Frame Drumming

Frame Drumming, Topshur playing, Throat singing Kargara and Kay vocal. All it happens at one moment when you meet your soul/heart brother/sister. We meet each other as a members of Peace Marsh for Ukraine, at the top of the mount among Ukrainan steppe. The crossroads of cultures, Place known as "Stone tomb" (Ukraine, Zaporozhye region, Melitopol area, the city of Myrniy).

united by steppe soul

The Dance of Ahava

Rhythms of Awakening

Coba

Chakra Breathing Meditations

Breath of the Chakras: Instrumental Version feat. Frame Drums, Tibetan Singing Bowl, Hand Struck Bell and Chimes and Tamboura

This is as sample from a commissioned composition written for Hala Khouri's DVD, "Yoga For Stress Reduction". It features Marla Leigh on all instruments, except Camerone Stone on Cello and Chris Armstrong on Dgembe.

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Marla hopes to have an EPK out in 2020!

Spicy Nectar

So inspiring it's like heaven... <3
 
Layne Redmond (August 19, 1952 – October 28, 2013) was an American drummer, frame drum expert, writer, teacher, historian, and mythologist.[1]

Layne Redmond "The Heart's Oasis"

Hand Dance

Pandero

Bendir

"אשת חיל" - משלי ל"א
Woman of Valor - Proverbs

לחן: עממי
Music: Folk

Arrangement, percussion & vocals: A.O. Benita
עיבוד מוזיקלי, כלי הקשה ושירה: איילת אורי בניטה

Original lyrics, transliteration, translation: (the ending part see in comment)

אֵשֶׁת חַֽיִל מִי יִמְצָא,
וְרָחֹק מִפְּנִינִים מִכְרָהּ.
בָּֽטַח בָּהּ לֵב בַּעְלָהּ,
 וְשָׁלָל לֹא יֶחְסָר.

Eshet chayil mee yimtza 
Verachok mi’pninim michra
Batach ba lev baala 
Veshalal lo yechsar 

A woman of valor, who can find?
Far beyond pearls is her value.
Her husband's heart trusts in her 
and he shall lack no fortune

גְּמָלַֽתְהוּ טוֹב וְלֹא רָע,
 כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיהָ. 
דָּרְשָֽׁה צֶֽמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים,
 וַתַּֽעַשׂ בְּחֵֽפֶץ כַּפֶּֽיהָ. 

Gemelat’hu tov velo ra 
Kol yemay chayeha
Darsha tzemer ufishtim 
Vatas bechefetz kapeha

She repays his good, but never
his harm, all the days of her life. 
She seeks out wool and linen,
and her hands work willingly


הָיְתָה כָׇּאֳנִיּוֹת סוֹחֵר,
 מִמֶּרְחָק תָּבִיא לַחְמָהּ. 
וַתָּֽקׇׇם בְּעוֹד לַיְלָה,
 וַתִּתֵּֽן טֶֽרֶף לְבֵיתָהּ וְחֹק לְנַֽעֲרֹתֶֽיהָ.

Hayta ka’aniyot socher, 
Memerchak tavee lachma
Vatakem be’od layla, 
Vateeten teref levayta vechok lenaroteha 

She is like a merchant's ships; 
from afar she brings her sustenance
She rises while it is still nighttime, 
and gives food to her household  
and a ration to her maids


זָמְמָה שׂדֶה וַתִּקָּחֵֽהוּ,
 מִפְּרִי כַפֶּֽיהָ נָטְעָה כָּֽרֶם. 
חָגְרָה בְעוֹז מׇתְנֶֽיהָ,
 וַתְּאַמֵּץ זְרוֹעֹתֶֽיהָ.

Zamema sadeh vatikacheyhu, 
Mepree chapeha nata karem
Chagra b’oz matneha, 
Vateametz zro’oteha 

She considers a field and buys it
from the fruit of her handiwork she plants a vineyard
She girds her loins
with might and strengthens her arms


טָֽעֲמָה כִּי טוֹב סַחְרָהּ,
 לֹא יִכְבֶּה בַלַּֽיְלָה נֵרָהּ. 
יָדֶֽיהָ שִׁלְּחָה בַכִּישׁוֹר,
 וְכַפֶּֽיהָ תָּֽמְכוּ פָֽלֶךְ.

Ta’ama kee tov sachra
Lo yichbe balayla neyra
Yadeha shilcha bekishor,
Vechapeha tamchu falech

She senses that her enterprise is good
so her lamp is not extinguished at night.
She puts her hand to the distaff,
and her palms support the spindle

כַּפָּהּ פָּרְשׂה לֶעָנִי,
 וְיָדֶֽיהָ שִׁלְּחָה לָאֶבְיוֹן. 
לֹא תִירָא לְבֵיתָהּ מִשָּֽׁלֶג,
 כִּי כׇל־בֵּיתָהּ לָבֻשׁ שָׁנִים. 

Kapa parsa le’ani
Veyadeha shilcha le’evyon
Lo tira levayta meshaleg
Kee chol vayta lavush shanim

She spreads out her palm to the poor
and extends her hands to the destitute.
She fears not snow for her household,
for her entire household is clothed with scarlet wool

מַרְבַדִּים עָשׂתָה־לָּהּ,
 שֵׁשׁ וְאַרְגָּמָן לְבוּשָׁהּ. 
נוֹדָע בַּשְּׁעָרִים בַּעְלָהּ,
 בְּשִׁבְתּוֹ עִם זִקְנֵי־אָרֶץ

Marvadim as’ta la,
Shesh várgaman levusha
Noda bashearim ba’la,
Beshivto im ziknei aretz

Bedspreads she makes herself
linen and purple wool are her clothing.
Well-known at the gates is her husband
as he sits with the elders of the land


סָדִין עָשׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּר,
 וַחֲגוֹר נָתְנָה לַכְּנַעֲנִי.
עוֹז וְהָדָר לְבוּשָׁהּ,
 וַתִּשׂחַק לְיוֹם אַחֲרוֹן

Sadin as’ta vatimkor
Vachagor natna laknani
Oz vehadar levusha,
Vatischak leyom acharon 

Garments she makes and sells, and
she delivers a belt to the peddler
Strength and splendor are her clothing,
and smilingly she awaits her last day


פִּֽיהָ פָּתְחָה בְחׇכְמָה,
 וְתֽוֹרַת חֶֽסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ:
צוֹפִיָּה הֲלִיכוֹת בֵּיתָהּ,
 וְלֶֽחֶם עַצְלוּת לֹא תֹאכֵל:

Piha patcha bechachma,
Vetorat chesed al leshona
Tzofiya halichot bayta
Velechem atzlut lo tocheil

She opens her mouth with Wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She anticipates the needs of her household,
and the bread of idleness, she does not eat

(continuation see in comment)

Lyrics source:
http://www.zemirotdatabase.org/view_song.php?id=92

Transliteration & translation source:
http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/265772/jewish/Eishes-Chayil.htm

Official video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gXJwGB_0tc

Ayelet Ori Benita - Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor)

Dragonfly by Miranda Rondeau live at Asheville Percussion Festival 
June 2015 with Nacho Arimany & Adam Maaloff

Diana Wortham Theater

Video by Casey Lance Brown
http://caseylancebrown.com/

APF Dragonfly by Miranda Rondeau with Nacho Arimay And Adam Maaloff

Spontaneous song offering for Tanta Netty's journey back home

Song For Tanta Netty's Journey back to the One on frame drum

Lament Of The Bees A Spontaneous Offering by Miranda Rondeau
Frame drum 22" renaissance and voice

Lament Of The Bees A Spontaneous Offering on frame drum by Miranda Rondeau

An invocation, an invitation, for the goddess Aphrodite to illuminate our way through passion’s uncertainties. Performed and composed by Bettina Joy de Guzman on Luthieros 9-string chelys lyra, lap harp, Remo 16-inch frame drum, cello, and finger cymbals, chanted in Ancient Greek (Sappho, fragment 1).


Album notes:
A woman sits alone on a dark evening, worn thin by Love’s manipulations. She has ridden out the first cruel enticement of hope, then the delirium of infatuation. And now comes the inevitable dagger of heartbreak.

As she looks back over the emotional storm that has left her drained and shattered, she wonders: Is Love no more than an impersonal force? Or might She be an entity who would sympathize if one prays to her? And if so, how does one pray to such divinity? 

Following instincts she does not understand, she lights a candle. She begins an invocation. 


Ποικιλόθρον᾽ ὰθάνατ᾽ ᾽Αφροδιτα…
δολόπλοκε, λίσσομαί σε
μή μ᾽ ἄσαισι μήτ᾽ ὀνίαισι δάμνα,
πότνια, θῦμον…

ἔλθε μοι καὶ νῦν, χαλεπᾶν δὲ λῦσον
ἐκ μερίμναν ὄσσα δέ μοι τέλεσσαι
θῦμοσ ἰμμέρρει τέλεσον… 


“iridescent- throned, Immortal Aphrodite…
weaver of wiles, I pray you 
That you do not, with pains and with torments 
crush down my heart, o lady...


And come to me now, and release me from cruel cares;
and all that my heart desires to fulfill,
I pray thee, fulfill…”


Her heart beats. Her body sways to a rhythm and dances to a song, as ancient as the grass and the sea.

And from some deep place within herself, a voice hums back. Someone hears. Someone understands.


Album Credits
Sound engineer: Benj Clarke, at The Temple in Long Beach
Photo and design: Claudia Kabisch

Invocation To Aphrodite

Urban Jungle - Frame Drum Duet

A composition for voice, frame drum, and marimba in 11/6. A soundscape, or "my kind of" meditation.

Journey

Doctrine of Signatures

White Throated Sparrow

Lightning Drum

Written/performed by Miranda Rondeau (w/back up vocals, Tony Moss)
Frame drum and rattles: Miranda Rondeau - all other instruments performed by Joshua Meltzer. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Joshua Meltzer.

Dragonfly

This is a sample from one of the first pieces that I composed, produced and recorded by myself (2008), INJOY.......

Raw Honey

A devotional person by nature .
I focus on shamanic and ritual use of traditional, tribal and contemporary music as a tool for transformation and honoring the divine. 

~SolWind🪶