Kiss Me Kate - Scot Sexton

Scot Sexton’s combined book setup for the Seattle Musical Theaters production of Kiss Me Kate in Seattle, Washington.

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

Above: Two cut off wheels for face scratch sound effect.

"Knowing I was going to have to be combing the books for this production, I approached this process as I usually do. I lay them out next to each other and see what is the easiest to catch. Then I start working layer by layer adding more and more. I was lucky as I was able to catch around 90% of the percussion parts along with 100% of the kit parts. For the glockenspiel, crotales and timpani notes I used Apple’s Logic Pro on the Alesis SamplePad and edited them to sound as natural as possible for what was notated in the book.”

Drums:

• Gretsch 14”x5.5” Snare 
• Custom 12”x8” Rack Tom (custom built birch shell by Scot)
• Custom 16”x16” Floor Tom (custom built birch shell by Scot)
• Ludwig 24”x14” 1952 Bass Drum

Cymbals:

• Zildjian 20" 1980’s Ride Cymbal
• Zildjian 14" A Custom Fast Crash 
• Sabian 16" AAX X-Plosion Crash
• Zildjian 14" 1970’s Hi-Hats
• Zildjian 12" A Custom Splash
• Zildjian 8" A Custom Splash 
• Generic 9" Trashy Splash

Heads:

• Remo Fiberskyn on all batter heads 
• Remo Ambassador Clear on all resonant heads

Percussion:

• TreeWorks 8" Triangle 
• TreeWorks Tre35 Bar Chimes
• LP Bell Tree
• Goat Toe Rattle 
• Cabasa 
• RhythmTech Tambourine (mounted on its own stand)
• Acme Siren Whistle
• Duck Call
• LP Granite Blocks
• LP Rock Cowbell
• Miller Machine with mounted Finger Cymbal
• Miller Machine with 6" TreeWorks Triangle
• 2 cut off wheels for face scratch sound effect.

Electronic:

• Roland HandSonic HPD-20 - for triggering doumbek, gong, china cymbal and pandiero
• Alesis SamplePad Pro - for triggering glock, crotales, timpani, sleigh bells, slapstick, bulb horn, ship bell
• Two foot pedals - one for a timpani hit, and a second to change the "kit" on the Alesis SamplePad Pro

Sticks:

• Regal Tip Combos
• Regal Tip Jazz

Kiss Me Kate - Regional - Scot Sexton
April 2017