Paper Jamz Drums Review

Paper Jamz Drums Review

We bought a set of the Paper Jamz Drums to complement the 3 Paper Jamz guitars we have. We use both for some of our Birthday Parties and children's programs. As with the guitars the drums are more durable than you might expect. While the drums are rated for ages 8 and up younger children find them fun also-even if they just tapping on it to make drum noises.

Getting Started

Before going further I should state that this is a toy more than a tool to get a child to learn the drums. If you want your child to learn the drums you should start with the old drum pad and lessons to learn the basics and then proceed from there.

Since I was already familiar with the guitars I found it easy to get going with the drums. If not, you really have to read the directions and you may have to explain how it all works to a child even if he is older than 8 years.

Each pad has 3 songs included, 3 different drum "kits" which each play a different type of drum, and 3 modes in which to play the drums. While choosing songs and drum kits are self-explanatory, the different modes seem to be somewhat confusing to many people.

Modes

There are 3 modes in which to play the drums:

The "Perfect Play" mode I really do not get. All it does is play the selected song and if you tap a drum it will make the drum's sound in perfect beat to the music. Maybe there is a reason for it but I don't really see the point of it or what skill it takes to play anything in this mode.

"Rhythm Mode" is more along the lines of actually playing the drums along with one of the supplied songs. The song just plays and you drum along with it. I found the supplied songs would drown out the drum sounds so I found I had to use the Karaoke setting to take out the vocal track and sometimes the guitar track.

"Freestyle Mode" is just playing on the drums without any background music at all. This seems to be most kid's favorite as they can just sit and come up with their own stuff.

The "Karaoke Setting" allows you to take out a songs vocal, guitar, or background tracks. As mentioned above, I found that when playing in "Rhythm Mode" the vocals and guitar tracks would overpower the actual drum sounds so I would use this setting to remove them.

Online Reviews and Info

I have not seen any written reviews for the Drums yet. A great basic video explaining the Paper Jamz drums and guitars can be found on Youtube.

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