One Astronomer's Noise

So I finally went back to belly-dancing this week, attending a beginner class at UVa. Oh boy, was it a fast-paced class! I’m glad I have a bit of experience already, or else I’d feel lost walking into the second class. It was a great workout, and great practice. Our awesome teacher, Alexandra, had some pretty good music playing during class, and one song was really great with a myriad of drum beats. And it went on… and on… I asked after class, she said it was a 20 minute song on Suhaila’s “Remix” CD. It’s just 5 songs, but when two of them are 20-minutes long, it’s a full length CD! That’ll have to be my next music buy.

Also, I want to go out and get a metronome this week so I can finally start practicing my doumbek (my drum from NYC) that I haven’t had time for since tutoring started.

When I saw Incubus in concert a few months ago (a wonderful birthday present from my boyfriend) I thought I saw doumbeks on stage. I was quite excited! Apparently the lead singer, Brandon Boyd, plays the djembe, so I wasn’t far off.