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Mine's gone, and I can't see where to add a new one. Been through Account Settings and Profile. There's an option for "Cover Photo" or some such...is that it? Bloody hate computers me....(IT professional since 1983)...

I recently saw a guy using a cajon / djembe combination that worked really well. Sat on the cajon, with a reversed kick pedal worked with his right heel. Left foot had another kick pedal which operated a tambourine. In front of him he had a large djembe, which he played mostly with brushes. I have a video but it's too big to attach. (or to share via Dropbox, apparently :0( )

Yes (shortened from the classic "Yes, we have no bananas").

They're just trying to make you spend more money by implying that if you don't, you're not a 'pro' (and won't be seen as such by others). Don't fall for the hype, especially as you already Marketing is marketing, and it's all b/s.

If you click "see the source", do you get the review in the original language? If so, you could try copying into Google translate or similar (though they can be a bit bonkers too).

Rather wonderful, actually. I began playing the nyckelharpa in 2015, and started attending a regular Scandinavian music session held in a room over a pub. Over the xmas period, we temporarily relocated to a room above a different pub, as our usual venue was booked up with parties. The lovely people at this second pub (which also regularly hosts gigs) then asked our session organizer to put on a monthly evening of Scandi music in the main bar for the regular punters, with a smaller group of players than regularly attend the session (which can get quite large and a bit ramshackle at times, with maybe 15-20 people of all levels of ability). Last night was the first one. I expressed an interest, and to my surprise (most of the session people are way better than me) I was invited along to play. I switched between playing nyckelharpa and percussion, as my repertoire on the harpa is fairly limited, and unlike the other players, I'm not up to sight-reading the tunes. The pub cleared a table for us in a corner of the bar, and we sat around it and played for over 2 hours. The other performers (there were eight of us altogether) are all really good, and also lovely people. Being a part of that performance, playing music I cared about with musicians I like, respect and admire, was a joyous thing indeed. The audience was small, but appreciative, and I went home through the snow with a feeling of great satisfaction.

Here's two in Finnish, and one in Saami: Pekko Käppi / K:H:H:L - Mun Vereni ("my blood") Värttinä with the Philomela choir: Emoni ennen (you have to translate the whole line : Noin lauloi emoni ennen : roughly means "thus my mother used to sing") Mari Boine: Cuovgi Liekkas (radiant warmth)

Is this your first time on the internet?

Tuuletar: see 00:24:00 onwards - especially the first song (24:00 - 31:30 ish). I had heard of them, and seen them described as "vocal hip-hop", which didn't inspire much confidence, but was at this show a couple of weeks ago and was blown away. https://areena.yle.fi/1-50027364?seek=1440

If trees could vomit, that's what it would look like.

They hurt your hands. I thought it was just me (I had one for a while but moved it on for that reason), but I was chatting with a pro drummer at the weekend who uses one - "doesn't it hurt your hands?" I asked, expecting tips on proper technique or something... 'yes it does' he confirmed, and showed me his hands - a mess of callouses and dead skin. On the other hand, I saw someone else using one just as a seat / bassdrum, using a kick pedal turned around and worked with the heel. He had a large djembe sat in front of him which he played lightly with brushes and sticks, and a second kick pedal which operated a tambourine jingle type thing. Whole kit worked really well together.

"Practising" is correct in the UK. The verb is "to practise". "Practice" is the noun. Eg 'We had a good practice today' but 'we practised for two hours'. If you forget which is which, think of "advice" vs "advise", which rarely get confused with each other because they are pronounced differently. HTH. 😉

A triangle. Just to be awkward.

Someone in the YouTube comments says it's a Paul Reed Smith, but I wouldn't have a clue myself.

Pity about the bass sound farting out in this vid, but....

I have vivid and fond memories of watching my (South African) mate giving an excellent and very well received impromptu version of "We Will Rock You" on the highland pipes while dressed in full Scottish regalia, accompanied by a German oompah band, also wearing their traditional costumes, late at night at an open-air riverside café in Turku, Finland in the summer of 2017 during the Europeade (European folk dance) festival. Pick the cultural bones out of that one!

Good luck with your endeavours. If anyone, of whatever colour, tries to tell you that you shouldn't be playing a particular type of music because of your ethnic background, then they are being racist, and should be ignored, however much they may try to conceal their racism behind such fatuous pc terms as "cultural appropriation". It's no different from someone telling a black person that they shouldn't be performing opera or playing in a string quartet. Music is music, and has always benefitted from cross-cultural fertilization, without which much of the music we enjoy, and which has enriched our lives, simply would not exist. Enjoy!

I had completely forgotten until I started reading this thread, but I saw them somewhere in London (Hammersmith Odeon???) sometime in the late 80's. I know that "Green" was the latest album at the time. I know I enjoyed it, but I can't remember a damned thing about the gig itself now. Old age.....now, what did I come onto this site for?

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46383617 What exactly do they imagine they are protecting it from, I wonder? "Other cultural traditions which made the list included a Spanish riding school in Vienna, a Mongolian camel-coaxing ritual and Czech puppetry." - If I told them once, I told them a hundred times, put reggae music first, then the Czech puppet show.

Is it, though? Who's playing the bass from 2.30?

Ever noticed that the frets get closer together the further you go up the neck? There's a clue there.

Link or it didn't happen 😉 😄.