8 rhythms + 8 songs = Full Joy! Drum & sing in this playful total brain workout. Rhythms from Egypt, Guinea, Jamaica, Brazil, Mali, Morocco

Free Your Voice while Drumming 8 week series Oct 28-Dec 16!

This class runs Wednesdays from 630-8pm. Drop ins avail! All levels, beginners welcome. I give different rhythm options that are easy, medium and more advanced.

Amaze yourself and free your singer & drummer. Get expressive on your drum (djembe, doumbek, cajon, and conga recommended but pots, pans, and buckets welcome if you don't have access to a drum), rock out, and sing! You will learn rhythms from Guinea, Mali, Egypt, Morocco, Brazil, Jamaica, and funk/hip hop from the US. After this class, you will be able to sing and sound while you drum.

Sliding scale $40-$50 per class. $320 for all 8 weeks.

We will cover:

--fundamental drum strokes--bass, tone, slap, pop, and touch

--good drumming technique

--healthy vocal technique (breath support, releasing throat tension, using your mask for projection, resonance)

--world rhythms

--funk, rock, blues & hip hop rhythms & world songs

--vocal harmony

--body percussion

--vocal improv

--trance rhythms (opening and closing rhythms) from North Africa

--drum improvisation

--drum circles, grooving, jamming, unleashing your voice as you drum and dance with lotsa play! We're going to cut loose together and get ecstatic!

This class is a total stress release and a ton of fun while also creating new neural pathways. You will feel yourself growing smarter as you increase your joy and pleasure. Yay!

Testimonials: “Phoenix Song's class – Free Your Voice while Drumming – was outstanding. Phoenix is a superb teacher who makes learning drum polyrhythms accessible and fun. Phoenix sets up the songs and rhythms with varying levels of challenge, and always encourages us with heart and a smile. It’s more than just the rhythms – it’s really a magical experience that has liberated new possibilities in my music and my being.” Lisa F

“They break down rhythm in a way that makes it incredibly tangible for a total beginner to percussion. And then they teach you to integrate your voice while drumming! An awesome teacher.” –Jai S

“I recommend this class! Phoenix created a supportive space for learning, stretching, listening, and curiosity. I appreciate how you’re able to create a community while at the same time encourage the individual within it.”–Lucy A

For other reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/amber-field-music-san-francisco

https://phoenixsongmusic.com

Phoenix Song is a queer, nonbinary Korean American adoptee performer, writer, teacher, and healer featured in SF Magazine's Best of the Bay. They specialize in world fusion and sacred ritual through Korean shamanic music, Indian classical, neo-soul, and wordless chanting. For the last twenty years, Phoenix has performed many solo and collaborative shows at Queer and Asian Conference, Empowering Women of Color Festival, Reimagine Festival at SF Jazz, SF Pride Main Stage, Asian Heritage Festival main stage, the Queer Arts Festival, and SF International Arts Festival. Phoenix loves to help people free their voices to sing, sound and speak their truths in private and group sessions. They taught hundreds of people in Free Your Voice while Drumming classes for over 15 years. Phoenix holds embodied expressive arts sessions, grief rituals, ancestral healing classes, monthly sound baths at Grace Cathedral in SF. https://phoenixsongmusic.com