E-drums on hit kids TV

Electronic drums have been featured in one of the world’s most popular children’s TV programs, Australian-produced Bluey.

Bluey is an animated television series about a Blue Heeler puppy and her family and friends and in a recent episode, Bluey’s little sister, Bingo, is seen in action on an e-kit.

According to the official episode description, “Bingo is in the music shop with Mum when she discovers an electronic drum kit and some headphones”.

In the short program, while her mother is talking to a music shop salesperson about a violin, Bingo wanders off and discovers a drum kit. She pops on the headphones and starts hitting the pads and cymbals and soon begins bashing out a beat.

She then dials in an 808-style kit on the module before starting a playalong song and demonstrating some impressive technique.

The episode ends with Mum summoning Bingo to leave the store – unaware of the drumming prowess just demonstrated by her pup.

The program leaves the viewer somewhat disappointed that Bingo’s chops are not recognised and may well never be fully realised.

digitalDrummer asked the production company, Ludo Studio, about the inspiration for the episode and for details of the kit used for the soundtrack, but didn’t get a response – which is not really surprising given the program’s huge global popularity and the fact that our readers are not really in the target audience.

Bluey, commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation, is distributed globally through BBC Studios and runs on Disney+.