Djembe Drum

I don't believe I've mentioned the new addiction of mine that has just begun to be created. About a month or two ago, I realized that the best meditation for me would be to have a hand drum. I looked into all different kinds and decide that a djembe drum would be exactly right for me. I started looking around in music stores and online...nothing called to me or even felt like it was appropriate for me. I mean in relation to design. Playing on them further intensified my need for one of my own djembes.

What it came down to was finding someone who built vegan hand drums (without animal skin drum heads) that were natural looking and made from real wood. I found someone. His name is Kevin and he has a business called Rhythm House Drums. He works out of one of the Carolinas (I can't remember which one at the moment).

Not only did I order a drum to be hand built by him...I designed it. He and I worked very closely to design a drum that would be one-of-a-kind and that would represent me perfectly. It's simple, but with little accents that couldn't be more appropriate for me.

I even sent him the fabric I wanted used for the wrap around the rings..

So, for various reasons, he JUST started building my (very expensive) djembe. He must have gotten to know me, because he sent me this picture knowing that I would want to see every step of the process. Not all of this is for my drum, but the piles of dark wood in the back and the thin strips of white-ish maple laying around are ALL FOR MY DRUM.

Excitement doesn't even begin to cover it..