[RhythmAgogo] All Kinds of Stuff

Sat Jul 11 19:11:44 PDT 2015

BTW this is awesome you guys! Nice follow through

On Sat, Jul 11, 2015, 8:11 PM Albert S <asurjik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thursday ideal, work overnight Wednesday, so Friday could work too!
> Whatever works. I volunteer Saturday night so no big
>
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2015, 7:25 PM Neil Jones <neil.edward.jones at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This is all great stuff!
>>
>> Corey, thanks for putting us forward as Ness performers. Wow!
>>
>> Lauren, yay to new shakers! Sweeet.
>>
>> Jana, thanks for the RoR update!
>>
>> Albert, I don't know, amigo. Thursday is your firm leaving date? If not
>> Thursday, would Wednesday or Friday be better?
>>
>> Neil
>> On Jul 10, 2015 8:11 PM, "Corey M" <swirl_cm at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> I will pitch that we are a group, and willing. We are supposed to meet
>>> the night before to find out. They may want me to use my steel pan, but I
>>> will have my djembe there too. I was thinking that if we got together early
>>> enough Thursday, we could run through. I will contact the drum circle
>>> coordinators and offer our contribution.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 10, 2015, at 6:37 PM, Neil Jones <neil.edward.jones at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> What?! Amazing! Count me in. I'll be bringing my darbouka and a few
>>> other noisemakers. Who else is going, and would you be interested?
>>>
>>> Carolyn or Corey, can you clarify: would it be correct to say we'd be
>>> participating in this jam as individuals, and not as Rhythm Agogo? And
>>> who's leading it?
>>>
>>> Neil
>>> On Jul 10, 2015 2:51 PM, "Carolyn Doi" <caro.doi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone! Thanks for the update, Neil.
>>>>
>>>> I just spoke with Corey and it sounds like there may be an opportunity
>>>> for us to participate in a drumming jam in the main stage Thursday evening.
>>>> Will send more info when I have it. But, maybe we can bring some drums up
>>>> to ness? I'm definitely taking my djembe.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Caro
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 9, 2015, at 11:30 PM, Neil Jones <neil.edward.jones at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Welp, this is a bit of a long email. It's been a while!
>>>>
>>>> *Gigs:* Our second gig, at the We > Tar Sands rally and march on Sat,
>>>> July 4th, went pretty damned well, if you ask me! I'm sure you've all seen
>>>> the wonderful feedback from organizers and attendees alike that Carolyn has
>>>> shared by now. Let's keep it up! Anyone have a lead on a potential next gig?
>>>>
>>>> *Rehearsals:* Last time, at Rhythm Agogo practice (read with TV
>>>> announcer voice), the intrepid percussionists learned a new tune called
>>>> Crazy Monkey. It's billed as "tricky" by RoR, the first such tune we've
>>>> tried, and we pretty much nailed it. So that's pretty exciting! Here is the
>>>> link to the music:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.rhythms-of-resistance.org/spip.php?page=resources-tunes-big&id_rubrique=42&lang=en.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I won't be able to make it to the next few rehearsals, as my choir
>>>> schedule has become suddenly and temporarily very demanding. I hope some of
>>>> you will keep the momentum going!
>>>>
>>>> *Facebook Fanpage:* Carolyn created a page for us:
>>>> https://www.facebook.com/RhythmAgogoYXE?fref=ts. Thanks Carolyn; you
>>>> rock! I suggest we develop and add more content ("about us," photos,
>>>> videos) before we start sharing or inviting widely. If anyone has any
>>>> videos or photos, you can upload them to our Dropbox account; if you don't
>>>> know how to do that, talk to me, or check my earlier email about it.
>>>>
>>>> *New Members: *Marina and Jay joined us this week. Welcome, dudes! I'm
>>>> working on a few other friends who seem like likely joins at some point.
>>>> Anyone else know anyone who might be down? I say invite away! (I should
>>>> check: Anyone feel we should be keeping the membership closed at this
>>>> point?)
>>>>
>>>> *Sambatoon Stuff: *Michelle confronted me at work today and we had a
>>>> rather stressful talk about a number of things. I doubt she will ever
>>>> forgive me, but maybe, just maybe, she will now leave us alone. One notable
>>>> takeaway is her insistence that Sambatoon is “about respect;” she says she
>>>> looked at the Rhythms of Resistance website, and was very upset by what she
>>>> saw. Apparently she equates opposition to systems of oppression with
>>>> disrespect toward human beings. Our philosophies, I’ve come to realize, are
>>>> opposed enough to make argument counterproductive at best.
>>>>
>>>> The upshot of this is that it sounds like Sambatoon will never
>>>> collaborate with Rhythm Agogo in any way. She seems opposed enough to what
>>>> we are about that even cross-promotion, formal or informal, is probably out
>>>> of the question. She did say, however, that she has no problem with anyone
>>>> being involved in both Sambatoon and Rhythm Agogo. Hopefully that is true.
>>>> For those interested in participating in Sambatoon, heads up that she has
>>>> some new written policy that you have to read and sign in order to
>>>> participate.
>>>>
>>>> *Rhythms of Resistance:* On that note, who thinks we should join
>>>> Rhythms of Resistance, i.e. start calling ourselves a RoR band, ask them to
>>>> link to our Facebook page (/possible future website), and connect and
>>>> collaborate with other RoR ensembles? (Jana, are you still in touch with
>>>> those folks in Toronto?) Here is the website again if you want to examine
>>>> it more closely, which I highly encourage:
>>>> https://www.rhythms-of-resistance.org/
>>>>
>>>> *Location:* Turning the Tide may be possible, but it`s still too early
>>>> to tell. I think we could be looking at end of summer before it's known
>>>> whether we could become a permanent fixture there. Anyone else have any
>>>> leads?
>>>>
>>>> *Fundraising:* I believe a meeting to brainstorm a fundraising
>>>> strategy is in the works. Stay tuned...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for reading/skimming, amigos!
>>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>>
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