Brummet's Conscious Blog

Eco - Events January 24th - 27th Guelph Organic Conference & Trade Show (Canada) Info : GuelphOrganicConf.ca January 29th - 30th Solar Finance and Investment Conference (UK) Grange City Hotel 8-14 Cooper's Row London, UK Info : FinanceEurope.SolarEnergyEvents.com ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Public Hand Drum Workshop Dave is teaching 2 Public Hand-Drum Workshops one Saturday every month - upcoming dates and times listed below at the  Angle Hill Studio  location (close to downtown Creston, BC). Limited Space Available - Some drums are available for those without.  Registration required. Let us know which workshop you wish to attend that day (either 1 pm or 4 pm). To book your reservation and receive the studio address call or text Lillian's cell: 250 -  431 -  8716 ... or Email  *remove spaces & brackets*  : ( ldbrummet @ gmail . com ) Details:   The first workshop is held 1-2 PM   and a second workshop @ 4-5 PM A workshop is scheduled for 1 hour long; please arrive a few minutes early as Dave starts teaching on the hour. $20 fee Upcoming Dates:  Jan. 19  Feb 23 March 16 April 20   h ttp://brummetmedia.ca/drumlessons.html Have a group of ...

Forests and Water and Humans - Connected Did you know that 50% of US drinking water comes from forests? Forests within the US absorb around 15% of the country’s emissions, and just 2 acres of forests provide the oxygen needed by 500 people. Today, we will focus on just a few organizations that plant trees. Please visit the sites and learn how you can purchase trees in honor of a loved one, as a gift to a friend, as a random act of kindness for to someone who wants to plant trees but can’t. You can volunteer at any of these organizations in a myriad of different ways. You can help by sharing any of the many organizations out there that alleviate poverty in the world and remediate areas damaged by climate change, floods, and fire, reduce urban greenhouse effect and reduce hunger related issues. https://friendsoftrees.org This nonprofit was founded in 1989 and since then has become a “regional leader in improving the urban tree canopy and restoring sensitive natural areas”. In 2018 alo...

How to Mic Drums  * Written by Eli L Higginbotham: " I love mixing live sound, tracking in a recording studio, and I love to make happy music. ...What is happy music? ...Well in my opinion making music happy is making music sound great! " One of the most difficult things for inexperienced audio engineers and music producers to do is get a great drum sound. Drum kits can be very tough to deal with just simply due to how many mics are needed, how many moving parts they have, and how frustrating drummer personalities can be. Believe it or not, microphone placement is the single most important aspect of the getting a great drum sound regardless of the equipment you have at your disposal. Drums, microphones, preamps, eq's, compressors, and speakers can only sound as good as they are made. However the biggest variable in the entire chain is the placement of the microphone. Microphones are input transducers but they are also the first equalizer in the audio signal path. Don...

History of Drums * Written by Victor Epand - considered  an expert consultant for guitars, drums, and synthesizers.  History of drums began with the emergence of human civilization. Drum beating as it is popularly known has been associated with the birth of humankind. Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB, drum n bass and drum and bass) is a sort of electronic dance music also known as jungle. It is also called a membranophone, means an instrument that makes sound by striking a prolonged membrane with some type of object, typically a curved stick. Drums consist of a hollowed out piece (called the body), a covering extended over the end of the drum, and tuning keys or pegs which stiffens or loosens the membrane to achieve different tones. It is a common notion that the body of the drum generates the sound; it is in fact the membrane and its vibration that creates the sound when struck. Following the history of drums, it is presumed origination of drums to be a...

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