Drum It With Brummet

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...