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This is an amazing audio and notation encyclopedia of every djembe and dun dun part for 50 Rhythms! |
 I am very happy and excited to tell you about an amazing new film documentary by Aja Salvatore called “Music In Mali: Life Is Hard, Music Is Good”. This feature-length documentary is about the musicians, dancers and everyday people of Mali who are creating inspiring heartfelt music in some of the most difficult living conditions of West Africa. [...]  My first trip to Africa was to Mali ,West Africa. I was always scared to go to Africa even though all my friends and students had already gone and the reports were always very positive. I was scared of getting sick. I heard the horror stories of people getting sick there, the poor hospitals, bad conditions and everything else. But in the back of my mind since I first started playing in the 70′s I knew I would go, I knew I had to go. I was just waiting for the right timing, [...]  I love to play djembes and I also love to study the music we make with djembes. Djembe soloing is a very small part of djembe music as a whole. The djembe is a communal drum and is about community and unity. We all (myself included) get caught up in being the soloist as it is so much fun! But keep in mind that it is about a whole group of people, musicians,dancers and others, too! [...]  Toca artist and Toca endorsee Michael Pluznick shows the fun Zaouli break and Kuku solo technique for djembes and dunun on Toca Stage Series Pro wood djembe and Toca Freestyle Djundjuns. [...]  In this video I am showing how to play the Mali style Sunu rhythm composition on two drums “ballet” style which means the drums are not sideways, they are standing up vertically. When I studied with my teachers, master drummer Aruna Sidibe and Brulye Doumbia they taught me this way. They can also be played sideways of course. [...]  In this video I am sharing and showing you the traditional solo patterns or “techniques” as many people call them for the Mali style Sunu rhythm arrangement as I learned it from my teachers Mali Djembe Master Drummer Aruna SIdibe & Brulye Doumbia while I was living and studying in Mali. [...]  This short “how to play” djembe lesson by Michael Pluznick features the basic Mali Sunu rhythm djembe part in fast, medium and very slow *(breakdown) tempo with a click track so you can see and hear where everything goes against the beat or pulse. [...]  This is part one of the Kuku solo techniques shown here with the small ensemble with Wade Peterson on ballet style dununs (aka “djundjun” or “dundun”) , Ben Isaacs on support djembe and MIchael Pluznick on lead or solo djembe. [...] Mali Djembe Master Drummer Aruna SIdibe & Brulye Doumbia *(Dununs) perform traditional West African djembe rhythms from the world drumming recording session for the Old Master CD on www.earthcds.com  It’s not the drum it’s the drummer! What makes a drum have that special sound? Is it the wood? The place or country it is from? The goat skin or what the goat ate? Just what is it? About 10 years ago I was at a Mamady Keita workshop trying to pick out a djembe from a local seller there who was displaying his goods outside the workshop. I asked Mamady, what do you [...] 
Master Djembe drummer Bolokada Conde and Les Percussion Melenke performance ensemble and crew in an early West African djembe drum and African dance performance live in Oakland California at La Pena cultural Center for world music and world dance. Musicians from left to right: Bolokada, Wade Peterson, Michael Pluznick (djembe) Sean Areneda (dununs) Rafael djembe, Barron Chase (kinkini) Aruna and Brulye teach Michael P Mendiani solo technique at a djembe class at Centre Togola in the Sabalibougou district of Bamako Mali. Drum class and djembe class is held here every day of the week. If you want to study djembe in Mali, this is the place to go for a djembe lesson or african dance class. These guys and their students really play djembe well! Very inspiring drumming! function startGallery_38() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_38″), { timed: true, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: true, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 5000, defaultTransition: “fade”, textShowCarousel: “Show/Hide Thumbnails” }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_38″).style.display = “block”; myGallery.toggleCarousel(); } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_38); West African dancer from Hawaii at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Ray Titus performs West African drumming (kinkini) @ Blend show BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance 3 BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance 4 BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Little girl performs West with African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Kakilambe mask dancer at west african performance on Hawaii Kakilambe BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii flowers flower birds and nature birds Michal leader of Lavaroots teaching west african dance class on Kona side of the Big Island of Hawaii MIchal dancer, dance teacher, choregorapher, african dancer and leader of LAvaroots Ensemble and Blend beautiful dancer at African dance class dancer from the Blend performance congas Peter plays congas at Blend show west african dance choreography dancers from the BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii dancers jump dancers from the BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Bata drumming at drum and dance performance on Big Island Ray Titus, Jesse Seymour and MIchael Pluznick on Bata MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming@ Blend Show on Big Island of Hawaii MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming@ Blend Show on Big Island of Hawaii #2 MIchael Pluznick djembe drumming@ Blend Show on Big Island of Hawaii West African dancers from Hawaii peform at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble performance dancers from the BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii michael Pluznick Michael Pluznick drummer from Blend show and Lavaroots ensemble poses with a small friend Michael Pluznick 2 Michael Pluznick drummer from Blend show and Lavaroots ensemble poses Joshua and Bruce Joshua and Bruce djembe djembe djembe BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii more djembe BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii west african dance BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii african dancers perform BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii drummer and dancer BLEND world percussion music and dance performance by Lavaroots Ensemble Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii Check out the beautiful photos by Bill Adams of the West African/ world drumming and dance performance at the Blend show by Lavaroots Ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii function startGallery_2() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_2″), { timed: true, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: true, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 5000, defaultTransition: “fade”, textShowCarousel: “Show/Hide Thumbnails” }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_2″).style.display = “block”; myGallery.toggleCarousel(); } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_2); Beautiful Balaphones Two balaphones large and small from Guinea West Africa Komoko Sano\’s compound in Guinea This was taken at the late great legendary Komoko Sano\’s compound in Merveilles section of Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. Taken with Nikon D90 digital camera
Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our recording session and play amazing music! Mali Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our recording session and play amazing music! Mali Young Guns session from the \”Young Guns\” CD field recording with Siaka Doumbia nad crew MP in Mali Michael Pluznick playing at wedding celebration outside of Bamako in Mali west Africa Baby naming party Siaka Doumbia and Young Guns crew perform live at a baby naming ceremony drum carver Our drum carver works hard all day in the sun and het on our new djembe drums in Bamako Mali West Africa mali, djembe, west african, west africa, world music, ethnic music, village drumming, didadee, bobo, djembe, master drummer, djembe fola Mali young guns djembe drumming recording session photo Mali Wedding MC the young master drummer plays dunun at Mali wedding party mali wedding ceremony more wedding photos and shots from Mali West Africa Grand Master Djembe Fola Aruna Grand Master Djembe Fola Aruna Sidibe listens to himself play on a recording \”Old Masters\” (available on earthcds.com) for the first time in Mali West Africa Brulye Mali champion Master drummer and my second teacher is named Brulye. He was Mali (Bamako city), champion of djembe drumming Didadee Didadee drummers from the village at a recordng session for Mali Music available on earthcds.com Didadee village drummers Didadee (Didadi) music from the village! Aruna Sidibe, Grand master djembe fola My djembe master is Aruna Sidibe 83 years old in Mali from the Music of Mali: Old Masters CD on erathcds.com Bobo drummers in Mali Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre, Bo Bo balaphone Bobo musicians in Mali play the balaphone, Bo Bo drummers in Mali Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre, Yagbe Onilu in Mali Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre, drum carver in Mali makes djembe drums for us Drum carver outside of Bamako Mali making a beautiful djembe drum Komoko Sano's daughter Komoko Sano's other daughter at Komoko Sanos compound in Guinea, West Africa Michael P in Amsterdam fest Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis Michael P in Amsterdam fest Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis ; http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/m… Aruna and Brulye teach Michael P Mendiani solo technique at a djembe class at Centre Togola in the Sabalibougou district of Bamako Mali. Music, song, djembe and dunun class and djembe lessons are held here every day of the week. If you want to study djembe in Mali, this is the place to go for a djembe lesson or african dance class. These guys and their students really play djembe well! Very [...] http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arunabrulye The Young Guns album was recorded at the community center directly outside the huge bustling market place in Sabalibougou, a small local district of Bamako. Siaka is the leader and premier soloist of this smaller group. He goes through a variety of popular yet traditional peices of djembe music as it is played by his age group in Bamako at weddings, ceremonies and group dance performances. This recording session is for the [...] http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali Didadi is a rhythm that can be used by young people to compete at festivals and celebrations. Didadi can be played for the expected arrival of an important person or at end-of-the-year holidays. Some say it originates from the Bougouni circle , of Mali’s Sikasso region. The didadi is also organized during the end of the year holidays. What many of us know as a dunun (double sided drum) is here called [...] Mali West African dance choreography. This piece is called Numu Foly (the black smith dance). This video is from the series West African (Mal)i Dance, Drums and Chants #8. And is from my African drum and dance lessons in Bamako, Mali, West Africa. http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali This is part #2 of my african drum lesson and djembe class deep in the Mali West African heat. I am trying to remember..and recite for my master djembe teacher, “Old Master” Aruna Sidibe… everything Aruna has taught me in the prior 2 and 1/2 months for this one piece! I pull it off, but just barely!! To see how it is really played go to my SUNU post on Youtube! Thanks [...] http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali I have received so much mail asking who was who and what was what, I put this video together with answers for you..It has captions and information on whose who and what is what in many of my videos! Please click on the link in blue to take you to the earthcds.com Mali page where you can listen to 4 of my different CD’s for free, or order them there as well. [...] Sumba Togola from Mali West Africa performs live African chants and dance with her amazing group of traditional Didadee musicians and drummers . This is an excerpt from the new CD, “Didadee Music of Mali” available on www.earthcds.com. Enter:mali, enter: didadee The music for this CD was made at Centre Togola, the local community center, run by director Kareem Togola. It is located outside Sabalibougou. ‘Bougou’ means ‘village’ in Bambara language, although it is located in a city district inside a bustling market place on the outskirts of Bamako, Mali, West Africa. The community center houses local dancers, drummers and musicians, most of whom play in the center’s award-winning group. Many famous district groups [...] Mali djembe drumming on west african style djembes drums and west african dance at it’s highest level is shown at this baby naming celebration and community drum and dance gathering. “MC” on lead cow skin djembe. Filmed near bamako, Mali west africa, a beautiful jembe jam, showing the best djembe players Mali West Africa Young Guns Djembe Drummers called the “young Guns” meet the Cambodian jungle temples in a combination of djembe music and photo collage from Cambodian sacred temple and wats The djembe drumming and dunun playing and drummers are from from Bamako, Mali, West Africa and are drum masters, too. The music for this video can be heard or bought at : www.earthcds.com. Go to the Mali section and you will see, [...] |
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