#39 - When The Problem Isn't The Problem

In this episode, I reflect on 33 shows in six weeks with Wishbone Ash and Hugh Cornwell, exploring the mind behind performance and how understanding our thoughts and feelings can help us perform with greater clarity, freedom and enjoyment. - 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Back to Clarity course: https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/ 🎧 Full Groove Guru Podcast episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching - #WishboneAsh #HughCornwell #Drumming #ClassicRock #Performance #Mindset

In this episode, I share the story of joining Wishbone Ash and explore what it really takes internally to step into a legacy band. - 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Check out my Back to Clarity course: https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru Podcast episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching - #WishboneAsh #Drumming #ClassicRock #Performance #Mindset

Join me for a conversation with my dear friend and colleague, Christian McNeill, from a recent episode of her podcast Three Principles Conversations. Together, we explore an understanding that continues to profoundly shape how we experience life — touching on clarity, resilience, wellbeing, and the deeper intelligence behind human experience. — 🎧 Christian McNeill’s podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ThreePrinciplesPod 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Back to Clarity course: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching #Clarity #Consciousness #Wisdom #ThreePrinciples

Join me as I explore what really happens when you let go of the illusion of control — and why seeing through the myth of personal free will can open the door to clarity, flow, and a far lighter way of being in the world. Through a surprising moment on tour and a fresh look at the nature of thought, we’ll dive into how life moves through us—and how recognising this can dissolve pressure, overthinking, and the need to “make everything happen. If you’ve ever felt weighed down by trying to control life… this episode might change something. (: - 0:00 Into 01:36 The Night The Ceiling Started Leaking 04:05 There Never Has Been a Separate Doer 05:20 Life is Happening and Thought Takes Credit Afterwards 07:59 Accessing The Space Before Thought 12:35 An Distinction 15:34 A Deep Invitation 17:46 Episode Outro - 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Check out my Back to Clarity course: https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru Podcast episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching

Join me for some reflections on finding happiness through drumming  —and the deeper realisation that the nature of happiness is actually more readily available than we think. (: - 0:00 Episode Intro 0:59 Discovering Drumming 2:28 The Climb 3:25 The Search for Happiness 4:16 A Profound Realisation 6:09 What Happiness Isn’t 11:00 Happiness as Your Natural State 12:46 A New Perspective on Moods 13:57 The Illusion of Intrusive Thoughts 17:33 Closing Reflections - 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Check out my Back to Clarity course: https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru Podcast episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching

Join me for some reflections on a recent musical experience and what I’m learning about exploring the intelligence of life in a deeper way. (: In this episode of The Groove Guru Podcast, I share what a recent physical injury taught me about healing, music, and the deeper intelligence that moves through all of life. We explore the role of state of mind, awareness, and what happens when we stop pushing against life and start flowing with it. Timestamps: 0:00 Healing and the Intelligence of Life 1:28 Injuries and Fear Responses 5:15 Why Injury Occurs and What’s Beyond It 6:30 The Spiritual Dimension 8:11 Allowing the Intelligence of Life 10:20 The Role of State of Mind 12:13 Opening the Aperture of Experience 13:21 Keys to Self-Realisation 14:50 Direct Experiencing 18:00 Simple Enquiry and Letting Life Live You - 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Check out my Back to Clarity course: https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru Podcast episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching

Some reflections on the upcoming “Nosferatu” album tour with Hugh Cornwell, 20 years as a Zildjian cymbals artist, and an exploration of happiness. (: — 🎧 Referenced episode: “How I Prepare For Tours as a Professional Musician” podcast: https://youtu.be/yoy9MxaLR1Y — 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Back to Clarity (new course): https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching — #Music #HughCornwell #TheStranglers #Nosferatu #RobertWilliams #Happiness #Wisdom #Mindset #Creativity #EmotionalIntelligence #Wellbeing #Freedom #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #SuccessTips #GrooveGuruPodcast

Join me as we explore why what we often think the problem is usually isn't the problem. (: 🔔 Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Back to Clarity (new course): https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics Course): https://windsordrums.com/excelsiorbasics 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching #Clarity #Wisdom #Mindset #Creativity #EmotionalIntelligence #Wellbeing #3Principles #Resilience #Freedom #SelfAwareness #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #SuccessTips

Some reflections and inspired selections from Glastonbury 2025—on music, wisdom, and trusting life to unfold in its own perfect timing! (: 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Back to Clarity (new course): https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching #Music #Glastonbury #Glastonbury2025 #Presence #Clarity #Wisdom #Mindset #Creativity #EmotionalIntelligence #Wellbeing #Resilience #Freedom #SelfAwareness #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #SuccessTips #GrooveGuruPodcast

Some reflections on how living in beautiful feelings can become our new normal. In this short solocast, I share insights into how peace and clarity aren’t things we need to chase — but something we can return to when we know where to look. If you’re feeling caught in your head or looking for balance, this one’s for you. ––– 🔔 Subscribe for insights: https://www.youtube.com/windsordrums 💡 Back to Clarity (new course): https://windsormcgilvray.gumroad.com/l/ksfiq 🎧 Full Groove Guru episodes: https://www.windsordrums.com/podcast 🥁 Learn to drum (Excelsior Basics): https://windsordrums.com/courses 🌐 Explore more: https://www.windsordrums.com ✨ 1:1 Coaching: https://www.windsordrums.com/coaching