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Top Drum Brands To Buy From

by | Drums, Music

Blue drum set
Photo by Sunfrog1

Drumming is an incredibly fun, challenging, and rewarding instrument to play. While it may be underrated compared to the guitar, the drum serves as the anchor of every musical genre, setting the beat and laying the foundation for great melodies. If you’re considering drumming and looking to purchase your first drum set, it’s important to take the time to research different brands and models. With a wide range of drum sets available, it can be a bit overwhelming to choose the right one. However, it’s crucial not to skimp on your choice, as you’ll have these drums for a long time and they should be able to accompany you from beginner stages to expert play. Here are some of the best name brands you should consider for your upcoming purchase:

Pearl: Pearl is an extremely popular drum brand that consistently offers great products year after year. The company has managed to stay at the forefront of the music industry Marketing and Music: Any Song Can Become Famous? - Today let's dive into a topic that's been buzzing around a lot: the relationship between marketing and music. We all know that marketing plays a massive role in the …

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Where Did Folk Music Originate?

by | Music

Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird
Photo by Ralf Heid

The Folk Music genre is commonly regarded as a collection of melodies created by ordinary people. Typically, folk songs revolve around the lives of common individuals and adhere to specific rhymes. However, due to the lack of written documentation, the origins of many early folk tunes remain uncertain.

A significant number of early folk melodies focus on important events in the daily lives of ordinary people. These events encompass birth, love, weddings, deaths, and agricultural activities. Many folk songs were sung while engaging in work, often depicting mundane tasks such as planting, weeding, reaping, milling, harvesting, and weaving. The rhythms of this music often mirror the pace of the associated work. For instance, melodies about weaving cloth follow a similar beat to that of a weaving loom.

Interestingly, songs that are several decades old continue to be sung today. At one point, folk music in Europe fell out of fashion, but fortunately, it experienced a revival in the 1960s, reaching a wider audience.

Many folk songs narrate the history of the people who sang them, chronicling events such as wars, natural disasters, epidemics, and coronations.

The term “folk music” is relatively modern and derived from the …

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“Where Did Folk Music Originate?”