Drum It With Brummet

    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​  ​ ~~~

    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 πbefore 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​  ​ ~~~

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​  ​ ~~~

    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 "My favorite instrument is the snare drum.  In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands.  The Scottish style of playing is in my blood.  It's a very powerful instrument,  but it can also be soothing,  like velvet.  It's a real challenge for composers." ~ Evelyn Glennie ~~~     Follow Dave:   on Amazon Subscribe to:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~

First aid for your drums Knowing what to look for and how to avoid on-stage disasters that can stop the show can go a long way. Even better is to spot the things that wear out or loosen on a drum set before you hit the stage. When it comes to the nuts and bolts of a drum set and all the hardware that holds it in place, there is no substitute for good maintenance. A poorly maintained kit will provide you many bad memories of scrambling to fix something either just before, or during an important performance you are playing in. Face it – any performance is important and it is good practice to not screw ANYTHING up, if possible. When on stage you want everything to go smoothly so the audience remembers the music, the performance - not the time the drummer’s cowbell fell onto his snare mic during that delicate intro! • Cymbal sleeves can wear through, leading to keyholes. • Pedal springs and hooks can weaken and wear (thinning of metal) • Cymbals crack (edge or radial - can be cut or drille...

Steve Hillage live at Rockpalast 1977 - still inspiring.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1U6uucoW5A ~~~     Find our Books:   on Amazon Subscribe:   Brummet Media​ YouTube Channel​  ​ ~~~