Jim Riley is an American musician and the drummer for the country band Rascal Flatts.[1] He regularly teaches drums at Belmont University’s School of Music and has also performed in several awards shows. [2]
Career
Riley attended the University of North Texas, graduating with a degree in music education. He is sponsored by Ludwig, Sabian, Remo, Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Vater, LP Roland, Shure and Innovative percussion.
In 2010, Riley authored a music instruction book Song Charting Made Easy as an introduction to the music notation system called Nashville Number System.[2]
Riley was voted "Best Country Drummer" by Modern Drummer magazine in 2017.[3]
Credits
- The Grammy Awards
- The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
- The Late Show with David Letterman
- Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve
- D1 football player
References
- ^ "Jim Riley". Modern Drummer. May 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ a b "Rascall Flatts drummer Jim Riley". Music Radar. January 11, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "The 2017 Modern Drummer Readers Poll Winners".
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