Adam Gust was raised in the cold of Minnesota, studied music in the heat of the University of North Texas, and has enjoyed a diverse freelance musical career of world touring and session work and teaching in just-right Los Angeles since 2000. After a humbling decade of recovery from a career-threatening injury, Adam acquired a unique expertise, empathy, and voice that inform his lessons and masterclasses.  Adam's journey of relearning how to practice has helped him to stumble upon highly effective student based progressive learning strategies. Adam is excited to share his story of evolution from the ’back of beyond’ as he explains how he implements technology and new academic ideas while re-assessing traditional forms of drum instruction. "You will only get as good as you feel"- Adam Gust Especially for drummers, technique is about feeling music. It is a measure of how well your mind and body allow your heart to project out through the drums. Therefore, a student's focus is on sensation, posture, symmetrical rhythmic movement, and balance. Employing these systematic mindful practices nurtures our joy of playing and promotes our improvement as musicians and as humans.   Some Things That Came Up:    -1:30 Adam and Rich attended The University of North Texas  -5:00 Adam, Rich and Luke Adams played in the Dallas band Random Axis -5:30 Adam moved to LA in 2000 -6:30 The Red Elvis’ was Adam’s first touring gig, which he kept for 8 years. Before that, lots of Cumbia gigs in East LA -7:30 Played Russian Surf Rock on LIVE AID in Red Square  -10:00 Developing a drum DVD in 2010 -10:40 Adam’s life-changing events  -11:30 Adam’s TedX talk “The Science of the Groove” was presented at The University of Mississippi -14:00 A 6 year period of reducing tension the manifested in the body  -17:30 Mental toughness supported by emotional toughness -19:30 Being accepted into a 3 year training program  -24:30 Polyvagal Informed Drumming. TRAUMA acronym. Teaching Resilience And Understand Mindful Awareness.  -32:00 We are only conscious of .0004% of all the sensory information in our body  -46:00 Our nervous system remembers  -52:20 Helping clients with aging and losing identity as a drummer  -54:10 “Breath” by James Nestor, “The Body Keeps he Score”, “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” -56:00 The work of Dave Elitch and the Alexander Technique -61:20 “Your feel starts when you walk in the room”! -Joel Taylor  -65:00 Adam did catering for American Movie Classics as an early day job  -66:30 Select Tracks movie for tv and film  -67:00 A full eclectic calendar of diverse artists  -71:00 “The Fave 5”   Follow:  www.adamgust.com IG: @adamgust X: @adamgust LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-gust-31334540/ YouTube:  www.adamgust.com/Tedtalk   The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!   Rich can also be seen in several films and TV shows and has also written an Amazon Best-Selling book, "CRASH! Course for Success: 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Personal and Professional Life" currently available at:   https://www.amazon.com/CRASH-Course-Success-Supercharge-Professional/dp/B07YTCG5DS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crash+redmond&qid=1576602865&sr=8-1   One Book: Three Ways to consume....Physical (delivered to your front door, Digital (download to your kindle, ipad or e-reader), or Audio (read to you by me on your device...on the go)!   Buy Rich’s exact gear at www.lessonsquad.com/rich-redmond   Follow Rich: @richredmond www.richr