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   Drum It With Brummet's Public Hand Drum Circles  August 26th (Tuesday)  7 PM - 9  PM (Pacific) This  2-hour e vent is held monthly, and is for all skill levels and are a lot of fun for ages 15 -80. Bring your own drum, or percussive instrument, but  if you do not have a drum - let us know as we do have a limited supply that we are able to let participants use for events like this.   Drum Circle  participants simply "play” at making music with a variety of drums and percussion instruments. This activity requires careful listening to the music at that moment, as it is being played by members in the room. Rather than being instructed, participants learn to "jam" with other drummers.  Dave Brummet  facilitates these events to ensure everyone is comfortable, playing at an enjoyable volume and having a great time. Held in a beautiful setting in Downtown Creston, BC - this specially designed music room features large, soft, padded ...

  Drum It With Brummet's Upcoming Hand Drum Workshop Dave had an amazing time with everyone at the last event, and we loved the phenomenal feedback and receiving so many pre-registrations for upcoming events - Thank you ! It is time to announce Dave's next  Hand Drum Workshop   on  August 12th  (Tuesday)  (7 PM - 9 PM )  in downtown  Creston, BC.  Dave's  2-hour  hand drum workshops  are held monthly and  pre- registration is required. This  event  is held in a beautiful setting in downtown Creston, BC.  Air conditioned, acoustically  designed for  choir and other musical events - the room  has soft, thickly padded seats  and  lots of free parking. In Dave's workshops participants explore world rhythms in a group setting. Participants will learn how to work with each rhythm in a variety of ways. Dave teaches several group drumming techniques including looping and layering, resulting ...

  Drum It With Brummet's Public Hand Drum Circles  July 29th (Tuesday)  7 PM - 9  PM (Pacific) This  2-hour e vent is held monthly, and is for all skill levels and are a lot of fun for ages 15 -80. Bring your own drum, or percussive instrument, but  if you do not have a drum - let us know as we do have a limited supply that we are able to let participants use for events like this.   Drum Circle  participants simply "play” at making music with a variety of drums and percussion instruments. This activity requires careful listening to the music at that moment, as it is being played by members in the room. Rather than being instructed, participants learn to "jam" with other drummers.  Dave Brummet  facilitates these events to ensure everyone is comfortable, playing at an enjoyable volume and having a great time. Held in a beautiful setting in Downtown Creston, BC - this specially designed music room features large, soft, padded seats in...

If you happen to reside in BC Canada, you may want to check out this new group... Dave and I started this particular group on July 7, 2022 in an effort to help musicians, teachers, supporters, suppliers, those looking for bands to hire and students looking for a guru, to find one another and begin networking. Let's collaborate and support one another!  Share: Your gigs / experiences Your websites / online music sites  Share retail stores that sell your products Tell us about yourself Tell us about your band or band members Share short live video performances Music store sales and event announcements  BC event announcements Music related announcements Links to press releases / articles Have a gig and want to find a band? Place your announcement here.  Have a band and want to find a gig? Place your announcement here. Want to share success and advice stories...? feel free. Have questions for musical guru's to respond to? Go for it. Musicians of all ages and talents and ...

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Recommended Resources These 3 resources below offer unusual music experiences: -- This band plays a mix of ancient celtic, Scottish and various tribal instruments with a little modern stuff mixed in too. We've watched it a few times ;)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKwVGqXM8u4 -- This next video shares the musical life of the Baro people.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CY -- Check out these 3 conga players! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCgHIAiScOk  -- ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

March 21st drum workshop Location :  Creston , BC (Canada) Join us for some laughter while learning to play rhythms via the upcoming public hand drum workshop: March 21 @ 1 pm, $20/person, 1 hour  - with a possible second one at 4 and/or 7 pm, depending on demand. * Be sure to reserve your seat. as the available space is limited. Email:  ldbrummet@gmail.com via FB message @:  FaceBook.com/lillian.brummet More information via:  BrummetMedia.ca ...Of course if you'd like to schedule a private lesson for yourself, or schedule your private group workshop (2 or more participants), need tuning or repair services - just reach out to us and we'll set that up for you :)

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Defining Music Genres - Part 6 * Today, we are offering the final installment of articles written originally as one very, very long article by Titus Kamau. Here, he lists world music genres and their definitions. Titus Kamau is a proud contributing author and writes articles on several subjects including entertainment. Check out his work at: http://africanshome.com and click these hyperlinks to view: PART 1 and PART 2 and PART 3 and PART 4  and PART 5 Ska - is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was a precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Slow Jam - is typically a song with an R&B influenced melody. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or just downtempo songs. The term is most commonly reserved for soft-sounding songs with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. Soca - is a form of dance music that originated in Trinidad from calypso. It com...

Defining Music Genres - Part 5 * Today, we are offering a series of articles written originally as one, very very long article by Titus Kamau. Here, he lists world music genres and their definitions. Titus Kamau is a proud contributing author and writes articles on several subjects including entertainment. Check out his work at: http://africanshome.com and click these hyperlinks to view: PART 1 and PART 2 and PART 3  and PART 4 . Ragga - is a sub-genre of dancehall music or reggae, in which the instrumentation primarily consists of electronic music; sampling often serves a prominent role in raggamuffin music as well. Rap - is the rhythmic singing delivery of rhymes and wordplay, one of the elements of hip hop music and culture. Rara - is a form of festival music used for street processions, typically during Easter Week. Reggae - is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. A particular music style that originated following on the development of ska an...

Defining Music Genres - Part 4 * Today, we are offering a series of articles written originally as one, very very long article by Titus Kamau. Here, he lists world music genres and their definitions. Titus Kamau is a proud contributing author and writes articles on several subjects including entertainment. Check out his work at: http://africanshome.com and click these hyperlinks to view: PART 1 and PART 2 and PART 3 . Mapouka - also known under the name of Macouka, is a traditional dance from the south-east of the Ivory Coast in the area of Dabou, sometimes carried out during religious ceremonies. Maringa - is a West African musical genre. It evolved among the Kru people of Sierra Leone and Liberia, who used Portuguese guitars brought by sailors, combining local melodies and rhythms with Trinidadian calypso. Marrabenta - is a form of Mozambican dance music. It was developed in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, formerly Laurenco Marques. Mazurka - is a Polish folk dan...

Defining Music Genres - Part 3 * Today, we are offering a series of articles written originally as one, very very long article by Titus Kamau. Here, he lists world music genres and their definitions. Titus Kamau is a proud contributing author and writes articles on several subjects including entertainment. Check out his work at: http://africanshome.com and click these hyperlinks to view: PART 1 and PART 2 . Hip-Hop - is a style of popular music, typically consisting of a rhythmic, rhyming vocal style called rapping (also known as emceeing) over backing beats and scratching performed on a turntable by a DJ. House - is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. House music is strongly influenced by elements of the late 1970s soul- and funk-infused dance music style of disco. Indie - is a term used to describe genres, scenes, subcultures, styles and other cultural attributes in music, characterized by their indep...