Look After Your Ears
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There are a number of ways to keep your drumming noise down and protect your ears.
Ear Plugs: If your playing in a band or in a loud musical situation you should be wearing ear plugs. To avoid deafness and tinnitus use ear protection. Plugs can be found in all chemists or pharmaceutical shops.
Using Brushes or Hot Rods: Try Pro Mark “Hot Rods”, these are drum sticks made from thin pieces of dowelling bound together. Quieter than normal sticks but they are not silent, so you will be heard ( just at a reduced level). Click link below for more details- price details - where to buy
Drum Sticks and HotRods - Great Value
Pads: Rubber dampening pads can be put on your drum kit to reduce the noise. Volume is very much reduced but the pads feel very different from your drum skins. (click link below for more details- price details - where to buy)
Electric Drum Kit: Ideal for anyone wanting to play without being heard at all, electric drum kits can be played through a sound system or headphones so you will always be in control of the volume. Electric Kits sounds great and have the added bonus of having built in backing track playback which means you can press play and jam along to your hearts content! (click link below for more details- price details - where to buy)