Hello to you reading this.

My name is Mark and my alter-ego is Third Wheel. Third Wheel offers support services to people, ideas, things, art, etc. A large part of my time is spent mentoring or tutoring at risk youth in the Orlando area. Something I'm thankful to provide for them is introductions to the spirit of the drums and drumming. I believe that to overcome our demons, we need models of positive repetitive behaviors. There is something very true to that saying about idle hands. I… Continue

Dear DCF friends,
I hope that you all enjoyed the holiday season. Personally I'm ready to jump in to 2008!

As some of you may know, I have just released my first instructional DVD entitled Rhythmic Foundation : Interactive African Drumming for Everyone which is designed to serve the beginner to intermediate drummer.

I've been thinking of creative ways to bypass traditional distribution channels to be ab… Continue

is all i can say about a drum session i had this morning with a Autistic child high on the spectrum,to cut a long story short hes has been in rest bite all week,so i dare say missin his mom and dad lots.well anyway i set lots of instrument stations all around the class,and waited for him to initiate,well it was good and we were having lots of child led interactions,well then it came to the resonance board,he sat on it and then i placed 2 djembes on it and started a slow heartbeat rythum,well…

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So this week I have been trying to put into action some of the stuff I learnt at the weekend. I've been working on an Extended Services project for a local cluster of schools providing tasters of drumming, dance and song for pupils in Year 2 and their parents. As well as playing some of my usual games I've introduced some facilitation elements into the drumming aspect of the workshops. Throughout the week I've been working on my body language and signals, although being in the circle has felt…

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so how was it guys and gals?
Learn anything new?
Re learn anything old?
How about anyone who was there posting a brief synopsis of your experience...warts n all please.
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