Drum Journey  "Your guide to community and world hand drumming" Article Topics
Percussion Instruments	Rhythm, Music and Playing Technique
Community, Health and Spirit	Your Drum Journey Stories
Author Gallery	Contact Drum Journey

Hand Drum and Percussion Instruments (Click on icon or title)
Building A Djembe	Chris Bittner	DrumWorks by Chris
Making A Slit Drum (Krin)	Chris Bittner	DrumWorks by Chris
Drum Circle Instruments	David Buitenhuis	Drum Journey
Intro To Brazilian Percussion	Emiliano Benevides	Emiliano Benevides
Tuning Your Conga Drums	Jim Greiner	Hands On! Drumming
Djembe: Drum With A Thousand Faces	Lilian Friedberg	Chicago Djembe Project
The Drums Of North India	Pete Lockett	Pete Lockett
Pot Drums: Udu and Ghatam	Pete Lockett	Pete Lockett
Rhythms of The Maghreb - North Africa	Pete Lockett	Pete Lockett
Intro To Persian Drums	Peyman Nasehpour	Peyman And His Tonbak
Naghghareh: Kettledrums Of Persia	Peyman Nasehpour	Peyman And His Tonbak
Rope Tuning Hand Drums	R. Fulbright	Bongo Central
Other Site Links  (Click on icon or title)
A Guide To The Jembe	Eric Charry	echarry.web.wesleyan.edu
Afro-Caribbean Percussion Instruments	Frank Figueroa
All About Djembe, Congas, Bongos and Dununs	RaZTah
Caribbean Percussion Traditions in Miami
How Irie Tones Djembes Are Made (Photo Article)		www.irietones.com
Practical Tips For Buying A Hand Drum	Maria Soto
Sabar Tuning	R. Fulbright	www.bongocentral.com
Servicing Your Djembe	Paul Marshall	www.drumdojo.com
The Musical Instruments of India	David Courtney	www.chandrakantha.com
Tips On Buying A Djembe	Dennis (Yankadi site)	www1.tip.nl/~t968103/yankadi

Drumming for Community, Health and Spirit (Click on icon or title)
What Is A Community Drum Circle?	Arthur Hull	Village Music Circles
Why Is Drumming Healing?	Cathy Flinn	SpiritDance Healing Center
Shamanic Dance: Dancing To A Different Drum	Chris Southall
RDA: Rhythmical Daily Allowance	Christine Stevens	UpBeat Drum Circles
Beating Drugs, Gangs and Violence with Drums & Rhythms	Dave Mancini
Playing With Spirit - A Guide	David Buitenhuis	Drum Journey
Spirit Of Drumming	David Buitenhuis	Drum Journey
Spirit Of A Healing Drum Circle	David Buitenhuis	Drum Journey
What Is A Drum Journey?	David Buitenhuis	Drum Journey
Drumming on the Edge of Leadership	Ed Mikenas	Urban Wilde Drums
Dancing Drums: The Benefits of Drumming	Jim Arnold	Medicine Drummer
Drumming As A Form Of Prayer	Jim Ewing	Healing The Earth Ourselves
The Nature of Drumming	Jim Greiner	Hands On! Drumming
The Physical and Emotional Effects of Drumming	Jim Greiner	Hands On! Drumming
Drum Therapy (excerpt)	Michael Drake	Talking Drum Publications
Shamanic Drumming Circles	Michael Drake	Talking Drum Publications
The Therapeutic Effects of Drumming	Michael Drake	Talking Drum Publications
Playful Percussion: Transformation Through Sound	Michael Wall
Drum Circle Guidelines and Tips	Rick Cormier
Spirituality and the Drum (excerpt)	Steven Ash
Joining The Circle	Susan Carpenter	LA Times
And The Beat Goes On	Zoë Kessler	Diana's Drum
Other Site Links  (Click on icon or title)
Drum Therapy Articles (Irie Tones)		www.irietones.com
Drumming and Health Articles (Remo HealthRhythms)		www.remo.com/health
Native American Drum Philosophy	Judith Desjarlais
Shamanic Drumming	Jade Wah'oo Grigori Michael Drake	www.geocities.com/talkingdrumpub
The Drumming Goddesses	Carl McColman	www.carlmccolman.com

Rhythm, Music and Playing Technique (Click on icon or title)
Music, Sound and Rhythm in Modern Life	Andrew Wuenschel	Rhythm Adventures
What Is A Drumming Ensemble?	Brian Pound	Diaspora
Dance: Finding Relationship With Rhythm	Christine Hopkins
Rhythm Perception and Cognition (in Afro-Cuban Drumming)	Chuck Silverman	World Wide Drumming
Timba - New Styles In Afro-Cuban Popular Music	Chuck Silverman	World Wide Drumming
Seven Principles Of Quinto Soloing Technique	Cliff Brooks	Afro Cuban Chops
Percussion In Drum Recordings	David Tartar	Tartar Drum Studio
Traditional Methods Of Learning To Drum	Jim Greiner	Hands On! Drumming
Recording Djembe Drums	Karen Kane	Karen Kane
Effects of Sound	Yaya Diallo	Onzou Records
Other Site Links  (Click on icon or title)
Djembe Technique	Larry Swanson	www.larryswanson.com/drum-and-dance/
Drums And Sacred Sounds	Michael Wall Fire Tribe Hawaii	www.firetribehawaii.org
Intro To The Conga Drum	Ben Jacoby	www.drumdojo.com
Learn How To Play The Mrdanga	Vipramukhya	www.chantandbehappy.com
Recording Percussion		homerecording.about.com
Sabar Drumming Technique	R. Fulbright	www.bongocentral.com
The Law of Rhythm	Hazrat Inyat Khan	www.jimdonovanmusic.com
West African Drumming and Vocal Styles		www.sbgmusic.com

Drum Journey Stories and Bios (Click on icon or title)
Two Drummers Influencing American Music History:   Mickey Hart and Babatunde Olatunji	Andrew Wuenschel	Rhythm Adventures
The African Beat Comes To Arthur	Arthur Hull	Village Music Circles
Hawaiian Healing (Yoga and Drumming Retreat)	Barbara Kritzer	Marla Leigh
Into The World Of The Drum	Cliff Patton	Primordial Percussion
Grade Three Drum Journey	H. Miller	Westmount School
African Dance and Drumming	Sista Jewel Jackson	African Soul International
The Magic of the Drum	Jim Arnold	The Medicine Drummer
Lilian Friedberg: Heritage	Lilian Friedberg	Chicago Djembe Project
Teach The Children - A Report From The Other Side	Lilian Friedberg	Chicago Djembe Project
Where It Began: A Tribute To Silvia Kronewald	Lilian Friedberg	Chicago Djembe Project
Light (Taylor's Journey Into The Djembe)	Taylor	Holy Goat Percussion
Djembe and Djembefola	Yaya Diallo	Onzou Records
Other Site Links  (Click on icon or title)
Dale from Seattle has some personal drumming anecdotes and other useful info here.	Dale Waumbaugh	Drum Journal
Raun from Chalk River, Ontario chronicles some of his journeys on his web site with photos and anecdotes.	Raun Dupuis	Tip of the Iceberg Productions

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