Neatorama » drums http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 The Isiserettes Drill and Drum Corps http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/11/the-isiserettes-drill-and-drum-corps/ http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/11/the-isiserettes-drill-and-drum-corps/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:45:17 +0000 Stacy http://www.neatorama.com/?p=21365

I love this group. The Isiserettes are a non-profit drill and drum corps from Des Moines headed to D.C. in January to perform at Barack Obama’s inauguration. The official group is made up of kids ages 7 to 18, but I’ve seen some pretty tiny kids grooving out there (which is adorable).

This video is cool, but I have to say it doesn’t do them justice: they’re super impressive when you see them live. Here’s a video of the drum line in action:


Video by Bill Grady, via MyFortDodge.

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The Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is beginning a series of quizzes on well-known drumbeats.

Today’s quiz is our first entry in the Let There Be Drums series. All you have to do is listen to each of 10 drum intros to hit songs of the late 1960s, and match them with the correct song title. Easy? Maybe for some.

Not only did I score 100%, I didn’t even have to look at the song titles to know them! Link

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With Nintendo Wii remote, Nunchuk and Wii Balance Board, it is easy to produce drum kit sounds from programming of their acceleration, joystick and weight data. These data can be transmitted from Wii controllers via Bluetooth to PC or Mac without Wii consoles. Wii Drum High integrates all three kinds of Wii controllers to stimulate a complete drum set of Hi-hat, Snare, Base drum, Crash cymbal, Ride cymbal, Mid tom and Low tom. Up to 4 sets of Wii remote and nunchuk can be used at the same time. (one of my colleague succeeded in connecting 5 wiimotes to a PC, but I’ve never tried)

No, it wouldn’t be an “air drum” because it produces the sound itself. Link (with video) -Thanks, Joe!

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A Korean drummer steals the show. Unfortunately, there is no information about the name of the band. Maybe someone else knows?

Link [YouTube] – via Videofeber

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Animal and Buddy Rich in a classic drum battle on The Muppet Show.

Link [YouTube] – via Videofeber

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