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Written by Jono Guinness
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 12:44 |
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A beautiful summers evening for the June meeting...great to catch up with Darren again and enjoyed listening to his new found rhythms! Had a great evening with some interesting rhythm work and playing about with some complicated syncopation invollving toots. We are all agreed on one thing...where do you get the breath in?? Looks like soon we are going to have to put something together for the Africanlinx festival because it's not that far away..I will endeavour to get hold of Tim at some point. Definitely got two workshops booked in for the Peace Festival next year and we need to get some sounds down as we could get a slot on the bandstand (main stage maybe too ambitious?) Really looking forward to the Singing Sticks Festival http://www.singingsticks.co.uk/ so hope to see a few of you there. I am llooking to get there mid afternoon so get the kettle on! See you there or at the next BDC on the 31st July :) |
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Written by Jono Guinness
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Friday, 05 June 2009 19:36 |
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Nearly midsummer can you believe it! Such nice weather that we nearly decided to play outside as it was so warm! All the regulars here again and time to show off the didge I won at the Tapeley raffle!!! I am especially pleased as it is in the same pitch as my sycamore (F) so Chris and I got some good dialogue going in the corridor! Chris H coming on well too and I hope he carries on with his journey as he is learning fast! Paul brought the Queen Mary along which was nice to see and hear again and some good drum patterns starting to emerge..we need now to concentrate on keeping the volume under control so we can get some didges in as well...could be interesting! See you all on June 26th and don't forget the Leamington Peace Festival on the 13th for anyone who wants to come along..I'll be doing the kids workshop at 4pm. |
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Written by Jono Guinness
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Friday, 05 June 2009 19:25 |
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Well I just had to have an extra session before I went to Marrakech so we ended up with a good turnout. Got down to doing more vocal stuff and rhythm building and everyone seems to be getting the hang of toots and other percussive elements of didge playing. We're going to have to start putting down some set pieces soon I reckon as we sem to play along together rather nicely now..made easier by having a base rhythm we all know how to play. Looking forward to next months BDC and of course the Gathering at Tapeley Park!! |
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STOP PRESS Extra Date for April |
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Written by Jono Guinness
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 12:22 |
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There is an extra date for April which will be Friday 17th see you all there :) |
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Written by Jono Guinness
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Monday, 30 March 2009 18:54 |
Seems like our evenings are so much in demand that we had two sessions this month with a lot of focus on rhythm and percussion. Got some really good jam sessions going and some really good solo performances from some of our newer members. Everyone's playing seems to be really taking off this year so looking forward to getting some stage space sometime this year. Can't believe this is our 6th year now and we're still going strong...thanks to everyone for making it happen! I am looking at an extra date for April and it looks like the 17th is going to be on..just waiting for confirmation. Sadly I'll be missing the scheduled date but will hopefully be busking in Marrakech for my supper no doubt  See you all soon! |
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