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  • Mali Africa Djembe Drummers meet Cambodian Jungle Temple

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBcpu9kolww 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… Read More »

  • Beach and African (Afro Cuban) Orisha Chant “HD” in Thailand

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnSRWJF0V50 Thailand beaches and traditional African (Afro Cuban) Orisha chants shot  in Thailand. The Afro Cuban chant is by Santeria (Santaria) Orisha priest Pedro De Jesus. World music, world jazz, world beat music and photos by Michael Pluznick. Shot on canon g11 compact digital camera. “HD” high definition Read More »

  • Barabajaba: “Rise Up ” HD Crystal Beach, World Percussion Music

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK0u5Z4gCrM Shot by MIchael Pluznick at Crystal Bay Beach on the beautiful isalnd of Koh Samui  in Thailand, one of the most clear clean waters around. African (Afro Cuban) Preyer , chant and invocation by maestro Pedro De Jesus. Set to world drumming and world percussion by Barabajaba. “HD” high definition shot on Canon D7. Read More »

  • survival skills

    In my time I have seen everything happen at playing sessions. From people breakdown crying, to fist  fights. Drumming, as we all know being incredibly theraputic, can bring  out both the best and worst in people, or at least some deep rooted “stuff”. It is important to know when to communicate and also how to.… Read More »

  • Master drummer Brulye shows how to play lead for Diansa (Danza/Djansa)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouhby_UsUsc Master drummer Brulye shows how to play lead for Diansa (Danza/Djansa). Filmed outside Bamako, Mali West Africa. The music for this session is available as a CD on www.earthcds.com. Go to the Mali section and enter”old Masters” or “young Guns”. This is the sister video to my Mali Diansa video on Youtbe. The other… Read More »

  • Silence the inner critic

    Silencing the inner critic. For most of us when we are drumming , practicing and playing we are playing to an imaginary critic. Often this critic is saying, “you are not good enough”. I have learned over the years to simply not pay attention to the critic or whatever negative images or feelings that may… Read More »

  • Barabajaba World Percussion Ensemble with Yoga Beach Slide Show

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9NgDZQgSo Barabajaba World Percussion Ensmeble:  from the new CD, “Rise UP’ produced by Michael Pluznick with co composer percussion master Jesse Seymour from the Big Island of Hawaii. This tune is entitled, “Marineiro” and was filmed at the legenday and very beautiful Yoga Beach on Koh Samui  Island, Thailand, World Percussion and Music chants on… Read More »

  • street musicians play from their hearts in Bangkok

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxl2GoJs9lU Street musicians in Thailand. Young boy plays balaphone like marimba instrument on the street. Older man plays home made stringed instrument on the streets of bangkok, thailand. Read More »

  • Leave your ego at the door please..

    Don’t let your ego in the way of making you a great drummer. A great freind and teacher  used to tell us before class. “Leave your ego at the door”. When we come together to drum, to learn or to play together it is important we come with respect for each other no matter what… Read More »

  • How to Play African Djembe and Dununs: Konowoulen 1 Sangban

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR-qdijuXrs How to play  djembe and dunun drums by Michael Pluznick, a student of Bolokda Conde.  West African drumming from Guinea, West Africa. “Dununba”: Konolwoulen 1 sangban part with “movement” (eshauffman) Read More »

  • Guinea West African drum lesson:”Sobonikun” sangbam part

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr29lBUH6X0 Excerpts from Guinea West African drum class and djembe lesson by Michael Pluznick. Sobonikun is a mask dance. This is the sangban (dunun) part that was taught to me by master djembe drummer Bolokada Conde (of Les Percussion du Guinea). Different then the Mamady Keita version. Also known as Sogonikun in Mali a mask… Read More »

  • “Miles Dean” World Jazz Music w/Orchids and Flowers of Thailand Part#1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Wl9hepTtw Orchids, nature, clouds and more set to world music and world jazz by percussionist, photographer and composer Michael Pluznick, with friends Bill Ortiz *(from Santana) on trumpet and co composer Joel Lindheimer on guitar. Read More »

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