Tips for tuning drums
Posted on May 26, 2010 in Guides and Resources
Before you tune a drum… If you are replacing a drum skin and putting on a new one, first take a clean cloth and wipe over the bearing edge of the drum. Make sure there are no debris or loose bolts inside your drum. Place the new drum skin on your drum. Place the hoop over the skin and screw in the lugs so that they are finger-tight. To tune the drum… Make a note of...
Read MoreCreative ideas: Beat Displacement
Posted on May 15, 2010 in Creative Concepts
When you have started to build up a directory of grooves in different styles, it’s fun to experiment with ways of altering the grooves to create loads of new permutations. Remember the motto “from one thing know ten thousand things“. One such way of altering grooves to create new permutations is beat displacement. In its very simplest form, beat displacement is something most...
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