Hi from sunny Devon!

[freefeet]

Well, seeing as everyone's at it i thought i may as well join in.

Also being opimistic for some sunshine for sunny Devon, it's been raining all week.

[James]

Hi Freefeet, cool feet!

Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself.

I'm not complaining, but the idea is to tell us a bit more about yourself so we can get to know you a bit better

[freefeet]

Ah, sorry, James.

Started African drumming when i lived in London but fell out of that for various reasons. Really enjoyed it and learned a lot.

Mostly now i'm into a more contemporary and informal exploration of djembe and other percussion instruments, but still happy to learn new traditional stuff whenever the opportunity arises as i feel it can only add more interest to the rest of my playing.

I think mostly it's because i don't have anyone to play African trad. with at the moment so i tend to just go off in my own little world with my drumming.

Last year i started up The Drum Gathering for several reasons. I'd been helping Ant and Lin who put on The Gathering (didgeridoo festival) here at Tapeley Park for a few years and i always loved the informal atmosphere that they always created with their festivals and i wanted to try a percussion festival with that same kind of feel to it.

We already have two great percussion festivals in England for people wanting to learn on a more formal setting and i'm fully supportive of what Drum Camp and Tribe of Doris are doing. But i personally wanted to create a space where people can just come along, make friends and just chill out in a very informal setting and just play and see where things go without any formal direction at all.

I have absolutely no idea where this will lead, and don't want to influence it anyway (other than banning kit drums). I just want people to turn up and make it their weekend and let it evolve in its own way accordingly and look forward to enjoying the music that comes out of that.

All the best.

[freefeet]

And my personal website if people want to see other things i'm up to...

http://freefeet.me.uk/

Needs some serious updating but too busy with other things at the moment.