Earlier this year my nephew (who lives in Dali, China) told me about an ancient Chinese tradition that essentially combines rap music with bone playing. I am...
Hey Fellow Bone Heads, This bone board has been way too quiet this past year. The last few messages are from me - and I don't even like to write. But I have...
That's great, Scott! I know there is a centuries-old Spanish tradition of slate bones -- in Spain the bones might be made of wood, slate, broken dishes, or...
After playing my own, hand carved, vegetarian bones for 25 years, I finally have a set of bone bones. I'm happier than a pig in mud. Thanks to Scott Miller...
About the fragility of slate -- I have a (not explicitly documented) sense from my reading that slate and crockery and roof-tiles were used as bones in spain...
Mike I made some mighty quick bone rib bones from the smaller ribs toward the back of the cow. Cut them short too, about 6 inches or maybe less. They go as...
Johnny Muise, a bone player from Nova Scotia, told a story of how he learned to play the bones from a traveling construction worker. They were putting slate on...
Hey Mike, Thank you for the rib bones endorsement! I saw some hollowed out rib bones at the Bones Fest IX Marketplace in Chattanooga a couple years back. Don't...
Mike, Since obsidian is essentially glass, I would be wary of trying it as a raw material for musical bones. The material flakes razor sharp. Around a thousand...
The Spanish connection makes sense to me, Jonathan. In their 1996 "Santiago" album, Paddy Molony of the Chieftains talks in the liner notes about the ancient...
I'm with you Scott, more bones talk...and listening too. I posted an idea a few months back about a compilation CD project of members recordings. Well, that...
So far, only one hand. But I'll definitely take this as a challenge Who wants to see that vid? : ) -Bob Jeez! I didn't think I have to work so much on biking...
Get caught on tape hitting a parked car or pole while playing bones and make it on America's Funniest Videos. "No bones were harmed in the making of this...
Great idea, Mike. An appearance on AFV might even make bone playing a fad again! I am sure Bob would not mind risking life and limb for the cause. Seriously...
I think we all would like to see someone take on the task of producing a compilation CD of RBS member recordings. Bone playing is as much visual as it is...
When I originally found rhythmbones.com I was super excited to see all the activity. Checking out the bios page I wanted to hear everybody listed there, learn...
Bob, If you get a chance to attend, I think you would love the Rhythm Bones Society's annual Bones Fest. It will be packed with people just like you. Bones...
Okay. I figured a first step is adding some links to the multimedia folder. So, I stuck in that great vid of Dom Flemons and Rowan Corbett. Then mentioned on...
I don't know why, but this post of Bob Wagner's made me think about the possibility of putting clips (either audio or audio-video) of each of us playing bones...
No better way to support my opinions here than getting off my butt and joining the RBS. I admit, I'm not a member. Shame. I'm sending in my $25 this weekend....
Hello To all who are reading, The "chalkiness" you describe most likely comes from the bones being bleached in an actual solution of department store bleach....
Hi Dan, Thank you for explaining about the effects of (chlorine) bleached bones. That is an interesting (and seemingly simple) process you describe with...
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