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Articles about drummers (0-50 of 212)
- Frbiz.com Analyzes China's Clothing Industry: The Nation Is The World's
By: Frbiz | - Since when I do not know, every weekend there are always a group of people in Beijing, after the sea, they looked like hands holding a large "hourglass" thing, beat the, Huanxiao Zhao.
They are capital djembe family, in the hands of the "hourglass" is called the Djembe. In the group of weekend "drum gather" team, there are Chinese people and foreigners, they have been journalists, teachers, programmers, police and the students. However, in "Drum poly", they forget their own social ...
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- Hot Trends On Fashion Jewelry This Season
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Wall Street and Main Street seem to be edging to contrasting drummers as Wall Street adjudges the niche may be finished and Main Street experiences slowing sales. What can we expect as we approach fall?
One thing is sure -floor space and stress have changed to fashion accessories with less attention on garment. The logic behind this move rests on the truth the accessories often have lower monetary value points and have a lower impact on the family budget as they provid ...
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- 7 Beginner Drum Set Buying Tips
By: Jason Miles | - Tip 1: Does the drum set come with cymbals? Believe it or not but cymbals play a big role in the cost of the drum set.
Tip 2: Are the cymbals "cast" or "sheet" cymbals? Please don't let me hear another sheet metal cymbal or my ears will pop. I'm not kidding these things sound terrible and with the right research you can buy cast cymbals even on a budget. I guarantee you 100% that you've never seen a cymbal flip inside out when you were at a concert or watching a music video, so sa ...
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- Famous Drummers And Their Drum Kits
By: Jamie Hanson | - A good drummer is discovered in a Rock band. You can discover them in the Jazz world also. There are many pop group which had come and gone, taking with them their play the drums, but few of them remain in the recollection of the people. Drummers like Keith Moon, Jon Bonham, Neil Pert, Lars Ulrich and few others are still idolized by their fans. They are a wonderful class by themselves. Each is different from the other, whether it is the drumming style or the drum kits they use.
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- Excellent Punk Rock Percussionists Of The Past 10 Years.
By: NickyWalker | - At the start of the list is a comparatively fresh drummer, many might argue that he isn't truly a punk drummer and more of a metal one but I disagree, true he's keen to slow it down and do some death metal fills but at heart he's a born and bred punk rocker-
Steve Jocz -AKA "Stevo"Born 23/07/1981. Steve is mainly renowned for his work in the Canadian pop punk group Sum 41. A very fast and tight drummer, he can turn the feel of a song instantaneously. Only one of the few punk drummers that ...
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- Why To Read Drum Music - Guide For The Youngest Drummers Part 2
By: Alex Wess | - When you are learning to play the drums, there will be many times when we will take an exercise that we've learned in the past and add something new to it, thus creating a new exercise to play. In other words, we'll constantly add new things to learn and play that build on things we've played before. Because of this, it's extremely important that you remember every exercise that you've ever learned. You don't play something correctly a few times and then consider it done and completely flush it ...
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- Selected Impressive Punk Drummers Of The Past Decade.-00-631
By: NickyWalker | - At the start of the list is a rather recent drummer, a number of people may dispute that he's not truly a punk drummer and more of a heavy metal one but I differ, it's right that he's fond to slow it down and do his death metal fills but at heart he's genuinely a punk rocker-
Steve Jocz -AKA "Stevo"Born 23/07/1981. Jocz is most recognized for his work in the Canadian pop punk band Sum 41. A fantastically fast and awkward drummer, he's able to switch the ambiance of a song right away. Only ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Seven
By: Ronald Black | - There are some other things you should pick up that will be essential to your drumming education. I've listed these accessories in order of importance. A metronome! It's about time! A metronome is a mechanical or electronic device that keeps perfect time. The electronic kind, preferably one with a headphone jack, is best for a drummer. Learning to work with a metronome is crucial for any drummer, because it allows the drummer to gauge his or her sense of time against the perfect time of the metr ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Six
By: Ronald Black | - There are some even more rare cases like myself in which drummers play a left handed but right footed setup. In that case, the drum set is set up completely for a right handed person, but the ride cymbal is moved over to the left side of the kit instead of the right, over near the floor tom. To play drums in this way requires slightly different playing techniques than just a full right or left handed setup. If you're left handed, you might want to check out a left handed, right footed setup and ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Five
By: Ronald Black | - On a regular right handed kit setup, the ride cymbal should be placed above the floor tom on the right side of your kit. Because the ride cymbal is made to be played on its top and not its edge, like the crash cymbal, it should not be placed up as high as the crash cymbal. Be careful not to place it low enough so that it knocks against the top of your floor tom, either. Be a little Goldilocks again, ind find just the right height for you.
Now it's time to go have some porridge bec ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Four
By: Ronald Black | - At the top of the cymbal stand, you'll see what's called the cymbal tilter. The tilter may or may not be in a folded up position when you first go to set it up. You'll know it's in the folded up position if you're looking at it and you can't picture a cymbal being attached to it. In this case, simply unscrew the hand screw that you'll find on the side of the tilter just enough so you can move the tilter up and down. Put the tilter in a more or less horizontal position, and use the same hand scre ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Three
By: Ronald Black | - If you have assembled your Hi Hat cymbals correctly, your two hi hat cymbals would now be on top of each other on the hi hat stand, looking like a sandwich. If you step on the hi hat pedal, you'll see the rod going up and down uselessly. Step on the pedal just a little bit, and then tighten the hand screw on the outside of the clutch. Then, when you lift up your foot and the rod goes up, it will take the clutch and the top hi hat cymbal up along with it. The amount of space between the hi hat cy ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part Two
By: Ronald Black | - Depending on the type of hi hat stand you have, the rod might have a hinge in it, causing I t to flop over while still connected, rather than being straight upright. Next, look for a thick, hollow tube with what looks like a small plate on one end with a felt disc stacked on top of it. Take this hollow tube with the plate side facing up and put it over the long rod, so that the long rod is inside the hollow tube. If your long rod has a hinge, you'll need to hold it upright as you put the hollow ...
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- Snare, Cymbals, Stands And Accessories Setup Guide Part One
By: Ronald Black | - The snare is a shallow drum with crooked, wiggly wires attached to one of the heads. These crooked wires are called snares, and they are what give this drum both its name and its distinctive sound. The head that has the snares lying against it is a special extra thin head and should never be hit with your sticks. It should be treated as carefully as an egg. The snare drum uses a special stand to hold it, called, you guessed it, a snare stand. There are generally two different kinds of snare stan ...
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- How To Develop Precision Speed On The Drum Kit
By: Ashley Appling | - When I encounter most young drummers today, the most prominent question seems to be, "How can I develop speed around the drum kit?" I always follow that up with, "What is your purpose for playing fast?" Often that leaves a pause, with an uncertain answer that leaves them wondering, "What is the reason I want to play fast on the drum kit?" Usually it is selfish in nature. For example, "I want my friends to see how fast I can play", or "I want to play fast like this particular drummer", etc... ...
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- Setting Up And Tuning Your Drums Guide For The Youngest Drummers Out There Part Three
By: Ronald Black | - Tuning drums starts with a drum key. I actually have one on my keychain so I'll almost never be without one. Unless I lose my keys, but that will never happen, right? You need this little tool to turn the rods that tighten or loosen the drumhead on the drum. This is called tuning the drum, which you will learn to do shortly. The second use for a key is to tighten various things on the hardware or stands. If you go to tighten something that's too small to grab with your fingers, you'll probably n ...
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- Setting Up And Tuning Your Drums Guide For The Youngest Drummers Out There Part Two
By: Ronald Black | - Lets examine a drum, if you look closely at the rim, you'll notice that the rim has holes in it. The rods, long pieces of metal with threads on one end and another end that your drum key fits onto, fit through the hole and down the outside of the drum and into the threaded hole at the top of the lug. The lugs are the pieces attached to the outside of the shell of each drum. The drum key is used to tighten or loosen the rods on the drum to change the pitch. It's best to get a general pitch that's ...
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- Setting Up And Tuning Your Drums Guide For The Youngest Drummers Out There Part One
By: Ronald Black | - Once you find the spot in your house or garage where you're going to set up your kit, take some time to locate or go out and buy a rug to put down on that spot where your kit is going to be. The best kind of rug to use will have rubber on the bottom and rug on the top. Next time you walk into a restaurant, check out the rug that you're supposed to wipe your feet on when you walk in. You do wipe your feet, don't you? Of course you do. Not the welcome mat that's outside, but the rug that's just in ...
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- Non Standard Sizes Of Drum Sticks And Their Impact On Drumming
By: Ronald Black | - You'll sometimes see sticks made by one manufacturer or another that are named after a famous drummer. These are usually slight variations on a standard size, and they usually cost a little bit more because the person after whom they're named is just really, really cool. It's certainly not a bad idea to check out a pair named after a drum hero of yours, but don't expect to magically sound as good as your hero by merely using his sticks. I know you're smarter than that, and I don't even know you. ...
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- Fusion And Surf Music - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - Not so much as style as a feel, the purpose of Half Time Standard Rock is to fill up the groove in slower Rock tempos. The addition of 16th notes from the ride hand creates the active feel in this groove, making it practical only for songs in slower tempos. The tempo range is narrower than that of the Standard Rock range, with quarter note equals from 60 to 96 bpm. The term "Fusion" refers to the fusing of many different styles into a distinctive sound. Predominately an instrumental form of mus ...
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- The Odd Time Music - History And Development Drummers Guide.
By: Eric Starr | - Though most music is composed and played in common time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8), it's not unusual to find music played or composed in odd time signatures (5/4, 5/8, 7/4, 7/8, 11/8, etc). For thousands of years, odd time meters have added richness to musical genres in every part of the world. Here we will explore the history of odd time meters in popular music, their role in music today, and the correct approach to understanding and playing them.
It is important ...
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- Small Band Jazz - History And Development Drummers Guide Part Two.
By: Eric Starr | - Though Avante Garde utilizes the ideas of the previous two styles, it requires more technically advanced drumming, because the time pattern is usually less apparent, and is sometimes deliberately obscured or even omitted entirely (as with much of the music of Cecil Taylor). As well, tempos may exceed even those of Be Bop; Avante Garde drummers often use polyrhythmic figures; and the form of a song is sometimes abandoned entirely-if there was a form to begin with (that is, if the playing isn't ba ...
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- Small Band Jazz - History And Development Drummers Guide Part One.
By: Eric Starr | - Following the Swing era, the size of jazz groups decreased from large Big Band orchestras to much smaller bands. This trend began in the early 1940s and became increasingly pronounced in the late '40s and early '50s. Jazz terminology reflected this shift: terms such as "trio", "quartet", and "quintet", and styles like Be Bop, Cool Jazz, and Avante Garde all suggest a small band (some other later styles include Hard Bop, a more intensified form of Be Bop, and Soul Jazz which featured a Blues & Fu ...
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- New Orleans, Displaced, Linear And Ghost Note Funk - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - The primary components of a New Orleans Funk pattern are the repetitive accents derived from the "3" side of a clave rhythm mixed with the march style characteristics of a Second Line groove. The distinguishing feature of this style is the cyclical rhythm defined by the drums and augmented by the other instruments. Notable drummers include Earl Palmer who incorporated street parade drumming into Funk), ldris Muhammad, James Black, Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste, Willie Green, John Boudreaux, Johnny ...
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- The Big Band Music Style - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - The Big Band style developed in the 1920s with Fletcher Henderson being the first band leader to attain widespread fame. Also important was band leader and drummer Chick Webb, who brought the drum set into the spotlight and inspired countless Big Band drummers throughout the 20th century. In the 1930s and 1940s, the Big Band genre dominated popular music in recordings, radio, and live settings. Prominent band leaders of this era included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Benny Goodman, with promi ...
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- Bluegrass, Western Swing, And Country Two-beat - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - Bluegrass, developed in Kentucky, it eventually came to be referred to by Kentucky's nickname "The Bluegrass State", attained immense popularity when Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys performed at The Grand Ole Opry in 1939, establishing them as the seminal force of this high-energy, primarily instrumental music. Traditional Bluegrass instrumentation is all acoustic and consists of a 5-string banjo, flat-top guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, and bass. Eventually, the drum set became included in ...
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- Ska And Reggae - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - With the popularity of Blues already established in Jamaica, radio broadcasts from New Orleans introduced the music of Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, and other New Orleans singer, songwriters to Jamaica. The influence of New Orleans Second Line along with the sounds of early Rock n' Roll, Jazz and R&B were readily embraced and incorporated into a new Jamaican sound known as Ska in the 1950s. The first successful Ska musicians were Jimmy Cliff, Lord Creator, and Don Drummond and the Skatalites. Bands ...
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- Songo - Bomba - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - Songo is a type of Cuban music, where there is a structuration of the musical phrase of the bass, drum/kick, and the congas for a more dynamic interaction of the rhythms section. Songo rhythms influenced by Blas Egues (brother of Richard Egues, flautist with Orquesta Aragon), is primarily attributed to band leader Juan Formell (who is credited with naming Songo), pianist Cesar \"Pupy\" Pedrosa, and drummer /percussionist Jose Luis Quintana (\"Changuito\") from the group Los Van Van, which has be ...
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- Cha Cha - Mozambique - History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - Cha Cha is either danced to authentic Latin music, or more contemporary Latin Pop or Latin Rock. The music for the ballroom Cha Cha is energetic and with a steady beat. Cha Cha rhythm and style was developed by musicians and dancers desiring a slowed down (half time) version of a Mambo, taking it back to its roots in Danzon. Enrique Jorrin is credited with inventing and naming the Cha Cha in 1951. Its popularity reached a peak during that decade in dance clubs throughout Cuba and the United Stat ...
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- Afro Cuban Jazz History And Development Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - The Spanish permitted their slaves to worship through music and dance (in the Catholic religion), which led to the merging of the two cultures in both secular and religious aspects, establishing the foundation of Afro Cuban music and rhythms. What has survived is primarily a combination of the Spanish and West African cultures: Congolese, Yoruba and Dahomean (with their Cuban names Bantu, Lucumi' and Arara', respectively).
The styles presented here developed individually, so it's ...
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- Acid Jazz - African Contemporary - Rai - Jazz Styles Drummers Guide
By: Eric Starr | - Acid Jazz to Rai, lets examine the origins or better yet routs of those styles in order to understand them deeper.
Acid Jazz originated in the late 1980s, but achieved greater popularity in the 1990s, especially in San Francisco and New York City. Prominent Acid Jazz bands include Alphabet Soup, Galactic, Brand New Heavies, Groove Collective, and Digable Planets. Instrumental music is as important as the lyrics in Acid Jazz, and the style is characterized by danceable grooves and ...
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- Contemporary Jazz History From The Drummers Point Of View
By: Eric Starr | - By 1946, the swing era was declining rapidly, and by the mid 1950s, America's youth had swapped swing for rock 'n' roll altogether. After World War 2, however, jazz continued to thrive, but it was about to undergo major changes. In the late '40s, a new style of jazz called bebop gave birth to many of jazz's most celebrated drummers, namely Max Roach, Kenny Clarke, and Roy Haynes. The fathers of modern jazz drumming, these players ushered in a whole new approach to playing the drum set. For examp ...
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- Rock And Roll History For Drummers From 1950 To Todays Rock Scene
By: Eric Starr | - Rock 'n' roll gained popularity in the 1950s due in large part to the development of the electric guitar, jukebox, television, and the 45 RPM record. Key figures such as Alan Freed, Sam Phillips, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and others all took advantage of this technology to draw audiences and musicians alike to participate in the birth of a new era. Like nearly all American music, rock 'n' roll grew out of the black experience, yet its most popular artist was undoubtedly Elvis Presley, who was ...
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- Getting Ready For Recording Studio Work - Drummers Help Guide
By: Eric Starr | - Not all of us instinctively possess a good internal clock. The good news is that you can develop excellent time by first, being aware of its importance; second, by evaluating your own playing; and, third, by doing something constructive about it. One way to develop good time is to play along with recordings.
These days there is an overabundance of CDs available to you. Once upon a time, the only drummers who appeared on records were quality players. Now, any Tom, Dick, or Harry ca ...
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- Proper Positioning Of Your Drum Setup - Drummers Tips And Advices
By: Eric Starr | - Many of the great teachers will tell you that the snare drum or pad should be positioned at your navel or belly button. For smaller children, since their bodies are not yet evenly proportioned, some adjustments may need to be made. Your arms should be in an L-shape formation at 90 degrees and the sticks should lay comfortably on top of the drum or pad in an upside down V shape.
If your sticks rest on the rim, the drum or pad needs to be lowered. Oppositely if you find that you ar ...
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- Time Will Come To Replace Drum Heads, Sticks And Brushes - Guide For Drummers
By: Eric Starr | - Heads, sticks, brushes, and mallets are all items that you will need to replace from time to time. If you are a hard-hitting rock drummer, and you're quite active, you will go through sticks pretty fast. An active rock drummer will also go through heads relatively quickly. For this kind of player, top heads on tom-toms will probably need to be changed about every three or four months, snare drumheads may need to be changed even more frequently. Extremely active professionals, such as touring dru ...
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- Drummers Guide For Choosing The Right Sticks And Brushers
By: Eric Starr | - Sticks are the main implements you will use, and there are many varieties and models available. The companies with the best quality control are clearly Vic Firth and Regal Tip, but Promark, Zildjian, and Vater also make reputable sticks. For beginners, it is important to use a medium-sized stick such as the Vic Firth American Classic or the Regal Tip 5A. Do not use extremely skinny and short sticks, or conversely, very fat, heavy sticks, as they are designed for either very soft or very loud pla ...
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- Snare Drum Buying Guide - Tips And Advices For Drummers
By: Eric Starr | - The snare drum is the central instrument within the drum set. There are essentially two types of snare drums on the market: wooden-shelled drums and chrome-shelled drums. In rare cases, you may come across plastic or composite-shelled drums, too. A common starter snare drum a chrome 5 1/2" x 14" eight-lug drum.
The snare drum contains:
A shell or circular body. A top "batter" head and a bottom ultra-thin clear head. Chrome hoops (rims) that fasten the heads to the shell. Te ...
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- Playing Drums - 6 Common Traits Among Great Drummers
By: Dan Brown | - How does one become a truly great drummer? Even though drummers are as diverse as anyone else, the truly great ones share some things in common. Here are six common traits that all great people who play drums have...
1. Great drummers know themselves. They understand their talents and strengths, and they know how to use them to their advantage.
2. Great drummers are open to feedback. They learn from the opinions of other who play drums. Even the opinions of less acc ...
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- Finding A Good Drummer
By: Victor Epand | - A drummer is referred to a musician who plays drums, drum kits, cymbals, marching percussion, or hand drums and even cowbell. The drummers are generally those musicians who are versatile enough to play any genre of music.
Drumming is a good activity for those who love to listen and create music while concentrating on rhythm. And for finding a good drummer one should consider whether the drum player has
A drum kit
Sticks
A mat or carpet
A wil ...
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- How Can I Stop Breaking Sticks And Cymbals And Heads? - Drumming Tips And Advices.
By: Eric Starr | - Let's analyze the problem deeper in order to find a solution.
How loud are you playing?
Are you hitting your drums as hard as you can in order to produce a louder sound? - There are ways to produce very loud sounds without hitting your drums very hard, to begin with. Different stroke techniques for example, and certainly there are different types of equipment that can help you achieve very loud strokes. When practicing, most drummers don't have their drum kits mic'ed. But ...
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- My Drums Don't Sound Good Anymore! - Time To Replace Drum Heads?
By: Eric Starr | - While there are different types of drum heads, and some of them are specifically made to last longer, the general idea as to "when exactly is the time to replace drum heads" stays the same. Drum heads lifetime depends mostly, but not entirely on the drummer himself, - the level of attack the drummer is giving while stroking drum heads.
- "Ken, my drums were sounding fantastic just a few weeks ago and now they just sound bad. Any idea what has happened to that great sound I had?"
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- The Development Of Steel Drums
By: Victor Epand | - The world of music, songs and artists is graced by beats of drums, whose lilting tunes can enliven drooping spirits and rejuvenate frayed nerves. Complimenting the vocal music culture has emerged the instrumental music. Steel drums form an integral part of the instrumental music genre, which has successfully carved a niche for itself.
The soul pondering instrumental music has win hearts and has proved to be a pleasant gift for one and all. The history of steel drums is long and i ...
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- Getting Your Double Bass Chops Together - Drumming Techniques Discussed
By: Pasha Yash Chuk | - A word from Ken:
I often get asked about double bass drumming, recently I received an email from a young drummer that wants a quick way to get his feet going on double bass drum patterns. He cited some of his favorite metal music bands and drummers. He was very down because after a few weeks of trying to play it, he was basically getting nowhere. He asked about the heels up or heels down positions and he said he wasn't getting much volume from his bass drum. He wanted tips on get ...
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- Choose The Right Drum Stick To Play On The Drums
By: Thaddeus W Johnson | - The type of drum stick to be chosen will greatly depend on the style of music and possibly the type of drum kit. There are many types of drum sticks to select, ranging from the type of wood, size, and weight.
Valuable information in choosing the right sticks
The main types of drumsticks that are made and preferred by drummers are oak, hickory, and maple. Oak is a stronger and heavier wood which is great for a heavier style of playing. Hickory and maple are lighter w ...
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- Tuning Your Drum Set
By: Thaddeus W Johnson | - Tuning your drum set is crucial to the sound thats needed for your style of music to be played. Whether your drum kit is brand new, heavily used, replacing drum heads, or exposed to various harsh temperatures, tuning the drum is a major step in producing great tone quality. Though drummers have their own preference of tonal settings, basic steps must be taken.
The first step before tuning
Make sure the drumhead (one that fits that particular shell size) is stretc ...
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- 3 Keys To Maximizing Your Drum Skills
By: Dan Brown | - There are many ways to increase the quality of your drumming and they can all be summarized into these 3 vital keys...
1. Develop Confidence
Many wanna-be musicians will choose the drums because they are shy and want to remain in the background (that's where I was when I started drumming back in 1976).
The truth is your body may be in the background, but your musical presence will definitely be noticed!
If you are going to be the ...
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- 4 Drum Tips To Keeping Peace With Your Neighbors
By: Dan Brown | - If you're like me, when you first started playing the drums you may have been a little concerned that your neighbors would call the police on you. Or worse, your family would stone you to death!
Some people just can't handle the volume, but don't worry, if you're just starting out, your dreams of becoming a great drummer can still come true.
There are some quick fixes to help keep your family, friends, and neighbors at peace while still allowing you to drum. ...
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- Drum Practice Cheat Sheet
By: Dan Brown | - A lot of drummers don't really sit down to practice their instrument, but rather just sit down to "play." Just sitting down to play what you already know is fun and can be great for maintaining certain techniques, but little progress will be made.
If you are into drumming only for a hobby, then making progress is probably not really a great priority for you. If that's the case keep doing what you are doing, and enjoy it.
On the other hand, if you want to progress a ...
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