Joshua Samuels - Full Interview On The Broadway Drumming 101 Youtube Channel!
Percussionist for The Radio City Christmas Spectacular and Beetlejuice.
Josh is classically trained, and his experience as a percussionist has led him to many different genres of music, allowing him to perform for many different music groups, not only orchestras.
In this episode we discuss:
How meeting Gary Seligson helped launch his career in New York City. The methods he used to network and meet people.
The way he handles notes.
The story of how he landed the job at Radio City several times.
Landing the percussion chair at Beetlejuice.
Why having great time is so important.
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Clayton Craddock, the drummer of the hit broadway musical Ain't Too Proud. He hosts the Broadway Drumming 101 Podcast and 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.
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