Babatunde Olatunji on skins
Babatunde Olatunji7 quotes“The evocative power of the drum can be compared to the Trinity. The drum’s frame comes from the trunk of a tree, and that tree has a spirit. It is not dead wood. There is also spirit in the animal skin. If there wasn’t, it would not produce sound. Those, plus the spirit of the person playing become an irresistible force.”
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Drumming is the simplest thing that we can do to bring us together.
Babatunde OlatunjiBabatunde Olatunji Where I come from we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm, and when we get out of rhythm, that’s when we get into trouble.
Babatunde OlatunjiBabatunde Olatunji The Creator wants us to drum. He wants us to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants. After all, we have already corrupted the world with power and greed….which hasn’t gotten us anywhere – now’s the time to corrupt the world with drum, dance and chants.
Babatunde OlatunjiBabatunde Olatunji Only indiscriminate love can make us free.
Babatunde OlatunjiBabatunde Olatunji I am that I am, I am beauty, I am peace, I am joy, I am one with Mother Earth. I am one with everyone within the reach of my voice. In this togetherness, we ask the divine intelligence to eradicate all negatives from our hearts, from our minds and from our actions. And so be it….ashe.
Babatunde OlatunjiBabatunde Olatunji Every thing and every human action revolves in rhythm.
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