Kalani teaches a special rhythm used in Afro-Cuban music. It’s called the Afro-Cuban 12/8 bell pattern and it might pose a challenge for you if you’re not at least a little experienced in drumming and work music. After listening to the podcast, make sure to visit the WORLD DRUM CLUB YouTube channel and subscribe. Then make you way over tot he WDC Patreon Site and become a Patron! Patrons are important because they’re the ones who make World Drum Club possible. WDC is a 100% viewer-supported channel and all contributions go directly to the creation of new educational media – for YOU and others who are interested in WORLD DRUMMING.

This episode of WORLD DRUM CLUB features two lessons from the WDC YouTube Channel:

1. How to Choose a Djembe – You discover what to look for in a profession djembe. I talk about how to find the perfect djembe that will serve your drumming needs and help you to sound as good as possible for years to come.
2. Marco: Three rhythms for djembe. I play three different rhythms for djembe from the popular book and DVD, West African Drum and Dance – A Yanked-Macrou Celebration. These djembe patterns are in 4/4 and will work with just about any world music groove. Learn the djembe, then move on and learn the dundun patterns to complete the ensemble.

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This is the show about change! We changed the name from Kalani LIVE to the WORLD DRUM CLUB podcast.

We’re excited to bring our listeners more music, rhythms, and world drumming via the podcast – and we’re also happy to be tied into the World Drum Club YouTube channel. Our WDC members are growing all the time and we’re producing more member-only content for our supporters at http://patreon.com/kalani.

About the podcast:

World Drum Club Podcast provides music education for people who want to learn more about world drumming and world music. We demonstrate sounds, techniques, rhythms, and music from West Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean and beyond. World Drumming is very popular in Music Education, Music Therapy, and Recreational Music Making settings. The WDC Podcast helps drummers, educators, therapists, and facilitators create more musical experiences for their students, clients, and participants.  The World Drum Club podcast is produced in association with the World Drum Club YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoHRTcC-DTYaHdIbErwyDxQ, and the World Drum Club Members site at http://patreon.com/kalani.

This episode gives you a few resources for producing better audio and videos to share with your fan, students, friends, and family. Kalani gives you two ways to create therapeutic drumming experiences for yourself and others. You learn about rhythmic breathing, also called resonant breathing, as well as a mindfulness-based approach to active music making for health and wellness outcomes, reducing stress, and increasing a sense of wellbeing.
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There are rhythms that appear throughout the world, in different countries and styles of music. Learning how to recognize and reproduce these rhythms is something that percussionists do as part of their craft. Playing rhythms and music requires that we learn how to create grooves, and that requires that we tune in to micro-timing and the feel of the music. Even playing the shaker can be a deeply musical act. Learn how to get started and make progress in this episode. Kalani also talks about the Therapeutic Drumming Course and World Drum Club at YouTube and Patreon. <P>

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Examples in this episode include music by:

• Greg Ellis
• Kim Atkinson
• John Mayall
• Poncho Sanchez

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There are some really simple strategies that anyone can use to manage more productive and satisfying outcomes. Kalani talks about how to make progress towards a goal, how to facilitate with a light touch, and how to get more from your participants without over-managing or over-working. This episode is all about doing more with less.

Inclusion is the key to participant buy-in, whether the goal is creating music or managing a company. Kalani discusses some keys to facilitating inclusion that anyone can use to create more effective experiences for groups of all kinds.

In this episode:

• A new YouTube channel for anyone who loves drumming and wants to improve.
• Interviews with leaders in the Therapeutic Drumming movement.
• A flute school in the middle of paradise.
• A way to support what you love.

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This episode focuses on a few keys to effectively facilitating a musical process for groups including; how to not be a dictator and overly controlling, how to support others, how to help a group process through the music you play, and more. Kalani introduces you to two co-presenters at the 2016 Therapeutic Drumming Course; Abbie Ehorn and Miranda Rondeau, and he gives you some music for ukulele and percussion.

How do we know it’s a Drum Circle?

Keys to effective facilitation.

Zun Zun – Caribbean Folk Song

Paranaue – Brazilian folk Song

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Kalani discusses his recent teaching trip to China, what’s happening in the Music Therapy scene, how to use rhythmic breathing for health outcomes, how to lower the volume of group drumming experience, and shares a free resource for learning more about world drumming.

Kalani talks about Flute Harvest 2015, where students learn more than just how to play the native flute. This is a true musical retreat for the mind and spirit of flute enthusiasts of all types. Learn how to engage in three different musical mindfulness practices that will change the way you experience the world and deepen you life experience.