diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
index 969f026ef..82484997e 100755
--- a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/user_progress_emailer"
 require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/daily_job"
 require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/daily_session_emailer"
 require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/new_musician_emailer"
+require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/music_session_reminder"
 require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/music_session_scheduler"
 require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/active_music_session_cleaner"
 require "jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/score_history_sweeper"
diff --git a/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/music_session_reminder.rb b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/music_session_reminder.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..503e31e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/lib/jam_ruby/resque/scheduled/music_session_reminder.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'json'
+require 'resque'
+require 'resque-retry'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'digest/md5'
+
+module JamRuby
+  class MusicSessionReminder
+    extend Resque::Plugins::JamLonelyJob
+
+    @queue = :music_session_reminder
+
+    @@log = Logging.logger[MusicSessionReminder]
+
+    def self.lock_timeout
+      120
+    end
+
+    def self.perform
+      @@log.debug("MusicSessionReminder waking up")
+
+      MusicSessionReminder.new.run
+
+      @@log.debug("MusicSessionReminder done")
+    end
+
+    def run
+      Notification.send_session_reminders()
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/resque/music_session_reminder_spec.rb b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/resque/music_session_reminder_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2823d3150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/spec/jam_ruby/resque/music_session_reminder_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'MusicSessionReminder' do
+  let(:mail) { UserMailer.deliveries[0] }
+  before :each do
+    UserMailer.deliveries.clear
+    MusicSession.delete_all
+    User.delete_all
+
+    @receiver = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+    @sender = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+    @session = FactoryGirl.create(:music_session)
+
+    @slot1 = FactoryGirl.build(:rsvp_slot, :music_session => @session, :instrument => JamRuby::Instrument.find('electric guitar'))
+    @slot1.save
+  end
+
+  it "sends email 24 hours before" do
+    @session.creator = @sender
+    @session.scheduled_start = Time.now + 23.hours
+    @session.save!
+
+    JamRuby::MusicSessionReminder.perform
+
+    UserMailer.deliveries.length.should == 1
+    calls = count_publish_to_user_calls
+    calls[:count].should == 0
+
+    mail.html_part.body.include?("is scheduled for tomorrow").should be_true
+    mail.text_part.body.include?("is scheduled for tomorrow").should be_true
+
+    mail.html_part.body.include?("starts in 1 hour").should be_false
+    mail.text_part.body.include?("starts in 1 hour").should be_false
+  end
+
+  it "sends email 1 hour before" do
+    @session.creator = @sender
+    @session.scheduled_start = Time.now + 59.minutes
+    @session.save!
+
+
+    JamRuby::MusicSessionReminder.perform
+
+    UserMailer.deliveries.length.should == 1
+    calls = count_publish_to_user_calls
+    calls[:count].should == 0
+    mail.html_part.body.include?("is scheduled for tomorrow").should be_false
+    mail.text_part.body.include?("is scheduled for tomorrow").should be_false
+
+    mail.html_part.body.include?("starts in 1 hour").should be_true
+    mail.text_part.body.include?("starts in 1 hour").should be_true
+
+  end
+
+  it "sends notice 5 minutes before" do
+    UserMailer.deliveries.length.should == 0
+    receiver_connection = FactoryGirl.create(:connection, user: @receiver)
+    @receiver.reload
+
+    rsvp = RsvpRequest.create({:session_id => @session.id, :rsvp_slots => [@slot1.id, @slot2.id], :message => "We be jammin!"}, @receiver)
+    UserMailer.deliveries.clear
+    calls = count_publish_to_user_calls
+    @session.creator = @sender
+    @session.scheduled_start = Time.now + 4.minutes
+    @session.save!
+    JamRuby::MusicSessionReminder.perform
+    calls[:count].should == 1
+    UserMailer.deliveries.length.should == 0
+  end
+
+  def count_publish_to_user_calls
+    result = {count: 0}
+    MQRouter.any_instance.stub(:publish_to_user) do |receiver_id, msg|
+      result[:count] += 1
+      result[:msg] = msg
+    end
+    result
+  end
+end #spec