The Meinl MPP-12 practice pad is quiet but loud enough that it’s satisfying to play. The rubber surface has some give to it so it’s not like hitting hard plastic. The bounce is realistic and similar to a tightly tuned snare. I bought this pad to use...
Guest Blog Post: Mia Johnson People don’t normally think of instruments when they consider ways to get fit. They’re usually left to the realm of artistic expression. You create music with them and that’s basically it. However, one instrument has proven itself...
Photo Credit: Unsplash Guest Blog Post by Drum Helper Lots of drummers are all too happy to play without much consideration for proper drumming posture. After all, it’s not as much fun to take a sensible and well thought out approach before wailing away at the drums!...
Image credit: Alexander Lesnitsky from Pixabay. In cooperation with consordini.com. When picking out or setting up a drum set, a lot of people run into challenges during the process. Unfortunately, this is because they do not know what to look for. People struggle...
Here is a list of 30 essential productivity apps, business management tools and other apps or websites that help to run an online business and a local music teaching business. The list here is what suits me and keeps me going as an individual business. There are other...
The drums in this video are towards the end of the song, but if you have time, watch it from the start because the drums have more effect when you’ve got into the song. When you hear layered drums on recordings, this is a visual representation of how these types...
Photo Credit: Image by rawpixel.com Whether you are thinking of starting your own music leaching business, or looking for ways to improve the management of your self employed music lessons business, these 10 tips have been written with you in mind. All of these bits...
Photo Credit: Owen Byrne Hi Hats Beginners often play the hi hat too loud, and sometimes this is down to where they are hitting on the hi hat cymbals rather than how hard they are hitting. As a result, their playing sounds messy, and their sticks wear more quickly. If...
Recently I played drums in a musical at my local Theatre. I hadn’t really done this kind of work before, apart from once a long time ago. I encountered quite a few sheet music directions that I was not used to – and a few that I had never heard of. One of...
Having visited various rehearsal studios around the UK, I have seen this happen so many times. I believe that it is a common thought to skimp on buying a bass drum impact pad, and choose gaffa tape instead. Please don’t do this!! The idea of the pads is to...
