RC Schneider (Ralph Christian Schneider) is a drummer, author, educator and entrepreneur from Germany. He is most known for his books and flash cards he published with his publishing house 360 Drums.
He has played and worked with numerous artists and bands, including Not For Sale, Fish and Scale, The Blackscreen, Zen Meister, Midnight Sunrise, Stereotide, The Grand Astoria, Buzzride, Platinium, Money left to burn, Storm in The Attic, All Ends Well, Earth Flight and many more. Several concert tours have taken him to Austria, Swizerland, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Russia.
He has attended many workshops and masterclasses with Claus Hessler, Jojo Mayer, Dom Famularo, Jost Nickel, Anika Nilles, Gerwin Eisenhauer, Rick Latham, Walfrdo Reyes Jr, Moritz Müller, Oli Rubow, Roland Peil and Ricky Lawson, among others.
Since 2013 he has been giving drum and percussion courses at various secondary schools in the Nuremberg area and is also active there as a drum teacher in the „Klasse im Puls“ project. In addition, he has been a drum teacher at one of the largest public schools for drums and percussion in the Nuremberg area, Roland Depner's Top Drum Studio, since 2015.
He was the founder and managing director of myinstrument. It was a social network specialised in musicians, that was active until late 2015.
Then in 2016 he founded Pro Cymbals, Germany's first service for professional drum cymbal reconditioning.
In 2017, he founded Backbeat Studio, where he offers drum lessons and works on music and video productions.
In 2020, he completed the audio engineering course "Hofa Pro" and successfully passed the exam to become a certified audio engineer.
In 2021 he founded 360 Drums, a modern publisher and online shop all about drums and percussion. There he publishes his books and products, and offers courses and workshops.
