It's really nothing more than cost. And a touch of laziness with a lack of taste.
It's simply cheaper to hire your nephew's garage band to beat on things rather than commission a legitimate musical artist to compose a sound track. What gets me, is that the network has enlisted the same ones to score even more of their programming! It won't be long before all of their shows are punctuated by the monotonous clang bang clash riffs. Nice, HDTV.
The members of Foster the People are Mark Foster (vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, guitar, programming, percussion), Mark Pontius (drums and extra percussion), and Jacob "Cubbie" Fink (bassist)
The cuica!
A beatboxer is a person who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her own voice.
Matthew Bellamy (Vocals, guitar and piano) Christopher Wolstenholme (Bass Guitar, background vocals) Dominic Howard (Drums and percussion)
Matthew Bellamy (Vocals, guitar and piano) Christopher Wolstenholme (Bass guitar, background vocals) Dominic Howard (Drums and percussion)
percussion in no strings and non percussion is with strings
Under the specific circumstances stated in the question (i.e.: being misused), yes.
Flute and percussion
I think it's from the percussion section.. I hope it can be helpful :)
It's percussion, but it's not tuned to a specific pitch.
The members of Dido's band for the "Live at Brixton Academy DVD" were:Dido - VocalsVini Miranda - GuitarKeith Golden - Bass guitarJohn Deley - KeyboardsAlex Alexander - DrumsJody Linscott - Percussion
They are classed as percussion instruments.