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- About Me:
- teacher, therapist, enthusiast
- Hometown, country:
- Baldwin, NY, USA
- Website:
- http://musicforpeople.org
- Type of drumcircles you are involved in:
- 2o+ years with Music for People, an organization founded by cellist David Darling that promotes improvised music for everyone. Drum circles occur regularly at MfP events, along with free improv on all other instruments. I also attend local drum circles and recently was invited to Arthur Hull's FRAP in Maryland, USA.
- Your most fantastic drumcircle experience to date.
- Many - 1984 with Paul Winter on his farm, along with 60 other musicians from around the US drumming and singing in a Tipi and at the riverside for a week; 2006 with a Hang Drum ensemble of 20; classes at Omega Institute with Baba Olatunji; drumming at home with my wife and children....
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Here are some music samples:
I put two music samples on the playlist:
One is a good example of what happens at Music for People events, the other is a song I wrote about what happened in New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina two years ago.
The first example:
Hang Drum, Guitar, Violin and Voice - an improvised quartet from a recent Music for People event outside Philadelpia, PA, USA. Ron Kravitz on Hang, Lynn Miller on voice, Frances Miller on violin, Jim Oshinsky on guitar. The ensemble takes the first 30 seconds or so to pla… Continue
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Thanks for being my friend!
Looking forward to sharing, on this forum with you!
Nice Music!
Sounds like you are hang lover too!
All my best!
Paulo
thanks for the resources. i have julie's book planet musician... i'll have to get back to it! i'll go check out the other things you mentioned. thanks so much! i think there was an improv conference here in ann arbor last year, and david d. and some friends were in town. unfortunately i missed it! i'll have to get on the mailing list... thanks again! this is great! peace, Lori
thanks for the info an mfp. is there a handbook of sorts? i havent' checked the web site yet... sorry if that's obvious from the site. if you have a favorite book or resource... i'd love to check it out! thanks for being here... Lori
May I please add you to my list of friends? I am glad to find out more about music for people, about which i have heard good things, from several people who either attended or knew someone who did.
I was in San Antonio this summer, for example, and talked to Patsy Lawry, who spoke very highly of the training. We both expressed regret that it is mostly based only in New England. If my memory serves me well, Anita Rizley, too, the Children's services coordinator for Austin Public Library, is a Music for People person..
I believe that if you guys ever wanted to do trainings in Texas, it might be fertile ground for you here..anyway, TIA for the friend add, and I look forward to hearing more.
i'm listening to the quartet improv right now. very cool. i'm interested in mfp... maybe some day i'll meet you at a workshop or training... i look forward to hearing your song. want to be friends? i'm inviting everyone - i think we should all be linked to everyone else... :)
i play a little of everything too, so mfp would be great fun beyond drum circling...
peace to you - and thanks for sharing the music!
lori in michigan
I like the idea of 20 hangs playing together most i've been with is 5.
Glad you navigated the joining process Ok.
Hope you find your way round and manage to make some new friends.