Welcome to 2010 and another big year of Drums at the Music Den. Congratulations to everyone enjoying their new drum kits purchased over the year. We look forward to helping you develop and maintain your drumkit in the future and are always here to help with any of your questions

STAY UP TO DATE!…Drum Blog!

The Music Den Drum Department is set for another smashing year of events, clinics and amazing sales. If you want to keep informed of all the great events and never again miss out on any of our drum sales, then the easiest way is to click on our drum blog at www.musicden.com.au where you will be kept up to date!
You can also get yourself on our email mailing list and we’ll send all the latest!

SONOR ACDC PHIL RUDD Kit now instore!

Here’s your chance to own a piece of history and brag about the fact you have a once-off collectors drumkit. Sonor have released to coincide with the upcoming ACDC tour a limited edition Phil Rudd drumkit. Made to his specifications and complete with a signed logo front bass head this will be one to own. Now Instore!

NEW Djembes arrive!

*limited offer - Ask staff instore for details

Recording a Great Drum Sound! Part 3

n our last newsletter we wrote about the importance drum tuning for your recording. In this issue we’ll look at working with the mix engineer.

Third step: the Studio!!! Now that you have new drum heads and they’re tuned and you’re in the studio, it’s time to work with the engineer and studio space to achieve your ulimate goal - “a great drum sound”. This is where you not only need to have some ideas but you also need to be able to communicate with the engineer and trust their knowledge of the room. A great drum sound is a combination of many factors, especially the “room” sound and microphone techniques. If you’re looking for a big sound, the placement of your kit in the room is vital. Look for the “sweet spot” where your drums have a nutural full sound that fills the room but without reflections (or delayed echo), usually close to the centre of the room. If you want a tighter, more closely controlled sound look for an area closer to odd shaped walls. This will encourage less reflective sound and keep the drumkit sounding punchy. A balance of the two areas will give you a big sound that is also “in ya face!”.Good studios/engineers have the ability to get great sounds and by selecting the right mics and correct mic placement you can avoid the dreaded “gaffer tape” sound. I suggest you take along a few cd samples of drum sounds you like and ask the engineer to take a listen. This will give the engineer some idea of what you have in mind and will help them decide on any processing or studio techniques that can be used.

Always request a room microphone to capture the ambient sound of the drums in the space. This can be used in the mix to add some great fullness and effects to your drumkit sound. Hope this helps. Stay tuned!

NEW Drumming DVDs

Here’s some new drumming dvd releases from the past few months. Visit us now to grab a copy of some of these amazing, educational and very inspiring dvd’s.
Benny Greb - Language of Drumming
David Garibaldi - Breaking the Code
Derek Roddy - Blast Beats Evolved
JoJo Mayer - Secret Weapons of the Modern Drummer

Stick deals

Until Next issue, keep on smackin away!

Regards
Hilton Winiecki