Seussical - Scot Sexton

Scot Sexton’s combined book setup for Seussical with Broadway Bound in Seattle, Washington.

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

"This is one of those shows where combing the two books (drums and percussion) can be a fun challenge. There is not a lot of down time so its pretty much all playing.

With this one I did my usual process of laying out the books side by side. I start with the drum set book, and add in the things that are easy to catch from the percussion book. I keep going until I only have mallet parts left. Then I look into how much of those I can do electronically with samples.

With this show I knew I would be juggling sticks, page turns, shakers and beaters so as I was combining the books I was also working on my layout and choreography. Thus allowing me to see what would work and what wouldn't."

Drums: All custom built birch shells by Scot

• 20"x15" Bass Drum
• 14"x14" Floor Tom
• 12"x8" Rack Tom
• 10"x8" Rack Tom
• 14"x5.5" Snare Drum
• 13"x3" Snare Drum

Heads:

• Remo Coated Ambassador on snare batter
• Remo Hazy Ambassador on snare side
• Remo Pinstripe on all tom batter heads
• Remo Ambassador Clear on all tom resonant heads

Cymbals:

• Zildjian 20" 1960’s Ride cymbal
• Sabian 16" AAX X-Plosion Crash 
• Zildjian 14" 1970’s Hi-Hats
• Wuhan 10" Splash 

Percussion:

• TreeWorks 6" Triangle 
• TreeWorks Tre35 Bar Chimes
• LP Bell Tree
• RhythmTech Tambourine (mounted on its own stand)
• Acme Siren Whistle
• LP Samba Whistle 
• LP Granite Blocks
• LP Rock Cowbell 
• LP Black Beauty Cowbell
• Ratchet
• Steve Weiss Vibraslap
• Rainstick 20"
• Egg Shaker
• Miller Machine with 8" TreeWorks Triangle
• Miller Machine with mounted Finger Cymbal

Electronics:

• Roland HandSonic HPD-20 for triggering djembe and bongos
• Alesis SamplePad Pro for triggering counter bell, sleigh bells, timbale, congas, cork pop, cabasa, glock, crotales and xylophone

Sticks:

• Regal Tip Jazz Drum Sticks
• Regal Tip wire brushes 
• Zildjian John Riley Double Stick Mallet

Seussical - Regional - Scot Sexton
May 2017