When I first got the call to start working on Ain’t Too Proud – The Life And Times Of The Temptations, I was curious about which era the show was going to focus on. Their career began in the early 1960’s and they’re still releasing albums today. I first heard of The Temptations when I…
Read moreSteve Gadd: Secrets for a Successful Freelance Career
An excerpt from this article in the International Musician magazine found here: http://internationalmusician.org/steve-gadd/ If there is one drummer you could say has literally kept the beat for “everyone,” that drummer would likely be Steve Gadd, a member of Local 802 (New York City). And when asked about all the different genres of music he’s…
Read moreThinking Of Her – On Mothers Day
Last Saturday, I sat in my drum booth in-between shows and did a little practicing. I scrolled through some of my favorite songs on certain playlists and just happened to come across the album by Lenny Kravitz called “5.” I feel it’s, by far, his best and most consistent album. One of my favorites is…
Read moreHow To Network And Become A Successful Musician – Part II – “Social Media”
In my last post about networking for musicians, I wrote about how to be assertive and just ask. If you are a monster on your instrument but can’t seem to gather the strength and courage to talk to people you don’t know, you may be that amazing musician that no one knows about. That’s generally the…
Read moreHow To Become Better At Networking – Here are five tips that can help make connecting with people a little easier.
I often encounter musicians who tell me they suck at networking. They’re the kind of person who, in their formative years, spent hours learning how to play their instrument but little time on meeting other musicians. I’ve heard complaints from my colleagues about the lack of work or when work is slow. There are always…
Read moreFive Things You Need To Know About Playing Drums On A Broadway Show
If you are at all interested in finding work as a musician playing drums on a Broadway musical, I can certainly give a few tips. I’ve been fortunate to have played in several over the past 20 years and I’ve learned a little from each one I’ve been in. Each of the shows I’ve done…
Read morePapa Was A Rolling Stone
This song is just amazing. I love playing it every night at my show Ain’t Too Proud. The strings, the guitar, bass, harp, keys, drums, percussion, horns, woodwinds….all working together to play such a beautiful intro: Clayton Craddock is an independent thinker, father of two beautiful children in New York City. He has written about…
Read moretick, tick…BOOM! – Therapy
Before Rent, there was tick, tick… BOOM!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize–and Tony Award–winning composer of Rent, is the story of an aspiring composer who questions his life choices on the eve of his thirtieth birthday. It was first performed as a solo rock monologue by Larson back in 1990. I…
Read more‘A smile so bright’ as this Broadway cast gathers for digital performance – Ain’t Too Proud on PBS Newshour
“In the midst of overwhelming sadness and suffering, we wanted to end the week on a high note. It’s brought to us from the Tony Award-winning cast of “Ain’t Too Proud,” the Broadway show about The Temptations. They recently got online to connect and delivered this performance, part of our ongoing arts and culture series,…
Read moreMotown writers and Temptations’ Otis Williams unite with Broadway’s ‘Ain’t Too Proud’
Legendary Motown writers Eddie and Brian Holland are joined by the cast of Broadway’s “Ain’t Too Proud” for a medley of their hit songs.
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