Playing A Drum Analysis

The drum represents part of Peru cultural. Peruvians I know from prior knowledge are ethically mixed with several different ethnicities; with that being acknowledge this drum is painted with many different cultural influences. The uniquely incorporated animals show their connection with the wildlife. The drum is painted with a turtle as a hat, snake as a necklace, and some sort of sea creature for/around the eyes. The drum face paint reminds me of African or tribal face art. The oddly mix matched drum and the fact the figure on the drum is barefoot confirms the tribal theme of the

Bang the Drum Slowly tells the story of players “Author” Henry Wiggen and Bruce Pearson’s relationship on and off the field during their season with the New York Mammoths. The book portrays two main characters; an innocent Pearson, who is struggling playing ball and is also fighting for his life with Hodgkin’s disease, and the witty and smart Henry Wiggen who chooses to stand by his friend’s side and help him create a memorable last season. Throughout this paper I will be exploring the meaning of Mark Harris’s book and whether or not it is important to continue teaching this book to future students.

I, Aislinn Ramos, am applying to be Drum Major for the fall 2016 Maiden Blue Devil marching season. I want to become Drum Major because I believe I have the ability, willingness, and support needed to obtain the position and execute my job successfully. Being Drum Major is a challenge I am willing to take up. In this essay I will go through what a Drum Major is, why I think I am qualified for the position, and finally what I want to do as Drum Major.

In the novel Time Enough For Drums we learn about a girl named Jemima Emerson. Jemima starts the novel as a young girl, very stubborn and adventurous. These traits carry through the book but at the end she also became more confident! She started as a 15 year old girl running off on her tutor. But she ended the book with a husband and has a large leadership role in the running of her father’s shop!

“Tuba number ten, please do not talk in this audition. If you have a question please step out and ask the door manager. Let’s begin! Please play your Bb major scale,” and “Drum major, is your band ready?” send me to an entirely new world of focus. My heart races when I hear these words. Everything I have ever practiced eludes me in these moments yet could not be more clear. The struggles I have dealt with in music have completely changed my view on every aspect of my life. Failure is inevitable in music, but the setbacks of auditioning, my musical walk, and my time in marching band have made success even sweeter than I could have ever imagined and have taught me a great deal about myself.

It wasn’t a “play” drumset, we actually got it from a close friend in a death metal band. I especially love playing with others. I rarely have the chance to, but actually being “in” the music instead of just listening to it is indescribable, it’s very much a team effort, and I love having all the instruments mesh together perfectly. It’s the same feeling when you’re playing in a drumline for a marching band, as you’re marching and playing the music together, the energy and sound and the lights and everything mixes together and you feel a certain peace with yourself amongst the blaring horns and the burn in your legs. That is largely a reason I want to be a director, to have a band like that, to teach them to feel the music, to show them how important it really is. Music is a good way to teach values in life as well, that’s what our music instructors do, ESPECIALLY in marching band. Me personally, I marched tenors this last season (A drum with 5 drums on it, that weighs about 35 pounds, which may not sound like a lot, but it will destroy your back, and pretty much every other point in your body, after prolonged use) and to have to stand at attention for even just 30 seconds will test you mentally and physically. It’s ran very tightly at our school, but of course outside of practice, we’re still all friends, even though it’s very military-like while we’re there. A typical day for a music

The floor beneath me suddenly seemed to shake and I fell with my hand in hand, which automatically disqualied me for a chance at being section leader. My band director had a famous saying, “if you can’t control your horn, then how will you be able to control a section”. Throughout the remainder of the football season, I franticly tried to make up for my mistake by doing anything and everything to show the band captions and band directors that I would be a good section leader. I over extended myself, I gave band too much of my attention, time, and energy. Over the course of the football season I began to deeply regret joining the band and playing music, I started to hate it. In actuality it wasn’t the band I disliked, but all of the extra work I put on myself in order to have another chance at being section leader. After months of living, sleeping, and breathing band I finally decided to quit. Some people would call this distraction a waste of precious time that I can never recover, but I see it differently. My experience thought me a valuable lesson, sometimes we ruin what we have by searching for something we don’t

In the poem, Beat! Beat! Drums! the author is wanting to grasp the attention of the audience by repeatedly stating “Beat! Beat! Drums!” Through the rhythmic tone in the poem one could possibly experience the chaotic disruptions which represent the unexpected events in one’s life. The beat of the drum could represents the happenings of life that persecute the heart and the mind of an individual who is going through hardship. Although, these events may not be extremely chaotic one must continue on their merry way to live a successful and happy life. By this the individual must continue to study, worship, and plan for the future through life’s disastrous effects. As erupting as the beat of the drum may be, it also can represent the pressure that

My love for drumming began at a young age, when I would tap a rhythm to whatever song I would hear. I would take band in middle school and join the drumline in high school. Whenever I feel bored or want to reduce my stress, I pull out my drum pad and begin drumming on it. Sometimes I learn cadences and exercises from professional drum corps. Other times, I put on one of my favorite songs and drum along to the beat. Through drumming, I can feel the rhythm immerse me, granting me relief from the troubles of the world.

I had just finished playing one of my favorite songs of all time, “How Many More Times”, by Led Zeppelin, and the room felt like a brutal August summer day. Playing drums for a straight hour is hard work, so I was pretty sweaty. I needed to get out of there before I burnt to a crisp. However, I first had to rearrange my drum kit because I had recently gone to a gig, and I never properly set up my drums. The reason I set up my drums after practicing was because I was only going to play a couple songs originally, but I got so into it that I played for a longer time. While I was arranging my kit, I was texting my bandmates. “Should we learn songs, or do you guys just wanna jam?” Ethan said halfway through our conversation.

Over time, the band was playing better, and our entertainment skills improved. However, we did notice that one band member seemed to be tenuous in his ability to play drums. The other band members and myself thought that over time our drummer would improve his playing as we were all new to playing heavy metal music. Time passed by and our drummer was still lacking the ability needed to make our band successful. As the leader of the band, others looked towards me to make a decisive

HI! Im Tony, and I love music. Ever since I was little I have been exposed to all different types and styles of music and I have always had a true passion for it. Ive played many instruments like Piano but the one that really stuck with me was percussion, specifically Snare Drum. So, since 6th grade, Percussion has been my instrument of choice and ive had the privelage of learning and performing at many levels in my drumming career! I was Drum Captain at my local high school, Lewisville High School, and even after highschool I continued to persue drumming. Therefore I have had the privalege of being able to perform with many percussion ensembles including The "Cutting Edge" Drumline which is The Drumline for the BIGGEST Haunted House in the World. The one and only Dallas Cowboys Drumline, the official drum group for the NFL's Dallas Cowboys (That was a fun gig) and Finally, "Vigilantes indoor Percussion" a Winter Drumline group

What is the absolute best sound in the world? Is it the crashing of waves, the sound of a V8 hemi, or the sound of a credit card being swiped and approved? For a musician, in particular a percussionist, the sound of a drum set would be their favorite sound in the world. Today I am going to briefly talk about the origin of the drum, the components of the modern drum set, and the benefits of drumming.

Though they all did what I asked of them most days in practice and gone were the days that I had to pull one of them aside in the hallway because of some type of classroom issue, the one thing that was clear was the losing didn’t bother them very much at all. However, the straw that broke the camel’s back occurred at the end of what would turn out to be my final cross country season at Ellis Tech.

By the end of one season, I had the most mind blowing experiences. This did not come easy at all for me. Most particularly, the concert at Severance Hall with Graham Nash presented the biggest challenge to overcome. I had never been in such a situation with as much pressure as this before. I was the only drumset player during rehearsals and was only supposed to play about half of the pieces for the concert because this was the first major performance I had done. I had not had as much knowledge and experience playing drumset before this which led to another college drummer being available to play the other half. My main goal was to be able to perform most of the pieces by the time of the concert.