Stomp in an apartment. Okay, some of it is staged, remixed, edited but it’s the ideas and spirit that count. Great stuff. [via wimp.com]

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An Old Sound in Harlem Draws New Neighbors’ Ire Wow, the complexity of living in New York. So many issues all wrapped up in a tight ball here: tradition, cultural heritage, the evolution of a neighborhood, the right to quiet in one’s home. [via Bill Lynn]

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My 93 year old mother saw this last night. Raved about it. The trailer made me cry. Twice. Looks fantastic. Drumming too. What could be bad? [via Frances Wanderman]

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Musical Furnishings Wow, a table made of modular drums. Fantastic. Watch the videos. [via David Darling]

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Very nice montage of a variety of drums, mostly middle eastern dumbeks, tars, riqs and more, all being played by one person (Rex) and in time with one another. Love it.

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Buddy Miles, Hendrix Drummer, Dies I saw Hendrix, Miles, and Billy Cox at The Hollywood Bowl and they were so good, the second band, The Allman Brothers almost didn’t come on. It was historic.

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Hilarious. [via Steve Korn]

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This is a very nice video of Marla using two frame drums, freestyle. We took a workshop from Marla a month ago, it was fantastic. She has great energy, very nice teaching style as well.

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Ed Shaughnessy vs. Buddy Rich Drum Battle on Johnny Carson. Wow, great stuff.

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David Kuckhermann instructs on playing two frame drums. Excellent instruction, great technique.

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Irvington, New York. Anne and I went to a frame drum workshop led by Marla Leigh, a well known performer and teacher from California. There were a dozen of us crammed into the living room of one of the students, all frame drum skill levels although many with serious music backgrounds and some with dumbek [...]

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I was reading an old New Yorker and noticed that I’d missed the tabla player Suphala at Joe’s Pub in New York in August but here she is on NPR. Fascinating story and an excellent player.

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Layne Redmond gives an excellent tambourine or riq lesson. This is is an excellent video lesson, worth spending some tme with.

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Lori Cotler sings konnakol* Glen Velez drums, Symphony Space, NY. * slang name: Indian beatboxing

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Glen Velez using a Cooperman Glen Velez model tar teaching finger rolls and snapping at a workshop.

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Masmoudi is a middle eastern rhythm usually played on dumbek or tar but can be played on any drum. I’m using Glen Velez’s notation system. Here I’ve listed three variations of it: Three-beat Masmoudi || D-D-D-TK D-TKTKT TKTKT -TK || Masmoudi sigir || D-D-TKTKT D-TKTKT TKTKT -TK || Soft Masmoudi || D-TK D-TK D-TKTT D-TKTT [...]

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Malfouf is a middle eastern rhythm usually played on dumbek or tar but can be played on any drum. I’m using Glen Velez’s notation system. || 1&2&3&4& || || DKK TKK TK || A variation would be to repeat the above pattern 3 times and then add this ornament at the end: || DDT- || [...]

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Chiftiteli is a middle eastern rhythm usually played on dumbek or tar but can be played on any drum. I’m using Glen Velez’s notation system. || DD-TKT D-TKT TKD TKD TKT TKD-T || Note: This rhythm is similar to baladi, just drop the second part and add a TK bridge or connector. || DD-TKT D-TKT [...]

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Walking Macsoum is a simple middle eastern rhythm played on dumbek or tar or any drum. I’m using Glen Velez’s notation system. || 1234 567 8& || || DKTK DKT TK || The last two notes might be left out in learning the rhythm leaving a rest instead as they’re played quite fast. These same [...]

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Macsoum is a simple middle eastern rhythm played on dumbek or tar or any drum really. I’m using Glen Velez’s notation system. || 12&3&4 5&6&78 || || DD-KTKT D-KTKT-T || Notes D = dum, bass note, strong hand T = tek, edge or rim or high note, strong hand K = kah, edge or rim [...]

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