Will A Drum Kit Give You A
Quieter Practice?
My First Drum
Kit
My musical story began when I got my
first drum kit when I was about 10 years old. Actually, it
was more of a toy drum set. It was made out of plastic for
the most part, and it was pretty flimsy, but I really liked
it.
I did not know anything about drum
kits. All I knew that was that I loved to bang on things
with stick and make loud noises. That, after all, is the
fundamental reason for being a drummer. You have to love
noise. Otherwise, you'll never get into it.
Becoming A Serious Drummer At
Thirteen
By the time I was 13, however, I was
ready for a more serious .. I had been practicing every day
for well over a year, and even before that I was playing
fairly regularly. I was looking at drum kits with my
parents, but they were a little bit hesitant to actually buy
one for me.
The drum kit I had was so loud, after
all, and a real drum set would be even louder. Then we lit
on the solution. If I bought some drum practice pads to go
along with the drum kit, I could play a quietly whenever I
had to you.
Adding Practice Pads To A Drum
Kit
A practice pad is basically a
glorified sheet of rubber. You can hit it with drumsticks
and It has a very similar feel to an actual drum. Unlike a
drum, however, it is much less noisy to the delight of
others living in the house.
Simple Drum Kits
The drum kit I finally got was a
pretty small one. I don't have a lot of room in my house, so
I got a simple basic setup. It had a snare, a couple
tom-toms, a bass drum, a ride symbol, and one
crash.
It was really everything I needed, and
I was really happy with it. I started a rock band not long
after that. I get together with some friends from school,
and we started playing after school In my garage. The drum
kit was heavy, so I couldn't lug it around town. It made a
lot more sense to play at my house.
As I got older, my fascination with
drums only grew. In college, I was actually part of an
ensemble for drummers. We combined traditional hand
percussion with kit drumming to make some really amazing
combinations of sounds.
Another Related Story - Drum
Gloves
There are a lot of things in this
world I had no idea existed until I married a musician.
There are so many different pieces of complicated equipment
that you could go broke trying to buy them all.
Not everything is intense or expensive
however, some of them are rather simple and serve a really
great purpose. Things like guitar picks and drum sticks are
some things that come to mind, but did you know there was
such a thing as drum gloves?
I didn’t know until recently.
Perhaps that is because my husband is a guitar player and
not a drummer.
I am not a drummer either, but I have
played around with them before. I did nothing more than
produce a lot of noise and few chuckles, but I can see why
it is so much fun to play them and why you may have a hard
time with them if you don’t have good timing. I can
also see why drum gloves are around, and I wonder how some
play the drums without them.
You normally have quite a good grip on
the sticks when you start, but that can soon change, and the
drum gloves become a great idea.
The difference between drum globes and
regular gloves are the fingers. Most of them are made so
there are no fingers, but the rest of the glove is there to
keep the sticks securely in a hand that is going to get very
sweaty, but the fingers are touching the stick.
Just like when you do anything with
your fingers, touching the surface gives you better control.
You may have experienced trying to do something like this
with gloves on, and if so, you know just what I mean. The
gloves are there to help hang on to the stick while allowing
the drummer to handle them comfortably. They can also help
prevent blisters.
There are some drummers who love to
wear the drum gloves, and there are some that can’t
stand to have them on their hands. This is to be expected.
Each drummer learns and plays in a
different manner, and if they don’t use the drum gloves
early enough when learning, they aren’t going to have
an easy time getting used to them.
If you know a drummer that uses them,
these can be a great gift. Take care though, and buy them
new ones exactly like the ones they already use, or they may
not like them. When buying for musicians, being on the safe
side is the best bet.
Ending: My Love Of Percussion
Instruments And Drum Kits Grows Daily
Playing in the group was a lot of fun,
and it got me interested in percussion even more deeply.
Since then, not a day has gone by when I have not made time
to play my drums – at least a little bit. If you are
the least bit interested in playing, then a drum kit is
worth a look-see.
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