{"id":20917,"date":"2019-12-09T11:36:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T19:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=20917"},"modified":"2022-08-19T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:23:19","slug":"jim-riley-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/jim-riley-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-144\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Riley: Manifesting Your Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/12281117\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><em>\u201cI had a laser focus in what I wanted to pursue in terms of being a professional musician.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Jim Riley has been in Nashville, Tennessee for quite some time now and has enjoyed a very balanced and successful career in music. He is the drummer and musical director for well-known pop country act Rascal Flatts, a clinician, and a drum teacher at his home studio (&#8220;The Drum Dojo&#8221;). He has appeared on Drumeo more than once as well. During the years between 2011-2015 and 2017 Jim had been voted \u201cBest Country Drummer\u201d by the readers of Modern Drummer Magazine and he also won the distinction of \u201cBest Drum Clinician\u201d in 2009. Jim has also authored two drum education books: <a href=\"http:\/\/jimrileymusic.com\/store\/product\/2-book-combo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cSurvival Guide for the Modern Drummer\u201d and \u201cSong Charting Made Easy\u201d<\/a>. A third book is expected to be released very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Jim has enjoyed a full career and seems to have found a firm seat at the table of Nashville drummers. He moved to Nashville in 1997 and for the first couple of years Jim\u2019s experiences were touch and go. Early on, he had worked in a drum shop and in fact slept there during the nights on soft drum cases. After that business closed its doors, Jim found himself sleeping in his truck with his dog for a couple of weeks (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/jim-riley-from-homeless-to-rascal-flatts\/\">Click this link to read more about this story<\/a>). However, Jim never doubted that the path he had chosen was indeed the best decision for him in the long run. Jim\u2019s luck began to turn around when he would eventually become roommates with Rich Redmond.<\/p>\n<p>Jim had secured a good gig with Mark Chesnutt and everything was going well. On the side he was playing $40 gigs with the guys, who would eventually become Rascal Flatts, and also performed regularly with Hank Williams III. One day, Jay Demarcus said to Jim that if their new project, Rascal Flatts, ever got a record deal they would love to have him as their drummer. And well, we all know how that turned out. A big risk turned into a big reward. Jim never gave up on his dream and it turned into a reality.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In this episode:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ll hear about&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim\u2019s talks about a lecture that he gave at his old high school, Natick High School<\/li>\n<li>Jim\u2019s assured confidence that his future was in music<\/li>\n<li>The story about Larrie Londin<\/li>\n<li>What Nashville is actually like as a music city, and advice on approaching it if you just moved there hoping to create a career for yourself<\/li>\n<li>The Nashville number system<\/li>\n<li>Jim\u2019s story about when he first moved to Nashville and how he eventually got the gig with Rascal Flatts<\/li>\n<li>Jim\u2019s advice for musicians who haven\u2019t yet hit their target and definition of success<\/li>\n<li>Jim\u2019s new book \u201cImprovisational Tools for the Modern Drummer\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why you should listen:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Jim Riley is living proof that if you want something badly, you can achieve it through hard work and perseverance. Sometimes it is nice to be reminded that the success we desire is obtainable with enough effort put forward. That is a big message behind this episode.<\/p>\n<p>You will also have a great explanation of the Nashville number system if you have ever been confused by other explanations or haven\u2019t yet heard about it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jim Riley - Survival Guide For The Modern Drummer (FULL DRUM LESSON)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMIQG9heAXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Jim:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jimrileymusic\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jimrileydrummer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/maxandpunk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jimrileymusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Drumeo Gab:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drumeogab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drumeogabpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author, clinician, and Rascal Flatts drummer Jim Riley talks about what it takes to find success in Nashville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":20921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175,1570,4019,4039],"tags":[986,1608,990,1609],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20917"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20917"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20949,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20917\/revisions\/20949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}