Get your jiving shoes on and learn Joey’s Jive percussion ensemble music  Music a power house of FUN! 

There are so many benefits when we play a musical instrument and listen to music! And you don’t need to be a…

Use drumming for music therapy, the classroom or wellbeing settings Neurological research tells us how drumming can reduce stress, boost our mood and enhance wellbeing. For those of you who use drumming in music therapy, classrooms or wellbeing settings or …

Increase personal wellbeing with healing drum circle instruments

Are you looking for creative ways to improve your wellbeing and help ease stress of today’s world we are living in? Can music really be healing and if so do I need…

Uniting community with interactive drum circle music

Having the right combination of drum circle instruments can really enhance community connection and bring people together in the spirit of play. And of course having an experienced drum circle facilitator can really…

Take your drumming to the next level Too often I hear student say, “After drumming classes I forget the rhythms.” Sounding out rhythms may help embody rhythms – like singing the words of your favourite song.  Boost rhythm skills quickly …

Samba Drumming Da Go Go...

Now more than ever is the perfect time to get your drum out to play or experiment with a different musical instrument. Don’t have a drum? Get the pots and pans out; boost your creativity…

Learn uplifting Samba song

We’ve got time on our hands. Now is the time to stimulate your creative juices and learn Samba rhythms. Plus using your mind in a positive way will help you get through the global COVID-19. 

It…

Learn to tap into rhythm and music to build confidence and musicality

Whether you like to drum in your bedroom just for the pure pleasure, or continuing your music studies, or rhythm facilitator facilitating drum circles, playing along to music…

Deepen rhythmical knowledge - learn to drum 6/8 clave rhythm

There are so many great drum beat rhythms to learn in 6/8 time signature and one of the most important rhythms is the clave. 

But let’s not get too technical…

Easy to learn djembe rhythms for beginners in 6/8 time signature to empower creativity 

You don’t need to be a musician to play music that’s in 6/8 time signature, actually if you’ve been playing drums for a period of time,…

Drum circle rhythms that play a supportive role for your group

Are you a community leader, drum teacher or drum circle facilitator looking for rhythms to help support your drum circle? I wanted to help you learn a few drum…

I facilitated a drum circle facilitator training in Melbourne last weekend and was overwhelmed with all the positive feedback I received from who attended the day training.

Huge part of the facilitation training was musicality, so when it came to…

For centuries drumming has been used for celebrating community, meditation and self-healing

No matter what kind of drumming circle I'm facilitating, I always bring a low pitch drum for the music-making. The low pitch drum is the heart of the…

Group drumming rhythms for the classroom

Are you looking for new and inspiring way's to engage students? Do you teach drum lessons for kids and struggling to find simple drum circle rhythms for all to play and enjoy?

In this…

Drums and percussion bringing more depth to group drumming

I created this video to show just a few percussion instrument ideas you can have fun with in your circles. Notice the dialog between percussion. Facilitating dialog is key when facilitating…

Drum circle instruments that are therapeutic and FUN

In this video I talk about the kind of wonderful instruments that I'm bringing to my upcoming Rhythm Wellness Facilitator Training, Sunday 23 June in Melbourne.

Vegan friendly drums

Most of…

Learn How to Drum Series: 6/8 Rhythms for Drummers

This is our last video from this series. If you missed previous videos check out Learn How to Drum Series. 

In this video we're on an adventure into the world…

Learn How to Drum Series: 3 Awesome Tips for Beginner Hand Drum Solos

We’ve covered a lot in this series, hopefully you’ve caught all 4 of the previous videos. 

One important element to drumming is soloing, improvisation or adlibbing. 

If…

Learn How to Drum Series: 6 Popular Drum Circle Rhythms

In today’s video we’re going to look at improving timing and build musical ear by piecing together a few hand drum, bass drum and hand held percussion rhythms. 

We talked…

Welcome back to our series Learn How to Drum

We’ve already covered some simple hand drum rhythms, the different pitch drums, the bass line of a drum circle and drumming ensemble and how to tune your drums. 

In today’s…

Learn low pitch drums and increase your rhythm awareness

In the last video we talked about simple hand drum rhythms to develop dialog and why it’s important to have different pitched drums. 

Over the years I have heard people say…

Today I’m starting a multi series of Lean How To Play Drums

What I’m going to do over the next 6 videos is show how

• Simple rhythms can help to get you playing music straight away. 
• How combination of rhythms…

Are you looking for more djembe rhythms to learn?

I was rummaging through my video archives and found my African drumming video I created for my djembe students. So I thought I’ll send it out to the wider world so…

Are you a school teacher, music teacher or community leader looking for simple rhythms for your classroom, community drum circle or for your kids drumming classes?  

Keep it simple  

If you're a trained percussionist and drum teacher you…

Drumming for stress relief

There are a, abundance of wonderful and interesting musical instruments that you could use for drum circles, it’s not limited to drums only. I created this song to showcase just how wonderful percussion instruments…