Next year's musical is The Music Man!
The percussion part is snare-drum-happy, but who am I to complain? :-)
There's timpani to be played, so I'll need my trusty Alesis MIDI drum controller once again.
In the past, I set up my MIDI keyboard in the normal way, but that takes up way too much space in the "pit". Since I don't have the cash to
purchase a smaller MIDI source, I came up with a discrete way of stowing the keyboard to minimize its footprint. Positioning the device keys-down allows me easy access to the A/C power, MIDI, and audio outputs. And it's a good thing I kept the white styrofoam inserts.Who knows, I may even be able to employ the Alesis as a second MIDI snare part on Seventy-Six Trombones! Beats having to locate a real parade snare drum.
