You have the ritim, you feel it and thats a good thing. I hope you devoloped your technic a little bit to. i think if you develop your technic to you would become even better. Good luck! chek my channel out to!
The Force is with you !! :) Greetings from Maryland . . . I am also a White dude playing Doumbek/Darabuka/Tabla. Keep it up, the drum will continue to teach you. Cjeck out my channel. (My Dad lives in Tulsa BTW)
How did you teach yourself? I am trying to teach myself and I am struggling and I was raised listening to arabic music haha. I am good at other instruments but I am terrible at percussion. I want that to change. lol. You are so good for a self taught person. Great job! :) I also have a traditional hand made hide doumbek. Seems more challanging because you have to hit it harder lol.
How did you teach yourself? I am trying to teach myself and I am struggling and I was raised listening to arabic music haha. I am good at other instruments but I am terrible at percussion. I want that to change. lol. You are so good for a self taught person. Great job! :)
good work dude ignore the racist comments made by people with no lives. you have the right to like any music whether it be american or arab or any other.
hey man, its cool that you're interested in worldly styles, i hate seeing clueless drummers who don't know where the root of their art came from. tried to be like you with this Doumbek Master app I downloaded for my iPhone. Not nearly as good as you were... :)
Hey very nice! I like the smooth rhythm changes and the volume level changes and all the flourishes! I'd like to see your skill working with a dancer. great job! ~Isis
You're really good! I'm in the process of trying to figure out what drum I want to learn to play (djembe or doumbek). I'm kinda liking the sound of the doumbek. I like the fact that you are self taught. Thanks for sharing!
@joujouheaven I just found it weird lol, usually people with arabic culture will like it more.. lol but its good that you're open to other cultures. Hope you'll be able to visit an arabic land one day
How long have you been playing the doumbek now, Wesley? I just got involved with The Black Rose belly dance troupe up here in Kenosha, Wisc. this past year. I'm now their lead drummer. and I've been taking Middle Eastern Percussion lessons in Chicago from two different instructors for the last 4 mos. now. I'm really diggin' it. I've met a lot of doumbek players this past year at various belly dancing haflas between Milwaukee and Chicago. You've got a great feel and style in your playing.
Was great! You have your own style that sets you apart keep it up! I would just add one thing the slap sound it adds a lot to a drum solo just a few here in there can add more power to a solo especially for belly dancers for accents.
Awesome! I just bought a doumbek to try it out to help out my drum solos as a belly dancer. If you are ever in VA, there are belly dancers that need a good doumbek player!
Good job, Wesley. I dig that solo immensely. I play around with percusssion myself, actually....up here in the Milwaukee-Chicago region. I jam on the djembe, doumbek, djun-djun, congas, bongos, etc. I get involved in a lot various public drum circles that happen up here in the Summertime as well. I love beatin' on the doumbek for hours. I'm just getting the feel for all the Arabic-Persian-Middle-Eastern fingering techniques. It's pretty tricky, but fun once you get the hang of it. Thanks!
even though you are self taught and don't have the most perfect technique (takes years of practice no doubt, and i'm sure youre tired of all the criticism lol) it made me want to get up and dance even after having danced for a full hour just now.
keep it up and you will get better and better and better!!
how difficult was it for you to learn it? i assume you do drum set too? my boyfriend is a drummer and I got a doumbek as a gift but i let him have it so he could learn it, but he hasn't started working on it yet.
Well I started when I was young and I was in my school band as a drummer before I started the doumbek. I do play a little bit of drum set too but mostly hand drum. The best way to start learning is to find a drum circle in your area. They love to share their knowledge!
Thanks bro. You could, but you couldn't use drum sticks on the drum head. It's made for hands, not drum sticks. If you where to do it, you'd have to use yarn mallets or tympani mallets.
Keep up the good work, Wesley! Keep on kickin it OKLAHOMA STYLE! Do what SOUNDS GOOD, not what the purists and the culture-nazis tell you ..! Play the damn drum with yer FEET, if it sounds good! Sheesh!
"you dont use that move on a darbuka"?!? Who the hell says so? Anybody who says stuff like this should be systematically ignored. The darbuka is played from the Mahgreb to Northern Africa, to Arabia and the Levantine, and up into Turkey and the Balkans ... not to mention all of the players across Australia, and North and South America ... and yet there is only ONE true way to play it? Musical instruments are limited ONLY by the depth of feeling, imagination and ingenuity of the players ..!
You got the rytm pretty good. It sounds clean, but my advice to you is lose the move where you use the finger tops on the skin. It doesn't sounds good and you dont use that move on a darbuka. But you going great keep up the good work!
Yeah, i've been practicing strengthening my left hand lately, and turkish rolls, which are crazy hard to get good at. I learned to percussion in high school which doesn't teach hand drumming. And i am obviously right hand dominate. Question though, which hand are you talking about having tense fingers and which part? I generally try to stay relaxed.
And I wish I could take classes but unfortunately theres no one even in the whole state from whom i could take lessons. Pretty much the only feedback i get is on here.
bro some ppl will say that ur crap and some people will say that your good and some people will act like they are a professional derbakeh" judge. you have potential man dont let anyone disencourage you at all. guys at least he tries to accomplish things, you cant expect everyone to be a professional. and wats with the kunt below judging wasim? who does he think he is srzly, hey kunt every1 has diferent opinions , learn to respect em khawel! sharmuta! your doing good wasim , jus keep practisng
Thanks, bro! I've been practicing and I'm better now then i was in that video. Not exponentially better, but better. I just try to improve a little at a time.
You're right. This drum has a wonderful sound. It's the drum I use for solos. I use another, higher pitched aluminum drum, for playing with the group. This drum was imported, from where, i don't know. It's an Alexandria plastic head and the drum itself is made from ceramic. It's a 9 inch head. Get a drum that's tune-able. This one sounded wonderful and I rarely have to tweak it, where as with my cast aluminum drum, I had to tune it up to stand out amongst the group.
great stuff.
barbaras1948 1 week ago
Great hands make a great drum sound!! What maker is your drum??
paizley11 1 month ago
I am a young lady of 75 summers, and playing tabla for the last 20. Hearing this young drummer just lifts my soul.
punctatus100 4 months ago
You have the ritim, you feel it and thats a good thing. I hope you devoloped your technic a little bit to. i think if you develop your technic to you would become even better. Good luck! chek my channel out to!
DonnieBrasco20 5 months ago
Fantastic. Like the t-shirt, too.
olyello 6 months ago
Lovely...I'd love to dance with ur music!
MilDarkAngel 7 months ago
pretty awesome dude.. and that's said by an arab who can't even play that good herself.
makeupLover187 7 months ago
Thank you for sharing, Truly amazing you can come play for my Belly Dance Troupe anytime!
lilbellydiiva 7 months ago
awesome wesley keep on going you are great
facciaditosta 8 months ago
Right on, Wesley! I second @Bennett3108, your style sounds great so keep it up!
idealiztik 9 months ago
wow ur really good.
shnugz786 9 months ago
The Force is with you !! :) Greetings from Maryland . . . I am also a White dude playing Doumbek/Darabuka/Tabla. Keep it up, the drum will continue to teach you. Cjeck out my channel. (My Dad lives in Tulsa BTW)
noaidie 10 months ago
also use your left index finger may be more fluid.
good luck..
trnsyd 10 months ago
How did you teach yourself? I am trying to teach myself and I am struggling and I was raised listening to arabic music haha. I am good at other instruments but I am terrible at percussion. I want that to change. lol. You are so good for a self taught person. Great job! :) I also have a traditional hand made hide doumbek. Seems more challanging because you have to hit it harder lol.
HadaLION 10 months ago
How did you teach yourself? I am trying to teach myself and I am struggling and I was raised listening to arabic music haha. I am good at other instruments but I am terrible at percussion. I want that to change. lol. You are so good for a self taught person. Great job! :)
HadaLION 10 months ago
yo great playing man, whats the difference of doumbek with a Darbuka?
DenisTheMennnace 10 months ago
good work dude ignore the racist comments made by people with no lives. you have the right to like any music whether it be american or arab or any other.
safghazaly3 11 months ago
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hey man, its cool that you're interested in worldly styles, i hate seeing clueless drummers who don't know where the root of their art came from. tried to be like you with this Doumbek Master app I downloaded for my iPhone. Not nearly as good as you were... :)
MazombaProductions 11 months ago
lol. I am a white dude playing an arabic drum. Thank you so much!
wesimus 1 year ago
Wicked indeed!!
SandrineSoprano 1 year ago
Hey very nice! I like the smooth rhythm changes and the volume level changes and all the flourishes! I'd like to see your skill working with a dancer. great job! ~Isis
nakedwriting 1 year ago
AWESOME!!!! I also love this kind of music! I loved this solo :D
avii3 1 year ago
YOU SHOULD JOIN PRIMUS
Satanischer 1 year ago
@Satanischer I should not join primus.
wesimus 1 year ago 2
@wesimus Mr Bungle?
Satanischer 1 year ago
@wesimus Hey are you a white dude playing arabic drum????????Well,your doing a awesome job at.
Arabchick18 1 year ago
VERRRRY GOOD!!!!
machinesgirl187 1 year ago
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ALL OPEN THIS LINK
osz111 1 year ago
You're really good! I'm in the process of trying to figure out what drum I want to learn to play (djembe or doumbek). I'm kinda liking the sound of the doumbek. I like the fact that you are self taught. Thanks for sharing!
MsARae1 1 year ago
can we get married
AquaDeMimi 1 year ago
That was awesome check mine out
fadymseih 1 year ago
your white and you like the arabic styles ?
joujouheaven 1 year ago 2
@joujouheaven hahaha. Basically. What's not to love?
wesimus 1 year ago 7
@joujouheaven I just found it weird lol, usually people with arabic culture will like it more.. lol but its good that you're open to other cultures. Hope you'll be able to visit an arabic land one day
joujouheaven 1 year ago
@joujouheaven that shouldn't even be a question. Like seriously? That's like asking someone, "you're not white and you like classical music?" LOL
bluscorpion 1 year ago
OMG that was Fantamazing Love it ♥♥♥♥
dncngbb 1 year ago
so cool you play like a pro
anawelhawa 1 year ago
this is awsome man, as a fellow percussionist i give you props, the doumbek is one of the most imcredible drums i have ever come across :)
starwarsandmetalgirl 1 year ago
@starwarsandmetalgirl Thank you! I'm surprised you didnt mention my shirt!
wesimus 1 year ago
@wesimus i think my name tells it all, BTW i actually just bought a brand new TOCA doum. this weekend :D
starwarsandmetalgirl 1 year ago
Your tek strokes are VERY consistent between both your hands.
dbaerg 1 year ago
hey! i know you! that was really good solo
thaliaridge 1 year ago
thats wack man
kvyas2 1 year ago
CHeck ONUR DARBUKA HE IS AASOMEE!!
HURIAKALE 1 year ago
nnice i like it
MsKingmonster 1 year ago
anta 3arabe?
serajss1 1 year ago
How long have you been playing the doumbek now, Wesley? I just got involved with The Black Rose belly dance troupe up here in Kenosha, Wisc. this past year. I'm now their lead drummer. and I've been taking Middle Eastern Percussion lessons in Chicago from two different instructors for the last 4 mos. now. I'm really diggin' it. I've met a lot of doumbek players this past year at various belly dancing haflas between Milwaukee and Chicago. You've got a great feel and style in your playing.
TheGringoLoco 1 year ago
do u still play the doumbek ?
daishalinton 2 years ago
Yes i do. Quite regularly.
wesimus 2 years ago
that was very good!an excellent talent you have !
HEFER2230 2 years ago
lesh hek malo
suhiel1000 2 years ago
Nicely done friend, I would agree about the slap but otherwise superb performance!
TheGreymonk 2 years ago
very are good you are talented for the oriental style
tarekabdelosamabinfa 2 years ago
Was great! You have your own style that sets you apart keep it up! I would just add one thing the slap sound it adds a lot to a drum solo just a few here in there can add more power to a solo especially for belly dancers for accents.
keni203 2 years ago
Awesome! I just bought a doumbek to try it out to help out my drum solos as a belly dancer. If you are ever in VA, there are belly dancers that need a good doumbek player!
BellydancingScoop 2 years ago
lol. thank you.
wesimus 2 years ago
Yo That's really good dont Listen to them HAter's.! You got it down.
evilwear818 2 years ago
boaring
RoketOrhan 2 years ago
it's spelled boring.
wesimus 2 years ago
@wesimus hahah
Pvagten 1 year ago
Pretty tight :D
bornanangel222 2 years ago
Good job, Wesley. I dig that solo immensely. I play around with percusssion myself, actually....up here in the Milwaukee-Chicago region. I jam on the djembe, doumbek, djun-djun, congas, bongos, etc. I get involved in a lot various public drum circles that happen up here in the Summertime as well. I love beatin' on the doumbek for hours. I'm just getting the feel for all the Arabic-Persian-Middle-Eastern fingering techniques. It's pretty tricky, but fun once you get the hang of it. Thanks!
TheGringoLoco 2 years ago
do you perform with any belly dancers?
NoLoveLost510 2 years ago
Yes. I drum for the purple roses of cairo.
wesimus 2 years ago
I work with belly dancers, too. It' awesome. :)
TheGringoLoco 2 years ago
wow you're great :)
PrinsesEmily 2 years ago
Thank you, Emily!
wesimus 2 years ago
cool
Parrotstone 2 years ago
even though you are self taught and don't have the most perfect technique (takes years of practice no doubt, and i'm sure youre tired of all the criticism lol) it made me want to get up and dance even after having danced for a full hour just now.
keep it up and you will get better and better and better!!
ErinBeledi 2 years ago
lol. That's awesome! Thank you so much!
wesimus 2 years ago
how difficult was it for you to learn it? i assume you do drum set too? my boyfriend is a drummer and I got a doumbek as a gift but i let him have it so he could learn it, but he hasn't started working on it yet.
ErinBeledi 2 years ago
Well I started when I was young and I was in my school band as a drummer before I started the doumbek. I do play a little bit of drum set too but mostly hand drum. The best way to start learning is to find a drum circle in your area. They love to share their knowledge!
wesimus 2 years ago
fantastic
kosovar12345 2 years ago
Very nice, you definetly got your hands the other way around. Are you a lefty? you should turn it around
telmad 2 years ago
uh...no...I am using my right hand for the doums and left for the kas. lol. how do you play?
wesimus 2 years ago
He has a wrong use of hand fingers .. needs to be fixed ..
b18uim60 2 years ago
What's wrong with them?
wesimus 2 years ago
wesley nice rithm, but u can improve yourself . u got basics rithms, thats only a start rally. u must see the greatest MISIRLI AHMET.
serdartimucincan 2 years ago
Awesome!
freedomtou 2 years ago
Good job!! Perhaps a visit in Middle East would help you improve your skills ;)
Keep it up!!
GiaPianist 2 years ago
Super!!!!!!!! Very much I like him, I love Drum solo, I ask more films
benitomusolini28 3 years ago
Definately awesome. Keep it up, bro. Oh, is there any way I can incorporate this into a full drumset?
LovesToDrift 3 years ago
Thanks bro. You could, but you couldn't use drum sticks on the drum head. It's made for hands, not drum sticks. If you where to do it, you'd have to use yarn mallets or tympani mallets.
wesimus 3 years ago
Excellent!
boogalou2003 2 years ago
Keep up the good work, Wesley! Keep on kickin it OKLAHOMA STYLE! Do what SOUNDS GOOD, not what the purists and the culture-nazis tell you ..! Play the damn drum with yer FEET, if it sounds good! Sheesh!
Bennett3108 3 years ago 3
You and I could definitely be friends. lol. thanks.
wesimus 3 years ago
"you dont use that move on a darbuka"?!? Who the hell says so? Anybody who says stuff like this should be systematically ignored. The darbuka is played from the Mahgreb to Northern Africa, to Arabia and the Levantine, and up into Turkey and the Balkans ... not to mention all of the players across Australia, and North and South America ... and yet there is only ONE true way to play it? Musical instruments are limited ONLY by the depth of feeling, imagination and ingenuity of the players ..!
Bennett3108 3 years ago 2
You got the rytm pretty good. It sounds clean, but my advice to you is lose the move where you use the finger tops on the skin. It doesn't sounds good and you dont use that move on a darbuka. But you going great keep up the good work!
DonnieBrasco20 3 years ago
He is Beautiful. Love dance a solo, he is my percussionist. kiss
maguinhorecife 3 years ago
lol. Thank you.
wesimus 3 years ago
very catchy :)
JamesWilliamson82 3 years ago
hola te queria preguntar si es muy dificil aprender.gracias
natiarabi 3 years ago
se
es un poco complicado
por q cada parte produce un sonido
alkon168 3 years ago
pretty good. not great, but the technique is good.
meecrofilm5 3 years ago
I have seen better ;)
frostymxer 3 years ago
lol. Thanks, Joe.
wesimus 3 years ago
Wasim .. why dont u project other solo shows .. i like your style .. bring us more!
fallujah78 3 years ago
well done waseemo! keep on it!
fallujah78 3 years ago
ya but it takes a lot of damn coordination to do this...
JennelleBelle 3 years ago
thaaaaat is sooooooo awesome. and you're really hot :)
likeomgitsjuiceee 3 years ago
Where are you from?
Check out my Darbuka video if you have time.
We kinda play a like:-)
I've never had eithe=(
saleemdebu 3 years ago
do you do weddings
sammynyc987 3 years ago
It depends. Private message me if you are interested.
wesimus 3 years ago
Yeah, i've been practicing strengthening my left hand lately, and turkish rolls, which are crazy hard to get good at. I learned to percussion in high school which doesn't teach hand drumming. And i am obviously right hand dominate. Question though, which hand are you talking about having tense fingers and which part? I generally try to stay relaxed.
wesimus 3 years ago
And I wish I could take classes but unfortunately theres no one even in the whole state from whom i could take lessons. Pretty much the only feedback i get is on here.
wesimus 3 years ago
bro some ppl will say that ur crap and some people will say that your good and some people will act like they are a professional derbakeh" judge. you have potential man dont let anyone disencourage you at all. guys at least he tries to accomplish things, you cant expect everyone to be a professional. and wats with the kunt below judging wasim? who does he think he is srzly, hey kunt every1 has diferent opinions , learn to respect em khawel! sharmuta! your doing good wasim , jus keep practisng
pazza7 3 years ago
Thanks, bro! I've been practicing and I'm better now then i was in that video. Not exponentially better, but better. I just try to improve a little at a time.
wesimus 3 years ago
irennççç olmuş öğğğğ
06au8226 3 years ago
very very nice...that makes me dancing man...yeah
nabulsiye 3 years ago
seriously your awesome!!!!!!
monyhanna 3 years ago
wtf is that
jowecools 3 years ago
Nice:-)
saleemdebu 4 years ago
you were really good!!!!!
ive jus ordered a drum like that! cant wait!! x
missymazee 4 years ago
Complimenti.
BallerinoAfro 4 years ago
your very tight man. that drum needs alittle bit more tightening. and your set. take care
chopzmasta07 4 years ago
watch some turkish darbuka also...'kucuk yunus darbuka show', 'onur'..
oGNaC 4 years ago
great virtuos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theenforcer44mag 4 years ago
choroz
Cumbulu 4 years ago
Solid!
bPofDuluth 4 years ago
You need one made by "Gawharet el Fan" - the best brand out there. Alexandria are Ok but GEF is better!
tooby98765 4 years ago
i want to learn how to play!! i practice all the time but i can't seem to get those beats down!
nalhashi 4 years ago
Practice makes perfect. :-)
wesimus 4 years ago
Nice hands! Awesome tunes!
bellydancer523 4 years ago
HOT!!!!!!!!!
Fikarrajaii 4 years ago
You're right. This drum has a wonderful sound. It's the drum I use for solos. I use another, higher pitched aluminum drum, for playing with the group. This drum was imported, from where, i don't know. It's an Alexandria plastic head and the drum itself is made from ceramic. It's a 9 inch head. Get a drum that's tune-able. This one sounded wonderful and I rarely have to tweak it, where as with my cast aluminum drum, I had to tune it up to stand out amongst the group.
wesimus 4 years ago
Sounds Awesome!! You're the BEST!!!!
shimmydancer28 4 years ago
sounds good man!
PrinceAbigor 4 years ago
I wanna dance with you, Wes! Next Talking Drum I do, you're mine ;-) I'm so glad you're finally going to start teaching!
Kestralyn 4 years ago
lol. okay.
wesimus 4 years ago
America's Got Talent..... anyone?
LNJinx 4 years ago
sweet
djlogitek 4 years ago