Music Tweak Blog

Dampening and muffling is something ever drummer is going to encounter at some time in there life, they will want to take some of that ring from there drum after they hit it. There are a few techniques to do this, some good and some bad. One of the obvious ways is to buy drum heads that are designed to take some of the ring in the first place, if you buy these you won’t have to dampen them. Another way is to use tape; this way can cause future problems with the adhesive staying on the skin, or the tape ripping of the powder coating on drums like the snare. You can also use O-rings which are made out of the same stuff drum heads are and they sit inside your drum. These are just a few ways you can dampen and muffle your drums to take the reverb/ring sound you get when you hit it. This video lesson will do through all these ways and more and teach you how to apply these methods to your drum kit.