May 2011 – Jimmy reports back on the pilot phase News
…t: To accomplish these objectives, we’ve divided the Singing Wells Project into distinct phases – these phases are meant to pilot different aspects of the project and adjust our objectives/approach as we learn. There are five phases of the project between our launch in September 2010 and the completion of our second set of DVD’s/CD’s in March 2012: Phase One: Sept-Dec 2010: Establish Digital Footprint for the Project: We built the websites for Ket…
Lake Turkana Cultural Festival 2011 News
…urkana Cultural Festival to collect new audio and visual material for the Singing Wells project. The Abubilla Music Foundation (AMF) was pleased to be able to provide the funds to allow them to undertake the trip to this remote area of North West Kenya, 800 km from Nairobi and home to the Turkana and Samburu tribes and the original ‘singing wells’. When Steve Kivutia (Ketebul Music) presented the idea of recording music at the Festival to the AMF,…
Reflections on the pilot phase by Pato News
…since Malindi is famous for tuk tuks (3 wheeled motorbike taxis) I jumped into one with Winyo and Jesse and headed back to Paradise Hotel. Day 4: Off to Kilifi Everyone was glad to checkout of Paradise Hotel but what was funny was the look Andy gave the receptionist at Paradise Hotel when he asked us to visit again. The day’s program was long because we had four groups to record, two in Kilifi and the two in Kaloleni, Mombasa. We left early picke…
Reflections on the pilot phase by Willie Bembe News
…restaurant is closed and we have to go out and get some food. DAY 3 We get into the car to go and find the first group we are to record Mwanzere Nyere wa Konde. Everyone is in high spirits as we get into the compound with old hats and set up the equipment. We get to see Andy in he’s real professional self. We learn a lot from him since now we can see how it is done in real time. The group is amazing. The father and son are very talented. DAY 3 I s…
Discovering music roots with SWP News
…xcept perhaps where some extra personnel may be required in future. The training aspect on this field trip was excellent. I don’t think it was the allure of a couple of cold beers at the end of each day that made the boys bring forth their best. Another beautiful occurrence at this stage of the project is that the Ketebul team laid its hands on new equipment that they were eager to be exposed to. I’ll take a back seat here (I come from the days of…
Testing the mobile recording equipment News
…e using during the tour of the villages. And as I write this, it’s already in use in Brazil. Jimmy Allen and Mike Park (Abubilla percussionist) have paid a flying visit to Meninos do Morumbi, another project supported by The Abubilla Music Foundation. At the weekend, they recorded Samba percussion on the streets of Sao Paulo for the new, global version of the Abubilla Music song, 71 Hours to Monday. Check out Jimmy’s blog on their progress: Quick…