I had totally forgotten how much fun hand drumming was. A friend wanted to jam on the beach with some drums, so I got my doumbeks out of storage, and I just had a wild great time learning them again. I used to play with them between my legs, but was trying out the traditional way of putting it horizontally on my lap, and that made it feel more Middle Eastern, less like I was playing a Djembe.
I also worked on learning some traditional rhythms, and that was really cool. I found some resources on YouTube and just rocked out for a couple hours. It was sweet that the restaurant upstairs was closed tonight, I could make lots of noise, since no one was here.
Life is sweet.
