X8 Drums Blog
What to Expect at a Drum Circle
You’re heading to your first drum circle, excited that you’ve
finally found your “tribe” of people and a place to express your
creativity and spirituality through the magic of drumming. It is an
exciting time, and if you have not ever been to a drum circle, you may
not know exactly what to expect from the experience. Just like drums
and people, drum circles vary in many ways. There are different types of
drum circles, each with its own set of guidelines and purposes, so
befor
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17th Mar 2022
X8 Drums Holiday Gift Guide
Here's our top 10 list of gifts for the drummer on your list this holiday season. Each one has been hand picked by our staff and is in stock and ready to ship from our shop in San Marcos, TX.
The
X8 Drums Holiday Jam Pack is a drum circle in-a-box for 6 players. This is the best bang for your buck!
X8 Drums Ultimate Djembe Package: Get an X8 Pro Djembe, Pro Djembe Performance Strap, Digital Djembe Lessons, Practice Track, Djembe Keychain and a Pr
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22nd Nov 2021
Gifts for Drummers? Good Things Come in Small Packages!
Even the most organized gift-giver runs into problems during
the holidays, right before a birthday or even before a wedding or other
milestone that requires a present. Usually, that problem is forgetting to get a
gift, or that need to have one more item to make the experience of giving just
that much more incredible.
Now, imagine you need one of those gifts for a drummer. A
drummer who probably already has everything he or she wants, because picking
drums and percussion ins
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20th Nov 2021
Holiday Stress: We Know Why the 10 Drummers Drummed
There’s drumming for the love of music and rhythm, and then
drumming for education or perfecting our craft. In truth, drummers have a
million reasons for drumming and drumming has many mysteries to the
non-drummer, but, there probably isn’t a person out there who can’t see how
drumming is great for stressful times.
Did you get all of that? We’re a little stressed with all of
this holiday business going on.
Stress is probably one of the most common reasons we reach
for our drums. It
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20th Nov 2021
So, You Want to Buy Your Kid a Drum?
As adults, we want to be sure that our children are given
the best tools for success in life. We watch, eagerly (and, maybe cringe a little) as
those little minds and bodies develop their own interests, opinions and voices
that are such important parts of the personalities we have pledged to love, no
matter what. Then, one day, those little hands start slapping or tapping on a
bucket, a pot or even on our own drums. In that moment, we realize, life has
come full circle.
My kid is a
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20th Nov 2021