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Skillbuilder Workshop: Video and Picture Tutorials for Your Drum Practice. NWR core rhythms. Bare Bones Tracks for Drum and Dance Practice Drum Solo Bellydance Practice Tracks: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 (2 min/per track). Click on the # to download Practice Tracks from Amira's Bellydance 101 Active Listening Guide- great musicians & free commercial tracks that Illustrate aspects of rhythmic culture from around the world. New World Rhythmatism Ensemble, Las Vegas, Belly Dance Intensive 2008 On Youtube New World Rhythmatism Ensemble, Las Vegas, Belly Dance Intensive 2007 On Youtube: Part I, Part II   Alchemical Fire Circle documentary clip healthy rhythmic ritual for modern mythfits Sacred Arts Circle Information: About Drum and Dance Mediations About starting your own Sacred Arts Circle Firetribe Chants E-group Archive: Access a long list of free chant MP3's to help get your circle turning. New World Rhythmatism Selected Materials on Rhythm and Culture: Been there, Done that, Read the book... Master of the doumbek and musical pioneer, Hossam Ramzy offers this extraordinary essay on dancing with the music. Essential for Middle-Eastern dancers and drummers alike. Altared States PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Music and altared states. The Drummer's Circle PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Romani (Gypsy) Voices PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Chant PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Sacred Spaces PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Santaria PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Sufi Spirit PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. Teachers and Students PRI audio ducumentary from Sound and Spirit. The Tree, the Drum, and the River Joshua's mythopoetic rhythm visions and guiding rhythmic metaphors (some words to steer by): Layne Redmond Interview Part I Part II Part III YouTube Videos Resources for Purchasing Drums and other Rhythm Instruments The Cooperman Company: The finest frame drums I've ever played. For years, the frame drums available in the U.S. were either mass produced american toys or cottage industry seconds from the Middle-East. Cooperman, working with some of the most celebrated contemporary players, has set the standard for the finest quality drums around. These are light weight tunable works of art. They feel like tree spirits in your hands. Shaun McGinnis leads the crafts people at Cooperman. Rhythm Fusion: http://www.rhythmfusion.com/ Mid-East Manufacturing: http://www.mid-east.com Groth Music: http://www.grothmusic.com/ Musician's Friend (good price on entry level Remo frame drums) A few links to infinite rhythm exploration: Jas' Middle Eastern Rhythms Site Maqam World- Arabic Rhythms Djembe Mande Archive rhythmweb framedrum central North American Frame Drum Association, Inc. Explore the Physical Mysteries of Sound and Music CD's Featuring Joshua's Drumming Men In Caves Makaan Burt Live At Starwood Seeds of Time Middle Eastern Moods- 4:05AM Cameron Powers Enter the Center Abigail Spinner McBride Souls on Earth Zingaia, Mike Breen Deep Forest Gary Stadler, Wendy Rule         Fire of Creation Abigail Spinner McBride Amira's Bellydance 101. Instructional DVD         Entrance • About Us • Schedule • Ideas • NWR • Contact