djembe addict

[redsdrum]

hi .everybody calls me red . reds exotic drums. i carve djembe from american hardwoods in my spare time ,never enough time always chasing the dollar.any body interested have a couple cherrys . djuns also, also make udu.cant hold normal job i am supposed to be job hunting.like i said addict .if any one can help please contact 706-318-1520 red

[bubudi]

i might have to start up a djembe addicts anonymous. learn the warning signs. djembe addiction is a unique disorder characterised by:

• compulsion to play djembe every opportunity when you're near one
• spending any free time on djembefola.com or other related sites, playing djembe or listening to music containing djembe
• hearing djembe rhythms/phrases/breaks in your head, any time you're not sleeping... and then sometimes in your dreams!
• aesthetic/mathematical obsessions based on musical patterns or handing... even extending to everyday stuff. for instance, you might find yourself wondering if you're typing in alternate fingering!
• finding yourself in a bind at work when you couldn't think what your boss just said because you were hearing djembe music in your head and thinking how to embellish it or improvise over it
• compulsion to own every djembe cd or dvd in existence by shopping, trade or any means necessary
• bags under the eyes from being up all night mounting skins or pulling verts/diamonds on djembes/dununs or eyeing stuff on djembefola.com, youtube or online shopping for djembe or related gear
• owning more than 3 personal drums and still not being able to help eyeing out the curves on the new burkina shell or a rare mali shell at your local drum store or favourite online shop
• wearing a gris-gris around your neck
• owning a djembe keyring/necklace, hanging posters of ballets africains or djembe masters on your walls, and/or occasionally being seen wearing a percussions de guinee t-shirt
• complaints from your spouse that you spend more time on djembe stuff than you do with her/him
• getting the evil eye when you incessantly tap away at everything in site like it's a drum
• inquiries if you're divorced because you forget to put your wedding ring back on after playing or your fingers got too swollen after a long playing session
• people who call the djembe a bongo make you sick
• you like the smell of goat in the morning
• there is regularly the pungent odour of goat in your car
• friends look at you funny because they thought you were describing a hot girl but then discover you are talking about a drum

p.s. welcome, red. excuse my wacky sense of humour

[Beerfola]

Yup,I got it BAD! There doesn't seem to be any help or cure either. Most everyone I know has it also. And if they don't I try to bring them into the fold.

[nkolisnyk]

Um... I think you hit that description of an addict on the head.

Excuse the pun!

[bubudi]

Um... I think you hit that description of an addict on the head.

i got it straight out of the dsm iv (djembeaddict symptomology manual)

[michi]

djembe addiction is a unique disorder characterised by:

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Bubudi, I do not recall giving you permission to post my biography on line. Where is my share of the royalties?

Michi

[Waraba]

Do any of you find that when you go to another person's house, you catch yourself looking around for their djembe? I mean in the house of a person who has little chance of owning one, e.g., grandma's house, etc.

[Allurelife100]

i might have to start up a djembe addicts anonymous. learn the warning signs. djembe addiction is a unique disorder characterised by:

• compulsion to play djembe every opportunity when you're near one
• spending any free time on djembefola.com or other related sites, playing djembe or listening to music containing djembe
• hearing djembe rhythms/phrases/breaks in your head, any time you're not sleeping... and then sometimes in your dreams!
• compulsion to own every djembe cd or dvd in existence by shopping, trade or any means necessary
• bags under the eyes from being up all night mounting skins or pulling verts/diamonds on djembes/dununs or eyeing stuff on djembefola.com, youtube or online shopping for djembe or related gear
• owning more than 3 personal drums and still not being able to help eyeing out the curves on the new burkina shell or a rare mali shell at your local drum store or favourite online shop
• owning a djembe keyring/necklace, hanging posters of ballets africains or djembe masters on your walls, and/or occasionally being seen wearing a percussions de guinee t-shirt
• complaints from your spouse that you spend more time on djembe stuff than you do with her/him
• getting the evil eye when you incessantly tap away at everything in site like it's a drum
• people who call the djembe a bongo make you sick

p.s. welcome, red. excuse my wacky sense of humour

This describes me perfectly!

[michi]

It's a bit like being an alcoholic: the addiction seems more tolerable when in company of other addicts…

Michi.

[jeffduyndam]

After playing for hours at a dance camp, seems like wind in the trees, water running in a creek and the sound of waves at the beach all sound similar to a West African rhythm complete with shredding solo.

First time this happened, I was surprised and looking around for some drummers jamming nearby. It makes sense though, rhythms are a form of nature expressed through people.

[thrinley]

The solution seems to be playing more djembe:)

[michi]

The solution seems to be playing more djembe:)

Yeah, the old hair of the dog...

Michi.

[thrinley]

also obsessively wear red, green yellow...and pain the wall at home with orange..