[RhythmAgogo] Lots of Things

Mon Mar 7 08:39:38 PST 2016

I guess that was only one thought...
Hand Drum Parts:  I've found that larger djembes are really good at combining surdu phrases. if that is helpful.  Darboukas may be really good at agogo or tambourine parts.
T-shirt quote: I'd like to go ahead and request a quote from Tucker's... My brother and I are looking to contact them for soccer and steelpan t-shirt screening, and it is possible that we could get favorable pricing if we can sort of lump together multiple orders.
Mission: I'm going to open up a can of worms.  I know Rhythms of Resistance are known for their support of social causes, marches and even protests.  Now we had been approached about playing at a protest around police brutality last week, and I wonder if it is consistent with our mission... I understand our core value to be about inclusion and community.  But I was frankly concerned and uncomfortable with the prospect of being involved in the planned protest.
I think the last part could spawn a bunch of email traffic, but I think it would be much better to share our thoughts in person, and to not reply to that part here.  We can let it simmer for a few hours, and then have a good conversation about it this evening.
Thanks
Corey 

    On Monday, March 7, 2016 9:06 AM, Corey M <swirl_cm at yahoo.ca> wrote:

 I'll be there too. 
My feedback... 
Workshops: I really appreciate the suggestion. It's good to rehearse the workshop, especially decided what to program. I have done a couple, and it wasn't easy to plan. 

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On Mar 7, 2016, at 8:42 AM, Chelsea Moore <chelseamoore6 at gmail.com> wrote:

I'll be there tonight! On Mar 7, 2016 12:35 AM, "Neil Jones" <neil.edward.jones at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi folks!

It’s been a while since I sent out one of these grab bag of everything emails,but there’s lots to talk about at the moment, so here goes: Workshop Development I suggest we use this Monday’s practice to work on workshops– to workshop them, as it were. The March 19th and April 2ndcontent will of course be up to those actually presenting the workshops.Nevertheless, especially since we’re looking at offering similar workshops atNess, and potentially in other contexts as well, I think it would be great tohave as many of us as possible involved in developing and testing ideas. Ithink there is a possibility for us to give a workshop similar to the one we’replanning for the children’s area at Ness at the Nature City Festival, May 24th– 29th. (I have emailed the coordinators and am waiting for aresponse.) If there are no objections, I propose we dedicate tonight’s practiceto developing our workshops together. Change of PracticeFormat On account of our relationship with Open Door, we are goingto need to do more to facilitate participation by newcomers and beginners. Tothat effect, Julie and I decided on a new format. This is not set in stone yet,but will need to be by the end of March, so please get back with any feedbackpromptly. This is the format we are proposing: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Community Connections Drum Circle – a timeto learn, share, and jam together8:00 pm – 9:30 pm: Rhythm Agogo Rehearsal – a time topractice and plan for performances and workshops I realize that extends the time a bit earlier and later,while also shortening the total rehearsal time. My thinking on this is that wetend to spend quite a bit of time jamming, experimenting, and socializingduring practice as is, which combined with many of us having trouble making iton time, cuts into our rehearsals quite a lot. I figure that, for those able tomake it for all or part of the drum circle before rehearsal, that should helpto burn some of that energy and get us focussed for rehearsal. For those onlyable to make it to rehearsal (all or part), there should be more of a feelingof effective use of time. This should also make our Monday nights moreaccessible and welcoming for beginners of all stripes, for folks whose primaryinterest is in jamming and not in performing, for those who want opportunitiesto drum but are hesitant to take on another time commitment, and especially fornewcomers to share their own knowledge and build connections through music. Andfor those of us who will more often than not attend both sessions, that means…More Music! Everyone’s thoughts on this are, as always, more thanwelcome. Hand Drum Parts Since most of our active tunes are from the Rhythms ofResistance catalogue, and none of them include hand drum parts, I suggest wetry to get all of our hand drum parts written down over the next while. I canstart leaving the music folder at Open Door, so that, whether or not I can makeit to a particular practice, we have that reference and continuity. I’m also hopingthat, by giving our novice hand drummers a handy reference, we will be thatmuch closer to being able to achieve full instrumentation, i.e. shifting somehand drummers over to covering other parts such as snare, shaker, and agogo.Goals. Our Portfolio ofTunes I have been neglecting this myself, but I think we shouldtry to work on some of our less-practiced tunes at least every second practice.I’m thinking of Ragga, Voodoo, Zombie (the Fela Kuti tune David shared withus), and Crazy Monkey. I suggest we practice these, as well as some of ourless-practiced breaks, next Monday, March 14th, and about everysecond week between then and Ness. This will mean we will have a bag of atleast eight tricks (i.e. tunes) for our stage show. I will be gone on March 21st,and I’m hoping you all can coordinate to practice our more recently-practicedtunes in my absence. (I can leave the whistle with someone.) Cuba I will be going to Cuba for a week. Lucky me! While I’mthere, I plan to check out one or two music stores in Havana for instruments. I’mthinking güiro, clave, and other such small percussion dohickies. If you haveany requests or suggestions, let me know! Materials for NewInstruments Please keep your tin cans, and bring them to practicesometime. We can use them to make new shakers, along with some duck tape andthe contents of the industrial bag of cheap rice I plan to buy soon. They alsomay be useful for making instruments in our children’s workshop(s). (And thenew shakers will provide a valuable backup supply of carbs for the zombie apocalypse,assuming sources of potable water and cooking fuel are also available at thatpoint.) Bank Account It would be good to have a bank account. We can get ano-fees community account at the New Community Credit Union. We just need threeor more signing authorities. Who wants to volunteer (aside from me)? Rhythms of Resistance I have emailed the maintainers of the RoR website to askthem to list us. Hopefully that will be a thing soon. Facebook Fan Page I have added Fred’s Logo #1, which had the most enthusiasticpositive response, as our new icon on the fan page. I guess that makes itofficial? Also, I suggest we try to use the fan page just for promoting ourmusic and gigs, with few exceptions, especially since we now have the… Rhythm Agogo CoffeeHouse In case you missed it, I finally made us a group page onFacebook. I think I have added everyone who comes out to practices as a memberand also as an administrator. (If I missed anyone, let me know.) I held off ondoing this as we had some people earlier on who were not Facebook users. Therewere also some concerns about all the notification beeps the Facebook app wassending out on people’s phones from the group conversation thread we had goingon before the listserv. We can decide how we want to continue to use this emaillist, and what functions we may want to shift over to the Facebook discussiongroup. At the very least, I think that’s a good forum for more openbrainstorming of ideas, as well as for sharing audio and video links of thingsthat inspire us or that we would like to try to emulate and adapt. Ifnotification noises are bothering anyone, let me know, and I’m sure I can helpyou change your notification settings as needed. Also, please feel free to ‘personalize’ (collectivize?) away– for example, if you have an idea for the cover image, that would be cool! Again, any feedback on any of this is welcome and appreciated. Musicallyyours, Neil
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