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I'm as old as Hip Hop! Alex Forryan From Rockschool.io

Season 2, Ep. 37

Matt chats to Alex Forryan, Head of Business Development and Operations Rockschool Limited.

www.rockschool.io


Alex has been playing the drums for over 50 years, he is a Drummer, Music Education Advocate and Teacher Training Support Guru!

Follow him on Instagram @alex_forryan and @rockschool.io


Alex talks about his journey in drumming and mentions he is "As old as Hip Hop" which is quite a cool line..

He talks about the product and support Rockschool can offer to Drum Teachers and how to help your business.


There is a section where Alex demonstrates on screen how Rockschool can really help teach drums to all types of learners, whether you learn through reading the charts, by ear or visual learning. It it really inspiring and inclusive resource and there's a code for Drum Shed Podcast Listeners to get a 30& discount for 3 months of the RIF Account. DRUMSHED30 Contact alex@rockschool.io for more information.


We had a couple of technical internet hitches with delay and lag on this one so sometimes we seem to talk over each other.

The Video version will go up on YouTube but also some glitches there with frozen screens towards the end. All good fun and games :)


Thanks for listening.

Matt F



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