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Unity of the drum-Empowering ourselves and others through music and drumming
Where Words Fail, Drumming Speaks Let me share something with you that resonates deeply in my heart: where words fall Read More »
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Why Play And Practice Traditional Hand Drumming Styles?
Why Practice Repetitive Parts, Patterns, and Traditional Drumming Styles? Have you ever wondered why it’s essential to dive into repetitive Read More »
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Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone= Positive Growth
If you want to improve your drumming and expand your abilities then it is important to play and practice to Read More »
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Western Instruments vs West African Drums
Why will people put the time, energy and attention into learning how to play a flute, piano or guitar properly Read More »
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Respecting Those That Came Before Us
It’s important to acknowledge and respect those that came before us in any form of musical endeavor we are part Read More »
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The Djembe Drum And Conga Drum is a real musical instrument and not a toy!
Did you know that in Europe in many places when the percussion masters perform thousands of people pay to come Read More »
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Let’s Drop Discouragement!
Lets drop discouragement When I was at the last Wula Drum And Dance Retreat several people mentioned to me that Read More »
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How To Solo On Djembe
Want to learn to solo on your djembe drum? Play accompaniment. It is not a penalty to play accompaniment. Accompaniment Read More »
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The Root System
The Root System. When learning and playing hand drums such as djembe and conga drums, It’s great and very important Read More »
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Playing With The Great Armando Peraza in the Haight Ashbury Music Center
Playing with Armando Perrazza 38 years ago I got my dream job which was to be the percussion salesman at Read More »
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Crawl before you walk
Crawl before your walk, walk before you run, play slowly before your play fast. In drumming like anything in life Read More »
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Here are my “top ten” suggestions for maintaining a wonderful vibe, having fun and just plain surviving when drumming at open or large jam sessions.
Here are my “top ten” suggestions for maintaining a wonderful vibe, having fun and just plain surviving when drumming at Read More »
