# Broadway Drumming 101 The resource for musicians who want to work on Broadway — and stay there. Page: Feed: --- ## [Broadway Bound and Beyond](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/broadway-bound-and-beyond) _2026-08-17 · Broadway Drumming 101_ The career foundation every working musician needs — but nobody teaches. ## [Adam Wolfe -The Broadway Drumming 101 Classic Podcast (VIDEO)](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/adam-wolfe-the-broadway-drumming-465) _2026-08-16 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Watch now | The prep, the trust, and the versatility that keeps Broadway calling [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210670194/2f47829c3aa36d4234e020e5364595b8.mp3) ## [The Page Most of My Readers Have Never Clicked](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/the-page-most-of-my-readers-have) _2026-08-13 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/adam-wolfe-the-broadway-drumming) _2026-08-10 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Adam Wolfe on Subbing, Versatility, and Building a Career Beyond the Pit [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210533330/d2f7d6f140eb836cb51af6158fe0c520.mp3) ## [Preparation Is the Job](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/preparation-is-the-job) _2026-08-08 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Adam Wolfe on subbing Broadway shows — with weeks to prep or barely any — and the attitude that gets you through either one [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210353802/fddeec54dddd610e225fe50b19d5ade5.mp3) ## [Should Musicians Incorporate?](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/should-musicians-incorporate) _2026-08-04 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/five-sessions-one-goodbye-recording) _2026-08-02 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209461832.mp3) ## [Spencer Inch - The Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast (Video)](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/spencer-inch-the-broadway-drumming) _2026-08-01 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Come From Away. Water for Elephants. 467 shows on the road. Spencer Inch on building a touring career one relationship at a time [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203290900/245c4365f20b37743d9092b1bc21a03d.mp3) ## [Watch: The Mariana Ramirez Interview — From a Santana Concert to the Percussion Chair at SIX](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/watch-the-mariana-ramirez-interview) _2026-07-29 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205792925/409e695a04925bfe36ef665c998a1ccd.mp3) ## [Why Is Cats: The Jellicle Ball Closing?](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/why-is-cats-the-jellicle-ball-closing) _2026-07-26 · Broadway Drumming 101_ I’m quoted in a The Hollywood Reporter piece on Broadway’s business model. Here’s the part that didn’t make the cut. ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BkyeuEIzwlWn) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Podcast #108 - Spencer Inch](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/podcast-108-spencer-inch) _2026-07-23 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Come From Away. Water for Elephants. 467 shows on the road. Spencer Inch on building a touring career one relationship at a time [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203796365/21363280ed9038d815519ed1cd5717f9.mp3) ## [What Buddy Williams Taught Me Backstage at the Apollo](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/what-buddy-williams-taught-me-backstage) _2026-07-20 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/pure-gold-one-drummers-review-says) _2026-07-18 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Leo Bandeira couldn't order it on Amazon, so he came straight to me — here's what he told his audience afterward [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207455455/5e5b20e30af6a8a82a3edacec32a2e37.mp3) ## [Playing Polkas Like Wynton Is Watching](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/playing-polkas-like-wynton-is-watching) _2026-07-17 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/nobody-gets-discovered-at-the-ramada) _2026-07-14 · Broadway Drumming 101_ How a hotel gig in Westchester County became a Broadway career. ## [What Do You Do When Your Show Closes?](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/what-do-you-do-when-your-show-closes) _2026-07-13 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/mariana-ramirez-the-broadway-drumming) _2026-07-12 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Percussionist for SIX the Musical on Broadway [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205787696/c47031590ed1cfd19fe0d04c68e53bef.mp3) ## [The Night a Santana Concert Changed Everything](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/the-night-a-santana-concert-changed) _2026-07-09 · Broadway Drumming 101_ 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. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205783243/f48dffee6ac3d6a2fcfe782585affd90.mp3) ## [The Sale Ends July 7th](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/the-sale-ends-july-7th) _2026-07-06 · Broadway Drumming 101_ Here's what everyone's grabbing before the code expires. ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TEpUTTJn4yZA) _2026-07-06 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Mackenna Tolfa - Podcast #107 (Video)](https://broadwaydrumming101.substack.com/p/mackenna-tolfa-podcast-107-video) _2026-07-04 · Broadway Drumming 101_ She plays the Rockstar in Blue Man Group — and she was born for it. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203191821/389c308cdbaaeb65d27dfce50374a1c1.mp3)