Music Mapping takes you to a much deeper level than any conversation could do. Before this I was very linear, focused on mental progress. Very rational, goal orientated, which kept me protected. I was missing out on other dimensions you can experience, the physical and emotional. The experience is hard to put into words. Talking about music helped me to go into areas I was avoiding, especially around grief and loneliness. It gave me something to hold onto, it took me to the pain and kept me safe. I almost physically felt the shift from leaving part of my story behind and creating a new one. This helped me consciously choose to believe in myself. Beyond cognitive understanding. Doing this is so different from anything I’ve ever done! Nothing is like this. Dave, you have this gift, you go with it, completely fully in it and you’re so excited that creates so much room to feel anything!

Before we met I didn’t know who I was. I thought I did. I thought I knew what I wanted, the direction I wanted to take and who I wanted to become. I thought I’d peaked at where awareness and perception could go. My biggest problem was I didn’t know there was a problem, my soul was nervous, it was me saying “I don’t like who I am”. I was frustrated. I didn’t understand it or know why I felt like that, until Disco Dave came along! I was dealing with my Dad’s estate (after he suddenly passed away), I was running his business, I wasn’t working on any personal passion projects.

I believed in our work together from day 1, but there were times when I doubted myself, wondering if it was worth it. Then we’d talk, I’d have a crazy insight that would blow me away and I’d be right back in. It was only after we met that a lot of big things happened for me. I realised there’s more to me and feel I’ve made so much progress internally and externally.  Our business went from £500k turnover to over £1m. Because I got better, I made a better version of myself. It’s only later I realised “That was because of the coaching!”

I learned a lot about who I am as a person and began to fall in love with myself. My favourite thing through our work together is I feel comfortable with myself, relaxed in myself. Our conversations have taken me to places where I’ve felt “Wow! I didn’t even know this existed within me, or even in people!” This was Chris Thomas discovering Chris Thomas, that I certainly did! Arigato.

An immersive musical experience that takes you on a journey of nostalgia, magical memories, and inner discovery to open your heart and mind, and experience powerful insights. It was even more powerful than I imagined! I was a different Clare before this. I thought “I’ve got this”, but this created a massive release for me.

There were things I kept hidden, emotions I was pushing down. The music helped bring these up. I had this huge insight from when I was a teenager that my old swimming coach would constantly tell me I’m never good enough, other people are always better than me. It affected me my whole life because I was living with this conditioned thought process that wasn’t me. Since then I’d kept myself hidden, I would step back from opportunities, I lacked confidence because the voice inside me would say “Don’t try and shine”. Now I see that’s not me. I forgive myself for being that way. I can put my mind to anything - You changed my life Dave!

Full immersion experience with music as the catalyst to learning more about yourself and life altering events. I learned that the space gave us full permission to be fully present in the moment and how we do not give ourselves a break when tough times hit us, we push through and avoid sitting with the emotions. I think this is very attractive to anyone who finds their highest form of expression through music.

You get to see my thought processes which are confusing I am sure.  You are patient and allow these to settle before finding “the sweet spot” – that’s a talent . Thank you for acknowledging the changes I’m making.  You are right, it is taking time but like many things in nature, it takes time to grow.  It IS getting there; I AM getting there. You have shared many a gift with me, for which I am grateful. Thank you so much for the difference you have made to my life.

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Music Mapping was a very powerful, moving, freeing experience. It was absolutely amazing! The most fun you can have with music with your clothes on! I didn’t know what to expect and didn’t realise quite how powerful music is. I felt safe and secure and this came at just the right time for me.

As a 2nd generation family business owner, I was stuck in a rut in business, conforming to rules & regulations, managing, dictating rather than leading. I was looking for confirmation from staff that I was doing a good job, to be noticed and recognised in the business. I was doing so much for them, but felt I wasn’t getting much back, until I realised it’s for them, to serve them. I really didn’t like being the person I was. I was judgemental, negative, I could rarely find the positive first, I was bored of hearing myself be this way.

This experience (of working together) turned around the relationship I have with my team, my family and myself. I learned to listen and not judge. I gained the confidence to have conversations and share openly with people, which has opened doors to things I didn’t know were possible.

So much fun and full of learning and insight. I absolutely loved the [Music Mapping] session, it was so much fun while bringing to the fore certain assumptions I have held onto for a long time. Heightened awareness of these enables me to explore and challenge these and experience different ways of being. Thank you so much for the fun and freedom!

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It took me a little while to commit to [further] coaching sessions, due to where I was in my life and journey, but it was absolutely Dave’s natural energy that I was drawn to. At the time I questioned whether the investment was what I needed for my business, I didn’t know what I needed but I believed Dave and his energy could help me work my way out of the hole I felt I was in. The result: working with Dave has helped me enormously both personally and professionally. I appreciate all your wisdom, listening, talking, sharing and energy. You are awesome!

How do you make possibility accessible? That’s what you do through Music, Dave. Music Mapping is like time travel but without buying a Delorean. That was amazing. This reminded me how important Music is to me. When preparing for this I got caught up in “getting it right”. The perfect tracks appeared the moment when I stopped trying too hard. I learned to surrender, to let the right music come to you at the right time. Thanks Disco Dave!

Powerful. Transformative. Energising. Difficult. Personal. This will be different for everyone. I think you get out what you put in. While it was difficult to dig deep and share, I am really proud of myself for staying with it and being open - even though opening up and sharing my pain with anyone (even close friends) brings on incredible shame for me. What helped immensely (it would not have been possible without) was having you there as the great coach you are. That made a huge difference to the experience.

Your ability to hold the space, not to shy away or to show any struggle when it was clear I was in a difficult space. To sit with that and navigate through it to help me find something I could connect with (or hold on to when I felt like I was unravelling). That is a real skill. And credit to you, Dave. I want to sincerely thank you for offering that time and space to do this work.

There have only been a small number of other experiences in my adult life when I have opened up and left the encounter feeling so energised, seen and valued (rather than deep shame for showing weakness and pain). It is so powerful and appreciated. You have no idea. And it is down to your skill and energy that it was possible. Thank you.

I used to be quite insular, believing I could go about my business quietly, I didn’t need to put myself out there, I didn’t need to be known. I realised this was because I had a deep underlying misalignment with the relationship with myself, which prompted me to reach out to you and engage in the Music Mapping experience.

Everything that ensued from that was incredible. How you prepared me helped me to push myself to the edge of my comfort zone, to see the discomfort I had around who I was being and the void I was compensating for. Coming from a conservative asian background, being introverted, analytical and self conscious, there was a tether stopping me express myself authentically without the fear of what other people would think of me.

Through the experience of working together I felt untethered, unleashed, empowered to express myself how I really want to! If it was a plain conversation where we were just talking, I don’t think I would’ve come to the insights I had. Music was a vehicle to explore my experiences objectively and separate my experiences from me. The quantum leap from our work was moving from an outside in approach to an inside out approach. Focusing on the insecurities, removing the limiting beliefs, improving the relationship with myself, which improved my business and relationships, creating more depth in my life. The inner work has a more profound effect than the outer work.

I didn’t know what to expect, but it was such a special, special couple of hours. I was coming into it feeling a bit burnt out. It was an emotional rollercoaster, of self realisation - there were tears, fun, laughter, Incredible! The whole experience really energised me, it was like setting off fireworks! My cousin, who was only 53, had recently passed away, so this was a great, powerful way to release my emotions, to grieve more than I probably would have. Thank you for that. What is amazing about what you’ve done is it allows you to reconnect with those incredible moments in your life through the music. That was one of the most, if not THE MOST powerful session I’ve ever been involved in, in my life!

I describe this as deep coaching using music to unlock the hidden limiting beliefs that are holding you back. I found the music mapping very powerful at bringing deep stuff up to be looked at and I felt safe to share vulnerably in a way that I haven't done with any other male coach because Dave shares himself so openly.

What Dave does is so powerful because Music is the superhighway to the soul. This gently opened me up. I felt a lot of what I’d not allowed myself to feel for years. I discovered that I have it within me to make a difference to many women's lives by inspiring and helping them to express themselves fully so they can create the impact and success they desire.

After our [Music Mapping] experience I had more courage to shine, show my light and share it with others. Before this I wasn’t trusting my light, holding back. My light went out through burnout in an earlier part of my career and it’s been a long process to get the light back. I had to experience burnout because I wasn’t listening to myself, to my body, my mind was not at peace, running all the time. It looked like a beautiful perfect life from the outside, but on the inside I was unhappy, not connected to myself.

The work we did together was a catalyst for me really allowing myself to be seen. The process of finding songs helped me recognise there were some old stories, trauma that I’d worked on that I still need to work on. I could observe myself honestly. The process continues, even today, when I want to shine brighter today I put on the song, India Arie - I Am Light.

I’m now challenging others to go deeper and shine more. I really do thank you for this great experience.

You discover why your favourite music is actually important for you and let the music support you in reconnecting to something deeper inside of you. I think with music we connect to a deeper level inside of us – outside of our intellect.

I’d come from the toughest experience in my career where I was questioning myself and my abilities. This immediately grabbed my interest! I struggled to create a succinct list and realised how quickly you can find yourself back in an experience, just from listening to music. This opened up things I’ve not explored before, allowed me to revisit stuff I’d buried because it was too damn difficult to deal with at the time and I found it extremely powerful! I came out of this able to recapture achievements from my career which re-instilled self belief and confidence in me.

In preparing for my experience the perfectionist in me came out in full force. Seeing behaviours I had and insecurities that came out about wanting to get it right, I was feeling a lot of resistance going in and didn’t understand why that resistance was there. That came later. You helped to uncover a lot of that.

This was a revealing experience. I felt really safe and happy to be in your presence. I’d been doing a lot of deep work on my own which came up to the surface during the Music Mapping experience. The biggest insight was around pleasing people and me not wanting to disappoint others.

I’ve since been faced with situations time and again where it's a choice to step into what I want or trying to protect or please someone else. I’ve been choosing what I want, which is scary, but it’s changing this behaviour, I’m stepping up and I’m so relieved after. This helped me solidify my fear, acknowledging and owning my fear and belief around being enough, to trust that what I want and need will be accepted out in the world.

Music mapping uses the most important songs of your life as a transformative tool. Through the Music Mapping experience you are taken on a journey, if you are willing to play full out, you will be led to some pretty deep and meaningful insights about yourself, others and the world.

Dave has a gift few in his field possess and I would highly recommend him to anyone serious about improving their life.He has an acute ability to read an individual coupled with an ever present positivity and most importantly he links these insights to actions and accountability (something many miss and the key to unlocking change).

His ability to draw insight into one's own unsupportive patterns of behaviour and how to replace these with supporting ones that help you towards your goals is particularly impressive.
You want a coach on your team to help you get the most out of yourself? You want Dave. Money well invested in my opinion.

[Music Mapping is] A surprising and really insightful experience that helps strip away inhibitions.

Looking to refocus your career and life goals and don't know where to start? Dave is the man to go to. Great listener, top bloke and most importantly a great Coach. I've taken a lot from working with him for the past six months. I only wish I'd met him 20 years ago.

[Music Mapping] was powerful, in ways that I really didn't expect or could have predicted. It's made me see some of my relationships in a completely different way, and realise how much of the past I still unknowingly carry with me. Incredible. I experienced shifts in perspective of moments in my life, and the relationships with those in my life. I learned how there is a ripple effect from when I was younger and how I perceived the world even in the smallest of decisions I make day to day now.

I have really enjoyed, learned from and grown in the whole process of working with Dave. I loved to see how he worked not only to learn from him but to implement his ways into my own business. Dave has a natural ability to spot the problem/issue you may have fairly easily which then allows the time to be spent delving into that, creating action plans to counteract it and allow growth for you and your business. I would highly recommend Dave to work with and if I need that help in the future I would certainly return, no questions!

Alison Maclachlan - Dave’s gift is being real – I feel like how he shares his own journey, challenges and learning which creates a sense of equity and safety that encouraged bravery and contribution from me. Dave’s consistency is a marvel, but it feels authentic. When engaging with a coach, there’s some quite tough questions, realisations and acknowledgements that come up (if it’s a good coach) and to be working with someone who brought consistent positivity in the face of that would be quite challenging as there’s a need for compassion and empathy alongside the happiness factor. I feel that he balances that well – perhaps it’s hope that he brings to every conversation, as his personal brand of positivity, rather than an overt cheer that I’d find challenging. I suppose that’s what I mean by consistent honesty. The authenticity and genuine truth Dave brings is so very much appreciated.

Thought provoking, emotional, establishing next steps. My biggest insight was how powerful music is and when you break down songs there is meaning behind them! Overall it was a really positive experience. For anyone taking part, be aware there is an element of soul searching and it can be quite emotional at times!

[Music Mapping is] An incredibly heart expanding & nurturing experience. Sharing music, even virtually, can be very fulfilling for the spirit.

I have been trying to sum up my coaching experience with Dave in one word and it is 'transformational' - the key element for me was trust, which Dave built instantly. Everything else flowed from that. I have experienced coaching in the past through my leadership journey. Dave is the coach to whom I would return

I can always count on Dave to give me space, to find my own answers and be there for me, on the other end of the phone, message, email. Now, I enjoy when I have a lightbulb moment or ask someone a question and in the back of my mind I always think ‘Dave will be so proud of me for that’.

Thought provoking, emotional, establishing next steps. My biggest insight was how powerful music is and when you break down songs there is meaning behind them! Overall it was a really positive experience. For anyone taking part, be aware there is an element of soul searching and it can be quite emotional at times!

[Music Mapping is] A powerful journey tapping into old emotions and memories to release stagnant energy and gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the self and our perceptions of others.

This [Music Mapping] was thought provoking, fun and I learned I am connected to me. I loved the whole experience.

Dave is incredibly easy to get along with and has such a positive attitude to life that it can’t help but rub off. His support and insight was lifesaving and completely transformed my belief in what you can achieve.

I can't thank Dave enough for the personal insights he helped me generate through our conversations. Dave is a very easy person to talk to, very genuine and has a real skill for helping you come up with some new, transformational ways of thinking to help drive you on and continuously improve. I would highly recommend that if you are looking for ways to generate ideas, think differently and increase motivation, talking with Dave will be a great place to start.