As most other drum lines / drum corps seen throughout the U. S. and other parts of the world, the Highlander Drum Corps is composed of several battery percussion instruments-the Snare drum ( small, high-pitched drum located in the center of the drumline ), the Bass drum ( generally larger drums varying in size and pitch ), Tenors / Quints ( combined set of 5 or more drums in one piece ), and marching cymbals that add visual flair and dynamic impact in the cadence repertoire of the line.

The work of post-war Germany's leading novelists Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass provided source material for the adaptations The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum ( 1975 ) ( by Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta ) and The Tin Drum ( 1979 ) ( by Schlöndorff alone ) respectively, the latter becoming the first German film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

This led to work with collaborators from highly varied fields: players as diverse as Pat Metheny, John Zorn, Lee Konitz, David Sylvian, Cyro Baptista, Cecil Taylor, Keiji Haino, tap dancer Will Gaines, Drum ' n ' Bass DJ Ninj, Susie Ibarra, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and the Japanese noise rock group Ruins.

His music-theatre work includes the texts for Philip Glass ' 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, The Voyage, and The Sound of a Voice, the book for Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida ( co-written by Linda Woolverton and Robert Falls ), the Walt Disney Company's theatrical version of Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Tarzan ( with music and lyrics by Phil Collins ), the libretti for Bright Sheng's The Silver River, Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar, Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland ( libretto co-written by Chin ), and Howard Shore's The Fly as well as Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song.

The work of post-war Germany's leading novelists Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass provided source material for the adaptations The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum ( 1975 ) ( by Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta ) and The Tin Drum ( 1979 ) ( by Schlöndorff alone ) respectively, the latter becoming the first German film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Abdoulaye Diakite significantly influenced the diaspora of the djembe, first by touring worldwide with the National Ballet of Senegal for 18 years as their lead soloist, in addition to his later work in the 1990s running the Tambacounda West African Drum and Dance Camp.

Francis E. Hamilton is believed to be the first IBM Fellow, appointed in 1963 for amongst other things his work on the development of the 650 Magnetic Drum Data Processing Machine.

The original 13th century tower of Drum Castle has been suggested as the work of medieval architect Richard Cementarius, who built the Bridge of Don in Old Aberdeen.

He is believed to have designed the old tower of Drum Castle and is known to be the architect of the nearby Brig o ' Balgownie, both of which contain distinctive pointed arches characteristic of his work.

During his time there, he composed music for several world-premiere plays for the community-oriented Cornerstone Theater, and a work for the USC Percussion Ensemble, which was premiered at the Watts Towers ’ annual Day of the Drum Festival.

The Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps used the work as its 1988 competitive program, a marked change from its previous Southern music theme.

This work and Drum Dances are fast becoming standard repertoire for percussionists throughout the world.

Electric Kulintang will release and premiere a new work and recording, Drum Codes, on Earth Day April 21, 2011 at The Atrium in Lincoln Center.

He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Sundown ( 1941 ), Arabian Nights ( 1942 ), The Climax ( 1944 ), Flower Drum Song ( 1961 ), That Touch of Mink ( 1962 ), Gambit ( 1966 ), Thoroughly Modern Millie ( 1967 ), Sweet Charity ( 1969 ), Airport ( 1970 ), and Earthquake ( 1974 ).

This grant included a defensive work known as the Drum Tower, thus William became the first Laird of Drum.

Under the direction of Schiffrin, Pantheon continued to publish important works by European writers such as The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, who would later receive a Nobel Prize for his work ; Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault, The Lover by Marguerite Duras, and Adieux by Simone de Beauvoir.

Although Master Yin Shun is closely associated with the Tzu-Chi Foundation, he has had a decisive influence on others of the new generation of Buddhist monks such as Sheng-yen of Dharma Drum Mountain and Hsing Yun of Fo Guang Shan, who are active in humanitarian aid, social work, environmentalism and academic research as well.

He also did valuable PR work for the Finnish home of Santa Claus in Twelve Gifts for Santa Claus ( USA 1988 ), and Santa and the Magic Drum ( Otava 1996 ).

He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Sundown ( 1941 ), Arabian Nights ( 1942 ), The Climax ( 1944 ), Flower Drum Song ( 1961 ), That Touch of Mink ( 1962 ), Gambit ( 1966 ), Thoroughly Modern Millie ( 1967 ), Sweet Charity ( 1969 ), Airport ( 1970 ), and Earthquake ( 1974 ).

His first work resembles Bang the Drum Slowly, save " the drum ’ s a chick.

Mickey Hart, the drummer of the Grateful Dead wrote his two books, he has quoted Diallo's work several times in each book and gave his opinion on how good he thought The Healing Drum was.

She appeared in the chorus of Flower Drum Song and played the part of Muriel in Take Me Along.

Notable artists who have played at The Trades Club include: Acid Mothers Temple, Bogshed, Ali Farka Touré, Astralasia, Bhundu Boys, Chumbawamba, Damo Suzuki, sicknote, Dreadzone, Dick Gaughan, notsensibles, Steve Tilston, Jah Wobble, The Unthanks, The Selecter, Dennis Rollins, Didier Malherbe, Maghribibeat, 3 Daft Monkeys, Andy Sheppard, Drum Machine Daevid Allen, Tetchi, Eat Static, Transglobal Underground, Zion Train Curved Air and Patti Smith, who donated her fee to the town's flood appeal.

No groups that performed at the original Woodstock festival took the stage at Woodstock 1999, although John Entwistle of The Who performed a solo set, and Mickey Hart, drummer of the Grateful Dead, played with his band Planet Drum.

Later musical theatre works that played at the theatre included Anything Goes, Flower Drum Song, Cabaret, and many others.

The current trend is towards breakcore and gabba or, in another musical direction, psy-trance but many sound systems still play traditional techno, Acid Techno, Hard Trance and Electro House / Techno, Drum & Bass / Jungle, Hardtek, Tekstep and more recently, its not uncommon to hear Dubstep being played.

* Mississippi Drum Machine, a wooden percussion music instrument ( as played by Seasick Steve )

Gáta Béra-Also referred to as the Kandyan Drum ; it is a double-headed, barrel-shaped drum, that is played by hand ).

Yak Béra-Also referred to as the Low Country Drum ; it is a double-headed, barrel-shaped drum, that is played by both hands ( one in one side ).

The tune of " The East Is Red " is played in chimes every daylight hour from the Customs House clock tower on the Bund in Shanghai and from the Drum Tower in Xi ' an.

Karn was principally the bassist within Japan, but also played all the wind instruments, including the saxophone ; on Tin Drum, he played the Chinese suona ( credited as ' dida ') for the authentic oriental sound.

Drum played a role in the Covenanting Rebellion ( as did nearby Muchalls Castle ) leading to its being attacked and sacked three times.

An example of hearing a drumline " dut " would be to watch any drumline from a Drum & Bugle Corps, like The Cavaliers, Phantom Regiment, or any other corps, when their drumline performs " in the lot " this is usually just some practicing of excerpts or cadences, and are just played to a group of people as a sort of crowd-pleaser.

After the third album Banging the Drum, Kent Stax left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by local drummer Dave Grohl, who then played on Scream's 4th album No More Censorship.

Dieselboy was the first American to be voted into the UK-based Drum & Bass Arena Top 10 DJs 2004 online poll, and has played events on six continents.

He has played numerous major music festivals including the Bonnaroo ( Manchester, Tennessee, 2010 ), Camp Bisco 9 ( Mariaville, New York, July 2010 ), Jisan Valley Rock Festival ( Seoul, Korea, July 2009, also featuring Oasis, Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Basement Jaxx ), PHAT 09 ( near Westport, New Zealand, New Year's Eve 2008 ), Pirate Station ( St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Russia ), Summerfest " The World's Largest Music Festival " ( Milwaukee, 2008 ), Sanctuary Drum & Bass Festival ( Dieselboy vs. Noisia )( UK, 2008 ), US Virgin Mobile Festival ( Baltimore, 2007 ), South by Southwest ( Austin, TX ; 2010, 2009, 2007 ), Coachella, Electric Daisy Carnival ( Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Puerto Rico ), Ultra Music Festival ( Winter Music Conference, Miami, 2010, 2009 ), Love Parade, Bassrush, Creamfields, Shambhala ( Canada, 2010, 2007 ), DEMF ( Detroit Electronic Music Festival ), Starscape ( Baltimore, MD ; 2010, 2009, 2008 ), Global Gathering ( UK, 2004 ), HFStival ( Washington, DC ; 1999, 2000 ).

He also performed the score and played a role in the Academy Award-winning film, Tsotsi and the movie Drum.

* Naubat Khana ( Drum House )-a place where the king's musicians played

Wyclef Jean appeared in the video as the Band's Drum Major, and also played the marching snare drum.

From 1963-67 Daugherty played bass drum in the Emerald Knights and tom-toms in the Grenadier Drum and Bugle Corps where he competed against other Drum and Bugle Corps throughout small Midwestern towns.

In 2005, Casiopea Drummer, Akira Jimbo and T-Square Drummer, Hiroyuki Noritake, had a Drum Duo called " Synchronized DNA ", who also played a concert with Casiopea, released as a CD called " Signal " and a DVD called " Casiopea + Sync DNA: 5 Stars Live ".

In the additional studio recordings on the CD, Muruga Brooker ( of Genesis fame ) played his revolutionary " Electric Talking Drum " on the comeback hit " Junk Rock ", production / engineering was by Sherwin Winick, additional sound engineering was by Steve Deutch.

* Drummer Justin Wilson played in " Drum Hall " and is now in the band " Sleep alive " as well as an accomplished GB musician