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Electronic Drum Pads

By Rick on Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Sponsored Links Nowadays, many people are using electronic drum set. The main reason is that electronic drum set is more silent than the normal drum set. You can listen to the sound of your electronic drums on your own by using head phones. Electronic drum set commonly consists of four drum pads, a hi-hat pad, [...]

Strike your Drums with strong Drum Heads

By Rick on Thursday, December 30th, 2010 | No Comments

The drum head is the part of a drum, which can be hit with the use of hands, mallets or drum sticks. It is a membrane that is stretched above each open ends of the drum. Drum heads are originally made of animal skin and were used long before report of events began. The top [...]

Custom Bass Drum Heads

By Rick on Friday, October 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Custom bass drum heads have already been existent for over a hundred years. During those times, the artists made use of calf skin as their canvass. After the invention of the plastic heads for the drums, this particular tradition has been lost. Promote your own band and not just a drum manufacturer. Personalized drum heads [...]

Kick Drum: The bass drum of drum kits

By Rick on Sunday, September 26th, 2010 | No Comments

The Bass drum is one of the main components of the drum kit. In music it is used not only to give beat, but also to keep time. The bass drum is the time keeper and controls the timing of the music. There are three different types of bass drums, but the ones used on [...]

Bass drum heads: Setting the Tone

By Rick on Sunday, September 26th, 2010 | No Comments

The bass drum heads set the tone for every bass drum. Usually hit by the drum batter, the attack of the head sets the tone on which the drum shell will resonate. For bass drums, being the largest piece of the set, this will produce the deepest and lowest possible sound in the drum kit. [...]

Bass Drum Decals

By Rick on Sunday, September 26th, 2010 | No Comments

Many bands put bass drum decals on their drum kits to make their bands known. It is a very effective and low cost way of promoting a band. Usually sporting the band’s name and logo, the audience can easily spot this even from the back row of the club or stadium. Many lesser known musicians [...]