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
