Congrats Pete, driving the whole room into trance should rank up there with your best peak experiences. I dig the Doumbek although I play mine more like Baba Oulitunji of West Africa. I love how you can put your fist into it an make the sound like the large Tabla, Boooooooumph. I also have a small Djimbe that is just a little bigger than my Doumbek but shares a lot of the tonal qualities just a little deeper.
I dated an Egyptian girl who grew up belly dancing. She was a somewhat religious Moslem and I am ...well... not so much. People used to ask me all the time what we had to talk about. I always used to answer the same way .... whoooooooos taaaaaaaalk'n! Belly dancing should be mandatory in all school curriculums. High five on the gig man and for helping a good cause! (promoting belly dancing and, oh yeah, that cancer thing) --- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- boo_lives <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Robert > > Gimbel" <babajii_99@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister > > <no_reply@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not a drummer, just "play" drums (mostly > > electronic: > > > > a couple of Roland and Casio[!] pads, and > > Alesis4 module) for fun > > > and > > > > relaxation. > > > > > > > > Lately, been quite frustrated because I don't > > > > seem to able to keep the rhythm as "accurate" > > (not really) > > > > as used to. Well, let's say, it's been even more > > inaccurate > > > > than it used to. > > > > > > > > This morning, right after my morning (duh!) > > session, when > > > > was still sitting cross-legged on my bed, I > > started tapping > > > > some improvised, syncopated rhythm on my knees, > > with the palms of > > > my > > > > hands. Was quite surprised, because could, IMO, > > keep tha rhythm > > > > much more "accurate" than been the case, lately. > > :0 > > > > > > Recently, having been involved with a Shaman, it > > seems they use the > > > steady drum beat of the drum, to go into trance; > > > So, I would suggest to be completely effortless > > with the drum, as the > > > Indians do in their native drum circles. > > > This is so powerful, because it is like the primal > > sound of the earth. > > > And these cultures were very grounded, and moved > > freely about with > > > the earthly spirits, as well, as the Heavenly > > Ones. > > > r.g. > > > > Yeah, and your first 9 months were spent floating > > around listening to > > the steady beat of your mother's heart - no wonder > > drumming is so > > powerful. > > I've completely shifted from my drum set to the > doumbek (middle eastern hand drum). In fact I'm having > my first professional gig this Saturday night at an > American Cancer Society fundraiser. I'm playing along > with two other drummers and a belly dancer. Should be > fun. > > I love the middle Eastern rhythms (favorites are > Saiidi , Malfouf, and Bambi). When you're playing with > good drummers you can enter a huge transcendent space. > All sorts of tones and rhythms can be heard (that > nobody is playing)inside the rhythms. People usually > check their cell phones thinking that they're > producing the sounds. > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time > with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news >
