This Drum Circle
Hey, guys, not to be a downer here, but the third hour of this drum circle is getting a little repetitive. I mean it’s cool, but … yeah.
It started out, and we were just going with it, ya’know? Remember when we were all like pow-papa-pum-pa-pow-papum? That was awesome. But, then like an hour later, it was still pow-papa-pum-pa-pum-papow, which is really close to the same thing.
Don’t get me wrong, I love this drum circle. I could spend all day drumming with you guys in this public space. But, maybe we could work to change things up a little. Like, I was thinking we could do papa-pow-pa-pum-pa-pumpum. Or even a pum-papow-papum-papapa-pow. Nothing crazy. Just, ya’know, loosen it up a little.
Omar, maybe you and Jesse could trade djembes. Or, I’d be happy to let someone use my bongo so I could concentrate on the shekere more. Whatever. Just go crazy with it. Throw in a wood block or two.
If we up our game, maybe we could get some of those capoeira guys to come over and join us. That was kinda the unspoken hope when we started this, right? Right? Guys, are you even listening to me? I said—
Oh yeah, shhh, you’re right. Nevermind. It’s a drum circle. It’s not about control; it’s about flowing with the music. Pow-papa-pum-pa-pum-papum, it is then.
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