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Melbourne Drum Tribe

About Me


the Melbourne Drum Tribe has been together for 7 yrs, performing regularly at Downtown Melbourne's Friday Fest Street Party and other venues.
contact us for public and private gigs, or facilitating drum cirlces.
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recent music gigs:
2008
oct
18 - holopaw - Harvest Music Jam
aug
30 - melbourne - ol' downtown melbourne- Florida’s First Mass Anti-War March to Prevent War with Iran
jul
26 - melbourne - ol' downtown melbourne- Humane Society fundraiser
may
10 - w. melbourne - Metro Entertainment - Eurorock 2008 Rock for Peace Tour
2007
nov
17 - melbourne - pre-Eau Gallie Arts Festival-party
sep
29 - w. melbourne - peace corner - peace rally
jun
30 - w/ Rhythm Harvest - melbourne - island pasta company / pirate radio 95.9
may
17 - melbourne - sun shoppe & cafe
17 - w. melbourne - peace corner - peace rally
09 - cocoa beach - beach place guest houses - art gallery opening
and then there's fridayFest (every 2nd friday of the month in ol' downtown melbourne)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/11/2006
Band Website: www.garageband.com/artist/melbournedrumtribe
Band Members: an eclectic ever-changing & ever-growing group of musicians/free spirits with a common love for drumming & music ... a continuous migration to the center of it all.

Anthony Darmana (percussion, didge) David Bitner (percussion, roland handsonic) Glenn Pinfield (percussion, didge) Jesse Rogers (percussion) Lisa Myers (percussion, dancing) Annue (percussion) Jon Paul Lemus (percussion, didge) Loki (percussion) Sandy Schoeller (percussion) Sharan Miller (percussion) Tiffany Hardy (percussion, dancing) Brittany Grant (percussion, dancing) William Stallworth (percussion) - these are the people that have performed at live gigs and are still in the melbourne area.

the drum tribe also includes all those who take part of our drum circles around melbourne.

check out the pics (courtesy of Solomon Peachy):

2009
13/feb - fridayFest
9/jan - fridayFest

2008
10/oct - fridayFest
12/sep - fridayFest
11/jul - fridayFest
13/jun - fridayFest
9/may - fridayFest
11/apr - fridayFest - making lemonade from lemons
8/feb - fridayFest
11/jan - fridayFest

2007
17-19/nov - paralounge/spirit of the suwanee music park
12/oct - fridayFest
27-29/apr - paralounge/spirit of the suwanee music park
9/feb - fridayFest

2006
17-19/nov - paralounge/spirit of the suwanee music park
11/aug - fridayFest
28-30/apr - paralounge/spirit of the suwanee music park

2005
16/sep - fridayFest
9/sep - (unofficial) fridayFest
12/aug - fridayFest

2004
12/nov - fridayFest
18/apr - paralounge/spirit of the suwanee music park

2003
14/nov - fridayFest
10/oct - fridayFest
13/jun - fridayFest
Sounds Like:

The Melbourne Drum Tribe

snapshot - live at link's

recorded 17/nov/2006
featuring: Anthony Darmana, David Bitner, Glenn Pinfield, Jon Paul Lemus, + Laura Pinfield (special guest)

Live at the Paralounge

recorded 22/feb/2003
featuring: Anthony Darmana, David Bitner, Glenn Pinfield, Jon Paul Lemus, + Loki

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Melbourne Drum Tribe related cd releases:

Nuclear Umbrella

Earth Drum Tribe

The Rhythm Herders

Jesse Rogers:
KEF
Talisen
Raven w/ Talisen

William Stallworth

David Bitner:
D2
Dx
The MasterS
OrgAsmO
Record Label: db productions/Bardic productions

My Blog

The man in charge of fridayfest

Hello ALL,   This is the e-mail address of Laird Gann He is the head honcho of fridayfest.   [email protected]   his phone number is 321-724-1741   I would urge everyone to express t...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

Rally focuses on Iran, saber-rattling (reprint)

florida today articleon the front of the space coast section of florida today 31/aug/2008.(reprinted without permission) Rally focuses on Iran, saber-rattling Hundreds protest prospect of US acting ag...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:31:00 GMT

Florida’s First Mass Anti-War March

(melbourne food not bombs repost) Miami for Peace Endorses Patriots for Peace's Mobilization to Stop War with Iran Florid...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:30:00 GMT

last nite’s fridayFest

a HUGE thank you to everyone for coming out last nite to the drum circle at fridayFest and showing how important this monthly event is to our community. it is the only musical event where everyone is ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 06:46:00 GMT

previous gigs

spent a little while viewing gig lists, flyers, along with some web surfing to compile this list: 2006nov 17 - melbourne - pre-Eau Gallie Arts Festival-party - available on cd04 - melbourne - harbor c...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:32:00 GMT

last nite was a very nice fridayFest

last nite was a very nice fridayFest. plenty of people, lots of music, tight drummin', smooth dancing, nice breeze. what more could you ask for? blessings to all which keep our community drum communit...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:40:00 GMT

fridayFest video

courtesy of Tampa Taiko -> video
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:41:00 GMT

18 apr 2007 florida today article

floridatoday.com ..PRINTER FRIENDLY ARTICLE Melbourne musician organizes drum circles BY WADE ARNOLD FOR FLORIDA TODAY The drummer in any band is usually quite obvious, but one Brevard Coun...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:39:00 GMT

switching out tunes

1. posting 'the ballad of moby dick' recorded by David Bitner (djembe, bass, senta shaker, guitar "whale" samples from D2 - rebirth, production),  Anthony Darmana (djembe, frame drum, frame drum ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:36:00 GMT

NEW cd - The Melbourne Drum Tribe - snapshot - live at link's

the latest TMDT cd is complete, soon to be made available on-line at bardicproductions.com ... in the meantime, listen to some of it here -> myspace.com/melbournedrumtribe recorded live and improvis...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:10:00 GMT