Quick question: who’s playing in the pit of every show currently running on Broadway, right now, tonight? Not the ones you sub for — all of them.
You could actually find that out in about thirty seconds. Most musicians never do, not because it’s a secret, but because nobody ever pointed them to where that information lives. That’s the gap I built the Resources page to close.
It’s a tab at the top of Broadway Drumming 101, and it’s easy to miss if all you’re doing is reading the newsletter — which is exactly the problem. The emails are one channel. The Resources page is the archive: every link a working Broadway musician actually needs, in one place, free, no opt-in required.
It’s not a link dump. Everything on it earns its spot. A few for instance:
IBDB settles the “who actually played that show” argument every time. Full production and credit history, going back decades.
Local 802’s Resource Center is where your pension, health fund, instrument insurance, and unclaimed checks live — the money and coverage you’ve already earned, if you know where to look.
Maestra Music is the directory for women musicians who are looking to build teams and get hired.
The Broadway Musician’s Roadmap is a free download that lays out how to think about this career, not just how to play it.
That’s four. There’s a full section each for unions, industry news, casting research, health and pension, and career building — union contracts, touring itineraries, emergency financial assistance, the works. All vetted, all still active links, all things I’d tell a friend about over a beer.
The musicians who move fastest in this business aren’t always the best players. They’re the ones who know where the information is. This page is my attempt to close that gap for everyone, not just the people already plugged in.
Go find something you didn’t know existed. Bookmark it. And if there’s a musician in your life still digging through twelve tabs to find what’s on one page, send them here:
