Get Djembe Tracks from Amazon [African Drumming]
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 |I’m an African drumming fan, and I have found that you can download more tracks from Amazon. Here are some that I have found.
Archive for the ‘Drumming’ Category
Moving Drumming Files [Drumstuff]
Sunday, May 25th, 2008 |I am currently in the processing of moving files from Box.net to another location. Some djembe and dunun rhythms may be unavailable for a short time!
Sorry about that folks!
Kuku Nailed Me!
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 |My arm hurts… my shoulders hurt. I was so eager to play it - “Oh, I remember that… it looked fun,” I said.
After Kelvin ramped up the practice pace I thought my arm was going to fall off. The djembe players had no problems - it was just the tone-slap warm up… the speed of the kinkine rhythm almost killed me.
Two days later I’m wearing pain patches on my shoulders.
Ouch!
Drumming Again
Monday, March 17th, 2008 |
Well we’ve been at it again - another concert and it was fun, even though we got rained out.
It was done in conjunction with a local music school at Queenstown - Fingerwerkz… so I decided that I would do a time-lapse video. The first part is the Fingerwerkz kids - really cute, and the second part is the drumming group. I added some music to make it all a bit interesting. I got inspired by a post on LifeHacker for the time-lapse video thing.
I took all the photos and threw them into Windows Movie Maker at 0.375 seconds per image. It turned a 1.5 hour event into a 4+ minute overview (over 800 images, however). I’m pleased with the results, and now I have an excuse to go and buy a 4 megapixel webcam for next time! (LOL - insert wicked laugh here and watch DH cringe!)
Check out the video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmzTtM0DRfg
Attention All Drummers
Monday, September 17th, 2007 |I’m moving the files… note the links below.
Soli Lent - Solo
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 |
For all those wanting the recordings, here they are.
- Soli Lent Solo recording in full
[Without dununs - large file MP3] - Soli Lent Solo - recording in parts:
- Part 1 (single repeat)
- Part 2
- Parts 1 and 2 together
- Soli Lent Djembe Accompaniment 1
Can you hear the (djembe) drums Fernando
Monday, August 13th, 2007 |Lila Drums was written about in PiliPala Magazine (new Singapore magazine), and it featured a photo of Erik, Cheryl and I, as well as another photo of a group shot of students in the August issue!
Comment posted by ozlady
at 8/14/2007 10:29:20 AM
Stacy… yeah it is pretty kewl! Thanks for the congrats!
Comment posted by ozlady
at 8/14/2007 10:27:30 AM
Cheryl - will do!
Comment posted by Stacy
at 8/14/2007 8:40:45 AM
Very cool- Congratulations!
Comment posted by Cheryl
at 8/14/2007 2:41:57 AM
Cool! Bring it with you next time we get together!
Drumming All Over The World
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 |Recently LadyT commented on my post to Djembe Enthusiasts - she was curious about djembe playing in London, and seemed surprised when I said that it was quite popular in a number of places around the world, including the UK.
There are a number of resources available internationally for the djembe community, and most of them have some reference online, so I will attempt to post all my bookmarks and links here, by country, to give you an idea of what is available. There are a number of enthusiasts that do this better than me, and I will try and include them as well.
General Resources
- RhythmWeb - RhythmWeb Drum Circles
An excellent international resource for all things rhythmic. The Drum circles link that I have provided above has links to resources around the globe - including places to obtain instruments and places to learn to play them. - X8 Drum Circle Blog
Tips and information on how to buy and play your drum - International Drum Circle Listings
UK / London
There are information, short courses and workshops available for the djembe:
- Gamelan and Djembe-based Short Courses and other events
Kingston University, London - Caravansary
Drum Circles, workshops and drumming events - ACTIVE RHYTHMOLOGY
Corporate events, education, workshops - UK Djembe Teachers
- Drum Roots - Manchester, UK
USA
- US Drum Circles
Includes links to teachers and other drumming resources - Pennsylvania Drum Classes
- San Diego Drum Circles
(some are defunct, but some are still going - has meet up information, etc) - Village Music - California
Europe
- Bar and Boos
Drum circle in Holland
I will update as I find more. If you have a drum circle you want a link to, please add it in the comments section and I will update this post.
Kuku with Syncopation
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 |
OK - it got tricky on Friday… but here the solo is up to the syncopation:
- With Dununs (up to the syncopated bit) MP3
- The First Off-Beat Solo Technique (MP3) Single
- The First Off-Beat Solo Technique (MP3) Repeated x 4
- The First Off-Beat Solo Technique (MP3) Repeated x 4 with Bell
More to come - I am splitting the files up now.
Comment posted by Cuckoo
at 8/1/2007 4:27:49 AM
Ohh Stephanie,
Whenever you do this Kuku thing, I always feel like you are talking about me. Sounds similar. 
Comment posted by ozlady
at 8/1/2007 4:50:51 AM
Hey Cuckoo - totally understand. Unfortunately I can’t change the rhythm name… but we should be done with it by the end of the month… and to be frank - this Kuku rhythm is driving me cuckoo… something you don’t do!!!
Djembe Level 3 Warm Up Rhythm
Friday, March 10th, 2006 |
Hey guys… ain’t it great to be back!!??
Anyway, I’ve started writing up what we did last night… and you guys started the week before. Very sorry I missed it.
Let me know if you have it written differently.
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