About 13 years ago I went to my first Keith Terry workshop. Wow. I'd been studying Afro-Cuban drumming, and was amazed by what he taught: body percussion. And may I say that, after schlepping heavy congas drums around, it was a revelation to realize that my body was an amazing instrument! And required no additional heavy lifting.
Keith lives in the Bay Area will be hosting the 1st International Body Music Festival December 2nd through the 7th. The festival will feature performers from all over the world. Hambone, gumboot, palmas, beatboxing, stepping, kecak (monkey chant), snapping, clapping, you name it. Long before we humans developed instruments, we used our bodies to express our musical ideas. Almost every part of the world has some form of body percussion or mouth music.
If you can't make it to the festival, bring Keith to your town to teach a workshop. I guarantee it'll be great fun.
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Hello!
I'm wondering if your domain address is free to use, since you haven't written anything in several years.
Please respond to world_music_cafe@hotmail.com.
Kind regards
--Stefan Mörth
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