What’s the most important thing a drummer should know about being a success on Broadway?
Rodney Howard has many years of experience on Broadway.
He has been a sub drummer on
Saturday Night Fever
The Lion King
Little Shop Of Horrors
Mama Mia
Hairspray
The Color Purple
Frozen
Moulin Rouge
He’s now the drummer for the broadway musical Mrs. Doubtfire.
Other diverse credits include Avril Lavigne, Gavin DeGraw, Thalia, Joan Jett, Heart, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Ben E. King, Oz Noy, Deryck Whibley (Sum 41), The New York Horns, The Carson Daly Show, Chris Botti & Jeffery Lee Campbell (Sting), Lenny Pickett (Tower of Power), Jeff Kazee (Bon Jovi) , G.E. Smith (Saturday Night Live), Steve Augeri (Journey), Lorenza Ponce (Sheryl Crow), Mark Rivera, Tommy Burns & Crystal Talifero (Billy Joel). Rodney loves and endorses PEARL drums, SABIAN cymbals and sounds, VIC FIRTH drumsticks/brushes/rods & mallets, REMO drumheads, Factory Metal Percussion, and KICKPORT.
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