I've had my djuns for about three years now, and been playing for close to four. Being a bassist and groovester at heart, djuns were quite natural to me from the start.

Though I am not as experienced on the djuns as I am on bass, I find them a far less complex instrument to play, or at least to play simply.

These drums RULE for sweaty tribal grooves, huge 6/8 romps, or mellow jams with didgeridoos, flutes, etc. I would love to be involved in a drumming group working on ensemble rhythms or structured pieces.

These amazing drums were built by my great friend Chris Bertin of Moonrise Music.

PAST EXPERIENCE Kirtan at the Yoga Shala: The kind folks at the Yoga Shala were nice enough to invite me to play at their kirtan evenings and it's been great. I'm finally getting used to the wildly fluctuating tempos of kirtan music! David Embry's Kirtan and Amy & Marina's Sacred Chant Circles: played djuns for large group singalongs regularly, supporting the facilitators. taking direction and followed their musical musical ideas. African Trance-Dance Classes: played djuns for two trance dance classes which involved being extremely sensitive to dancers and teacher, and holding down one pulse for up to 45 minutes. Tons and tons and tons of jams

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