Bucket Drumming: Awesome Drummers ONLY
- May 10, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: May 23
Hi, I’m Davis, the head of that shindig Bucket Drumming. I’ve been doing Bucket Drumming for about a year consistently. It’s always a hoot for students and parents alike. I love the workout everyone gets at the end and I know the parents love it too. (Especially when it gets the kids all tired and ready for bed)
No, but Bucket Drumming is more than just a Zumba class,
It’s many musicians' first steps into music. How many of you guys when you were younger beat on pots and pans? That was bucket drumming. How many times did you get in trouble for beating your pencils and pens against the desk at school? That was bucket drumming. Growing up, we’ve been attached to drumming and have expressed it in many ways. Bucket Drumming is another way to express playing those same drums as when we were children.
Now I bet you didn’t know that by having your little one or even yourself thinking you’re just banging on some buckets, you were actually making music and helping your own music skills. Bucket Drumming gives students the opportunity to learn many basic rhythmic patterns that we see everyday in music. The program is built to help every and any skill level practice these rhythms that just give us the heebie jeebies.
Who Teaches Bucket Drumming
Thankfully when it comes to the scary rhythms, you have a good teacher in me Davis Young. Now I won’t sit here and give you all my accolades because you would be reading this for a while, but I do know a thing or two about rhythms. It helps being a percussionist (one who percussions) so playing the drums is pretty natural to me.
Playing piano now for 20 years has also helped improve my rhythmic skills too, so I’m no goofball to music or rhythms. Understandably there will be times looking at rhythms will get us, but I never want you to feel like you can’t get it, or music is just too hard. I can assure you, once we slow down and look at the problem at hand, you’ll be wondering soon enough why that one rhythm was sooo hard in the first place. I like to approach even the hardest parts of music in ways people can relate. I always said, “if you can’t explain this to me like a third grader, then you don’t know what you’re talking about.” So trust me, I’ve got you! I like making things simple for us so next time it becomes second nature.
Why Buckets?
Now the biggest question I get is, why buckets? Simple answer, it’s quieter than drums. It’s portable, it’s worth nickel (worth more now, but less than eggs) and it’s easy to put tips in. Buckets offer many sounds I’m sure you didn’t know before. You can hit right on the bucket, you can hit the side, you can hit the rim, you can flip it and hit the inside. Your creativity can take you anywhere with a simple bucket and some sticks.
How to Get Started
If you join us at Melody Mart, you won’t need to worry about gathering materials—we provide everything you need! If you want to practice at home, just grab some sturdy plastic buckets and a pair of drumsticks. You can also experiment with different drumsticks, brushes, and mallets to find what works best for you.
Sign up for Melody Mart's Bucket Drumming Group Instruction! You can sign up a few ways: either as a drop-in, group instruction subscription, or take private instruction subscription.
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Sign up again! You can take this class as many times as possible, you will always learn something new!
So what are you waiting for? It sounds like I’ve described your dream class. From learning how to bang out the pressures of life to bettering yourself as a musician, Bucket Drumming is the program to be. Join me the first Friday 6 to 7pm and the thirdish Saturday 12:30 to 1:30! Alright Bye!
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