
Well folks, it is finally here! After a very long road of playing, videoing, shooting, editing and re editing I am very excited to let you all know that my all new DVD, “How To Play Djembe” Volume 1 is now available at X8drums.com. It is over 1 hour and 40 minutes long and covers every possible aspect of how to play the djembe! [...]

I will be teaching an intensive, intermediate to advanced small group djembe and dunun workshop for a limited number of people in Ubud, Bali. We will meet daily and cover some very nice pieces I learned in my travels to Guinee and Mali West Africa such as Mali style Sunu in 4/4 with opening and closing interlude breaks, traditional solo phrases and techniques and dunun arrangements for one or several players. I will be [...]
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)
There are many different ways to learn drums. Some people prefer an intellectual approach, to understand the breakdown or math of the part or pattern on the drum. The beats and dividing the beats. This is a western approach that really works for some people.
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These type of learners can not learn unless they first understand how the pattern is set up with numbers. This is not my [...]
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#1 in a series: This is my best quality High Definition video yet! If your computer is fast enough, press the HD button, You can still watch it in regular format as well! This video was shot at a Dununba (aka dundunba) community celebration and dnace party I attended in Conakry, Guinea West Africa while I was studying with the late great Komoko Sano at his compound. I am installing it in [...]
filmed on Koh Samui Island in Thailand . This is part 2 with music by Michael Pluznick from the CD Rythym Intergration. This tune is called, “Bata Kuku Songo and features a fusion of west african and afro cuban drumming and music styles.
80+ year old Grand Master Mali Djembe Master Aruna Sidibe shows us all how to play Doundounba, Marakadon. For more information go to earthcds.com
I often hear people, friends and students complain that they can not play as fast as they would like to. Watch any video of the top players in Africa or Cuba play and it is truly amazing. How do they do it? A key to playing fast is playing relaxed. This does not mean “sleepy” it means “tension less”. Some people can relax or play with tension easier then others. There are mental aspects [...]
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flowers and nature in Thailand
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flowers and nature in Thailand
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asian architecture
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asian architecture
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flowers and nature of thailand
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fresh veggies in market at Paragon shoping center bangkok Thailand
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traditional drum statue in bangkok park
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sunset at Pattay Beach Thailand, 2 hr drive from Bangkok. Farangs love this beach resort city
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Thailand, 2 hr drive from Bangkok. Farangs love this beach resort city
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Thailand, 2 hr drive from Bangkok. Farangs love this beach resort city
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Thailand, 2 hr drive from Bangkok. Farangs love this beach resort city
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Thailand, 2 hr drive from Bangkok. Farangs love this beach resort city
This is a new video of Mediani drum, dance and chants made in Bamako Mali West Africa. It sounds almost identical to Guinea (Guinee) style mendiani as well. Dancers and singers (Ami Doumbia left and Malodone right) from the award winning Santogoula community center and local group in the Sabalibougou district of Bamako chant traditional songs and perform traditional based West African dance choreography in Bamako, Mali while accompanied by Aruna, Brulye, Siaka [...]
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