In The Heights - Angel Williams - The Miller Machine

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Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Read Angel's write-up below the photos.

Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“I used a drumKAT with a Roland Sound Canvas SS-88 for all required patches for this show as well as Chimes and Timpani.”

Instrumentation:

Tama 24” Bass Drum with Aquarian Heads for a big boomy sound
Camco 16” Floor Tom
LP Aspire Conga
LP Matador Bongos
Remo 12” Djembe
LP Shekere
LP Red Jam Block
LP Blue Jam Block
LP Green Blast Block (wood bell)
LP Rock Cowbell
LP Agogo Bells on an LP VibraSlap Mount
Meinl Caixixi (small and medium)
LP One Shot Shaker
Meinl Medium Studio Mix Shaker
Meinl Aluminum Octagonal shaker
LP Soft Shake
LP Fish Style Guiro
LP Egg Shaker
LP Wawa Shaker
Meinl Copper Hammered 6 1/4” Cowbell
LP Rosewood Claves
LP High Claves
TreeWorks Bar Chimes
LP Mounted Tambourine
LP Rock Tambourine
LP VibraSlap
LP Jingle Bells
LP Cabasa
Miller Machine with Finger Cymbal
MIller Machine with Triangle

Cymbals:

Zildjian 14" China Boy
Zildjian 14" K Dark Crash
Zildjian 16" K Dark Crash

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Angel Williams’ percussion setup for In The Heights at the Judge Memorial High School in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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