"I’ve experimented with the bottom heads being a tritone a higher on certain gigs if the drums are bigger. At my current Broadway show, I’ve even had the tom heads an octave apart! This may sound extreme, but the toms are big and I needed to reduce sustain. There are so many possibilities."
"After a week or two of rehearsals there is usually a performance or two of the show for an invited audience. Sometimes these performances can be intense if there are important people in the room, or if certain sections of the show feel under prepared. This is why it’s so important to know the score and script very well."