Drums & Percussion in general Reviews

What would music be without any drums or percussion? There would be no set out rhythm, no timing and nothing holding the song together. Drums are the backbone of the average song and without them ther is no power, no impact and lead for the rest of the musicians to follow. Despite all the jokes over the years about drummers ...  Read the complete review

i have been playing the drums for about 3 yrs. But people still find it shocking how a girl can play them. I get the oddest looks when people ask what i play expecting me to say piano or guitar. And even worse people believe that because i play drums ill be into all the rock type music - but i hate that type. i like r'n'b damage ...  Read the complete review

The bodhran (pronunciations vary, suggest boh-ran, bothren, bodran, depending on regional variations) is a small round drum, sizes vary. It is held in the left hand, while the right hand is used for striking the skin with a stick. Rather than hitting down on the skin, you effectively brush against it. The techiniques involved are very ...  Read the complete review

In an answer, YES. Learning to read drum music at all is a drag. Learning to read it well so that you can sight-read is nigh on impossible. Why bother I hear you ask. Learning to read the music has without doubt helped by drumming in a highly significant way. I was taught to read the music by my drum teacher when I ...  Read the complete review

With 3 ‘musical’ children, our house has been filled with music for at least 13 years. Our son (at University in Edinburgh) is in a flat about 7 miles’ away, but still comes home at least once a week. After all, he can get 'proper food', ‘steal’ my beer (and whatever pizzas are in the ...  Read the complete review

If you are a parent who has a kid who wants to take up drumming. Don't let them! Drumming breeds loud people. Maybe it's because they have to shout over all the noise but they develop a curse which makes them speak twice as loud as anybody else. I know a few drummers and this seems to be the case with all of them! My ...  Read the complete review

If asked what the clearest instrument of the orchestra is, the one which can be heard cutting through all others when the full orchestra was playing, what would you suggest? The mighty trumpet? The booming timpani? The piercing piccolo? Actually, the correct answer is possibly the instrument you would least expect - the humble ...  Read the complete review

This is a good quality kit. It has a snare with a fairly low tone, (good for jazz), and is very easy to practice on. I play with Sabian cymbals, which I think go very well with the kit. If you play to tone however, you might find yourself tuning this kit a little more then you would like to. Sound projects very well, and is good for ...  Read the complete review

Drums, the backbone of most music. I'm a bit of a drum nut, enjoying all sorts of drum music whether it's a heavy metal drummer or traditional Scottish Drumming. The highlight of any live show or CD is when there's a drum solo i.e. on one of ozzy's albums there's a 14 minute track (I can't remember the ...  Read the complete review

Pearl's Forum series of drumkits are basically the cheapest range of drumkits in the Pearl brand name range. Let's get it clear that there's no such thing as a 'beginner's kit'; all drums are all for all degrees of ability, the only differentiation in kits is price and quality, and this Pearl kit gives you the ...  Read the complete review