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[ricedream]

Things I've recently been inspired by:

Alix Olson

The Rainbow Gathering

Hand Drumming (download the whole guide, then read pages 75-77, "Essay on Community" -incredible and awesome

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

and Peaches -wow.

'Excellent.

Comments

[potentialtoburn]

Like sex on the beaches,
What else is in the teaches of peaches? huh? what?

are you learning african or cuban? or??

[ricedream]

cuban and haitian, i think.
i mostly just do what they tell me. -they're all very precise rhythms, with little deviation. the magic is in the accurate alignment of all the different rhythms, since everyone plays a different one.

(i'm considering becoming a rock n' roll drummer for a grrrl band. it's been a long time coming. i'm hoping to start with some kind of drumming lessons once i get to nyc. isn't this all so exciting!?)

[potentialtoburn]

>rock'n'roll drummer
ha! awesome. i play a bit, and i wish i had a space to smash them. i could get electronic drums... but no.. it kills the spirit of it.

i have that huge, expensive djembe sitting in my basement... not getting used. hmmm.

[ricedream]

hmmm... indeed.

[potentialtoburn]

heh, it's the same drum that i was playing when we met!

[ricedream]

that's pretty f*ckin' cosmic.

(grin)