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1 min read

Brett Beirsdorfer's drum set setup for the National Tour of Fame at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre in West Point, New York.

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

Brett Beirsdorfer's drum set setup for the National Tour of Fame at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre in West Point, New York.

Drums: Yamaha Stage Customs

17”x22” Bass Drum
15"x16” Floor Tom
8"x12” Mounted Tom
7"x10” Mounted Tom
5.5”x14” Snare

I’m using Evans heads on all my drums. The toms have Clear EC2's over Clear G1's. The kick has a Clear EMAD over a Black EMAD with a hole. The snare has a Coated G1 over a Hazy 300 snare side.

Hardware:

All DW (which includes the 9000 series)

Cymbals:

Sabian 14" Evolution Hi-Hats
Sabian 21" Evolution Ride
Sabian 16" Evolution Crash
Sabian 18" Evolution Crash

Percussion:

LP Bell Tree
LP Twist Shaker - Soft
Miller Machine with Finger Cymbal
Miller Machine with Triangle
LP 15" Timbale
TreeWorks Bar Chimes
RhythmTech Tambourine
LP Cowbell

Electronics:

Ultimate Ears In-Ear Monitors
Aviom Personal Mixer

Sticks:

Vic Firth American Classic 3A Drumsticks
Vic Firth American Custom SD12 Swizzle G's
Vic Firth Legacy Brushes

Fame - Tour - Brett Beirsdorfer
September 2016

Brett Beirsdorfer's drum set setup for the National Tour of Fame at the Eisenhower Hall Theatre in West Point, New York.

Conducting a National Tour by Danny Taylor

"Conducting a National Tour is incredibly challenging, but so rewarding. Stepping on to the podium with a new orchestra every few weeks really keeps you on your toes. Every player responds differently so you are constantly adjusting to get the desired result. I would compare it to playing a multi-percussion piece where the instruments are constantly moving."

5 min read

Reporting from the Broadway Trenches by Jon Berger

"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

Drumming for "Ain’t Too Proud" by Clayton Craddock

"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."

7 min read

The Little Mermaid - Brian Kirk

"The timpani tunings are the real challenge of The Little Mermaid. Changing pitches must be done by feel, that was my biggest challenge. Memorizing the mallet parts was also very necessary."

2 min read

The Little Mermaid - Alec Wilmart

"As you can see in the pictures, I prefer to have as much 'stuff' right in front of me, as close as possible. Because there are so many instruments close in, I have mounted a music stand off of the tom mount.

2 min read

Kevin McNaughton's setup for the National Tour of Pretty Woman at the Old National Centre (formerly the Murat Theatre) in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Pretty Woman - Kevin McNaughton

"Different from the tour, the original Broadway production had acoustic drums, an acoustic set of timbales, and an acoustic tambourine - the tambourine is now programmed in the SPD-SX."