Click here for info on the new DVD - Akaran Iko Iko (learn again, again)!!!!

DVD Video, $29.95

"Akaran Iko Iko is very good, very easy to understand, the pedagogy is very good and at the same time will make you laugh. My advice is that every student should have this DVD in their library."

-- Grand Master Drummer Mamady Keita
Now available from the Holy Goat Drum Store...click here to order!

This instructional DVD was inspired by Michael Taylor's experiences, observations and insights as a teacher and student of the West African djembe drum. Develop traditional djembe technique and enhance your overall experience in learning the tradition of the West African djembe drum.

"Everyone is a drummer," says Taylor, "when we are learning how to drum, we are actually remembering how to drum."

  • Enhance your path to learning the tradition of West African djembe with this ground-breaking instructional DVD
  • Learn traditional technique...speak clearly on the drum
  • Interactive ensembles...choose which parts to hear and play
  • Infinitely Looping practice rhythms...Beginner through advanced levels
  • Ghosting, polyrhythmic and polymetric exercises
  • Informative Interviews... focusing on history and technique

This video requires Quicktime.

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