Broadway Drumming 101 Inc.

“Practical, honest, and extremely helpful.”

A reader just left this review for my book Broadway Bound and Beyond: A Musician’s Guide to Building a Theater Career.

One thing I wanted this book to do was explain how Broadway hiring actually works.

There are no open auditions for Broadway pit musicians.
No application portal.
No ranking system where the “best player” automatically wins.

Broadway runs on trust.

Musicians get called because they’re prepared, recommended, reliable, and easy to work with.

Inside the book I break down:
• how Broadway hiring really works
• how to become sub-ready
• playing with a click
• navigating rehearsals
• treating your music career like a business

No shortcuts. Just clarity.

If you’re serious about playing theater, this book will help you understand the path.

Get Broadway Bound and Beyond at:
signaturebrandworks.com
Amazon
Barnes & Noble

I wrote a piece for Allegro. Local 802’s publication.

It’s about the union benefits most musicians never use because nobody told them they existed.

I figured all of this out the hard way. Thirty years later, I wrote it down.

Link in my bio as on Broadway Drumming 101!

Five stars.

“Current, Comprehensive & Spot On.”

This review means a lot because it points to exactly why I wrote Broadway Bound and Beyond in the first place.

Too many career books in our industry are stories from another era. Interesting? Sure. Helpful for how things actually work in 2026? Not always.

Broadway moves fast. The business changes. The expectations shift. The technology evolves. If you’re serious about building a real career in theater, you need information that reflects what’s happening right now, from someone still doing the work.

That was the goal.

Not nostalgia.
Not theory.
Not vague inspiration.

Practical breakdowns. Real scenarios. Clear guidance you can apply when you walk into a rehearsal, a sub call, a tour, or your first Broadway chair.

If you’re trying to build something sustainable in this business, this book was written for you.

Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Signed copies at SignatureBrandworks.com.

The video is out!

Rodney Howard on the Broadway Drumming 101 podcast — his career, his sub philosophy, and one piece of advice about monitoring that nobody talks about but every drummer needs to hear. Link in bio.

Tonight you can see him live. He’s playing with Alec Berlin at The Bitter End. 147 Bleecker Street. Doors at 8, show at 8:30. Matt Beck from The Outsiders on Broadway is on guitar. Nobody is putting together a bad band tonight.

Can’t make it downtown? Jared Schonig has you covered on the Upper West Side. The Gin Mill, 442 Amsterdam Ave, 9 PM. Jumaane Smith, Andrew Gould, Dave Cook, and Yasushi Nakamura. That’s the one I’m catching tonight.

Two serious options on a Monday. Go.