The Disappearance of the 13-Inch Tom – and what we can learn from it.
DRUM ACOUSTICS · INSTRUMENT DESIGN · CULTURE The Disappearance of the 13-Inch Tom - and what we can learn from it. How a superstition solved the wrong problem — and…
Five Rules for Breaking Into a Market That Doesn’t Want You
DRUM INDUSTRY · BRAND STRATEGY Five Rules for Breaking Into a Market That Doesn't Want You What every new drum manufacturer needs to understand before spending a dollar on marketing.…
How to improve your drum sound
Recently a drummer was desperate to know how he can make sure sound engineers would get his drum sound right. He wrote: "Playing live we always have different sound guys.…
Why do drum sets have ascending toms?
Before mic'ing became a necessity, acoustic drums were just that: acoustic. And when they needed to be louder, drum manufacturers made them bigger and longer. That led to some diameter…
Play drums at room volume with Silent Sticks
Originally published May 2020, Sticks Magazine (Germany). Translated and edited for clarity. Playing drums at room volume? On a normal drum set? Silent Sticks from Adoro make this possible. And…
How quiet can you play?
The goal of drum manufacturer Adoro Drums was and is to build high end drum set that work well in an all acoustic setting, sounding full and warm even when…
Warm Tuning: what it is, and why you want it.
TL;DR: Warm tuning means you tune your resonant head about a third higher than the batter head, resuting in overtones an octave below the fundamental tone. This makes your drums…
The Touch – Low Volume Drumming
This is Episode 1 of my lesson series on "Low Volume Drumming." Here I'm going over the basic touch I use for low volume drumming. Learn how to reorient your…
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Drum Volume Problems: The Case Against Shields and Enclosures
My parents always told me, “Just because everyone’s doing it, doesn’t make it right!” That wisdom rings true with how to solve drum volume problems too! Problem: The drums are…
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https://youtu.be/iQwi2dHIPJU https://youtu.be/z8p8BxwyEZI https://youtu.be/LRuZdr8AB7M https://youtu.be/qwCV7ciQc_Q here a how-not-to: while some suggestions are good - as for stick and cymbal choices - you hear in this video how bad drum sound…
Low Volume Drumming Blog
Hello Drummers, welcome to our blog about how to play drums low volume. Everybody can play loud, but we all know these situations when we have to play low volume,…