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77-512: The David Candy persona is that of a pretentious, over-opinionated, egotistical, self-absorbed, pseudo-intellectual hipster who has perhaps spent too long alone, absorbed in The Doors' American Prayer. This choice of character traits may have been a form of self-mockery by Svenonius, or perhaps a commentary on the personalities of the indie rock scene in general. Much like the assumed personas and personalities of all of Svenonius' bands and projects (see

154-419: A drum set , trap set , or simply drums in popular music context) is a collection of drums , cymbals , and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The drummer typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks or special wire or nylon brushes; and uses their feet to operate hi-hat and bass drum pedals. A standard kit usually consists of: The drum kit

231-526: A piezoelectric sensor and a practice pad or other piece of foam rubber, which is possible in two ways: In either case, an electronic control unit (sound module/"brain") with suitable sampled/modeled or synthesized drum sounds, amplification equipment (a PA system , keyboard amp , etc.), and stage monitor speakers are required to hear the electronically produced sounds. See Triggered drum kit . A trigger pad could contain up to four independent sensors, each of them capable of sending information describing

308-461: A swish cymbal , sizzle cymbal , or other exotic or lighter metal rides, as the main or only ride in their kit, particularly for jazz, gospel, or ballad/folk sounds. In the 1960s, Ringo Starr of the Beatles used a sizzle cymbal as a second ride, particularly during guitar solos. Hi-hat cymbals (nicknamed "hats") consist of two cymbals mounted, one upside down, with their bottoms facing each other, on

385-447: A "corrupt medium". The contest was reportedly a "nationwide search for the most perfect boyfriend material a girl could ask for", and Svenonius was among 150 entries. Nation of Ulysses was known for their extremely physical performances, during which Svenonius recalls many injuries, including breaking his arm, his leg, and his skull on numerous occasions. Audience members were also hurt during some performances. The group disbanded in

462-405: A "leaner" sound with neither, is often used to mark a change from one song section to another. Crash cymbals are usually the strongest accent markers within the kit, marking crescendos and climaxes, vocal entries, and major changes of mood, swells, and effects. A crash cymbal is often accompanied by a strong kick on the bass drum pedal, both for musical effect and to support the stroke. It provides

539-417: A "low-boy". With this approach, the bass drum was usually played on beats one and three (in 4 time). While the music was first designed to accompany marching soldiers, this simple and straightforward drumming approach led to the birth of ragtime music, when the simple marching beats became more syncopated . This resulted in a greater swing and dance feel. The drum kit was initially referred to as

616-422: A "trap set", and from the late 1800s to the 1930s, drummers were referred to as "trap drummers". By the 1870s, drummers were using an overhang pedal. Most drummers in the 1870s preferred to do double-drumming without any pedal to play multiple drums, rather than use an overhang pedal. Companies patented their pedal systems, such as that of drummer Edward "Dee Dee" Chandler of New Orleans in 1904 or 1905. This led to

693-611: A central part of jazz, especially Dixieland . The modern drum kit was developed in the vaudeville era, during the 1920s, in New Orleans. Drummers such as Baby Dodds , Zutty Singleton , and Ray Bauduc took the idea of marching rhythms and combined the bass drum, snare drum, and "traps" – a term used to refer to the percussion instruments associated with immigrant groups, which included miniature cymbals, tom toms , cowbells , and woodblocks . They started incorporating these elements into ragtime, which had been popular for

770-405: A degree of creative freedom, allowing them to use complex polyrhythms that would otherwise be unsuitable with an ensemble. In live concerts, drummers may be given extended drum solos, even in genres where drum solos are rare on recordings. Most drummers hold the drumsticks in one of two types of grip: The bass drum (also known as the "kick drum") is the lowest-pitched drum and usually provides

847-452: A drum kit, though this is a non-classical or colloquial designation that has become standardized. Most extended kits include one or more splash cymbals and at least one china cymbal . Major cymbal makers produce cymbal extension packs consisting of one splash and one china, or more rarely a second crash, a splash, and a china, to match some of their starter packs of ride, crash, and hi-hats. However, any combination of options can be found in

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924-446: A drum solo, consists of two elements: A fill is a departure from the repetitive rhythm pattern in a song. A drum fill can be used to "fill in" the space between the end of one verse and the beginning of another verse or chorus. Fills vary from a simple few strokes on a tom or snare to a distinctive rhythm played on the hi-hat, to sequences several bars long that are short virtuosic drum solos. As well as adding interest and variation to

1001-443: A drummer to practice without disturbing others. Others use electronic drums to take advantage of the huge range of sounds that modern drum modules can produce, which range from sampled sounds of real drums, cymbals, and percussion instruments such as gongs or tubular bells that would be impractical to take to a small gig, to electronic and synthesized sounds, including non-instrument sounds such as ocean waves. A fully electronic kit

1078-646: A few decades, creating an approach that evolved into a jazz drumming style. Budget constraints and space considerations in musical theater pit orchestras led bandleaders to pressure percussionists to cover more percussion parts. Metal consoles were developed to hold Chinese tom-toms, with swing-out stands for snare drums and cymbals. On top of the console was a "contraption" tray (shortened to "trap"), used to hold items like whistles, klaxons, and cowbells. These kits were dubbed "trap kits". Hi-hat stands became available around 1926. In 1918, Baby Dodds , playing on Mississippi River riverboats with Louis Armstrong , modified

1155-503: A fuller sound and is a commonly taught technique. In jazz, using the smallest kits and at very high volumes, ride cymbals may be played with the technique and sound of a crash cymbal. Some hi-hats will also give a useful crash, particularly thinner hats or those with a severe taper . Alternatively, specialized crash/ride and ride/crash cymbals are designed to combine both functions. All cymbals, other than rides, hi-hats, and crashes/splashes, are usually called effects cymbals when used in

1232-434: A hollow metal support cylinder with folding support legs that keep the support cylinder vertical. Like the bass drum, the hi-hat has a foot pedal. The bottom cymbal is fixed in place. The top cymbal is mounted on a thin rod, which is inserted into the hollow cymbal stand. The thin rod is connected to a foot pedal. When the foot pedal is pressed down, it causes the thin rod to move down, causing the upper cymbal to move and strike

1309-568: A live audience at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City . Soft Focus later moved to London , England, where Svenonius interviewed British artists such as Mark E. Smith of The Fall and Billy Childish . In 1994, Svenonius had a supporting role in the independent film Half-Cocked . In 2001, Svenonius appeared in the documentary Plaster Caster about the plaster casts of Cynthia Plaster Caster . In 2021, Svenonius co-released

1386-550: A number of 12-inch singles and splits . The Make-Up combined garage rock , soul , and self-styled " liberation theology " to make a new genre they called "Gospel Yeh-Yeh". The Make-Up were highly influenced by bubblegum music , particularly the French variety called Yé-yé music. As the Make-Up's frontman and mouthpiece, Ian Svenonius often contextualized the band's music in terms of larger socio-political themes, typically describing

1463-447: A number of new essays included. The "Instructions" that preface the book state that it "should clear up much of the confusion regarding events of the last millennium – artistic, geo-political, philosophical, et al." and encourages the reader to "refer to the book in case of ethical quandaries, arguments, and social feuds". The writing addresses topics such as the ascent of the DJ as a "star",

1540-448: A pair of hi-hats. Some contain only three cymbals, using a crash/ride instead of the separate ride and crash. The sizes closely follow those given in Common configurations below. Most drummers extend the normal configuration by adding another crash, a splash, and/or a china/effects cymbal. The ride cymbal is most often used for keeping a constant rhythm pattern, every beat or more often, as

1617-595: A series of "Magazine-Style Records" which included other imaginary acts such as Death by Chocolate, Maria Napoleon, and Lollipop Train. Svenonius wrote an afterword for Glen E. Friedman 's 2005 photography book Recognize ( ISBN   0-9641916-6-0 ), as well as the introduction to Friedman's 2007 book Keep Your Eyes Open ( ISBN   0-9641916-8-7 ). As host of the VBS.TV online show Soft Focus , Svenonius interviews guests such as Ian MacKaye , Genesis P-Orridge , Adam Horovitz , Cat Power and Will Oldham in front of

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1694-409: A single electronic pad to an entire drum kit (e.g., to have access to an instrument that might otherwise be impractical, such as a large gong ), to using a mix of acoustic drums/cymbals and electronic pads, to using an acoustic kit in which the drums and cymbals have triggers, which can be used to sound electronic drums and other sounds, to having an exclusively electronic kit, which is often set up with

1771-530: A snappy, staccato buzzing sound, along with the sound of the stick striking the batter head. Tom-tom drums, or toms for short, are drums without snares and played with sticks (or whatever tools the music style requires) and are the most numerous drums in most kits. They provide the bulk of most drum fills and solos. They include: The smallest and largest drums without snares ( octobans and gong drums , respectively) are sometimes considered toms. The naming of common configurations (four-piece, five-piece, etc.)

1848-569: A solo project, Escape-ism encompasses a more lofi-electronic sound compared to Svenonius' band oriented projects. The band has featured Alexandria Cabral and Sandi Denton as live members and contributors. Live shows consist of programmed drum machines, sparse jagged guitars, and stream of conscious lyrics. Throughout his career, Svenonius has disc jockeyed at clubs such as Cold Rice in Washington, D.C. In 1993 Svenonius and Nation of Ulysses/Make-Up members James Canty and Steve Gamboa were involved in

1925-542: A tom of the same diameter, typically have drum shells made of metal, and are normally played with very light, thin, non-tapered sticks. Timbales are more common in Latin music. They have thin heads and a very different tone than a tom but are used by some drummers/percussionists to extend the tom range upwards. Alternatively, they can be fitted with tom heads and tuned as shallow concert toms. Attack timbales and mini timbales are reduced-diameter timbales designed for drum kit usage,

2002-573: A vacuous and counter-revolutionary forms". Between projects, Svenonius released a solo album under the pseudonym David Candy . After the Make-Up disbanded, Svenonius formed the group Weird War in 2001, joined by Make-Up members Michelle Mae and Alex Minoff . While the current lineup appears on the group's first release I'll Never Forget What's His Name, the group's first full-length, eponymous release featured Neil Hagerty and Jessica Espeleta on guitars, and Steve McCarty on drums. These collaborators soon left to pursue other projects, and

2079-484: A version of which were used throughout the ancient Near East very early in the Bronze Age period. Cymbals are mostly associated with Turkey and Turkish craftsmanship, where Zildjian has made them since 1623. While most drummers purchase cymbals individually, beginner cymbal packs were brought to market to provide entry-level cymbals for the novice drummer. The kits normally contain four cymbals: one ride, one crash, and

2156-435: A very low volume for the band is desired. Since fully electronic drums do not create any acoustic sound (apart from the quiet sound of the stick hitting the sensor pads), all of the drum sounds come from a keyboard amplifier or PA system ; as such, the volume of electronic drums can be much lower than an acoustic kit. Some use electronic drums as practice instruments because they can be listened to with headphones, which enable

2233-400: A way to enable them to play more than one instrument, but these devices would not be mass-produced for another 75 years. By the 1860s, percussionists started combining multiple drums into a kit. The bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, and other percussion instruments were all struck with hand-held drumsticks. Drummers in musical theater appeared in stage shows, where the budget for pit orchestras

2310-400: Is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz . Before the development of the classic drum kit, drums and cymbals used in military and orchestral music settings were played separately by different percussionists. In the 1840s, percussionists began to experiment with foot pedals as

2387-441: Is easier to soundcheck than acoustic drums, assuming that the electronic drum module has levels that the drummer has preset in their practice room; in contrast, when an acoustic kit is sound checked, most drums and cymbals need to be mic'd and each mic needs to be tested by the drummer so its level and tone equalization can be adjusted by the sound engineer . Also, even after all the individual drum and cymbal mics are sound checked,

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2464-446: Is it". The Make-Up formed in 1995, consisting of Svenonius, Canty, and Gamboa from Nation of Ulysses, and with the addition of Michelle Mae on bass guitar. The Make-Up were joined in late 1999 by a fifth member, Alex Minoff , who played guitar with the group until their dissolution in 2001. In the band's five years of activity, they released four studio albums, two live albums, a posthumous compilation of singles and B-sides, and

2541-520: Is largely a reflection of the number of toms, as conventionally only the drums are counted, and these configurations all contain one snare and one or more bass drums, (though not regularly any standardized use of two bass/kick drums) the balance usually being made up by toms. Octobans are smaller toms designed for use in a drum kit, extending the tom range upwards in pitch, primarily by their great depth and small diameter. They are also called rocket toms and tube toms. Timbales are tuned much higher than

2618-506: The Roland Octapad or the DrumKAT are playable with hands or sticks and are often built to resemble the general form of acoustic drums. There are also percussion controllers such as the vibraphone -style MalletKAT , and Don Buchla 's Marimba Lumina . MIDI triggers can also be installed into acoustic drum and percussion instruments. Pads that trigger a MIDI device can be homemade from

2695-399: The backbeat . When applied in this fashion, it supplies strong regular accents played by the non-dominant hand and is the backbone for many fills . Its distinctive sound can be attributed to the bed of stiff metal wires held under tension against the bottom head (known as the snare head). When the top head (known as the batter head) is struck with a drumstick, the snare wires vibrate, creating

2772-452: The "biographies" of Nation of Ulysses, Cupid Car Club, The Make-Up, and Weird War), a make-believe mythos surrounds the character of David Candy. Play Power is the only album from the fictional musician David Candy, aka Ian Svenonius . Three of the tracks, "Listen to the Music," "Bad Bad Boy," and "Lullaby From 'Rosemary's Baby'" are cover versions from obscure film soundtracks. "Listen to

2849-699: The "cosmic depression" that followed the defeat of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Cold War , and the status of rock and roll as a religion . After The Psychic Soviet , Svenonius released the books "Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group" (2012), "Censorship Now!!" (2015), & "Against the Written Word" (2023). He also publishes a newsprint periodical of essays, art, and poetry called "The Cellophane Flag" through Radical Elite Press. Drum kit A drum kit (also called

2926-765: The 1920s, freelance drummers were hired to play at shows, concerts, theaters, and clubs to support dancers and musicians of various genres. Orchestras were hired to accompany silent films, and the drummer was responsible for providing the sound effects. Sheet music from the 1920s shows that the drummer's sets were starting to evolve in size to support the various acts. However, by 1930, films with audio were more popular, and many were accompanied by pre-recorded soundtracks. This technological breakthrough put thousands of drummers who served as sound effects specialists out of work, with some drummers obtaining work as Foley artists for those motion-picture sound tracks. Kit drumming, whether accompanying voices and other instruments or performing

3003-467: The Make-Up , Weird War , XYZ , Too Much , Escape-ism , and Chain & the Gang . Between his numerous projects, Svenonius has released more than 22 full-length albums and over 20 singles, EPs , and splits . A published author and online talk show host, Svenonius' projects share a tongue-in-cheek, radical left political ideology. His first band, Nation of Ulysses, which released its first record in 1990,

3080-493: The Music" is from the 1968 teen comedy-satire Wild in the Streets , "Bad Bad Boy" is a cover from the 1967 British film Privilege , and "Lullaby from 'Rosemary's Baby' " is a cover from Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby . The instrumentals on the album are reminiscent of 60's pop and psychedelic music, while Svenonius/Candy's vocal delivery is primarily spoken word in the same vein as beat poetry . The lyrical content of

3157-409: The Written Word, and as host of Soft Focus on VBS.tv . Svenonius' first musical group was Nation of Ulysses . The band formed in spring 1988, initially composed of four members, Svenonius on vocals and trumpet , Steve Kroner on guitar , Steve Gamboa on bass guitar , and James Canty on drums , and known simply as "Ulysses". In late 1989, Tim Green joined the band as a second guitarist and

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3234-472: The acoustic drum sounds, but they can also be used effectively with an acoustic kit to augment or supplement an instrument's sound for the needs of the session or show. For example, in a live performance in a difficult acoustical space, a trigger may be placed on each drum or cymbal and used to trigger a similar sound on a drum module . These sounds are then amplified through a PA system so the audience can hear them, and they can be amplified to any level without

3311-474: The addition of Argentine Sebastian Thomson on drums, its intent has become more cosmic. Weird War claims that they are "the sole answer to the hype-based careerism, empty formalism and vacuity which has infected what was once a genuinely creative underground rock 'n' roll scene". Svenonius' musical project, Chain and The Gang, has released the albums Down With Liberty... Up With Chains! , " Music's Not For Everyone ", " In Cool Blood " on K Records, as well as

3388-771: The albums " Experimental Music " and " Minimum Rock 'n' Roll " on Radical Elite Records. Some of the musicians featured on these records are Calvin Johnson , Brett Lyman (Bad Thoughts/M'Ladys's Records), Fiona Campbell (Vivian Girls/Coasting), Sarah Pedal, Katie Alice Greer ( Priests ), Faustine Hudson (The Curious Mystery), Brian Weber ( Dub Narcotic Sound System ), Veronica Ortuño ( Finally Punk/Carrots ), Nicolaas Zwart (Desolation Wilderness), Karl Blau, Chris Sutton (Hornet Leg, The Gossip ), Sixx (The Vibrarians), Arrington de Dionyso, Aaron Hartman, Benjamin Hartman (Old Time Relijun), Anna Nasty ( Olivia Neutron-John ), and Francy Graham. Formed as

3465-510: The band Chain and the Gang. Currently, Svenonius is the leader of the group Escape-ism. In 2021, Svenonius co-released a feature film called " The Lost Record, " named for the Escape-ism LP of the same name. Svenonius' solo work includes the 2001 album Play Power under the fictional pseudonym of David Candy , the books The Psychic Soviet , Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock 'n' Roll Group, Censorship Now!!, & Against

3542-542: The band and its gospel attitude in Marxist and socialist terms, in opposition of what he saw as the capitalist , bourgeois , machismo paradigm of rock and roll . The band's aversion to American culture was expressed through their self-styled musical genre "Gospel Yeh-Yeh", a belief system through which they advocated to their audience to "get theirs" and to "off the pigs in all their forms". The Make-Up intended to create ad-lib performances to re-energize what they saw as

3619-467: The band briefly changed its name to The Scene Creamers, with Svenonius on vocals, Michelle Mae on bass, Alex Minoff on guitar, and Blake Brunner on drums. In this incarnation, the band released I Suck on that Emotion , through Drag City . After being threatened with a legal suit for the name Scene Creamers by a French graffiti artist collective of the same name, the band reverted to the name Weird War. Since then, as its membership has become static, with

3696-517: The band released any official albums, Svenonius was featured as teen-oriented Sassy Magazine ' s first "Sassiest Boy in America". He was interviewed in the magazine's October issue, detailing the band's sound and political motivations. Svenonius stated that the Nation of Ulysses' intent was "to create a space of liberation where anything's possible". He criticized "traditional rock-and-roll" groups as

3773-418: The band was renamed to "Nation of Ulysses". The Nation of Ulysses described themselves not as a rock and roll group in the traditional sense, but "as a political party " and as "a shout of secession". Explaining their intent, Svenonius said "it's basically a new nation underground for the dispossessed youth colony. It's all about smashing the old edifice, the monolith of rock and roll ". In 1990, before

3850-592: The bass drum being played by percussionists standing and using their feet, hence the term "kick drum". William F. Ludwig Sr. and his brother Theobald founded Ludwig & Ludwig Co. in 1909 and patented the first commercially successful bass drum pedal system. In 1912, drummers replaced sticks with wire brushes and, later, metal fly swatters as the louder sounds made by using drumsticks could overpower other instruments. By World War I , drum kits were often marching-band-style bass drums with many percussion items around them and suspended from them. Drum kits became

3927-477: The beat or timing element with basic pulse patterns. Some drummers may use two or more bass drums or a double pedal on a single bass drum, which enables a drummer to play a double-bass-drum style with only one drum. This saves space in recording/performance areas and reduces time and effort during set-up, taking down, and transportation. Double bass drumming is a technique used in certain genres, including heavy metal and progressive rock . The snare drum provides

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4004-414: The cymbal is perforated by holes. Drummers use low-volume cymbals to play in small venues or as a way to practice without disturbing others. Other instruments that have regularly been incorporated into drum kits include: See also Extended kits below. Electronic drums are used for many reasons. Some drummers use electronic drums for playing in small venues, such as coffeehouses or church services, where

4081-458: The cymbals with the foot pedal. This effect is widely used in disco and funk . The hi-hat has a similar function to the ride cymbal; the two are rarely played consistently for long periods at the same time, but one or the other is often used to keep what is known as the "ride rhythm" (e.g., eighth or sixteenth notes) in a song. The hi-hats are played by the right stick of a right-handed drummer. Changing between ride and hi-hat, or between either and

4158-411: The drums or other cymbals. Different sounds can be created by striking "open hi-hats" (without the pedal depressed, which creates a noisy sound nicknamed "sloppy hats") or a crisp "closed hi-hats" sound (with the pedal pressed down). High hats can also be struck with the pedal partially depressed. A unique effect can be created by striking an open hi-hat (where the two cymbals are apart) and then closing

4235-445: The engineer needs to listen to the drummer play a standard groove, to check that the balance between the kit instruments is right. Finally, the engineer needs to set up the monitor mix for the drummer, which the drummer uses to hear their instruments and the instruments and vocals of the rest of the band. With a fully electronic kit, many of these steps can be eliminated. Drummers' usage of electronic drum equipment can range from adding

4312-524: The fall of 1992 having failed to complete their third album (the finished tracks were later released as The Embassy Tapes in 2000). In a later interview, Svenonius explained the reason for the split: "Nation of Ulysses broke up because the epoch changed with the advent of digital music and the Nirvana explosion. We were faced with what's now known as indie rock , a sort of vacuous form. We had to determine our next move and this [the forming of The Make-Up ]

4389-665: The feature length film The Lost Record , named for the Escape-ism record of the same title. In July 2006, Svenonius released a book of 19 essays entitled the Psychic Soviet ( ISBN   0-9656183-9-0 ), published by Drag City Press . Pocket-sized and bound in bright-pink plastic with beveled edges, its form is similar to " The Little Red Book ", a Bible, or a foreign-language dictionary. The book serves as an anthology of past articles and essays by Svenonius previously published in periodicals, edited for readability and flow, with

4466-405: The lower. When the foot is lifted off the pedal, the upper cymbal rises, due to the pedal's spring-loaded mechanism. The hi-hats can be sounded by striking the cymbals with one or two sticks or just by closing and opening the cymbals with the foot pedal. The ability to create rhythms on the hi-hats with the foot alone expands the drummer's ability to create sounds, as the hands are freed up to play on

4543-500: The marketplace. Some cymbals may be considered effects in some kits but "basic" in another set of components. Likewise, Ozone crashes have the same purpose as a standard crash cymbal, but are considered to be effects cymbals due to their rarity, and the holes cut into them, which provide a darker, more resonant attack. Cymbals, of any type, used to provide an accent , rather than a regular pattern or groove , are known as accent cymbals. While any cymbal can be used to provide an accent,

4620-451: The military marching setup, experimenting with playing the drum rims instead of woodblocks, hitting cymbals with sticks (which was not yet common), and adding a side cymbal above the bass drum, which became known as the ride cymbal . William Ludwig developed the "sock" or early low-mounted hi-hat after observing Dodds' drumming. Dodds asked Ludwig to raise the newly produced low-hat cymbal nine inches to make them easier to play, thus creating

4697-406: The modern hi-hat cymbal. Dodds was one of the first drummers to play the broken-triplet beat that became the standard rhythm of modern ride cymbal playing. He also popularized the use of Chinese cymbals . Recording technology was crude, which meant loud sounds could distort the recording. To get around this, Dodds used woodblocks and drum rims as quieter alternatives to cymbals and drum skins. In

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4774-466: The music requires. Development of this ride technique is generally credited to jazz drummer Baby Dodds . Most drummers have a single main ride, located near their dominant hand – within easy playing reach, as it is used regularly – often a 20"–22" in diameter, but diameters of 16"–26" are not uncommon. It is usually a medium-heavy- to heavy-weight cymbal whose sound that cuts through other instrumental sounds. Some drummers use

4851-439: The music, fills serve an important function in indicating significant changes of sections in songs as well as linking them together. A vocal cue is a short drum fill that introduces a singer's entrance into the piece. A fill ending with a cymbal crash on beat one is often used to lead into a chorus or verse. A drum solo is an instrumental section that highlights the drums. While other instrument solos are typically accompanied by

4928-477: The other rhythm section instruments (e.g., bass guitar and electric guitar), for most drum solos, the band members stop playing so that all focus will be on the drummer. In some drum solos, the other rhythm section instrumentalists may play "punches" at certain points – sudden, loud chords of short duration. Drum solos are common in jazz but are also used in several rock genres, such as heavy metal and progressive rock. During drum solos, drummers have

5005-431: The risks of audio feedback or bleed problems associated with microphones and PAs in certain settings. The sound of electronic drums and cymbals themselves is heard by the drummer and possibly other musicians in close proximity, but, even so, the foldback (audio monitor) system is usually fed from the electronic sounds rather than the live acoustic sounds. The drums can be heavily dampened (made to resonate less or have

5082-400: The rubber or mesh drum pads and rubber "cymbals" in the usual drum kit locations. A fully electronic kit weighs much less and takes up less space to transport than an acoustic kit and it can be set up more quickly. One of the disadvantages of a fully electronic kit is that it may not have the same "feel" as an acoustic kit, and the drum sounds, even if they are high-quality samples, may not sound

5159-509: The same as acoustic drums. Electronic drum pads are the second most widely used type of MIDI performance controllers, after electronic keyboards. Drum controllers may be built into drum machines, they may be standalone control surfaces (e.g., rubber drum pads), or they may emulate the look and feel of acoustic percussion instruments. The pads built into drum machines are typically too small and fragile to be played with sticks, so they are usually played with fingers. Dedicated drum pads such as

5236-442: The same purpose as a floor tom. Most hand drums cannot be played with drumsticks without risking damage to the head and bearing edge, which is not protected by a metal drum rim. For use in a drum kit, they may be fitted with a metal drum head and played with sticks with care, or played by hand. In most drum kits and drum/percussion kits, cymbals are as prominent as the drums themselves. The oldest idiophones in music are cymbals,

5313-459: The short-lived project Cupid Car Club , which released only one EP on Kill Rock Stars Records entitled Join our Club . In 2001 Svenonius collaborated with the English conceptualist/producer Mike Alway of If.. Records to create the record Play Power under the pseudonym David Candy . The album was released through Jet Set Records, Siesta Records, and If.. Records. Play Power was part of

5390-433: The smaller diameter allowing for thicker heads providing the same pitch and head tension. They are recognizable in genres of the 2010s and more traditional forms of Latin, reggae, and numerous other styles. Gong drums are a rare extension of a drum kit. This single-headed mountable drum appears similar to a bass drum (around 20–24 inches in diameter) but is played with sticks rather than a foot-operated pedal and therefore has

5467-496: The sound subdued), and their tuning and quality is less critical in the latter scenario. In this way, much of the atmosphere of the live performance is retained in a large venue, but without some of the problems associated with purely microphone-amplified drums. Triggers and sensors can also be used in conjunction with conventional or built-in microphones. If some components of a kit prove more difficult to mic than others (e.g., an excessively "boomy" low tom), triggers may be used on only

5544-467: The stale, bland and formal ritual of rock and roll. Appropriating gospel music 's use of the congregate as a "fifth member", the Make-Up incorporated audience participation through call and response vocals, lyrical "discussion" techniques, and destruction of the fourth wall by physical transgression. The Make-Up dissolved in 2000, reportedly "due to the large number of counter-gang copy groups which had appropriated their look and sound and applied it to

5621-414: The term is more narrowly applied to cymbals for which the main purpose is to provide an accent. Accent cymbals include chime cymbals, small-bell domed cymbals, and those cymbals with a clear sonorous/oriental chime to them, such as specialized crash, splash, and china cymbals. Low-volume cymbals are a specialty type of cymbal, made to produce about 80% less volume than a typical cymbal. The entire surface of

5698-401: The timing and dynamic intensity of a stroke to the drum module/brain. A circular drum pad may have only one sensor for triggering, but a 2016-era cymbal-shaped rubber pad/cymbal will often contain two; one for the body and one for the bell at the center of the cymbal, and perhaps a cymbal choke trigger, to allow drummers to produce this effect. Trigger sensors are most commonly used to replace

5775-474: The vocals is often a pseudo-intellectual rant, meandering between overly-heady topics such as historical materialism , Suprematism , and the "rampant public licentiousness" of São Paulo , Brazil . The album was written and performed by Ian Svenonius, Jez Butler, John Austin and Matt Hulse. Ian Svenonius Ian Folke Svenonius is an American author, filmmaker, and musician with various Washington, D.C. –based punk bands including Nation of Ulysses ,

5852-490: Was highly influential in the punk scene but dissolved in 1992. After a short-lived side-project called Cupid Car Club , Svenonius formed the Make-Up in 1995, who combined garage rock, soul, and liberation theology to make a new genre they dubbed "Gospel Yeh-Yeh". The Make-Up disbanded early in 2001, and a year later, Svenonius formed the band Weird War, who were also known briefly as the Scene Creamers. Later Svenonius led

5929-410: Was often limited due to an insufficient amount of money able to purchase a full percussionist team. This contributed to the creation of the drum kit by developing techniques and devices that would enable one person to replace multiple percussionists. Double-drumming was developed to enable one person to play both bass and snare drums with sticks, while the cymbals could be played by tapping the foot on

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