Re: Little Shop of Horrors tour
- From: alanwatkinsuk@xxxxxxx
- Date: 30 Sep 2005 12:23:09 -0700
Vits wrote:
> I'm playing the Broadway touring production of Little Shop of Horrors in
> Grand Rapids this week. They have the ten piece band (drums, bass, gtr, 2
> keyboards, 2 trpts, 2 woodwinds and percussion) in a rehearsal room with
> plexiglass houses (with absorbent roofs!) around each group of instruments.
> Everything is close miked and we each have a Avion mixer so we can listen to
> exactly what we want. The music director has a mic and can speak to us as
> we're playing and literally count out loud. It's the cleanest, easiest show
> I've every played because you can hear everything with no delay due to
> distance or ambiance. My setup includes 2 timp, vibes, bells, xylo, chimes,
> mark tree, bell tree, tambourines, triangle, woodblock, cabasa, shaker,
> vibraslap, congas, bongos and 2 cowbells. It's also nice to be out of the
> dark stanky pit for a week!
>
> Vits
And isn't it wonderful, Vits, to get to do stuff you might not usually
do!
I've got a great gig coming up in Prague in February - the ballet Elite
Syncopations, based mostly on the music of Scott Joplin and a few of
his contemporaries. It's not in the league of LSOH but is it fun to
play:):)
I've loved the music of Joplin all my life but this is the one chance I
get to play it! No extras - just hi-hat, snare, bass drum, crash,
coconut shells, some brush, mostly sticks (but some quick swaps): 13
players including md directing from the piano. Calliope Rag (James
Scott but finished by someone else) is a delight from start to finish.
Ditto: Ragtime Nightingale (Joseph F. Lamb). Wonderful music.
Actually, it's all wonderful stuff.
My, do I love those Rags. Good luck for the run.
Kind regards,
Alan M. Watkins
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