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How to Choose the Right Drums for You

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As a beginner drummer, not only do you give the lesson provider a problem but also the drum set you will be working with. The former is not really something which should bother you because availing drum lessons in Melbourne is not that difficult given that a lot of establishments offer this service within the area. As for the latter, buying the right drums could indeed be both a confusing and exciting moment for a newbie drummer.

 

Although drum teachers or tutors usually provide a drum set within their facilities wherein they teach newbies, many still prefer buying their own drum set so that they can practice at home. If you prefer to have a set of your own, it is highly suggested that you invest time and effort in researching about various drums which can satisfy the needs of a beginner while taking into consideration the price, features, and suggestions of your drum lesson provider. Drum teachers can help you in choosing the right drum set because they can basically give pointers on what a beginner should look for when buying your first drum set.

 

Before getting into detail as to which to choose, it would be best to be knowledgeable of the basic components of a drum set. It is composed of the bass drum, snare drum, and toms. For more sophisticated ones, it may include cymbals and hardware. Since there are a lot of possible configurations for a drum set, you should narrow it down to the configuration which fits a beginner. For newbies, the basic 4-piece drum set if recommended. It includes a snare drum, a bass drum, a floor tom and a mounted tom. These four components can provide for all the basic sounds needed. Aside from this, a 4-piece set only requires minimal space, portable, and highly affordable. All of these without compromising the sound produced for this basic set works well with either jazz or rock styles.

 

The tricky part in choosing the right drums for you is when you assemble seemingly different pieces into your own set. This includes the hardware like the stand and pedals making the drum set more complicated and more sophisticated. However, the hardware should not be confused with mere holders for toms. Choosing your drum hardware can be challenging but is made less complicated by the fact that it can come in “shell packs.” This pack is composed of a hi-hat stand, a bass drum pedal and stand for the snare drum. Some packs include two cymbal stands. Buyers should be wary on whether or not the drum set being bought includes a hardware pack already so there will be no need for additional expense for a shell pack. It might be hard to believe but most of the drum sets do not include the sticks. You generally separately buy it.

 

There is a wide range of drum sets you can choose from but you can narrow it down based on either the components or the needs you have to meet (the genre of songs you need to cover or play). However, you should not be discouraged. Shops or drum lesson teachers can be of great help in choosing the perfect drum kits which not only give off a good sound but also match your current capability as a drummer and of course your budget.

Author Bio:
Darren Perkins is a drummer at and the owner of Red Drum Music Studio. A studio that teaches drum lessons to the people of Melbourne, Australia. He shares his knowledge and expertise through teaching and writing articles.

 

8 Reasons Why Students are Losing Interest in Musical Instruments

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Are Students are Losing Interest in Musical Instruments?

It’s true that nowadays most of the schools provide music education to students as a part of their curriculum. However, even after being a crucial part of education most of the students lose interest in music after a point of time. They stop playing their instruments a couple of years after completing their education, which is really unfortunate. And in some cases, students start distancing themselves from their musical instruments when they are still in school. When you are still being taught by a music teacher the student has to have that inquisitiveness to learn new things about their instruments each day, but unfortunately that does not always happen in today’s society.

 

Students must have a strong determination to understand the technicalities of playing different types of musical instruments, but when they start to losing focus they fail to make a mark or achieve success in this area. Music helps in growing your numerous skills, so you should not try to detach from it. In other words, you should try to take music seriously if you want to bring that discipline in your life and enhance your cognitive, and social skills.

 

Here are 8 Reasons Why Students are Losing Interest in Musical Instruments

 

#1. Incompetent Music Teacher

If the teacher accountable for igniting that spark in you is incompetent, then you surely start losing your interest in learning music. Teaching is an art, and your music teacher has to be really good at it, otherwise he/she will never be able to transform his/her students into good musicians. It’s a job that requires sheer skills when it comes to getting closer to the students and sparking their interest in music. And if those skills are missing in your teacher, you can hardly become an enthusiastic musician.

 

Your teacher has to be really inspiring who can motivate you to take new challenges and become successful in conquering them.

 

#2. Parents’ Failure To Support The Child

 

Some parents are least bothered about enabling a proper music education to their children, because of which their kids start losing interest in learning musical instruments. What actually happens is, sometimes parents fail to understand the importance of music for their children and hence, they never motivate them to focus on deep learning in this area. And because of that, even kids start ignoring the significance of music, which is really heartbreaking.

 

Parents are always very insecure about the career of their kids, so they want them to focus on their main subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and history etc., which is actually the biggest mistake. That means, rather than forcing their children to focus on only aforementioned subjects they should also try to motivate them to learn music, dance, and sports, which can play a great role in enhancing their personality and making them multitalented.

 

#3. Failing To Practice Music Regularly

 

Music students must try to practice their instruments on a regular basis, otherwise, they won’t be able to enhance their musical skills, which will eventually kill their interest. That means, in order to keep their interest alive, it’s important for you to stay connected to your instruments. Whether you play guitar, piano, drums, brass, or percussion you should keep on practicing them regularly.

 

#4. Unable To Find A Good Music Academy

 

Sometimes Students are Losing Interest in Musical Instruments because a student is really interested in learning different types of musical instruments but he/she fails to get a good music academy for that. In that case, even though you have enough passion for music, it starts waning away slowly and gradually in the absence of a reputable music academy.

 

It’s very important that enthusiastic music students can get access to music academies which offers extraordinary workshops that can allow students to polish their music skills. Different music genres can help in study, so it’s important that children try to learn them.

 

#5. Children Fail To Identify How To Improve Themselves

 

Since children do not know much about how to improve their skills, they usually stuck in initial stages itself. If you really want to learn something it’s important that you face new challenges and deal with them effectively. However, when you cannot identify a right way to proceed with your music studies, you surely cannot improve which eventually eliminates your interest in it. Therefore, having a right road map is tremendously important for music students.

 

#6. Over Confidence Is Also Very Dangerous

 

Sometimes students are losing interest in musical instruments because they are over confident which makes them really arrogant and they think that they know everything and hence stop practicing with their instruments. Having confidence in yourself is really important for your growth, but over confidence is really harmful. You cannot expect to enhance your capabilities and skills if you have overconfidence in yourself.

 

#7. Students are Losing Interest in Musical Instruments During Holidays

 

During holidays students are occupied with a variety of other activities due to which they do not find sufficient time to practice their instruments. As they stop studying during summer holidays, similarly they also stop thinking about music which is not really good for them.

 

#8. Students Should Opt For Music Workshops During Summer Holidays

 

Parents should ensure that their kids attend a couple of summer music workshops during the holidays so that they can learn something unique from them. In this way, they can also meet new people and interact with them. And their no denying the fact that when you communicate with new people you definitely learn a lot of new things which brings a unique charm in your personality.

 

The above description clearly indicates that due to the lack of motivation and students’ inability to find good music teacher they start losing their interest in learning their music instruments. Hence parents should keep on encouraging their kids to learn something new regarding music on a daily basis.

 

8 Reasons Why Students are Losing Interest in Musical Instruments is a guest post written by David Milsont.

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