Upcoming Hand Drum Event Due to a heavy schedule & holiday season interruptions, December events have changed. Dave will be hosting his Drum Kit Lesson night on December 14th... and a Hand Drum Circle event on December 9th. It is time to announce Dave's next Hand Drum Circle on Dec 9th (Tuesday) (7 PM - 9 PM ) in downtown Creston, BC. To register : Remove all the spaces in the address below before emailing questions, reservations or payments to Lillian (the wife and office gal) at: L D Brummet @ G Mail . Com R efer to the Drum Services Information Page to find a current list of upcoming dates. Bookmark the page if you like as we keep it up to date with current dates, etc. Pre-registration is a must. Please feel free to tell others who may be interested in Dave's Workshops, Circles or other drum services :)
Improvisation “Improvisation is a way of achieving identity” ~ Alfred Nieman (composer) I have often described my different roles as a drummer as being like a painter. When I work in a cover band, I need to play the hit songs, accurately, as they were originally recorded to truthfully entertain a crowd. So, there are rules and guidelines to follow without room for my personal ideas (or improvisation) – much like a contracted house painter. Now when I get together with Soulstorm (an improvisation jam band) I am now more like a freeform Picasso-like painter that defies rules and tries new techniques that are non-conventional. In this band we do have various songs or themes that we have developed but play them differently every time we get together. We also create many new ideas, I think, because we are wide open to reacting to whatever happens at that moment. We record every time that we are plugged in to capture that spontaneity of what jamming brings. It is very edu...