Chicago Djembe Project

[rejibae]

That was so good!!!

[Rumba3000]

kuku ?



[gamwover]

WOW!! Now, That's what i call AMAZING!!! Portuguese Compliments!!

[MrBrunotek]

fortissimi...

[garderob]

what rythm is it? i mean how is it named?

[yoshiyoshi0725]

awesome!!!

[DjembeDjam]

Percussion. That's my kind of music :D

[MrDi11]

Very good. Finally something different. I think she should jam with Terry Bozzio.

[miguelonjas29]

se escucha estupendo , aunque no sepa quienes son estos tios.soy de mexico

[atmanbudhimanas]

yeah

[MISTYCA69]

Excelente!!! Me encantó!!!!

[Nicolenomicon]

Is that a talking drum? I can't tell 'cause of the quality... but if it were i'd hate to see such nice music being performed with crap technique.

[hsmekma]

yeeeeeeeee!!! is very good, i like this woman !!!

jejejeje

what is the song?

what is the name of rythm? please

[boumalicious]

Sorry Lillian, but they're right about the hair - you look like a shy extrovert, it gets right in the way of the music and says look at me more than maybe it should?

[rowdyjoe11]

no shit that pony tail !!!

[leviorion]

muito bom, e melhor ainda é saber que somos organicos(seres humanos)! Por isso acertamos e erramos.

Estão executando muito bem, meus parabens!

[stargannon]

sweet...so clean and just damn good!

[szykor]

good clean sound NICE

[outer432]

AWESOME! clean as hell and good way to leave space when soloing 5 stars

[kembahli]

awesome, but that pony tail... uughh!

[justcallmesue]

that was kewl...what language is that ?? and what does it mean i wonder.....great drumming too....thanks for sharing

[0Mattatouille0]

Well; this chick is monster; she takes her ployrythms on and on, something thats not very easy. Sounds very good, well played.

[ltension]

Awesome !! Does anyone know the name of the first part of this rhythm ?

[ArhonAnkhkara]

Loving it

Stay blessed

[jonskerr]

I found her bouncing pony tail distracting, but she SO made up for it by being such an incredible drummer and singer. Five stars.

[kaatje2111]

It's simple: this can't stop me to my "humps" (and the rest of my body) :-)

[whodathunkit01]

This is tight!

I wish you could check out my drum too. *grin*

We play the drum circle in DC at Malcolm X park NW DC every sunday.

I'm still learning and now I'm leading the circle.

(stagehand exp)

Nice groove and nice sounds

Always good to meet drummers

respect

[CKaphwan]

FUCKING AMAZING!

[Demiaaaaaa]

molto bravi

[zetlaux]

Awesome

[Pulgoso1]

Unreal!

[saleall]

wow. realy great!! there is a same drum loop loaded in one a Rolland keyboard i had. realy great.

[Guaguanco11]

Really nice playing, some of the best I've seen. I don't know about the costumes though.

[dancemashine]

Wauw! fantastic !

[nowthatsit]

Good job... subdue the hair...just my opinion

[ItsRocknrollForMe]

great job ! you are very good.. congratulations

[mafiossoniccolo]

wow...

muy buenos!!

[cdemesier]

one of the best

[ollioshanti]

This is intelligence of the heart - music with love or with love to the music. I love it - my favorite.

Many greetings from munich/gérmany - from the drummers of the englisch garden... Oliver - soon i upload my video from us ;-)

[birikipak]

hermosos sonido

felicitaciones

[DjembefolaDOTcom]

Well done. Very clean, beautiful stuff. Reall wish tie your hair back and looked up more though. :o)

[vadertjetijd]

favorite is where it's goin' quality music?... it's about quality living! i would say.... behind your pee see... yo disagree

[hirowasandres]

soooooooooooooo cooooooooooool.

very traditional. it's going my favorite.

[harkpau]

Great drumming and singing. I love the energy.

[grimloco]

I humbly disagree DrHolly that this is not quality drumming. I have no idea whom Muntu is however but, hey the Bass line is fat and the heart is there. Drumming isn't always an intellectual exercise. Keep going Chicago and always yearn to raise your level.

[gkokaisel]

IMHO, this is very intellectual drumming. She is very, very good! The sounds she is producing are crisp, clear, and professional. It takes a great deal of practice and refinement to get slaps and finger rolls as crisp, clear, and precisely executed as hers. Not only that but her djembe is very nicely tuned, which also shows knowledge and skill. A+!

[chicagodjembeproject]

about those djembes: I put the skins on both of them expressly for Famoudou Konate, and these are the drums he played on the North American tour that year. In this video, they're a bit high for his tastes--because of the sun.

[DjembeDjam]

@chicagodjembeproject Would the sun not heat up the skins, expanding them and thus causing a lower sound rather than high?

[g32able]

@DjembeDjam The sun dries the skin causing it to shrink and tighten,just like your skin when you spend too much time in the sun. That is to say that the goat skin on the djembe holds moisture, just like any other skin. So the sun or fire or any other dry heat source will tighten a skin slightly by causing the moisture to evaporate. If you wet the skin or leave it to soak in water,it becomes rubbery/soft. Metal expands, while skin contracts, when heated.