When a band appears on a TV show and it is obvious they are lip synching, why do we not hear the drums that are on stage?

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What I mean by that is, obviously the guitars and other instruments are not plugged in, but the drums don’t have that option. So why can we not hear that the drums are actually live? Hopefully that makes sense what I am asking.

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Cymbals: you stack two identical ones on top of each other, it’ll look like one on camera but sound completely mute.. you may tape etc but that looks awful
Drums: drop the heads so they’re absolutely loose, put some cloth inside the drum.
Source: drummer

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