Electric drum kits have long been the resolve of many parents individual sanities. A family member showing interest in music at a young age (classically banging pots and pans with wooden spoons) is a beautiful thing that should be nurtured appropriately.
Often times young people are shoehorned into studying and working towards being a professional in the corporate world, finance or medicine for example but a career in the arts, which can be just as challenging, rewarding and lucrative could indeed be that persons dream come true and starting them off with an electric drumkit you can really throw some fuel into their creative fire. This fire burns within most of us but realistically making a racket with an acoustic kit like the one below could cause unnecessary issues such as noise complaints and so on.
As mentioned, introducing a basic and low volume electric drum set early on in life promotes cognitive brain function, hand-eye coordination and will keep players both creative and active for years to come. It's also a great time to begin learning about the technical aspects of an instrument of this nature, having the freedom to select from different percussive voices that more often than not have timbres from many various cultures and genres pulling experience from all types of music. Drums truly are the beating heart of thousands of communities, carnivals and festivals throughout planet Earth.
Additionally, in some cases the kits interface will usually have options to change the volume levels of both your individual drum pads and your overall mix, this gateway into basic production almost certainly will be a valuable lesson going forward in the music industry, where the quality of sounds and mixes are scrutinized by many.
Getting to know what sounds best is great practice for any future musician, from performing in the school band all the way up to the academy awards Oscar for score composition excellence. The modern climate of the music industry is huge and denotes that whatever path you may choose there is success to be had within that field. On the reverse of the same coin, there's a lot of competition nowadays too so an extra few years practice really makes all the difference to stand out amongst the crowd. Work hard and play harder!
Once you've practiced enough to successfully outshine your competition it's very likely you'll be expected to hit the road and go on tour, all musicians initially dream of going on tour but touring is a very difficult and physically exhausting process and takes a certain calibre of personality and physicality to hack it properly, every tour will be different with varying sleeping arrangements, food riders and rates of pay, all three depending on the size and demand of your act.
Even if a decision is made to move away from percussion, the core values learned from understanding rhythm and production can lead to many various opportunities, there is always music work out there and a lot can be said for "What you know" but these days networking and finding this work is very much a "Who you know" basis so be sure to go out and meet as many new people as possible in the same line of work that you desire. A lot of musicians are looking to leave a long-lasting legacy for family and their fans to remember them by in the far future and it's down to the performer to make this happen as it is far more achievable now than ever before in the digital age.
Here at ElectroMarket, we have a range of electric drum kit options with varying degrees of functionality to help start them early and even throw open the door to anybody of any age looking to get into the music world and contribute to modern life in a permanent and purposeful way. It's never too early or too late to break the mould.
