Ear plugs.. trust me. My brother was a drummer for years and he wished he wore ear plugs.
I was in junior and HS band for six years (played saxophone) and wished I wore ear plugs also. Those high frequencies from flutes can do a number to your ears.. and I am not talking skin flutes... -----Original Message----- From: Judah McAuley [mailto:ju...@wiredotter.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:20 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: drum sets I'm sure her teacher has already covered it but for completeness sake, I'll mention that you should make sure that she has headphones as well. She'll have plenty of time when she's older to destroy her hearing on her own going to loud shows. Cheers, Judah On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > great tip about the noise cancelling headphones ;) > > you know...if it's a full size kit, it will be easier for others in > the house to play around on :) > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Full-size kit (growth being the key here). >> >> As others have noted, take her along. See what feels right. >> >> don't worry about brand right now. She'll grow and learn and the kit >> will grow with her. >> >> As the parent of an aspiring drummer, I don't mind at all that he >> practices in the house. He's good. That makes a world of difference. >> >> plus also, noise cancelling headphones work wonders. You can still >> hear enough of the drumming to know it's going on, that practice is >> indeed occurring. >> >> YMMV >> >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >> <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> My twins birthday is coming up and we're wanting to get one of them a drum set. I have no idea what to look for. She's turning 8 so it's like she's between a junior set and a full size? Should I bite bullet and get a full size? Is Gammon a decent brand? Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325847 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
