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Sacred Earth => Shaman [Public] => Topic started by: Jennifer- on August 01, 2006, 09:00:32 PM
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It all started with a dream....
I found myself sitting with a man making a drum, he'd tap it gently and smile at me.
Following the lead of my dreamer I started researching on how to make myself one.. I presented it on my forum and a friend jumped on it with photos of his hoping it might help my task. About a week later he emailed me and offered to send the drum to me, he said it had been sitting in his shed outside for quite some time and it needed a good home. Thrilled the drum arrived here in my woods a few weeks later, and Ive not stopped drumming since!
The passion grew swiftly and soon I started playing around and making drums out of anything I could get my hands on. I knew if I made a drum, Id find someone to join me in playing them. Thus far I have about 20 here at my house and we spend a good amount of time gathered and playing into the nights.
I spend a great deal of time drumming alone, almost daily.
First I'll share some of the ones Ive made in hopes of inspiring some of you to take the leap in making your own. :)
This is my sweatlodge drum. Its a rather thick deer skin head that I used to cover a wooden barrel. Then did some pyrography on the sides. Its a deep healing drumbeat and sounds best when sweaty and wet.
(http://people.delphiforums.com/RAVEN1273/wbdrum1.jpg)
(http://people.delphiforums.com/RAVEN1273/wbdrum3.jpg)
(http://people.delphiforums.com/RAVEN1273/wbdrum2.jpg)
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My husband often teases that nothing is safe from the idea of a drum here at our house *grins*
I spotted some construction piping in my back yard and had it cut to size, covered the head using a synthetic material and also drilled some large holes in the sides.
These can be used as hand drums but are used most by my husband with drum sticks. Each has a different tone and sound great inside or outside.
(the synthetic material allows for outside use taking the weather, I take great care in my natural hide drum skins and often cant use them due to the weather)
These are all of that construction pipe.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/DrumMix.jpg)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/FireDrum.jpg)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/Fluteplayerdrum.jpg)
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what did you use to make the drawings?
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Some purchased pieces...
These are great fun! I often use the large black one. :)
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/Adrums.jpg)
This one I gifted my son for his 13th birthday.
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/DustinDrum.jpg)
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what did you use to make the drawings?
The wood burning tool we spoke of :)!!!
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those drawings on the covering are also done with that?
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oops.. no.. I got tangled up in the post order.. sorry. :)
All the rest is done in acrlic paint and sealed with a spray.
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This is the drum I use the most and for all my working. Its also the one I received via my dream.
When the spirit of the drum is awake... it plays itself.
I recieved it plain.. and did all the 'decor'
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/Drum1.jpg)
snake skin
(http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/Naturesbreath/Snakeskin.jpg)
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"The drum is an essential tool for the shaman. It is complex with diverse symbols. The drum is thought to be made of wood form the Cosmic tree at the center of the world. The shaman is transported to the Cosmic Tree when playing the drum. Because the shaman is able to travel to other planes via his drum, the drum is often called the shaman's "horse". --Eliade
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Any drummers in the house?
(http://www.orgsites.com/fl/drumming/drummer.gif)
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I tried drumming first time about two years ago. within seconds it almost carried me away, later it was harder to repeat this because then i already had expectations and thoughts about it.
I was fascinated by the pattern thing which M also described in the 'trance drumming' thread. that is exactly how i experienced it - first tried a simple pattern and then more creatively from pattern to freeform. or actually i didn't try that consciously, it just went like that by itself.
I haven't drummed for quite a long time because i don't have my own drum. if i had i would also need a car ::)
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Cool :)
With more use I bet you tap that ride once again, it often takes me a bit to wake things up and start moving.
Maybe you could make one!
You can really drum on anything.. table top.. trees... plastic buckets, coffee cans...
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Puniu - Hawaiian Knee Drum
(http://www.primitiveways.com/images/puniu16.gif)
(http://www.primitiveways.com/images/puniu17gif)
http://www.primitiveways.com/puniu.html
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yes maybe i could make one. the bad thing is that i have almost no tools at my home. that's how it is - a girl living alone >:( and they are quite expensive
what did you use as a covering material?
Cool :)
With more use I bet you tap that ride once again, it often takes me a bit to wake things up and start moving.
Maybe you could make one!
You can really drum on anything.. table top.. trees... plastic buckets, coffee cans...
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I purchased the one for my son on ebay and it was about $30.00 US (not too bad really)
I researched everywhere to see what I could use in place of the hide and couldnt really find anything other then a suggesting of "packing cloth" which I have no idea what that is.
I found a vinal type of stuff at a fabric shop that I think ppl must use for table clothes, or covering for seats. Its got give to so you can stretch it. Maybe one of those plastic table coverings for outside tables would work...
I plan to give real hide a try this hunting season. :)
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Any drummers in the house?
(http://www.orgsites.com/fl/drumming/drummer.gif)
pretty soon ;)
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:) ;)
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HeartBeat
The Healing Power of Rhythm
Meditation: Let your head quietly slip back in a soothing bath, until your ears are underwater. Quiet your thoughts and listen. What do you hear? The rhythmic beating of your heart (pumping blood through your inner ear). This is just one clue.
"There is no more obvious evidence of connection between our heart and energy outside the body than our heart's response to musical rhythms.....Our heart is the metronome of our body's biorhythm, and health happens when we are in rhythm within ourselves, synchronized with other living systems and moving to our preset beat rather than trying to respond to the driving beat of the stressful outside world....Healing, then, becomes the ability of our heart to improvise and develop its own new rhythms to the chaotic rhythms that continually emerge in our daily life."
--Paul Pearsall, Ph.D., The Heart's Code: Tapping the Wisdom and Power of Our Heart Energy, p. 222
The drum is a heartbeat of creation, and represents our connection with the mother, the source...and with our own mother, the echo chamber of the womb. With mother earth, and the beat of the sea. The pounding surf, the crack of lightning, the wingbeats of migrating birds. The turning of the seasons, the sound of our own breath. The moving feet and pumping arms of a runner; the rhythmic stride of a long-distance walker. The movements of lovers, and people working the fields. All the sounds of all the movements we do to keep alive and to express our joy, and even our pain; the insistent clockwork of stress, the innocent soft lapping of a kitten's tongue.
The drum heals our connection with each other when we play it together. It brings to our attention what works between us and what doesn't. It shows us exactly where and how we harmonize and where we don't. It makes us attune to the invisible world of the energy between us: this becomes more important than what we think we see, what we wish for or regret. What's real is happening right now, in the moving moment. And when it's gone, we have only to look for the next to get back on; this time we ride.
Unknown Source..
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Puniu - Hawaiian Knee Drum
(http://www.primitiveways.com/images/puniu16.gif)
(http://www.primitiveways.com/images/puniu17gif)
http://www.primitiveways.com/puniu.html
I love the sound of those little drums! I don't drum myself though I did experiment once and found it very good to help maintain inner silence.
Have fun! :-*
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First I'll share some of the ones Ive made in hopes of inspiring some of you to take the leap in making your own. :)
Very beautiful!
Yup indeed, I am inspired.
You can feel and hear the energy of the drum in your thread.
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:) :-* I hope to hear you joining me soon!!
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:) :-* I hope to hear you joining me soon!!
Do I hear a drumroll? :D
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I'm drummin me heart out, lassie. t
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Tips for Drummers
Drummers help provide the vehicle on which the journeyer travels and should try to avoid changing the direction of the journey by altering tempo or volume. Such changes may distract the journeyer from his or her inner experience or may change the course of the journey.
Play as steadily as you can; and relax your hands, arms and shoulders. When you stop or start drumming, do so gradually. Volume, power and strength are not the same. There are no points given for speed or volume. Experienced journeyers generally prefer a strong, steady, driving beat. Monotony is essential. To change pace, rhythm, volume or one's position is to call attention to one's self and to intrude into and manipulate the journey (which should be inner directed).
~Unknown~