The Sunshine Drumming Company specialises in designing and running tailor-made workshops and courses, each with the 'djembe' at the heart.
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Instructional DVD for the African Djembe Drum.

Mike McElya - Director of the Sunshine Drumming Company - has developed this easy to follow instructional DVD for the African Djembe drum. He has placed his own style onto these rhythms, never forgetting their African origins. They are tried and tested over the years as powerful, effective and easy to learn. This DVD will bring out the best in your drumming practice and is very user-friendly as a teaching aid - it will asist you in your development to "Hit Your Highest Potential!"
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CD from Savanna.
Chromatica is the latest CD from Savanna. The concept for this album came from an idea given to us by Nori and Sandra Pope of Hadspen garden in Somerset. These original compositions are intended to reflect the colour coded planting that has made Hadspen world famous, as the colour in the garden changes so does its rhthym and intensity. We have tried, with Chromatica, to interpret that sublety and energy in the medium of music and capture the essence of colour.
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Savanna's first Drumming CD.
Marinas Dreaming is Savanna's first CD. Savanna originated when Alan Emery and Ian Merritt started playing and composing music for mainly acoustic guitars, with influences ranging from classical and flamenco through jazz to contemporary roots. Over a period of several years a new and original sound began to emerge.
Savanna was formed in 1996 when fretless bass player, Ted Brewster, and drummer/percussionist, Ebou Sanyang, joined the band. Ted, having played with musicians such as Barbara Thompson, John Hiesman, Andy Sheppard and Andy Summers, accentuated the existing jazz undertones adding a unique free-flowing sound to the music. Ebou, a Gambian master drummer and percussionist, having experienced working both in Britain and Africa with artists such as Youssou N'Dour, Baba Maal and Ali Farka Toure, brought his complex African rhythms to the pieces transforming the original music and emphasising the rhythmic nature.

With additional help from Pete Gage of Dr. Feelgood, who collaborated on “Marinas Dreaming” from the outset, adding his jazz/blues piano and keyboards and Ed Wynn of Ozric Tentacles, with his sensitive keyboard playing, Savanna created a new kind of Acoustic fusion.

"Absolutely Amazing. I really love this CD, I keep dancing to it in the kitchen!" Anna Tolson
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Sunshine Drumming CD.
The Sunshine Drumming CD has been created for those of you who attend my drumming workshops, as well as those who enjoy listening to and playing traditional African drum rhythms. The layout of this CD has been designed for both. The first track of each rhythm teaches the Basic, Cross-Rhythm and Half-lead. Once you have a good feel for each of these, go to the next track of the same rhythm and play along with the full groove. The Full Groove demonstrates the rhythm's complete sound by combining each of the three parts, as well as including other percussion instruments. I encourage you to have fun with this CD - whether you wish to play along, practise your technique or to just listen / dance to. Enjoy!

One of many positive testimonials - " This CD has been so helpful in developing my technique. The layout, text and tracking are really easy to follow along to - sometimes I just like listening the rhythms when I'm driving! Thanks"
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