Hey, Peyman, My friend... good to "hear" from you... thanks for the welcome. Allee From: "Peyman Nasehpour" Subject: Welcome Allee Dear Allee, Hand Drumming...
Dear Friends, This is jus to inform you that I am supposed to play in Freistadt Percussion Festival in Freistadt/Austria: Workshops' Date and Time: Fr, 7.5.04...
Greetings and Happy Spring to all the hand drummers out there!
May is here, and many of us are pulling out our festival gear in preparatio= n for some...
Hi all, Has anyone heard of or registered for a drum workshop with Edwina Lee Tyler. The event is scheduled for May 22, 2004 at University of Connecticut in...
For those that missed my earlier workshop at Beltane Brouhaha and did not know the class was going to be different, then you are in for a special treat. Come...
The Rhythmic Arts Project Summer Benefit … July 11th. 3pm until 9pm. Girls Inc. Foothill Blvd. Carpinteria There will be a community drum circle at 3o'clock...
Hi people, We recently released a new series of Reading and Theory courses for Drum & Percussion on video and Dvd. Check them out at: www.drumrhythms.com We...
We are pleased to announce that Mary Ellen Donald Nationally acclaimed author, instructor, and performer in Middle Eastern Percussion now has a website. Please...
Hi all; I have come a'round robin to a special place in the Northern Catskills, as many of the people in my circles have been asking for a special weekend...
Aloha Drummers, Dancers and Friends-You are invited to save $100 off registration for the Hawaii Rhythm Village 2004! Register and Pay in Full prior to May...
Greetings, Every Monday we meet for an open Drumcircle in Norfolk Virginia. This is an on going event and has met every week for the past five years. Many of...
Aloha & Namaste Everyone: This is the announcement that our dear friend Eddie Tuduri has put together & we're helping to pass this on. Hope to see all of you...
The Rhythmic Arts Project Summer Benefit … July 11th. 3pm until 9pm. Girls Inc. Foothill Blvd. Carpinteria There will be a community drum circle at 3o'clock...
Greetings, I am fairly new to this list. I live in rural Southwestern New Mexico (formerly from Santa Cruz, CA), and play/ teach/ perform frame drums (tar,...
Hello all I have recently made a hoop style drum out of stretched hide. it played great for a day or two but now it buzzes every time I strike it with the...
Hi, I bought an Indian khol drum today at a 10,000 Villages store. I've wanted one of these for years -- it's a two-headed drum made of clay, with a tiny...
The skin is most likely touching the flat surface of the hoops inner/upper edge. Some people shove a thin piece of leather thong in between the skin and the ...
Greetings Stormbear and ALL! ... Buzzing is usually the result of the "bearing edge" of the shell where the skin almost touches it. So that when the head...
Yes Jim, there is a website that can help and here is the link: http://www.chantandbehappy.com/drum/. The khol can play tabla curriculum with some changes...
Hi .. my name is Kathleen, and I am in Toronto. I'm new to drumming in the last few months but sure caught the bug! Is anyone else here from Ontario? Always...
Thank you, I will try the leather lifter fix first. I will also know to round out my edge next time. thank you every one who helped me out. Thanks, Stormbear ...
Hi Kathleen, I'm about as far away from T.O. as you can get and still be in Canada, so no help there. Also I've only been to a couple of drum circles (one of...
Hey, experts, My ashiko is VERY resonant -- too much so. The bass reverberates like crazy, and slaps and open tones can be almost painfully ringy. I've fiddled...
Possibly.....it's difficult to say for sure......the skin on the head is too thick, like a conga. The more mass in motion then the more there is such a thing ...
Cut a small piece off weather stripping (1/2" to an 1") and stick it on the underside of the head. Expirement with size and placement. There is 1 message in...
Layne Redmond frame drumming events in California July 2004 July 8, at 7 pm, Layne will be at the Gateways Bookstore, Santa Cruz, CA, celebrating the release...
Hi George, Thanks for the reply. It's not a thin-skin issue -- the head skin is like (heavy) paper. I thought that was part of the problem and was thinking of...