I had the opportunity to build a custom drum for a man that designed a beautiful app called Piti Piti Pa. The app is a learning tool for students of West African Rhythms. It’s basically a library of traditional rhythms broken up by drum – shows notation – and has tempo adjustment… I’ll talk about […]
Let me start by saying that this is one heck of a lesson series.? It is still in it’s early stages, only 4 rhythms put out to date, however the potential is here for a great resource on the djembe vocabulary. Tasumakan is taught by Paddy Cassidy, a djembefola from America who specializes in Malian-style […]
So important but often overlooked by drummers and woodworkers alike is hearing protection.? I can’t stress enough how much you need to protect your ears.? Drumming produces extremely high SPL (Sound Pressure Levels) which will damage your hearing over time.? Machines in the woodworking shop create levels up to 110db and sometimes more.? Anything over […]
