Drum It With Brummet

 Awesome Hang Drum Performance Check out this fun performance by Hang Percussive at Goa Gardens. Impressive playing, calm but entrancing stage presence... music to disappear in. Check out the back lighting from below, looks to me like LED lighting illuminating the base, stems and trunks of garden plants and trees behind the stage. Pretty cool!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDqLEl3yp8I ~~~   Find us online via:  https://taplink.cc/brummet  ~~~ 

     Answering Your Q's Q: Hi Dave...What are your current activities within the music industry?  A: I play in a working classic rock cover band. My home-based music studio and workshop allows me to teach drum kit and percussion lessons, and build and repair hand drums and conga accessories.  I also have instigated what I call the Drum it Forward program where I travel to schools around the interior of BC and offer repairs for their drums and percussion at no charge.  I have a large collection of spare parts and pieces (some being donations from other drummers, studios or music stores) and with my fix-it skills I help the teachers that do not necessarily have the time or knowledge, to get their instruments back in working order.  ~~   Find us online via :  https://taplink.cc/brummet  ~~

Poetry Trailer Today I'm proud to share this lovely YouTube video Dave produced:  Poetry In Motion .   This 2.46 minute mini-movie shares 2 poems taken from the our published  books  (on  Amazon ) and free imagery Dave chose to go along with it.  https://youtu.be/pVmbUUt5g_Y ~~~   Discover Our Books on Amazon : https://amazon.com/author/lillianbrummet   Find us online via these landing pages:  https://taplink.cc/brummet  https://linktr.ee/LillianBrummet ~~~ 

  In Gratitude Today I'm using this space to express our genuine gratitude.  Thank you  to all the wonderful podcasts, blogs, streaming video, e-zines, newsletters, magazines, vidcasts, channels & vlogs who  featured us  in their programs or publications. Thank you  to all the wonderful non-profits, authors, musicians podcast & blog hosts, coaches & publicists that we have been able to network with & feature their inspiring stories, helpful advice & insight on our 2 blogs. Thank you  to the local community event organizers from  TAPS , Creston Valley  Blossom Festival ,  Creston Fall Fair , and  Xmas Parade  who have gladly given our books away as prizes at their various events and invited us to participate in their silent auctions.  Thank you  to the local grocery store,  Pealow's Independant , and also to  Card & Stationary Store  for their support of our books.  Thank you...

   Answering Your Q's Q: Dave could you explain what level of involvement do you have in the music industry? (Hobby, side project, part-time or full-time?)  A: In my first 10 years as a musician I played in working, professional bands almost exclusively, filling in the corners with casual non-musical work here and there.  When I caught the hand drum bug 30 years ago there were very few sources of the instruments I was interested in (djembes, talking drums) so I started building plastics, hemp and fiberglass drums for custom order only.  I would say I am still a full timer in the music industry, just not necessarily playing full time.  My days are actually VERY full - I balance teaching drum kit and hand drums through our studio and group workshops, playing in a weekend band (Tantrum), building and repairing hand drums and manufacturing a line of conga accessories.  If I'm not doing these things, I'm presented with a long list from my business partner a...

Theatre and Musicians Unite Footlighters Theatre Society: Performing arts in the Creston Valley - a great place for musicians to consider volunteering and gaining great exposure, and possible networking contacts!  https://www.facebook.com/CrestonFootlighters Back a decade or so ago, Dave volunteered with the Grand Forks Theatre company for their rendition of Fiddler On the Roof - he had a blast and instantly gained notoriety in the Boundary Region (BC Canada) for his skills. ~~~   Find us online via :  https://taplink.cc/brummet  ~~~ 

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter Today I'd like to discuss the audio book Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter - by Curtis Jackson https://youtu.be/zKEUKTxFomE To be perfectly honest, I've never been drawn to the hip hop or rap genre of music although a song or two from that genre have a place in the long list of music I've enjoyed.  I was browsing YouTube audio books for something interesting to listen to while I completed mundane chores around the office and studio... and found this incredible piece of work put out by Curtis Jackson.  Curtis - for those of you who don't know - made it in music as a rap megastar, known as 50 Cent, but also branched out into the corporate world investing in businesses and mentoring young music talent entering the stream.  I became addicted to listening to the man explain, in his own voice, his adventurous life from surviving in childhood, like everyone else in his world - by peddling drugs on the street. Through tenacity and talent alone he stro...