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How to make a bucket drum
Jan. 11th, 2021 02:12 pmHere are the materials needed, a video on how to make the drum, and information about the instructor teaching this mini-course.
Make your own drum! Please purchase the materials below (approx. 12 dollars investment, not counting mailing costs):
Bucket 5 Gal
https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-Gal-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613
Drum sticks
Sound Percussion Labs Hickory Drum Sticks - Pair Wood Rock
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/sound-percussion-labs-hickory-drumsticks--pair/445662000645036?rNtt=Hickory%20Drum%20Sticks&index=3
Duct Tape more than 1.55 inches wide, any color https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-1-88-in-x-20-yds-Yellow-Duct-Tape-3920-YL/206714787
***After buying the material, please
watch the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMjdk-Nq1g&feature=youtu.be
to learn how to assemble your drum before the workshop!
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Obrigado,
Rosa, Nilma & Marco
A contemporary percussionist and educator, Marcus is a native of Bahia, Brazil. He commits his life to the study, teaching and performance of his hometown's Afro-Brazilian music and heritage.
Marcus performed with several world-renowned artists such as the Gypsy Kings (Spain), Daniela Mercury (Brazil) and the Brand New Heavies (England). He has also performed for the president of Brazil, TEDx, and with the “One World Band” produced by MTV. Marcus also played in the Sony Pictures Oscar-nominated movie ‘Rachel Getting Married’ with Anne Hathaway. He has been honored with the 2013 KOSA Recognition Award, Outstanding Arts Performer Award by the Brazilian Immigrant Center (2008) as well as Outstanding Percussionist Award by Berklee College of Music in 2004.
Marcus currently teaches in the Boston area at New England Conservatory, Middlesex Community College and Somerville High School. He is the producer of the DVD ‘Modern Approach to Pandeiro’ and performed in the music education DVD ‘Musically Speaking II’ by BOSE. Marcus has led workshops on Afro-Brazilian percussion and music for social change in festivals, universities and conventions around the world such as Fiesta Del Tambor (Cuba), Carnegie Hall (NYC), PASIC (USA) and Harvard University. He is currently the artistic director of the Grooversity global drumming network project that includes twenty-four drumming groups from the US, Canada, Germany, Mexico and France.
Make your own drum! Please purchase the materials below (approx. 12 dollars investment, not counting mailing costs):
Bucket 5 Gal
https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-5-Gal-Homer-Bucket-05GLHD2/100087613
Drum sticks
Sound Percussion Labs Hickory Drum Sticks - Pair Wood Rock
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/sound-percussion-labs-hickory-drumsticks--pair/445662000645036?rNtt=Hickory%20Drum%20Sticks&index=3
Duct Tape more than 1.55 inches wide, any color https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-1-88-in-x-20-yds-Yellow-Duct-Tape-3920-YL/206714787
***After buying the material, please
watch the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMjdk-Nq1g&feature=youtu.be
to learn how to assemble your drum before the workshop!
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Obrigado,
Rosa, Nilma & Marco
A contemporary percussionist and educator, Marcus is a native of Bahia, Brazil. He commits his life to the study, teaching and performance of his hometown's Afro-Brazilian music and heritage.
Marcus performed with several world-renowned artists such as the Gypsy Kings (Spain), Daniela Mercury (Brazil) and the Brand New Heavies (England). He has also performed for the president of Brazil, TEDx, and with the “One World Band” produced by MTV. Marcus also played in the Sony Pictures Oscar-nominated movie ‘Rachel Getting Married’ with Anne Hathaway. He has been honored with the 2013 KOSA Recognition Award, Outstanding Arts Performer Award by the Brazilian Immigrant Center (2008) as well as Outstanding Percussionist Award by Berklee College of Music in 2004.
Marcus currently teaches in the Boston area at New England Conservatory, Middlesex Community College and Somerville High School. He is the producer of the DVD ‘Modern Approach to Pandeiro’ and performed in the music education DVD ‘Musically Speaking II’ by BOSE. Marcus has led workshops on Afro-Brazilian percussion and music for social change in festivals, universities and conventions around the world such as Fiesta Del Tambor (Cuba), Carnegie Hall (NYC), PASIC (USA) and Harvard University. He is currently the artistic director of the Grooversity global drumming network project that includes twenty-four drumming groups from the US, Canada, Germany, Mexico and France.
New book on America's history of DIY porn
Dec. 10th, 2020 01:45 pmKes: I think my favorite is the pornographic potholders, although I'm also fascinated by the comics and other self-published materials.
America's Hidden World of Handmade Pornography
https://theconversation.com/americas-hidden-world-of-handmade-pornography-150514
by Lisa Z. Sigel, Professor of History at DePaul University
https://condor.depaul.edu/lsigel/
America's Hidden World of Handmade Pornography
https://theconversation.com/americas-hidden-world-of-handmade-pornography-150514
by Lisa Z. Sigel, Professor of History at DePaul University
https://condor.depaul.edu/lsigel/
Some useful tips in this article, including that effectiveness of fabric face masks degradw with washing
https://scitechdaily.com/scientific-comparison-of-covid-19-face-mask-materials-t-shirts-socks-jeans-vacuum-bags-n95/
https://scitechdaily.com/scientific-comparison-of-covid-19-face-mask-materials-t-shirts-socks-jeans-vacuum-bags-n95/
Two outstanding articles on disability and technology.
1. Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains
So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices.
By David M. Perry
...[M]any leaders, designers and scholars in the disability community say that they aren’t excited by stair-climbing wheelchairs, mechanical exoskeletons or brain-controlled prosthetics. They are drawn to innovations that embed accessibility into everyday technologies and the spaces that we all share. Also, they want people to stop trying to solve problems that don’t exist.
Mark Riccobono, who lost his sight to glaucoma as a child and is president of the National Federation of the Blind, says that blind people generally love their white canes, a simple and effective piece of technology. “A couple times a year someone comes to us and says, ‘We have this great new idea for how to replace the cane!’ ” he said. “We try to be objective, but no. You’re trying to solve a problem that’s not a problem.”
[Kes: Amazing final paragraph!]
For Ms. Shew, the Virginia Tech professor, the best way to ensure that this transformation continues will require centering the power — and the money — on disabled people as the initiators of innovation. “The future of assistive tech should be ‘cripped,’” a once-pejorative term that many members of the disability community have reclaimed, she said. “It should be bent, claimed, reclaimed, reforged, hacked, owned/controlled, made, swapped and shared by disabled people.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/style/assistive-technology.html?searchResultPosition=1
2. The ADA is Turning Thirty: It's Time That It Included Digital Accessibility
While the Americans with Disabilities Act regulates the physical world fairly well, its age means it lags eons behind when it comes to ensuring digital accessibility.
By Caroline Casey, social activist and founder of The Valuable 500
The lack of accessible websites is particularly frustrating because there are many simple fixes that exist if website designers and owners felt motivated to implement them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ada-turning-30-it-s-time-it-included-digital-accessibility-ncna1234860?fbclid=IwAR36suctA1qLlTvFW8Aw5y9PttKNA-KT0ZuOAm1dNLoQW566zFwx2z88948
1. Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains
So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices.
By David M. Perry
...[M]any leaders, designers and scholars in the disability community say that they aren’t excited by stair-climbing wheelchairs, mechanical exoskeletons or brain-controlled prosthetics. They are drawn to innovations that embed accessibility into everyday technologies and the spaces that we all share. Also, they want people to stop trying to solve problems that don’t exist.
Mark Riccobono, who lost his sight to glaucoma as a child and is president of the National Federation of the Blind, says that blind people generally love their white canes, a simple and effective piece of technology. “A couple times a year someone comes to us and says, ‘We have this great new idea for how to replace the cane!’ ” he said. “We try to be objective, but no. You’re trying to solve a problem that’s not a problem.”
[Kes: Amazing final paragraph!]
For Ms. Shew, the Virginia Tech professor, the best way to ensure that this transformation continues will require centering the power — and the money — on disabled people as the initiators of innovation. “The future of assistive tech should be ‘cripped,’” a once-pejorative term that many members of the disability community have reclaimed, she said. “It should be bent, claimed, reclaimed, reforged, hacked, owned/controlled, made, swapped and shared by disabled people.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/style/assistive-technology.html?searchResultPosition=1
2. The ADA is Turning Thirty: It's Time That It Included Digital Accessibility
While the Americans with Disabilities Act regulates the physical world fairly well, its age means it lags eons behind when it comes to ensuring digital accessibility.
By Caroline Casey, social activist and founder of The Valuable 500
The lack of accessible websites is particularly frustrating because there are many simple fixes that exist if website designers and owners felt motivated to implement them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ada-turning-30-it-s-time-it-included-digital-accessibility-ncna1234860?fbclid=IwAR36suctA1qLlTvFW8Aw5y9PttKNA-KT0ZuOAm1dNLoQW566zFwx2z88948
The American Printing House for the Blind is selling this kind of cool board game called
Treks
https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_TREKS:%20The%20Game%20of%20Compass%20Directions_1-08910-00P_10001_11051
which I admit I thought was much more cool when I thought it was a handheld gadget and before I found out the price was $109.
Since this could be a really great way for visually-impaired kids--or even adults-- to learn about navigating their neighborhood or the neighborhood where their school is (I would actually like to have one of these for MIT), I wanted to figure out what it would take for someone to make a less expensive DIY version.
You can buy blank game boards here
http://www.barebooks.com/gameboards.htm
$3.95 for just the board, $7.95 for the kit.
Tactile dice are pretty easy to find: get the folks at Pandemonium to order some for you or you can order these
Giant Tactile Dice Black with White Dots for $4.95 at Amazon.com.
You could probably make an overlay from one of those clear plastic covers kids use for class reports, just add your own braille labels or raised dots, let's call that $5 spent at your local CVS or Staples.
You can purchase these
Bump Dots Medium Clear Round 20 per pack by Maxi-Aids
for $2.62 on Amazon
or you could use puff paint--let's splurge and say we want to use all the colors--
Tulip 3D Fashion Paint 1-1/4 Ounces 6/Pkg-Puffy by Duncan $23.75 on Amazon.
Rounding up to whole dollar amounts that still comes in under $50, less than half the price of the original game.
Treks
https://shop.aph.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_TREKS:%20The%20Game%20of%20Compass%20Directions_1-08910-00P_10001_11051
which I admit I thought was much more cool when I thought it was a handheld gadget and before I found out the price was $109.
Since this could be a really great way for visually-impaired kids--or even adults-- to learn about navigating their neighborhood or the neighborhood where their school is (I would actually like to have one of these for MIT), I wanted to figure out what it would take for someone to make a less expensive DIY version.
You can buy blank game boards here
http://www.barebooks.com/gameboards.htm
$3.95 for just the board, $7.95 for the kit.
Tactile dice are pretty easy to find: get the folks at Pandemonium to order some for you or you can order these
Giant Tactile Dice Black with White Dots for $4.95 at Amazon.com.
You could probably make an overlay from one of those clear plastic covers kids use for class reports, just add your own braille labels or raised dots, let's call that $5 spent at your local CVS or Staples.
You can purchase these
Bump Dots Medium Clear Round 20 per pack by Maxi-Aids
for $2.62 on Amazon
or you could use puff paint--let's splurge and say we want to use all the colors--
Tulip 3D Fashion Paint 1-1/4 Ounces 6/Pkg-Puffy by Duncan $23.75 on Amazon.
Rounding up to whole dollar amounts that still comes in under $50, less than half the price of the original game.
