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Another recent highlight was, as you might have guessed by the headline, performing at a friend’s wedding. Now, this wasn’t a big formal thing, nor was it a real gig. The couple wanted their friends to put on little skits and the like, and I knew this was just my chance to pull out the … Continue reading In which the writer performs at a wedding (sort of)
I recently started working with Carmine Guida’s Baby Beginner Doumbek Workshop, a super basic and gentle introduction to the doumbek. As I wrote in the earlier post, I don’t think it makes sense to try and learn all these rhythms in a day: for beginners as rhythmically-challenged as myself, that’s a hopeless proposition! Cross training … Continue reading Doumbek follies continue: it’s time to take off the wedding ring
Take enough bellydance classes, listen to enough Middle Eastern music, and eventually you have to come to terms with a simple fact: you’re going to have to learn to recognize and dance to the rhythms. DOUM! Now, I’m guessing that for most people this is not a hardship. Then again, most people can clap in … Continue reading Working with Carmine Guida’s Baby Beginner Doumbek Workshop
