From slowing the decline in fatal brain disease, to generating a sense of oneness with one another and the universe, drumming's physical and spiritual health benefits may be as old as time itself.

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/6-ways-drumming-heals-body-mind-and-soul

 

Subconsciously, this is why I still play the drums.
Consciously, it's still alot of fun (especially in a band).

 

Yes absolutely. People learned that through drumming entrainment can be achieved, probably first noticed by mothers with their babies. The music and melodies of nature are also amazing.

 

True! And a Drum was my first ever instrument.
Combined with a Didgeridoo (learn to play the circular breathing technique)
it's an astral-experience...you reconnect to Earth and its powers without any
need of drugs, alcohol or any damaging stuff.

Adam Plack - Dawn Until Dusk
INFO @
http://www.dreamtime-didjeriduw3server.com/discography/DRxxxx/DR0099.html
MP3 (excerpts) @
http://www.dreamtime-didjeriduw3server.com/discography/audio/A099B.mp3
http://www.dreamtime-didjeriduw3server.com/discography/audio/a099a.mp3

New Music for Didjeridu
http://www.wnyc.org/story/new-music-didjeridu/

 

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as old as cavemen banging two rocks together

 

i agree, I've said for years drums make everything better
except bacon.. only bacon makes bacon better

 

@arhythmtech I love when stuff like that happens to me. One needs be an open vessel for experiences like these and cherish the moments of these special invitations, but you know what I mean.
The first drum is our mother's heartbeat which sooths us, nurtures and an reminds us of the we have returned to flesh and are all members in the band of life. Our own hearts connect us all with the inherent knowledge that we are all drummers looking to sync up with the universal heart.

 

@Kookaboo...I saw Adam Plank here in Basel a bunch of years ago when he gave a convert/clinic at the old and great venue The Elizabethan Church. He was amazing.

 

I am not a big Grateful Dead fan, but Mickey Hart wrote a great book about drums and drumming--it's history, lore and power. Very knowledgeable and inspirational. I read it twice. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166936.Drumming_at_the_Edge_of_Magic

 

Does air drumming count as one? lol

Seriously, I'm not an avid drummer but I like to use some pro tools to tighten my drums exercise.

 

I love this thread, many people believe that music (or drums, as we are relating it here) have ability/ and or connection of more than what we hear with our ears.

and yes devilorcracker, I think air drumming is a perfect example of this.. like the air drummer in the car next to us at a stop light. you may see him tapping on his steeringwheel and wonder if he has any rhythm, but to him, hes obviously quite connected to what the song is saying. or just in the moment. great stuff

 

Have you heard of water drumming?

 

Some people say the 1st word was probably "om". I say it was probably "Boom lakka lakka, boom lakka lakka ".

 

And Dr. Steve Gadd is God.

 

Listening to your mother's heart for 9 months does that to you. We are all minimal techno babies when we are born.

You know why the sound of waves hitting the shore/beach is comforting and soothing? The frequency of 7 seconds (median of the world oceans) are roughly the same frequency of breaths while sleeping.

 

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Steve God is Gadd.