When you want to organize a drumming workshop or a drum circle, there are some things that are useful to know. For instance, drumming can be loud, so make sure it will not be inconvenient for other people.
Questions and answers
- 1. What are your requirements?
- 2. Where can the drumming workshop or drum circle take place?
- 3. What are the costs?
- 4. Can the workshop lead to a presentation?
- 5. What kind of instruments can we play?
- 6. Do we need previous experience with playing music?
- 7. Besides drumming workshops what else can you offer me?
- 8. What is a good time for a drumming workshop?
- 9. What areas of the UK do you serve ?
1. What are your requirements?
- A large cleared space of approximately 2 m2 (21.5 ft2) per person
- Chairs
- When there are more than 40 participants, a sound system (amplifier with speakers)
- Good access to the place the workshop takes place. Can we park the car in front of the entrance for unloading the instruments? When the workshop is not on the ground floor, is there a lift?
- When working with children we expect that the class teachers, youth workers or parents will be present throughout the workshop
2. Where can the drumming workshop or drum circle take place?
The workshop can take place anywhere: business premises, conference centres, external venues etc. If the weather allows it is possible to work outside. Bear in mind that the workshops can be very noisy.
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3. What are the costs?
Workshops start from as little as £200. All costs include travel, use of instruments and administration costs. Please telephone us on 078 1000 5456 or email us for rates and availability or if you need more information about our drumming workshops.
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4. Can the workshop lead to a presentation?
Yes, FabDrumming can work with the participants of the workshop leading to a special performance, in which they can show what they have learned to their fellow workers, parents, family or friends.
We can give them African costumes to wear, which will make the show even better.
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5. What kind of instruments can we play?
For the workshop Drummunication we use African and Brazilian instruments such as djembe, cast iron double bells (gangkogui), agogo bells, tamborim, scrapers, shakers, tambourines, claves, etc. We also have boomwackers and other fun percussion instruments.
For the junk percussion workshop 'Communicating Barrels' we use plastic barrels, jerry cans, wheel-rims, kitchen wear (pots and pans), flowerpots, plastic bags, mortar tubs, PVC-tubes, etc.
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6. Do we need previous experience with playing music?
No previous experience is required. With very little instruction you can learn to play a percussion instrument. Everybody knows rhythm, because rhythm is everywhere: your heart beats a rhythm, you are breathing and walking in a rhythm.
We use simple rhythms, that everyone can play. To better remember them we use simple English phrases like: 'Drumming is good fun'. When all these rhythms are played together, the result is an energetic and dynamic piece of music.
People with more musical experience can play more complicated rhythms or play a solo.
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7. Besides drumming workshops what else can you offer me?
We can add body percussion, singing and dancing to the workshop. Depending on what the group wants. We never force anyone to do something he of she doesn't want to do.
You can choose from the following workshops or compile a combination from:
- Drummunication
- Junk percussion
- Drum circle
- Body percussion
- Singing and dancing
About all our drum workshops
We can dress the participants in African clothes.
You can also buy small instruments as giveaways. When you give them to the participants, they'll have something tangible to remember the day or workshop by.
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8. What is a good time for a drumming workshop?
That depends on what you want. Do you want a wake-up session in the morning or an energizer in the afternoon. We give our workshops 7 days a week, morning, afternoon or evening.
Note that enthusiastic alcohol consumption will detract markedly from the quality of the workshop.
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We give workshops in the following areas of England and Wales,
detailed on the map below.
Among places like Barnstable, Basingstoke, Bath, Bodmin, Bournemouth, Bridgwater, Bristol, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Cheltenham, Chicester, Chippenham, Crawley, Dorchester, Exeter, Exmouth, Falmouth, Frome, Glastonbury, Gloucester, Guildford, Launceston, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Minehead, Newbury, Newport, Newquay, Newton Abbot, Oxford, Paignton, Penzance, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Salisbury, Southampton, St Ives, St Austell, Street, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Taystock, Torquay, Truro, Warminster, Wells, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth, Woking, Worthing, Yeovil, Avon, Cornwall, Cotswolds, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Pembroke, Somerset, The South West, Wiltshire.
