Importance of Drums

Personally, I think that drums stand for 2 things. One is that you should always be heard. While other instruments like the guitar require a separate device to make it loud, drums are just naturally very noisy. A single snare drum could probably break through all of the noise in a place such as the stock exchange where everyone is yelling. And person can all of a sudden have their own sound that everyone hears. While out on the field, I can hit on rim shot on my drum and almost everyone will turn towards me. The others that don’t are the ones that are close by and will most likely be deaf for a few minutes.

The other thing that it stands for is dedication and discipline. To be a good drum player, you have to practice. Without practice, you can never be good. Drums aren’t like your math class where everything is easy and you never have to study. I also believe it requires discipline to become a good drum player. The discipline in a professional drum corps can probably be compared to the discipline that the samurais of Japan once had. In short, discipline means doing what you are instructed to do instead of what you’d rather be doing (Merriam). It requires a lot of willpower to overcome what you would naturally want to do. This really relates to high class drum groups because most of them would rather not be marching up the field 50 times in a row playing the same exact beat over and over. They need to overcome the physical strain and program their minds to do a certain thing.
I think that the drummers don’t receive the amount of credit that they deserve. Whether it be a marching band or a rock band, drums are usually second to other instruments. Take a rock band for example, I bet the average person could name hundreds of famous singers and guitarists. If you then asked them to name a few famous drummers, they most likely couldn’t. Some might try to argue this by saying that the guitar and vocals are more noticeable but if you feel that way, try listening to music without drums and then see what you think. They are just as important as any instrument in a band.