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Sweeney Todd - Quinton Perry, Henry Rice
"Another weird instrument we needed was a whistle. I did some research and found out the actual show used a steam locomotive train whistle. A very high-pitched, shrill noise, that...
Sweeney Todd - Quinton Perry, Henry Rice
"Another weird instrument we needed was a whistle. I did some research and found out the actual show used a steam locomotive train whistle. A very high-pitched, shrill noise, that...
The Last Ship - Joe Bonadio
Joe Bonadio's drum set setup for the Broadway production of Sting's The Last Ship at the Neil Simon Theatre.
The Last Ship - Joe Bonadio
Joe Bonadio's drum set setup for the Broadway production of Sting's The Last Ship at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Mean Girls - Ron Grassi
Ron Grassi's drum set setup for Mean Girls at Archbishop Performing Arts, in Warminster, Pennsylvania.
Mean Girls - Ron Grassi
Ron Grassi's drum set setup for Mean Girls at Archbishop Performing Arts, in Warminster, Pennsylvania.
Shrek - Carl Nelson
"Shrek has been a blast to play. It isn’t too often I play a show that is exclusively drum set. One musical challenge on this show was the Overture and...
Shrek - Carl Nelson
"Shrek has been a blast to play. It isn’t too often I play a show that is exclusively drum set. One musical challenge on this show was the Overture and...
Matilda Jr. - Alvaro Domingo
"With the space I had, I knew having an actual set of timpani would not be possible, so I opted to trigger them off of the Alesis Strike MultiPad. In...
Matilda Jr. - Alvaro Domingo
"With the space I had, I knew having an actual set of timpani would not be possible, so I opted to trigger them off of the Alesis Strike MultiPad. In...
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Andy Blanco
“When designing my set up I needed to make it slim instead of round because we had to have a pathway between the drums and percussion. There is a moment...
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Andy Blanco
“When designing my set up I needed to make it slim instead of round because we had to have a pathway between the drums and percussion. There is a moment...
Musical Theatre Articles
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My Tuning Philosophy
By Sean McDaniel "I’ve experimented with the bottom heads being a tritone higher on certain gigs if the drums are bigger. At my current Broadway show, I’ve even had the...
My Tuning Philosophy
By Sean McDaniel "I’ve experimented with the bottom heads being a tritone higher on certain gigs if the drums are bigger. At my current Broadway show, I’ve even had the...
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To Choose or Not To Choose!
By Dave Roth "Once you get 'that call' to do a show, the first objective for every percussionist is to find out what instruments will be required. There are a...
To Choose or Not To Choose!
By Dave Roth "Once you get 'that call' to do a show, the first objective for every percussionist is to find out what instruments will be required. There are a...
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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...
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...
