Introductions
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:36 pmGreetings forum members,
I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I have been in love with the Bata for many, many years. I have been lurking around in the shadows all this time reading posts here, batadrum.com and the batadrum yahoo group and anything else I could find. I briefly studied Bata with Baba Adetobi in Cleveland and even more briefly with Carlos Aldama in the Bay area. My drumming interests always seemed to take a backseat to school, then work, then to my studies as a fresh Babalawo. Now I am moving back into a drumming phase and trying to make some serious headway. I have no illusions of become a maestro anytime soon, but, poco a poco, we'll see what happens.
I have been enjoying the contributions from many of the members and I have followed many of your suggestions for CDs, movies with Bata, and essays written online. The discussions so far have had a true scholar's feel, which I appreciate. I expect to learn a lot more about music, history and culture from this group. I hope that my novice questions do not offend. Any questions to me, ask away!
Panama Slim
I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I have been in love with the Bata for many, many years. I have been lurking around in the shadows all this time reading posts here, batadrum.com and the batadrum yahoo group and anything else I could find. I briefly studied Bata with Baba Adetobi in Cleveland and even more briefly with Carlos Aldama in the Bay area. My drumming interests always seemed to take a backseat to school, then work, then to my studies as a fresh Babalawo. Now I am moving back into a drumming phase and trying to make some serious headway. I have no illusions of become a maestro anytime soon, but, poco a poco, we'll see what happens.
I have been enjoying the contributions from many of the members and I have followed many of your suggestions for CDs, movies with Bata, and essays written online. The discussions so far have had a true scholar's feel, which I appreciate. I expect to learn a lot more about music, history and culture from this group. I hope that my novice questions do not offend. Any questions to me, ask away!
Panama Slim
