Drums & Percussion : How to Make a Bass Drum Pillow

When making a bass drum pillow, take the bass drum apart and place the pillow so that it's barely touching the front head after it is put inside. Get minimal muffling sound with a bass drum pillow with help from an experienced drummer in this free video on drums and percussion.

Expert: David Pakman
Contact: www.midweekpolitics.com
Bio: David Pakman is a longtime drummer trained in rock, funk, jazz, blues and music theory, and is also a casual piano/keyboard player.
Filmmaker: David Pakman

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• drums
• percussion
• drum
• sticks
• drumming
• rhythms
• electric
• snare
• musical
• instruments

[KDMaz]

I didn't know Harry Potter plays drums.

[l0c0m0nster]

at 2:00 it sounds like he says poop

[ChainChomp122]

, i was looking how to take off the front skin...

[Icedgreece]

oh god i hit an expert village video again...

[jstein1992]

@KDMazhe looks nothing like him

[XxFARIStheFIRE]

@KDMaz check out francis international airport's drummer he looks like harry potter :{P

[metalmanky306]

Again, an expert village video has been mislabelled. This is how to INSTALL, or PUT IN a bass drum pillow, not how to make it. Seriously, expert village, it's great that you try to help, but get a clue, ffs!

[l0c0m0nster]

how to make a bass drum pillow: put a pillow in a bass drum

was that so hard?

[johnishable]

@KDMaz lolol

[antiHUMANDesigns]

@mega1metalhead Sounds good acoustically, or on recording? Because I'm talking about recording. Having a kind of mat inside is a good thing to stop the treble from bouncing around in there if you've got a microphone inside the drum. But something thick will stop the air and sound from moving through the drum properly.

[mega1metalhead]

@antiHUMANDesigns i got emad 2s with a pillow in it and it sound good but its not aganst the head its just like side ways flat going around the shell of the base drum like a v