Your Guide To Community and World Hand Drumming Welcome to Drum Journey! This site is dedicated to the promotion and support of community and world hand drumming. Explore hand drums and percussion instruments of all cultures as a vehicle for healing, personal and community spirit, or just plain fun!
	This site is maintained by David, a hand drum enthusiast living in Thunder Bay, Canada. Find out more about his current musical projects here.

Why do drummers drum? Some inspirational quotes and information from various drummers in The Spirit Of Drumming.

A "Drum Journey" is not only about drumming and rhythm, but also about your own personal growth and how you might use drumming, dancing and singing to heal and feed your Spirit. Find out more in the article "What Is A Drum Journey?"

Main Page Listing
World Percussion	Explore World Percussion Instruments by area. Latin America - South America - North America - Africa - Middle East - India - Asia Also check out the glossary and discover some useful drum circle instruments.
Homemade Percussion	Learn how drums are constructed and how to build some interesting low cost projects.
Articles Menu	Read articles on community drumming, world percussion, drums and drum making, the spirit and healing of drumming and more.
Links Menu	Popular categories of site links below are: Drumming Resources: Canada - Eastern US - Central US - Western US - Global
Rhythms Page	Explore some basic and traditional Rhythms which are mapped out in box notation.
Kirtan	Kirtan is an ancient practice of devotional call and response singing in sanskrit, also known as a form of Bhakti Yoga. If you live in Thunder Bay come join us!
Photo Gallery	Photos of drums, drumming, performances and more.
David	Local music and drumming projects of David in his hometown of Thunder Bay, Canada.

For many years I have thought about the healing power of the drum, and the philosophy I have come to is that the drum is a kind of trinity. The body of the drum, which comes from a tree, contains the living spirit of that tree. Great care is taken to make sure that the wood of the drum is alive. And the same is true of the skin; whether it is the tanned hide of a goat or buffalo, it also contains a spirit that is alive. And when you join these two spirits with that of the person playing the drum, the result is an irresistable force, a trinity, a balance that gives the drum its healing power. ~ Babatunde Olatunji

Scenes from the Thunder Bay drumming community.

visitors since June 2006

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