“You’ve got to stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready.”
This doesn’t mean I’m always operating at my highest peak or
I’m always living in some form of false perfection.
Staying ready means I’m willing to go from my level of good to my level of mastery at any given moment.
I’m not going to need time to prepare to give the best version of me and I’m willing to do what it takes to get the job done.
Practice may not make perfect, but it gets you closer to that ideal.
Clayton Craddock, the drummer of the hit broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University’s School of Business and is a 28 year veteran of the fast-paced New York City music scene.
He has played drums in several hit broadway and off-broadway musicals, including “Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical, and Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill. Also, Clayton has worked on: Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Spongebob Squarepants, The Musical, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q.