Drummer/percussionist Damien Bassman is currently the drummer for the Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill.

Originally from Fairfax, Virginia, he received his BM from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a MM and Performer's Residency Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University. He also earned an Advanced Performer's Certificate from The Juilliard School.  

He was a featured drumset soloist with the Tonkunstler Orchestra in Vienna and Italy and recorded with the orchestra playing drumset and hand drums on Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Damien has performed as both soloist and section percussionist/timpanist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony, the Columbus Symphony and wrote, arranged, and performed the hybrid multi-percussion/drumset book for the hit musical Next To Normal. He also created the drum/percussion book for Hi-Fidelity, created and performed the African/multi-percussion book for The Color Purple. He played drums for Mario Cantone's Laugh W***e and has worked on shows such as Aida, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Legally Blonde, Nine, Grease, Never Gonna Dance, Fiddler On The Roof, Caroline Or Change, The Wedding Singer, Xanadu, Glory Days, Baby, BatBoy, Radiant Baby, and Making Tracks.

He collaborated with the band Green Day on the Broadway adaptation of their CD American Idiot and with composer Andrew Lippa, Nathan Lane, & Bebe Neuwirth on the Broadway musical The Addams Family. Before Jagged Little Pill, he was the drummer for Spongebob The Musical.

Damien also serves as drummer/percussionist in the bands of many of Broadway's biggest stars, including Adam Paschal (Rent, School of Rock), Kristin Chenoweth (My Love Letter To Broadway), Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game), Jason Danieley (Curtains, Chicago), Julia Murney (Wicked, Lennon), and Michael Longoria (Jersey Boys).

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.

Follow him on Instagram, Twitter or read more on his website: claytoncraddock.com

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