Cameron Tummel : djembe, percussion, vocals, compositions and production.
Influences
Abdoulaye Diakite, Babatunde Olatunji, Mickey Hart, Barbatuques, Kieth Terry, Stomp, Pamela Lynn, Leon Mobley, Pepe Danza, Arthur Hull, Giovanni Hidalgo.
Sounds Like
Waterfire CD: "Instrumental world percussion to transport your imagination." Sounds like Peter Gabriel meets Stomp. Fundamental Djembe Play-Along Instructional CD: Complete Intro to Djembe with Play-Along tracks, verbal instruction, illustrations, and inspiring solos.
Greetings. My name is Cameron. I'm a recording artist, composer, and team building specialist.
On This Page:
- 20 Suggestions
- Bio
- Waterfire CD
- Fundamental Djembe CD
Info About Sample Tracks in blogs.
Thank you for visiting.
20 SUGGESTIONS
- vote
- vote for intelligent ideas and good leadership; not gimmicks, looks, or lies
- support your local farmers' market
- exercise every day and drink lots of water
- say positive things to people every day
- smiling uses fewer facial muscles than frowning
- actively seek out positive lyrics, words and people
- reduce the amount of negative words, lyrics, and people in your life
- fear is only a state of mind, and you have the power to change your mind whenever you choose
- positive thinking is just like any other skill: the more you do it, the better you become
- listen to your heart; not the television
- turn off the TV; you won't miss anything important
- turn off the TV; do something more important
- turn off the TV
- reduce, re-use, and recycle, every single day
- the antidote to greed is thankfulness
- healthy relationships are always more valuable than your stuff
- appreciate yourself, your improvements, and your growth
- when you're down, remember that doing something for someone else will always make you both feel better
- it's our world; whatever we think and however we act is how it will be
~ CT
BIO
Cameron Tummel is acclaimed as one of the world's most charismatic facilitators of rhythm. He has hosted interactive rhythm events for more than a quarter million earthlings in 14 countries and 38 of the United States. For booking information please visit:www.CameronTummel.com
Tummel's facilitation training included a thirteen year apprenticeship with Arthur Hull, and a decade of employment by Arthur's company, Village Music Circles. He is featured in VMC's video, "Drum Circle Facilitation," and wrote several of the articles in the accompanying book. Cameron has facilitated teambuilding events for Google, Toyota, and the Young President's Organization; leadership keynote events for the National Collegiate Athletics Association; community building events for universities such as UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, and Johnson & Wales; and has hosted musical drum circles for youth at dozens of schools throughout his home state of California.
Tummel attributes his djembe skills to his nine year apprenticeship with master djembe player Abdoulaye Diakite, which included three drum sabbaticals to Senegal, West Africa, to study the rhythms and culture of the Bamana people.
Cameron has recorded with Arthur Hull, Margie Heart, Noah Churchill, Toby Salciccia, and Quarkspace, and performed with Babatunde Olatunji, Abdoulaye Diakite, Jason Campbell, Beyond the Beat, and Small Village. He performs annually as a clinician and teacher at the Seattle World Rhythm Festival, hosts drum circles throughout America and Europe, and tries to find enough time to hike, write, compose, read and surf whenever possible.
Instrumental World Percussion to Transport Your Imagination
From powerful West African djembe and dunun drums to the gentle tones of the Swiss Hang, playful body percussion to heartfelt drum prayers, shekeres to rainsticks to Nepalese singing bowls; Waterfire is a celebration of rhythms and sounds from around the world.
Waterfire contains ten tracks of all-original world percussion.
The bonus track, Love, is a spoken word poem.
CT: "I’ve been studying and playing for twenty years, and this CD is a compilation of all my favorite instruments and styles. I spent more than two years working on it, and am inexpressibly pleased with the final product.
Kudos, love and respect to my recording engineer and co-producer, Robinson Eikenberry, and to Eric Conn at Independent Mastering. Thanks to them, the sound quality is astounding. The better your sound system, the more you’ll enjoy it.
For this project I played djembes, ashikos, dounduns, talking drums, shekeres, shakers, blocks, bells, the Hang, body percussion, rainsticks, singing bowls, chimes, and more. There are ten instrumental tracks and a bonus track on the CD. 100-percent, all-original, instrumental world percussion."
“In Waterfire, Cameron displays an amazing array of different percussion sounds, and expresses himself in a very unique and beautiful way. Throughout the CD I felt like I was being taken on a mind trip through different beautiful moods and scenarios, and many times I would be pleasantly surprised by the mood changes, like “Wow! Didn’t see that coming!' Waterfire is a great CD to listen to or to have as extra ambiance. I highly recommend it!"
- Liron Peled
Percussionist/Composer/Producer, Raquy and the Cavemen
Check out Waterfire sample tracks: "Waterfire, Love, Cyclone" and "Droplets"
Fundamental Djembe provides everything you need to go from beginner to intermediate: 24 Play-Along tracks for learning and practicing the most essential West African djembe rhythms, and 3 performance tracks with inspiring solos.
Each rhythm is spoken and demonstrated slowly, played for a few minutes at a moderate tempo, then played again at a faster tempo, enabling you to learn and practice at the tempo that’s right for you.
- Crystal clear, easily accessible demonstrations.
- All rhythms written in easy to read format.
- Full color illustrations of the three fundamental sounds of the djembe.
Track 1 is your musical “Welcome” to Fundamental Djembe.
In tracks 2 – 21 we learn rhythmical patterns one at a time.
In tracks 22 though 25, we combine the rhythms we’ve learned, and begin practicing them together.
The final two tracks are performances of the rhythms we’ve learned, with spicy hot solos added to the polyrhythms, to be studied - or simply enjoyed - by the listener.
CT: “The people in my drum classes kept asking me for a clean, simple recording they could practice with at home. Eventually I came up with two dozen tracks’ worth of material. I added solos to the polyrhythms at the end of the recording to hopefully inspire them to make music with their newly practiced rhythms. The sound quality on the recording is a-m-a-z-i-n-g, thanks to the work of my audio engineer and editor, Robinson Eikenberry, and the masterful mastering of Eric Conn at Independent. My illustrator, Ben Cicatti, did fantastic drawings of hands playing the three fundamental sounds, and Tammi Clenard’s work on all of the graphics, layout, and text made the whole project turn out far better than I ever imagined. Many heartfelt thanks to Robinson, Eric, Tammi and Ben!!”
“Fundamental Djembe gave me in six hours what I learned from my first African djembe teacher in six months. The CD provides the beginner player the foundational learning platform, which in turn makes any West African Djembe rhythm accessible. I wish I had something like this before I ever studied with any African drum teacher.” - Arthur Hull
"This is a fantastic learning resource for anyone interested in learning to play a Djembe drum. Cameron is a very skilled player and an excellent teacher. This CD offers the listener an easy & practical approach to learning the fundamental West African djembe patterns. If you learn these patterns and you will experience a significant leap forward with your skills. I highly recommend this CD to all my students. It’s simply perfect!" - Pamela Lynn
Thanks so much for the add. We met you at the Hawaii Playshop in 2002. (seems like ages ago now!) You were fantastic!! Keep up the wonderful drumming spirit! D.D.
Hi Cameron! how are you?? i'm glad to know you're comin in italy..i'll be playin with my band (cover not my songs!)right on 5th june in a pub near milan..if you'd like to come around just let me know and i'll give you all details!hope to see you there!!
Cameron, you saved my life twice at least, in a more than just figurative sense. I was deeply touched by the way you shared your feeling - coming home - with us last sunday. It's what I feel, too, every time I take part in your community work.
So glad to hear from you so positive! You are a force of Nature!!! I wish you all the best and look forward to having you here! As I recover from a very bad cold and fever, I'll start planning with Percussion Village for you. That means next week! big hug from foggy (snort!) and cold (double snort!!) Italy!!!
Dear Cam, i'm woking on your next Roman trip!you'll be quite busy! i feel you working on the re-building of your shelter...what a new thing for this new year! i wish you all the best. hope to meet soon again!
Wow..it feels so nice just to be at your myspace page! I need to come here more often;) Just got your message, will work on that Xavier stuff tomorrow. I am sure all is well with you shiny man.
Greetings Cameron Tummel! InI give heartically thanks and nuff raspect fi di link up. Big Up fi di works & Irie vibes on your Ispace ! Fi mek sure to listen to more tracks of Songs Of Solomon, please feel irie to follow InI invitation to the Ispace of di DUBRADIO S. O. S. SOUNDSTATION, which is di webradio of S.O.S. and online every weekend from fri - sun.
Hey Bro!! Who's the handsome devil in your profile pic? I got a DVD from the PBS performance for you. Hope this finds you happy and well!! Much Love, ME {~}: )
YES! 'Cyclone' is sweet! Seems I'm always in a hurry and preoccupied lately (like the past 3 yrs) and your music made me chill for a few. Thank you. I especially like the swirly flex-tube thingy buzzing overhead. Nice touches.
Glad you're diggin the shirts. Keep up the good work.
Online Now!
