In this episode, we reconnect with Daniel Rubin (@steelydanrubin) who is currently drumming live with Gavin Adcock and a touring force who's played shows with major acts like Morgan Wallen, 311, The Offspring, In Her Own Words, and Capstan, to go deeper into the mental mechanics of high-level performance.

After exploring his leap-of-faith journey in Part 1, this conversation focuses on where Daniel is now: thriving in the pressure cooker of sold-out shows, high-stakes sessions, and the daily demands of mastery. We talk about flow state, what it is, how to tap into it on command, and why mental training gets you to a point where you don’t need to think about the skills anymore — you just play.

Daniel also opens up about pre-show rituals, overcoming doubt when he got a call to tour on short notice, and why gamifying hard work helped him ...