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Drum It Forward

Drum It Forward In 2009 I organized the Drum it Forward project after hearing of the condition of percussion instruments at a local school. My drum student mentioned that his school had no drums to play due to the fact the instruments were in disrepair and no one could fix them. Deciding to do something about it, I arranged with the school to repair their drum set as well as various hand drums and some marimbas. Now their music class had rhythm once again. I recognized that other teachers may not have the budget or skills to maintain drums and percussion instruments and likely would appreciate this help I could give. I was able to help out numerous schools in the interior of BC offering my skills to fix their drums and percussion - and did several trips... loaded up the RV with my wife, two dogs, boxes of parts and drum heads. I donated 2 - 3 labour hours servicing instruments at each school, college or community music teaching centre; piecing together what they had and drawing from th...
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Uncommon Instrument Day

Happy    Uncommon Instrument Day     ! ~~~     Follow Dave:   on Amazon Subscribe to:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~
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Recommended video

Another great performance by the band HU transporting us to the time of spirits, instruments and great Mongolian legends  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOjUCuk-5I ~~~     Find our Books:   on Amazon Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~
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sound quotes

    Sound Quotes Sharing inspirational, informative,  amusing quotes from people in the music industry.  Want to submit a quote with our audience?  Find our  Submission Guidelines & Contact Information   HERE "Nobody could have predicted  the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction  on 'Good Times, Bad Times,'  because no matter what he'd played in before,  he'd never had the chance  to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham." ~  Jimmy Page ~~~     Follow Dave:   on Amazon Subscribe to:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~
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Did you know?

    Did you know ? Larger rodents, like gophers and rats, communicate by tapping their paws on the ground!  Skunks will stomp their back feet so hard they lift their body off the ground.  Beavers will slap their wide tails. Mice will pat their paws on their sides or leaves. That percussion resonates in the soil and across water-ways  letting their families know when there is danger, or if it is safe to come out.  This can also be used to communicate territory, dominance or familiarity.  ~~~     Follow Dave:   on Amazon Subscribe to:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~
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Answering Your Q's

    Answering Your Q's  Q:  What can you tell us about the history of drums? It has to be the East Indian Tabla, a finger drum. When they are learning to play these drums they have to learn to sing the rhythms first, then they learn to play them on the drums.  You can play many notes on the two drums depending on how you might even change the tension of the skin with the heal of the hand while hitting the drum with the fingers.  Instead of a 4 note phrase like there is in most popular western music, they could have a 23 note phrase. So that's one bar of their music. 23 notes, that he would have to learn Ï€before going on to the next one, all this on top of the different timing of the sitar player.  The Tabla is a very intricate instrument and requires mastering polyrhythms.  ~~~     Follow Dave:   on Amazon Subscribe to:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~
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Drum Trash

Drum Trash As a drummer, sustainable entrepreneur and instrument inventor, I am forever finding uses for items often thrown away.  Broken cymbals: Use for special effects (stacks, ribbon crashers) Cut down to make cup chimes: check out the two links below for my method of safely cutting down broken cymbals and the resulting cup chimes.  Part 1: https://drumitwithbrummet.blogspot.com/2024/12/repurpose-broken-cymbals-part-1.html Part 2: https://drumitwithbrummet.blogspot.com/2024/12/homemade-cup-chimes.html ~~~     Follow Dave:   on Amazon Subscribe to:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~
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