Embroidery frame and balloon. What's the connection?

If you have kids at home, you are bound to have some balloons from parties the kids had attended. These may have been given out at shopping complexes during promotions. Once these balloons have deflated what can you do with them?

First go and look around for some embroidery frames. You most likely have at least one sitting in your store room somewhere from a past hobby phase someone in your family went through.

Got that? Now sit down and watch Hillar Bergman creates a drum out of them with the help of some clamps.



Drum away abandoned materials.

Need some beats in your life? Try this.

The music from this video is very inspiring.



Here is music creator, Jamilgiudice from Brazil, showing us how he created his musical instrument.



Discovered from his collection of videos, a new kind of music. Check out some hydraulic musical instruments installed in Ontario Science Centre.

Recycled Musical Wares In Action

Could the noise we can create with the recycled musical wares (RMW) blend in with the real things being played by members of the Tugu Drum Circle?

We were there, at Tugu Peringatan off Jalan Parlimen, on 8th July to check that out. How did we do? Let the pictures do the talking.

Here are some of the regular members of the Tugu Drum Circle.



Shaker, Plastic Bumpers and Wooden Clappers in action. Strangers to one another till we started to go with the beat.


A little on a high note with the tin pan drums but having fun creating music is Darly's only objective.


How did I get to know this family from Bahrain? I allowed them to experiment with my RMW and we played towards a universal language.


Here is a new fan to RMW.


Looks like she is going to be a regular at Tugu Drum Circle.



If you think you are not into playing musical instrument, real or otherwise, you can still have fun with a circle of drummers as long as you can move with the beat. I heard that some belly dancers with their finger cymbals have done their hips tilting moves with the drummers.

Need some help and tips persuading your friends to start or join a circle? Let me show you some ways:

Our local drummers in the news. Hey, Teri from Bandar Sungai Long is in the spotlight.



What musical instruments do you need to start?

Check out the RMW used in this university.

How can it be conducted?

Benefits of a drumming group.

How to dance with the beat.

More junk at work.

No instrument, no RMW? Just put your hands together.

Raise fund with it!