海の豊饒 (WKRLEM NO-San)

Bach on hand bells led to my friend Mamady Keita, which led to AADE and Baba Chuck Davis, which led to some awesome marimba playing and this happened. I better stop.

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I have a rawhide former drum head sitting nearby - I used to build drums like those in that video, but I couldn't sell them, so I stopped making them. But hearing them played reminds me why I used to do such things.

Mamady:

I called him "Mon petit frere" as he is a month younger than I am.

I used to make djembes, but once again, I just barely managed to sell what I made. I started with a neighbor's maple log pictured below on the lower right:

Then I turned a djembe with its shape based on the thrust nozzle of a Saturn V rocket:

It is loud, but not Saturn V loud.

Today I finished a red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana) robox:

But wait, there is more:

I couldn't find a video of my friend playing balafon but this guy does pretty darned well.