Drum Dojo - Ep. 50 - Jim Riley, Drummer for Rascals Flatts

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Episode #50.  On this podcast, our guest is the drummer and bandleader for the multi-platinum group Rascal Flatts. He has performed for millions of fans as well as numerous television credits. We talk about the status of Rascal Flatts farewell tour to shifting from touring to being more at home with his family and his projects like his third book and online drum education.

Also, I do a review of my experience at the Drum Dojo.   

Here's what you will hear in this episode: 

•  If/when Rascal Flatts continue with their farewell tour scheduled for last year
• With everything locked down last year, Jim became an adjunct professor at Belmont University in Nashville
• We talk about the products he's been working with Innovative Percussion as well as some of his new educational products
• In four beats or less
  • Tom Brady Tampa or Tom Brady New England
  • Most memorable placed Jim has performed
  • Someone he'd want to collaborate or perform with
  • Does he get tired of playing the song "Life is a Highway" the Tom Cochrane song from the movie "Cars"

Visit links to Jim's socials and companies he endorses:

• Jim Riley Music website
• Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter
• Endorses: Ludwig, Sabian, Remo, Innovative Percussion, Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Clark Synthesis, Earthworks

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