We currently have over 45 women in the band, and are closed for membership at this time, however we have a waiting list with a few spots opening in a couple of weeks. Please, come to our rehearsal if you would like to be added to this list.
Influences
Batala in Washington, D.C. is part of a larger Batala family created in 1997 by Giba Gonçalves. Born and raised in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, Giba was living in Paris when he first had the idea for the band. Open to anyone with an interest in learning the samba-reggae beat, the band started off with 60 people.
From Paris it spread to other cities in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom. In 2003, the band finally made its way back to its origins, brought to Brazil by Paulo Garcia, also the founder of the Portsmouth Batala. Composer and musical director, Giba enlisted the help of friends from the bands and from Salvador in order to create the visual identity of the band. The instruments and clothings are all manufactured in Salvador, Bahia, where the band has a social program that gives jobs to many families. From there they are shipped to the bands around the world.
The Batala Percussion Band started in Washington, DC in June, 2007. We're an international all women band, that plays Afro-Brazilian / Samba-Reggae rhythms.
All proceeds of the band go toward providing instruments and costumes for the members. Joining Batala is free of charge to all women regardless of race, religion, income, sexual orientation or musical experience, however the purchase of the Batala Starter Kit is necessary.
We currently have over 45 women in the band, and are open for membership at this time with a few spots available. Please, if you would like to be part of Batala band, come to our rehearsal on Saturdays.
Please let me introduce about my new track, “The Amata (Visions in the Sky)”. Amata means “Many” in Japanese, and “Eternity” in Thai language.
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・This track freely changes the tempo, like BPM 170 → 40 → 190 → (stacks 2 or 4) → 170 → 40.
・The main melody(4/4 rythum) is like classic music's one, but the low part(3/4 rythum) is like jazz-pop's one.
・In the latter half, this track becomes spacy, like 80's progressive hard rock・・・but I only used a piano sound. It will show you what are "visions". Raindrops, comets, clouds・・・Every image will be right.
Please let me take your spaces
・・・I made a new track called "A Order in Ripples".
・Finally this track reachs "Chopin meets Hard Rock", with only piano & drums.
・I used 3/4 time & 7/8 time besides 4/4 time in this track, but I tried not to be a show-off man
・・・so maybe you don't notice.
・This track starts with 170 BPM, but it slowly accelerates & finally it reachs over 220 BPM.
・This track contains two exact oppsites・・・one is very complicated but another is very simple.
・This track is very short, only 2.07 minutes.
・The name of this track briefly means its characteristic. At the end of this track, the order comes out. What's "A Order in Ripples"? You will easilly find the answer.
Maybe it rouses Bashou's famous Haiku, "Fulu-ike ya (古池や) …".
Let me know your impressions if you have time ('x')ﾉｼ
.... THISE IS FOR ALL HOO .HAVE A DREME DONT STOP MAKING YOUR DREMS COME TRUW ..AND BE PRINTED IN HISTORY.....WE ALL GOING TO HISTORY .......I HOPE U POST IT .....N.O. E MUUAAAAAAA gracia por el soporte ok thank you for your suport on my music
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You gals are incredible! I hope to see you Batalettes perform again soon... Hmmm... maybe at the Inaugural Day Parade??? That would step it up ten-fold! :)
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