Special
Site Dedicated to Musical Instruments
I
believe a world without music is unimaginable.
Music effects the deepest layers of
our psyche and influences our everyday
life. For some people, its the vehicle
that takes them away from unpleasant
reality; while for others it is a
path to the self. Sadly, I often hear
people say, "I'm not musical."
This is a tragedy because music is
such a fundamental form of human expression
and I believe the are no truely unmusical
people. Everyone can be creative and
be musical.....
Ready
to buy a music instrument or buy a
DVD and learn how to use one? He'res
a short list of some websites/companies
who carry many the instruments or
carry some of the best DVDs to help
you learn how to use a musical instruments.
I shall mainly list drum related websites
but also not limited to other type
of musical instruments. If you can
access some of these sites, you will
find a wealth of information about
drums and other related musical instruments.
If you would like to recommend us
one, please email me (the webmaster)
at ikam@indo-business.com (Ika Mardianti).
Thanks
and Enjoy

Ika
Mardianti
http://www.ika-mardianti.info
(Webmaster, Music Lover and a Good
Cook at www.online-cooking-school.com
)
DRUMCIRCLES.NET
Have
a look at this site
drumcircles.net,
quite a nice simple looking
site. On this site you will
find drum rhythms on CD's,
DVD, pictures of their area
drum circles, a drum circle
finder for the USA, and also
complete with an international
one. It is updated regularly
and complete with a Blog of
their own. Whats interesting
is that they have all of this
recorded on DVD and Video
VHS cassette - "101
Drum Circle Rhythms For The
Hand Drum on DVD & VHS".
The DVD is 25 titles, with
5 rhythms on each title and
can be purchased by using
paypal.

Shannon
(The picture on the left )
is the owner of Drumcircles.Net |
DJEMBE.ORG
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Djembe.org,
a
Djembe drumming resources
site, an interactive links
guide to the online djembe
community. Any djembe related
web page can be a part of
it! The links and page descriptions
that you find here are all
provided by the site owners
themselves. As a site owner,
you are always welcome to
add or update links to each
djembe related page on your
web site! As a visitor, you
are welcome to assist us in
maintaining high quality links
by using the simple alerting
system next to each displayed
link

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Lennart
Hallstrom, -
Computer
systems expert who also
Leads drum classes
and plays for dance classes,
owner of Djembe.net
and Djembe.org
who is working on a project
right now relating to replace
not only the "SHARE"
site and the "Notation
Playback Rhythm Exchange",
but also the "Notation
Playback" software.
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DJEMBE.NET
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Djembe.net,
also
an excellent Djembe drumming
resources site with Educational
Tools for Djembes, Bass Drums
and Bells by Lennart Hallstrom
- in this site you will find
Books, CDs, Notation Playback
Software, Djembe Font Notation,
Online Rhythm Exchange, Drum
and Dance Events and more.
I Recommend for you to see
his Djembe font section when
you get a chance to see his
website. On this site you
could also find link resources
on Drums and Djembes.

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ANCIENT-FUTURE.COM
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Ancient-future.com,
Homepage
of an on-line world rhythm
training program based on
the book
'Ancient Traditions--Future
Possibilities:
Rhythmic Training Through the
Traditions of Africa, Bali,
and India,' by Matthew
Montfort, leader
of the group Ancient Future.
Includes
MIDI files of the rhythms.

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AFRICAN-DRUMMING.CO.UK
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african-drumming.co.uk,
- Homepage
of Drumming and dancing holidays
in Africa, African drums
African drums, djembe, drumming
and dancing holidays in Gambia,
West Africa. Formed several
years ago, it is run by a group
of dedicated and enthusiastic
musicians from the UK, Gambia,
Guinea and other West African
countries. Its roots stem from
a love of traditional African
percussion and dance, particularly
from the Mandingue (or Malinke)
culture 
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HANDSONDRUM.COM
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Handsondrum.com,
- Homepage
created by Jim Greiner an
internationally renowned percussionist,
educator, inspirational speaker
and community drumming leader.
He has over thirty years of
drumming experience, including
two years in Africa, with
fun & easy rhythm-based
team building activities,
into events that quickly engage
people of all types and groups
of all sizes in the universal,
time-tested experience of
group drumming. Jim's team
building and community bonding
activities have proven time
and time again to help people
harness their own innate ability
to create positive and powerful
internal and external rhythms
and patterns

Jim
Greiner's Hands-On! Drumming®
Events: Internationally
acclaimed rhythm-based team-building
programs for corporate groups,
and drum circles for communities,
worldwide
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DRUMCONNECTION.COM
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Drumconnection.com,
- Homepage
created byAlan Tauber. On
this site you are able to
register as a member and have
access to the various rythm
videos the site provides.
Complete with resources on
the Djembe drum and resources
in how to explore the powerful
and healing activity of the
drum in
Alan's Drum Class

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HORNANDWHISTLE.NET
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hornandwhistle.net,
- Horn
& Whistle is the quarterly
journal of the Horn and Whistle
Enthusiasts' Group (HWEG),
founded by Jack Hardman in
1982. HWEG is dedicated to
the preservation, increase
and dissemination of knowledge
regarding horns, whistles,
sirens, bells and other acoustic
devices used in signaling
and warning applications in
industrial, mun-icipal, maritime
and railroad environments.
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acousticmusic.net,
- Dedicated
to acoustic music in Southern
California and beyond.
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Naturalchant.com
|
Catherine
Braslavsky Joseph Rowe
,
- Exploring
new musical approaches, with
improvisation, composition,
shamanic vocalizations, harmonic
overtone chanting, African
and Mideastern rhythms, and
electro-acoustic atmospheres.
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x8drums.com
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Hand
Drums ,
- Buy
discount congas, djembe and
bongo drums by LP, Toca and
Remo online at X8 Drums.

Bongos,
Congas, Dhols, Tambourines
and More.
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Terry
Silverlight
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Terry
Silverlight,
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This site presents Terry
Silverlight's musical talents
and accomplishments as a
diversified drummer, songwriter,
composer, producer, arranger,
author and educator.
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Roy
Martin - Drummer, Paiste Artist,
Liverpool, UK
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