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 Dec 9th (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, ...
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...