Drum major

drumming. To fully realize the creation of a tune, drums are normally implemented. With the introduction of electronic drumming and drum machine systems, acoustic drums are no longer present in much of mainstream music yet the drum kit will always be a mainstay of music and music recording. To garner clear and full drum audio, it requires a process that takes into account the room in which the drum instrument is being played. After the tuning of the drum instrument is complete, multiple…

With a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye, nothing can bring sixteen-year-old Beau Coats down. Despite having just moved from Twin Falls, Idaho, he is not worried one bit about being the new kid. Beau Coats, an eleventh grader, has high hopes for his future, and is not stressed about it. His dreams of becoming a hip hop artist and traveling with friends. He also aspires to have a strain of marijuana named after him. To achieve these dreams, Beau beatboxes, raps, and listens to a plethora…

The Quartet band was situated with drums in back center, bass in back right, keys in back left, and trumpet had the front section to himself to pace as he played. My server told me that Willem Paynter has a contract with the owner to provide live jazz every second Wednesday. The server also…

out and play along to a rock song. A reason why people should love the drums is because you can fully express yourself and how you’re feeling. Although many people say they are annoying and noisy and perhaps “too much”, in reality those judgments may be based on pure prejudice because they just do not know the feeling or do not understand it.…

Usually the percussion section is what is keeping that driving tempo. Unlike most sections of instruments the percussion section is the vastest section although most people only know the common instruments like: the snare drum, the bass drum, drum set, cymbals, xylophone. Even though there are many different types of common percussion, along with many uncommon ones around the world. There are many shapes, sizes, colors and sounds to percussion that makes it an amazing group of instruments…

Eight marching drums menacingly stand surrounded by the dim light of flickering fluorescent bulbs dangling above. The new recruits enter the room and slowly walk to their respective drum—their new homes for the next hours. All members stand with wide eyes and unstable posture. They nervously wait for the tech’s commands. The room encompassed in a seemingly endless silence. The tech sounded off and the new drumline members stepped off in perfect time and began the never ending, never moving…

Dongson Drums: A Snapshot of the Village Life in Bronze Age Vietnam Thesis Statement: Although many scholars believe that the feathered figures on the drums are depictions of ancestor figures, ethnographic evidences from the Karen’s use of the drum and the Toraja’s funeral rites suggest that the images engraved on the drums are mere portrayals of village life in Dongson. Located in the Hong (Red) River valley, the Dongson society is said to be highly dependent on water for agricultural purposes.…

I first knew that drum corps was for me at the DCI East super-regional in 2012. DCI, or Drum Corps International, is marching music's major league and is essentially professional marching band. I hadn't known anything about it until that fateful day the summer before freshman year when my high school band made the hour and a half journey by school bus to J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown, PA to watch this classic drum corps event. I only barely remember the corps that performed or what their…

air brakes, drum brakes, disk brakes, and they are even coming out with full contact disc brakes. But those are still a work in progress and it will be a few years until we see those on any type of vehicle. So in the world of brakes who is the best? Well sit back and get comfortable because, we are about to let you decide that for yourself. In 1885 a up and coming inventor, Karl Bentz, started to work and produce the first idea’s of a vehicle. With the test vehicle…

The movie Whiplash from 2014 follows the story of Andrew Neiman as he is a jazz major student at Shaffer Conservatory in New York City. The movie starts out with Andrew playing the drums in the music room, when Terence Fletcher, a well-known conductor, walks in to see him playing. Fletcher invites Andrew to be a part of his studio band as the alternative drummer. When Andrew arrives to band practice the next day, he realizes Fletcher’s true personality. He is insulting, abusive, and a bully to…