Why I Joined the Seminar

1. I joined this seminar because I love international music: everything from Japanese Pop to Indian to Italian. I wanted to add African music to this list, and this seminar sounded like a great opportunity to do so. I'm hoping to become more comfortable with playing together with other people, as well as learn how to keep a steady rhythm. I take piano, so I know how to keep a beat, but it's different with the drums. I'm not aiming for much: I don't really want to play the dejembe; I'm actually more interested in playing the kenkeni or the sangban.

2. In what ways was the first day's drumming what you expected? How was it different? I wasn't aware that there were so many different types of drums in just this one style of drumming, so learning about the different instruments was really interesting. Along those lines, I was expecting more playing the first day, but in hindsight, learning about the drums first makes complete sense.