Drums

Allright so today I had some shore leave on some weird planet called like, Crappiola or something like that (Actually it wasn't called that but I think it should have been because it was a crappy planet). Anyhow, there wasn't really anything to do there or anyplace cool to hang out, so I ended up dropping by a music store and looking at some istruments.

It sort of hit me when I went in there that I've never seen a drum set up close before. I've seen them on stages and in music videos and stuff, but I had no idea that there were so many different kinds of drums! I had always thought that they just bought a bunch of drums and arranged them however they wanted, but it turns out that there are special kinds that they use for special reasons!

Here is a list of some of the different kinds:

• Base (Bace?) Drum: This is a big drum that is kind of like the foundation of the drumset. All of the other drums are arranged around it. It has a low sound.
• Base Drum Pedal: Not actually a drum. It is a little foot-shaped pedal that you can push with your foot and then a big mallet thing hits the base drum. It's handy because it is really not very convenient to hit the base drum with a regular drumstick.
• Toms: I am guessing that the guy who invented them was named Tom or something? I asked the guy at the store, but he didn't know.
• Crash Cymbal: If you hit this cymbal really hard it makes a crashing noise. The guy told me to hit it at the same time as I hit the bace drum, and it made it sound really powerful. I liked it.
• Ride Cymbal: This cymbal is actually pretty boring.
• Hi Hat: This cymbal goes up and down when you push a pedal. It looks like a gentleman raising and lowering his hat and saying hi to you.
• Snare Drum: Probably my favorite. It's pretty loud.
  

The guy at the store played some drum songs for me really quick, and one of them sounded just EXACTLY like the beat from a Nebula Nation song that I really like. I asked him if that was what the song was, but he said no, he was just making stuff up! I am totally amazed that people can actually just play stuff like that if they have the right equipment.

I asked the guy how much it costed to buy a drumset and it was pretty expensive. When I got back to my room I kind of tried to make my own drumset out of like boxes and containers and stuff, but I couldn't find anything for the cymbals, and I couldn't get the base drum pedal to work. I am thinking of buying some real drums next time I get a chance.