[RhythmAgogo] All Kinds of Stuff

Sun Jul 12 19:50:38 PDT 2015

I could do practice this Tuesday night, actually! Who could make it? It
would be a good chance to brush up for Ness Creek. By the way, Kyle, are
you coming?

As to an August-and-beyond practice space, anyone have any ideas? I will
try to push Peter and the other Turning the Tide folks on that space, but
it's not a sure thing; it wouldn't hurt to investigate some other
possibilities.
On Jul 12, 2015 8:38 PM, "kyle t syverson" <kyle_syverson at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi y'all
> Didn't read all the detes in these msgs because importantly I must say I
> won't be home tomorrow, Monday!
>
> Could we CHANGE  practise to TUES.?maybe neil could make it then...?
>
> I propose this tues., July 14, 7pm my place (122aveL south)
>
> After this week I'm gone for August so we have to reconsider practise spot
> K
>
> ------------------------------
> From: swirl_cm at yahoo.ca
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 11:09:40 -0600
> To: rhythmagogo at lists.resist.ca
> Subject: Re: [RhythmAgogo] All Kinds of Stuff
>
> I think this is a yes... Copied the response from one of the coordinators
> (I said it was "my" group, just because the context of the email thread was
> just between me and Kristy... We are "we", and I think we will be great!)
> . Also, I should know today if my RV will be good for the trip, hence
> storage for drums.
>
>
> I just got chills up my spine! Sounds awesome!
>
> On Jul 11, 2015 10:34 AM, "Corey M" <swirl_cm at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>
> Kristy,
>
> I'm getting it all together… really excited.
>
> I wanted to offer up some more drummers… my new ensemble, Rhythm Agogo,
> will have several (six?) members attending Ness.  They would be really
> pumped to participate, playing djembes, toms, agogos, etc.  If they are
> welcome, I would be able to work with them early Thursday to bring them up
> to snuff with the arrangement.  Think they would be welcome?
>
> Corey
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 11, 2015, at 8:11 PM, Albert S <asurjik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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