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[THE REF]

Yo Rico is here ;D

[THE REF]

So is this and all boys band or can girls join GUYs!!!!!
just asking for a friend GUYS!!! :o

[wgatorw]

It is so nice to see a new site with a different perspective. A view from the builders eye. I think that this forum can become a place for all drummers and durm makers alike to learn more about the instrument.
I would like to convey a lesson that I learned from an African drum maker when I was on tour in Gahana West Africa.
I came across a drum maker who explained to me that the drum he was making was once a living thing with a spirit of it's own. It was a tree. When that tree was cut, it's spirit died leaving behind a spirit house.
He went on to say that the drum maker, as he hand makes this drum, fills some of the rooms of the spirit house with his spirit through the care and love that he puts into it's creation. Then it is up to the player of the drum to fill the remaining rooms with his spirit to make the drum come back to life.

Good luck with the site. I will come back to visit from time to time.
Wally Gator Watson - drummer/ the Lionel Hampton Orchestra www.wallygator.net

[E-Dog]

Wally in a way your story of the drum maker from africa is the same thing that drives me in exploring this wood burning thing I am doing on drum shells. Thanks for that story.