How To Balance a Drum Head

Nothing beats a great concert when everything sounds like it should be, every piece of equipment like a well-oiled machine. This is the very reason why sound checks and rehearsals are held prior to a concert so when the lead singer, Taylor Swift, for example, takes the mic and starts singing with mock rain as a backdrop, no piece of equipment shorts or becomes distorted.

One piece of equipment that contributes one of the best works in music making is the drums. Without drums, a concert just isn’t the same unless it’s acoustic.

This is why it is so important if you are a drummer to make sure that your drums are balanced. For this you start on the head of course.

Here’s how to do just that:

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