Animusic

I came across a dvd of Animusic 2 at the computer store today. New to me. As the cover says, "Animusic fuses cutting edge computer animation with digitally created music to produce an entirely new genre of music entertainment! Virtual bands and inaginary instruments put on a spectacular show that you'll enjoy over and over again."

Here are two percussion clips and a multi-instrument piece from Animusic and Animusic 2.

Drumming for Peace program at Mennonite Church USA assembly, Columbus, Ohio, July 2009

In one video is the Peace Train exercise, part of the first one hour seminar "Joyful Noise" I presented at MC USA Assembly in Columbus, Ohio on July 1 & 2, 2009. This presentation involved about 40 drummers and a crowd of more than 100. The second video (on top)is from a session for youth that drew over 200 young people to the seminar. It was moved inside the convention cafeteria because it was so loud! And I guess also because the mob of youth would have blocked the hallway.

In the photos are some impromptu drumming sessions I engaged in at the convention with preschoolers and youth. The dark photo is an unrehearsed drumming performance with volunteer youth playing before an audience of 6-8,000 youth at the Columbus arena before we gave Laura Bowman our first Different Drummer Award (see http://blog.goshen.edu/mpress/2009/07/04/bowman-awarded-for-marching-to-peace-beat/)