DrumaticInnovation.com hosts drum circles in the Pacific Northwest
About DrumaticInnovation.com
Did You Know…. Our drum circles have been tested and proven for many years. We guarantee the very best in group recreation possibilities. Our drum circle program is a positive approach to drumming. We take the risk and guess work out of establishing a drum circle at your facility and best of all we provide all of the instruments.
There are many benefits to creating music in a group, and it is widely accepted by teachers, youth workers, music therapists, and health practitioners as being an effective way to encourage life skills and develop confidence and self-esteem.
Have you ever thought about hosting your own drum circle at you next event?
We supply all of the instruments and guide your group into musical harmony. Up to 500 Participants.
Drumatic Innovation Drum Circles are safe, fun and family friendly. No Experience Necessary!
Reasons to Drum (stress relief and fun)
Drum circles can be extremely effective for corporations, companies, and small businesses that want to enhance the generation of new ideas and better team work. When people discover that they can collectively produce a good sound without any musical training or background, they start to realize that they can be more effective at work by putting their heads together and working as a team.
Also, drumming uses the brain in a different pattern than the linear thought process that is usually needed in the work environment. A drum circle brings the group to a more open mental and psychological process. The creative side of the brain becomes free to improvise, which can be carried over to the production of new and better ways of working. An excellent tool to kick off any kind of brain storming session, and optimize the quantity and quality of new ideas. I provide the group with the tools they need to figure out the task.
Music is a universal language, and drumming is one of the most accessible ways for diverse groups of people to make music together. Drumming encourages teamwork and builds skills in listening, participating, and leadership. Our goal is to help people build stronger communities through making music together in the classroom, at team building events, and at community gatherings.
In the past few decades, there has been a movement to uncover and recover the ancient art form of drumming and making music together as a community.
The late Babatunde Olatunji, a gifted drummer and inspirational teacher, made it his life mission to help create peace in the world by encouraging people to communicate and celebrate life through music. He said: “All people from all walks of life, all colors, have various things they can do together to create harmony, and it is the simplest to make music and sing together."
The interest in drum circles as a way of community gathering has been growing rapidly all over the world and is happening in many settings. As well as community circles open to the public, facilitated drum circles are being used in schools as an educational tool; are taking place in multi-national corporations and governments for morale building, in health care facilities with the well-elderly, cancer patients, recovering addicts, alzheimer patients, senior activities, and the list grows as more people experience the positive effects of self-expression in a creative and friendly environment.
Not only are drum circles a wonderful way to have fun and meet new friends. Other recognized benefits include it as exercise for the mind, body, spirit and a great stress reducer.
Drum circles are coordinated by a facilitator in order to help the group have fun making music together and no musical experience is necessary in order to participate. We are all rhythmical beings! This multi-generational, multi-cultural, activity encourages listening and relating to each other without words and is really a re-connection to the ancient wisdom found in all cultures about the beauty and importance of community gatherings.
Drumatic Innovation Drum Circles are safe, fun and family friendly.
Drum Classes are now available in Sandpoint
Drum Repair is now available in Sandpoint
Drum Tuning is now available in Sandpoint
Drumming reduces Stress
Drumming is fantastic for Seniors Events
Hand Drum Classes in Sandpoint
Have you ever wanted to learn how to drum but didn't know where to begin? Experience Sandpoint's most popular hand drumming class!
Effective group drumming Exercises for timing and speed Poly rhythms and Improvisation Proper hand drum techniques Drum Circle / Jamming
This is a universal style of hand drumming. This means that the class focuses on those aspects of drumming that are universal to most any drum or drumming tradition that utilizes hand drumming.
Students are not bound to any specific tradition and learn how to create their own rhythms as well. Although the class is primarily taught on djembe drums (provided), the goal of the class is to teach people to play any hand drum with confidence and flare in any situation (drum circle, on stage, alone, etc.). Most of all, the goal is to get people to truly ENJOY the art of drumming!
Class Description: This class is geared towards those who have little or no prior drumming experience, but also accommodates intermediate players. We cover basics such as: holding and striking a drum properly, basic coordination drills, easy rhythms, and playing as a group. Drums are available to use if you do not own one. Those with prior experience will be given more challenging rhythms and playing techniques.
Ongoing Beginner Drum and Percussion Classes available Classes
We guarantee a fun learning experience.
Want to get involved but don't have a drum? Not a problem! We can provide you with a authentic African Djembe.
In this introductory course we will cover...
Drumming Etiquette Handing Techniques Listening Skills Drum Sounds Experiential Percussion Simple Rhythmic Patterns Breathing Group Dynamics Volume Tempo Polyrhythm Timbre Pitch Drum Tuning
Class size will be limited so call or
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Phone (360) 485 7501
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Drum circles are coordinated by a facilitator in order to help the group have fun making music together and no musical experience is necessary in order to participate. We are all rhythmical beings! This multi-generational, multi-cultural, activity encourages listening and relating to each other without words and is really a re-connection to the ancient wisdom found in all cultures about the beauty and importance of community gatherings.
Drumatic Innovation Drum Circles are safe, fun and family friendly.
Drum Classes are now available in Sandpoint
Drum Repair is now available in Sandpoint
Drum Tuning is now available in Sandpoint
Drumming reduces Stress
Drumming is fantastic for Seniors Events
Drumatic Innovation, Sandpoint's Most Experienced Drum Circle Provider!
Drumatic Innovation Drum Circles; Manic to Magic in 60 Seconds
Welcome to Sandpoint's Most Experienced Drum Circle Provider.
We supply all of the instruments to make music fun and accessible for any community, corporate or educational event.
A Drumatic Innovation Drum Circle results in enhanced communication skills and promotes teamwork for your Organization.
Drumming encourages teamwork and builds skills in listening, communication, and leadership; our goal is to help people build stronger communities through making music together.
Recreational music is about inspiring exceptional living, support and personal experience, and it’s about having fun.
It has been proven that hand drumming can alter a person’s response to stress at a genomic level.
Decreased anxiety and depression, improved joint mobility and posture, making social connections.
Drumming has been noted for teaching children intangibles like creativity, self-esteem and co-operation
Studies have shown that drumming improves children's academic performance, improves test scores for those with an arts education and bolsters self-confidence.
This multi-generational, multi-cultural, activity encourages listening and relating to each other without words and is really a re-connection to the ancient wisdom found in all cultures about the beauty and importance of community gatherings.
“A Pennsylvania corporation saved $89,100 in costs associated with training new hires by using drumming to improve morale…”
You can expect an interactive team-building rhythm event that will energize and empower any group of professionals.
Drum circles are a highly effective way of introducing the revised shift in attitudes necessary for building teams.
Active engagement with music sharpens the brain’s early encoding of linguistic sound. Eight year old children with just 8 weeks of musical training showed improvement in perceptual cognition compared with controls.
Documented health benefits of drumming: decreases stress, strengthens immune system and improves mood.
Clients we have worked with include Microsoft, Hands On Children's Museum, Seattle World Percussion Festival.
Research shows babies respond to the rhythm and tempo of music, and find it more engaging than speech.
A drum circle or rhythm circle is a group of people sitting with chairs arranged in a circle experiencing the spontaneous creation of music on a variety of drums and percussion instruments.
Do you want to learn to drum but don't know where to begin? Experience Sandpoint's most popular hand drum class!
It's easy! We supply all of the instruments and guide your group into musical harmony.
Another option is personal hand drum lessons in the privacy of your own home.
Along with the standard Arthurian drum circle etiquette suggestions, I have some advice for beginning beginners who are joining a drum circle event for the first time.
"Drum circle events of any kind, are about dynamic interactive musical and personal relationships. These relationships, when involved in any group rhythmical alchemy event, are based on a simple set of unwritten guide lines."
Links to great drum and dance opportunities around Sandpoint, Idaho.
A drum rhythm workbook, written by Michael!
Drum class handout in 4/4 time, along with MP3 links!
Drum class handout in 6/8 time, along with MP3 links!
Drumming under the Capitol Dome, an unprecedented musical event conceived of by Michael, brought the drumming community together like never before.
A calendar of drum events around Sandpoint.
Here you will find links to some of the most interesting information I could find about drums.
Whether you are in Sandpoint or Spokane, or anywhere in between, trust your djembe, ashiko, conga, bongos, dunumba, sangban, kenkeni or conga to Drumatic Innovation for high quality drum repair and tuning!
Will I need to tune my drum? If the head of your hand drum is made from goat skin, the pitch will change with changes in humidity.
There are many options for goat skins for your djembe. There is no right or wrong answer when it comes to which goat skin to use. The skin that produces the sound you are looking for is the right skin.
What should I look for when I am ready to purchase a drum?
You don’t need to spend a lot of money to get a good sounding hand drum, is fun to play and which will have enough of a tonal range (high to low).
There are two dimensions to consider when purchasing your first drum; the drum head or face size and the height.
Tips on how to care for your hand drum.
Drums can be made of many different materials. All the materials have different sound characteristics. I think the craftsmanship of the drum has as much to do with the sound quality as the type of wood.
Some interesting drum links.
Links to drum and percussion manufacturers.
Links to interesting websites about drums.
Links to great sites about the history of drums, drumming and drummers.
How to contact Drumatic Innovation.
Michael's bio.
How the drum journey began for Michael.
Molly's bio.
Drumatic Innovation on Twitter.
Answers to FAQ about Drumatic Innovation.
How is a drum circle set up?
What is a Magic Hat donation and what are the funds used for?
Yes indeed Drumatic Innovation does workshops for teachers and staff!
An overview of a typical day in a school looks something like this.
What is the cost for a full-day workshop in my school?
This is a guide to ensure that your Drumatic Innovation Drum Event runs smoothly at your school.
Yes, even more links to interesting drum-related stuff!
What's happening around Sandpoint? Here's your guide.
Health and wellness links.
Educational websites about music and drumming.
Drum and percussion vendors on-line.
There are many advantages to learning music. These benefits include success in school, society, and life!
World music websites.
Drum Rhythm Workbook, rope puller and much more!
We think we're great, but our clients say it best!
Praise.
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It's true, even more praise.
Please, we're blushing!
Still more kudos!
The OutLaw Drummers are available for performances and drum workshops in Sandpoint Idaho and many areas throughout the Inland Northwest.
Fascinating research and articles relating to studies on drumming and recreational music-making.
The positive effects drumming and music have on the stress response.
Corporations are boosting employee productivity and reducing sick days by getting workers to march to the same drummer – literally.
Drum therapy is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression.
A study documenting the effects of drumming and music on mood states of long-term care workers.
African drumming and psychiatric rehabilitation.
Drum circles are gaining increased interest as a complementary therapeutic strategy in the traditional medical arena.
Corporate drumming has become one of the most popular team building activities among businesses of all types and sizes in recent years.
Creative musical expression as a catalyst for quality of life improvement in inner-city adolescents placed in a court referred residential treatment program
Truly a “hands-on” experience, students learn about the drumming traditions of several cultures by actually playing their own drums, bells, and shakers.
Recreational Music-Making (RMM) has a positive effect on burnout and mood states in first year associate level nursing students.
Native Americans and most of the indigenous peoples of the Earth have known for thousands of years that drumming is a powerful spiritual tool.
Creative musical expression improves quality of life for at risk children and adolescents.
This article examines drumming activities as complementary addiction treatments and discusses their reported effects.
Drums can help people who are recovering from alcohol and drug abuse.
The association between emotional stress and coronary artery disease has been the subject of numerous peer-reviewed published research investigations.
What is it about the drum that inspires, energizes, brings people together?
“In ancient times music and medicine were integrally related,” noted Bittman.
Some of the documented positive effects that drumming has on health.
Music Trades (August Issue) is pleased to announce a remarkable scientific breakthrough that will forever impact our global understanding and appreciation of music-making and health.
The most important benefit, however, is the proven positive effects music has on brain development.
Study shows significant progress in youth rehabilitation efforts through recreational music making.
Our growing understanding of the uses of hand percussion, and the trickle-down of quantum concepts into everyday thinking have set the stage for dramatic positive change.
"Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts." The American Association of School Administrators.
Music therapy is used widely for rehabilitation of patients that have had a stroke.
A guide to the extensive Drumatic Innovation website.
Descriptions to the numerous Drumatic Innovation web pages.
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