I just wanted to let everyone know we have recently launched our website for 'Aboubacar Camara and Doundounba Music & Dance', <http://www.doundounba.ca/>...
Doundounba Music & Da...
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Sep 1, 2002 5:41 pm
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Abalaye African Dance Ensemble, presents West African Drum and Dance Workshop with Master Drummer Mamady Keita and Master Dancer Moustapha Bangoura of Guinea,...
Bayette Davis-Diassy
bayima@...
Sep 1, 2002 5:42 pm
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Mamady Keita - St. Louis Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2002 Time: 6:00PM - 9:30PM GMT Special Annual Djembe...
djembe-l@yahoogroups....
Sep 1, 2002 6:02 pm
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LUNA RHYTHMS Productions PRESENTS: WOMONWALK: pathways to transformation Saturday, September 28, 2002 8am--10pm 111 S. College Ave., Claremont, CA...
hi Staphane and hi Lennart, loosen skin has longer base. if i tight it, i loose the bass time, but still gets the bass if hit real hard. the hi-pitch stretegy...
I have been out of class for a month or so. Class starts Wed.=;-] once again. What are good tools I can use to encourage me to practice/play/improve. THANKS ...
Stephan
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Sep 2, 2002 4:15 pm
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Hi Mac, You might try sanding the head with 80 grit sandpaper on a wooden block, being carefull to go easy on the rim and heavier on the center. I've found ...
Walter Alter
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Sep 3, 2002 2:20 am
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Hi Stephan, I've found that practising to latin salsa CD's has helped me considerably. Also there are many rhythm box programs out there that you can make...
Walter Alter
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Sep 3, 2002 2:22 am
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Thanks, Bill,...I gather your Remo Djembe isnt the mylar, kids model.. mine is & I'm just getting used to it. No attempts to more than get strikes down. Soon,...
oneuee999@...
Sep 3, 2002 2:22 am
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dear Walter, I have dressed the linseed oil onto the wood. and i use bothe the johnson johnson's baby oil and the shea butter to the skin. this is still a...
Walter said ... This surprised me given that 'most everyone says "don't ever put oil on a djembe head!!". Maybe it's commoner than I suppose? Interested to...
Be damn careful about rags or cloth or paper soaked in linseed oil - and open containers. That stuff can spontaneously combust.Dont toss them in a pile or lay...
I've never heard of open containers of linseed oil spontaneously combusting in 40 years of woodworking. Oily rags are a problem only if you let them pile up...
Walter Alter
limejello@...
Sep 4, 2002 2:40 am
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i drum so hard to get the good sound like i heard in the Alan Dousky's How to Play DJembe CD. Slap is now OK to me.. but still the Tone is still to woody. just...
I don't suggest boiled linseed oil at all. It is the best for wood in my opinion compared to say tung oil. But Shea butter is the only thing I put on a skin. I...
Michael Goude
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Sep 4, 2002 2:41 am
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... compared ... oil? ... I like linseed oil because it dries eventually, tho remains flexible, & creates a moisture barrier in the skin. They do soak up...
Walter Alter
limejello@...
Sep 4, 2002 2:42 am
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Africans use shea butter and nothing else. Michael www.earthtribepercussion.com [Moderator's Note: Why reinvent the wheel? -hs]...
Michael Goude
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Sep 4, 2002 2:43 am
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... Hi Denis, I don't know what the oil tabu is all about. My take is that oil keeps the head flexible and keeps water out so that you don't get as much...
Walter Alter
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Sep 4, 2002 2:43 am
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Hi All, Just to let you all know that there will be a Drum Circle in the Elightenment Wellness Center, located at 1130 North Broadway, N. Massapequa NY 11758. ...
Greetings: Sometimes, with my busy schedule, I don't get all the listings for your West African drum circles posted to our Djembe-L FAQ, in a timely manner. ...
the sound is more solid after i oil the skin with the shea butter (and sometime baby oil... just a try in the manner of economic, local Body Shop sells shea...
Hi drummers, the Regenbogenfabrik in Berlin organize a international youth meeting in Poland and Berlin. Participants are from Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland...
dar.na
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Sep 4, 2002 10:53 am
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Can somebody tell me what is "shea" in spanish? I´m triying to translate but itsn´t in the dictionary. It´s a comercial name? Thankyou...
Horacio Suarez
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Sep 4, 2002 11:27 pm
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imho choosing an oil is like choosing a wood for barbeque. Each location desires what in their location is available and works. I haven't used linseed but...
Forgive me if this is a duplicated posting, but I don't seem to be seeing my comments and just adjusted something on my settings to try again. All I wanted to...
Hello everyone, I'm new to this list, and I have a few questions. I've been playing for quite awhile, although not really with traditional techniques. Anyway,...
Sorry, I don't know the spanish word for "shea", but in West-Africa it's called "Carité" (French), which means - of course - charity. Nice name - and it is...
I'm using a leather creme conditioner, (Eagle One Brand, used to maitains cars leather interiors) to keep my Djembe head soundig good and has worked for me. It...
