Month: February 2010
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Epic international drum jam on Khao San Road Bangkok, Thailand
Last night there was an epic drum jam on Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand. There were drummers from all across the globe! We got permission to play right in front of the police station because “King”, the local police chief is a big fan of Eddie Tamba our Liberian master of ceremonies and djembe… Read More »
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How to buy a used conga drum, which drum is best?
Here are some tips on and about buying a used conga drum. Read More »
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Small Child Practices West African Dance Moves
4 year old girl learns and practices traditional dance steps for Konkoba Guinee style West African Dance at Bolokada Conde rehearsal in Oakland , California. Konkoba is in 9/8 time and a very hard dance to perform or learn! Read More »
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Mali grand masters!!! djembe class with Brulye and Aruna: Mendiani
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… Read More »
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Mali: sweet Didadi music, drums and beautiful chants!
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… Read More »
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Amazing! Dazling Young child djembe SUPER STAR player solos at show : AMAZING!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arunabrulye An amazing 6 year old child djembe drummer solos at Guinee, West African “Spectac” (big show in Conakry, Guinea). Music similar to this and other similar high quality digitaly recorded audio recordings I did in Mali are now available for sale: http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali Read More »
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Djembe solo “konkoba-dununba” Bolokada Conde
Djembe Fola (master drummer) Bolokada Conde shows us his amazingly smooth technique soloing on his arrangement of Konkoba dununba in Oakdland California circa 2004 Read More »
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“How to play drums”: Afro Brasilian drum class : “Cabocolo” in Bahia
http://www.myspace.com/rhythmsofbarab… How to play drums and percussion: Afro Braisilan, (Afro Brazilian) ethnic drum class on traditional hand drumming taught to me in Bahia, Brasil. Maestro Bira teaches Michael Pluznick and Boaz Hashimoto Martin (co founders of Barababaja) the very tricky, unusual and often misinterpreted Cobocolo rhythm piece as played in Bahia, Brazil (Brasil. Brasil: Cabocolo… Read More »
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Female African Dancers Drum and Solo w/ djembe master Bolokada
http://www.myspace.com/rhythmsofbarab… Female West African dancers from Guinea West Afrcan and Oakland California drum and solo with Master drummer (djembe fola) Bolokada Conde performs with his group Les Percussions Melenke in Bolinas, California. The first piece with dancers is “Mane”, from Guinea West Africa. Read More »
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M and M in Bed! More Funny Found Percussion Pt.2!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlDnFhUYJN8 M and M explore found objects and home made percussion instruments in the bedroom. See how many different found objects you can recognise! CLICK THIS LINK TO HEAR OR BUY OUR NEW CD: http://www.myspace.com/rhyt… http://www.reverbnation.com Read More »
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what to use if you do not have a drum (bucket)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iULsxkom4fo Michael P demonstrates what to do when you don’t have a dunun or conga..use a bucket. MP shows 3 different ways to play 6/8 beats on his cheap yellow bucket drum! Stcik and hand technique. Read More »
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Masters of Djembe#4: Dancer, Jaques Pt.2 &Dunun solo!! In “HD”!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arunabrulye Jaques comes back for his second solo in this all star djembe fola-young masters video form Conakry Guinee West Africa. Please check out part two of the traditional male african dancer and the remarkable dunun solo as well!! I made this durring my 2nd study tour of West Africa where I met and played… Read More »