Rich Redmond is best known as the studio and touring drummer for Country Superstar Jason Aldean. As a top-call Nashville Studio Artist, Rich has played on 20 Number 1 singles, and plays to well over two million fans annually while on tour. In addition to this, Rich is deeply passionate about drum education, and when he is not touring or in the studio, he can be found in music schools, classrooms and at corporate events delivering his motivational class; Crash Course For Success. Simon DasGupta sits down with Rich and discusses everything from early influences and teachers to favorite stick tricks and much more. Check out the "2 Minutes With" section at 10:10 for some fun quick-fire Q&A!

This interview was recorded at Studio West in San Diego; the home of Drum Ambition. Rich took time out of his busy touring schedule and performed a sold-out Masterclass for students of San Diego Drum Lessons - the bricks and mortar teaching school from which Drum Ambition was founded. For more details on Rich Redmond, visit his website.

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