This is a series teaching how to make many of the cool sound effects instruments I use in my DrumSongStory programs. I will be updating these posts with video as well. I welcome your photos and videos, links and suggestions. These very simple … [Read more...] about How To Make Cool Sound FX Instruments – Part 1
Birds Don't Carry Suitcases
Birds Don't Carry Suitcases...They Just Fly! Drums, Songs and Stories About Birds For most of my life I have been an avid birder. I watch birds, I read about them, I feed them, I listen to their amazing music. What I didn't realize was how deeply … [Read more...] about Birds Don't Carry Suitcases
Trickster Tales
Drums, Songs & Stories Exploring The Trickster Archetype In Many Cultures Of course this is the funniest program I do. It is after all, stories celebrating tricksters: Fox, Coyote, Rabbit, Anansi the Spider, Monkey, Crow, Turtle...all of these … [Read more...] about Trickster Tales
Beyond The Borders
Drums, Songs and Stories Celebrating Cultural Collaboration My Most Popular K-12 Assembly Program! Starting and ending with the haunting sounds of Overtone Singing from Central Asia and making stops around the world, "Beyond the Borders" … [Read more...] about Beyond The Borders
DrumSongStory Is…
An eclectic, ever-changing, shape-shifting, globe-circling, archetype-exploring, bridge-building, boundary-breaking, mind/heart/ear opening, combination of Drums, Songs & Stories. This is a totally flexible format where I mix a little of … [Read more...] about DrumSongStory Is…