10 January 2022

Blog post for 10/01/2022


Hello Drummers 🥁

Today we’re thinking about protecting your ears, something that is essential for everyone at times, but really important for musicians all the time!

Firstly, a little about drums… The snare drum is designed to be loud and heard from a long way away (and you’re sitting right on top of it!), the cymbals are at ear level, and you’re probably not going to be a million miles away from an amp if you’re performing at a gig - all this adds up to a pretty risky environment for hearing damage! The main takeaway from this is that you should never practise without hearing protection, and should never perform without protecting those little shell-likes too. Many professional drummers suffer from hearing loss, and also from the ringing-in-your-ears condition known as tinnitus.

Advice for us all, drummers or not, would be to never go to gigs without hearing protection, and don’t have your headphones up too loud!

Here at Ravebugs HQ, we provide ear defenders for use on our acoustic drum kit, these are simple ones bought from Amazon and were not expensive. You can buy ones specifically made for drummers, but ear defenders you buy from builder’s merchants are very effective too. You don’t need to have special in-ear monitors, unless you want to go down that route and are spending a lot of time on your drumming! At a minimum, we recommend that people carry foam ear plugs, which are very cheap, you can pop a set in your pocket and use them when you need them.

Remember, there is no way to repair your ears once they’re damaged - you only have one set of ears, look after them!

Have a great week, everyone! 🥁🥁🥁


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