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Broadway Drumming 101

The resource for musicians who want to work on Broadway — and stay there.

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Broadway Bound and Beyond

The career foundation every working musician needs — but nobody teaches.

Adam Wolfe -The Broadway Drumming 101 Classic Podcast (VIDEO)

Watch now | The prep, the trust, and the versatility that keeps Broadway calling

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The Page Most of My Readers Have Never Clicked

Everything on Broadway Drumming 101 that isn't in your inbox — free, curated, and worth the click.

Adam Wolfe - - The Broadway Drumming 101 Classic Podcast

Adam Wolfe on Subbing, Versatility, and Building a Career Beyond the Pit

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Preparation Is the Job

Adam Wolfe on subbing Broadway shows — with weeks to prep or barely any — and the attitude that gets you through either one

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Should Musicians Incorporate?

Why I stopped thinking like a freelancer and started thinking like a founder.

Recording the Cats: The Jellicle Ball Cast Album in Its Final Week

Watch now | Tonight, we load into a studio to start recording the Original Broadway Cast album for Cats: The Jellicle Ball — six days before the show closes for good on Broadway.

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Spencer Inch - The Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast (Video)

Come From Away. Water for Elephants. 467 shows on the road. Spencer Inch on building a touring career one relationship at a time

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Watch: The Mariana Ramirez Interview — From a Santana Concert to the Percussion Chair at SIX

The video version of this classic Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast episode is here. If you listened to the audio earlier this week, now you can see the whole conversation.

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Why Is Cats: The Jellicle Ball Closing?

I’m quoted in a The Hollywood Reporter piece on Broadway’s business model. Here’s the part that didn’t make the cut.

Podcast #108 - Spencer Inch

Come From Away. Water for Elephants. 467 shows on the road. Spencer Inch on building a touring career one relationship at a time

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What Buddy Williams Taught Me Backstage at the Apollo

It wasn't about the gig. It was about the Palm Pilot in his pocket.

'Pure Gold': One Drummer's Review Says Exactly What I Hoped This Book Would Be

Leo Bandeira couldn't order it on Amazon, so he came straight to me — here's what he told his audience afterward

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Playing Polkas Like Wynton Is Watching

Because somebody always is. Spencer Inch on the cruise ship advice that built his career — Episode 108 coming soon.

Nobody Was Getting Discovered at the Ramada Inn

How a hotel gig in Westchester County became a Broadway career.

What Do You Do When Your Show Closes?

Mine just did. Again. Here’s what 26 years and four closing notices taught me — and the question you need to answer before you consider this as a career.

Mariana Ramirez - The Broadway Drumming 101 Classic Podcast

Percussionist for SIX the Musical on Broadway

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The Night a Santana Concert Changed Everything

Mariana Ramirez went from a Santana concert in Mexico City to the percussion chair at SIX on Broadway. I first published this conversation in March 2022 — most of you have never heard it.

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The Sale Ends July 7th

Here's what everyone's grabbing before the code expires.

Mackenna Tolfa - Podcast #107 (Video)

She plays the Rockstar in Blue Man Group — and she was born for it.

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