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Chicago - Tim Sellars

Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Read Tim's write-up about the show, below the photos.

Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.

"I really enjoyed tackling this classic show. It was great to play it with a 7 piece band consisting of drums, double bass, keyboards x2, clarinet, trumpet, and trombone.

I spent a lot of time before the first rehearsal figuring out the best possible set up for all the extra auxiliary percussion and glockenspiel. As I listened and played along with the Broadway recordings, I soon realized that the position of the temple blocks and triangle was going to be key. There were some fast numbers (eg 'Me and My Baby') with intricate patterns between the blocks and triangle with no time to move too far.

I enjoyed getting to play glockenspiel in combination with the drum kit and again the placement of this instrument was important. I had it set up to my right next to my music stand and in line with the conductor. The only instruments I didn’t need to play in this score were a tambourine and the pop gun. These ended up being played by two of the cast members in their respective scenes.

For the ‘clank’ sound I went with a car brake drum which you can see is placed over on my left side by my hi-hat. I ended up striking it carefully with the brass head glockenspiel mallet which allowed it to cut through at a decent volume.

This show was fast paced with limited time between numbers. Some favourites to play were 'We Both Reached for the Gun', 'Me and My Baby', and 'Cell Block Tango'.

Would happily play this one again!"

Drums: Taye RockPro

  • 20" Bass Drum
  • 14" Floor Tom
  • 12" Rack Tom

Snare Drum

  • 14" Tama SLP (Sound Lab Project) Vintage Poplar Maple

Cymbals:

  • Zildjian 21" K Constantinople Big Band Ride Cymbal
  • Bosphorus 18" Traditional Series Paper Thin Crash
  • Zildjian 17" Zildjian A Custom Crash 
  • Bosphorus 14” Hammer Series Hi-Hats
  • Zildjian 10” Zildjian A Splash

Heads:

  • Bass Drum: Remo Powerstroke 3 for both batter and resonant heads
  • Snare Drum: Aquarian Texture Coated
  • Toms: Remo Coated Emperor's for batter and Clear Ambassadors for resonant

Percussion and accessories:

  • Glockenspiel
  • LP Castanet Machine
  • Meinl Cowbell
  • Ratchet
  • TreeWorks 5” Triangle
  • Miller Machine for Triangle
  • Acme Siren Whistle
  • Pearl Woodblocks (used as temple blocks)
  • PAB20 Ash Tone Block High-Pitch
  • PAB50 Ash Tone Block Med-Pitch
  • PAB100 Ash Tone Block Lo-Pitch 
Brake Drum (used for the ‘clank’ sound in the score)
  • Gibraltar Single Post Accessory Mount (2)
  • Gibraltar Multi 4-Post Accessory Mount
  • Gibraltar SC-Mat Medium Accessory Table
  • Shure 215 In-Ears

Sticks/Brushes/Mallets:

  • Vater Sugar Maple Sweet Ride Sticks
  • Regal Tip Classic Brushes
  • Mike Balter T1 Ultra Staccato Timpani Mallets
  • Promark Dan Fyffe DFP640 Xylophone/Bell Mallets
  • Brass Head Glockenspiel Mallets

Chicago - International - Tim Sellars
January 2018

Tim Sellars' setup for Chicago at the Court Theatre in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Patrick Lehosky's percussion setup for In the Heights at the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale, New York.
Jay Mack's setup for the National Tour of If/Then at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington.
Craig Given's percussion setup for Hairspray at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch, New Zealand, for Showbiz Christchurch.
"After a grueling four years at SUNY I still had one theory class left to finish. I was really depressed. A classmate of mine recommended me for a tour of a Broadway show. This completely changed the course of my life."
  • 7 min read
"When I first got the call to start working on Ain’t Too Proud - The Life And Times Of The Temptations, I was curious about which era the show was going to focus on. Their career began in the early 1960’s and they’re still releasing albums today."
"The unique part of Groundhog Day was that the drummer had to play on stage, in a groundhog costume, wearing a giant groundhog head. Since I could barely see out of the head, it was impossible to read a chart (and there wasn’t a music stand), so it had to be memorized."
  • 4 min read
Steve Gadd's drum solo from the track "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours". From the album Live Stuff (out of print) from the legendary 1970's New York based band Stuff.
Robbie Ameen's drum solo from the track "Spring Fling".

Gene Krupa's drum solo from "Gene's Blues" from the album Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich released November 1955.

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