Fequency of Changing Drum Heads???

[WERNER 1]

Our kit gets played about 8 hours actual playing time a week, and our drummer is a "heavy" player....

I was wondering on how often the heads need to be changed on this kit??

Thanks,
Rick

[Farview]

Depending on the heads, (pinstripes, ambasadors, etc...) maybe once a year.

Brand new heads will be much brighter sounding than worn ones. Once you get to the point where they won't tune and/or get very dull sounding, it's time to change them.

[aroth]

Change the heads when the sound gets crappy and tuning has no effect anymore.
But be aware that changing bottom heads once in a while has a MAJOR effect on the sound.(if you use bottom heads at all....) I usually change the bottom heads every 2. top head change. (maybe a little too often, but I love good sounding drums.)