[James]

I'm enthused by Nate's video on myspace.
Check out videos at http://www.kissidugu.org

Some parts really remind me of taiko.

As a juggler it's really got me thinking about the possibilities of movement in performance. I'm often tossing my kenkeni stick about the place and catcing it behind my back.

I wonder would be it be worth the effort to work on that kind of thing more. Even if I'd doubtless the others will tell me where to go

Idea's I've had would be to connect lightsources to the stick, like a glowstick so that it creates trails. You could even throw then to each other...

Then that got me thinking, I wonder if it'd look any good to have lights on a djembeplayer's hand while they were bluring away on a djembe...

What do you think? Besides the fact I have too much time on my hands?

It also raises the question of how far you can push the boundaries of what you're doing.

I play in a group of 8 drummers and 2 dancers. We play traditional rhythms with traditional dances and thinking about this now I feel like I don't want to dilute what we are presenting either. But then being on a stage isn't traditional anyway is it?

So to what extent do you think it's right to adapt what you're doing to your situation, surroundings and aims?