life. Follow Danny at https://www.instagram.com/daniel.farrugia.music/ or https://www.danielfarrugia.net/