An unsolicited review of Ancient Traditions - Future Possibilities: Rhythmic Training Through the Traditions of Africa, Bali, and India! ancient-future.com/atfp.html

Major milestone in world fusion music coming up!

Study of music traditions isn't just for musicians. For example, many listeners are attracted to the spiritual feeling of Indian classical music. But knowing the basics of tala (Indian rhythm cycles) will greatly enhance what one experiences while listening.

See Ancient Future perform with world famous tabla master Aditya Kalyanpur!

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Reading, Rhythm, and Raga Ancient Future Leader Matthew Montfort's Masterclasses Return to Blue Bear School of Music Online Starting 11/3 bluebearmusic.org/classes/online…

Got Rhythm? World Beat Workshop. Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:45 PM starting 11/4. This 6 week workshop covers African polyrhythms, Balinese kotèkan and Indian classical music. Tix: bluebearmusic.org/classes/online…

Indian Raga for Western Musicians. Improve Improvisation Skills Through Melodic Training. Thursdays from 6:15 to 7:30 PM starting 11/5. Six week class to improve soloing through the tradition of Indian raga. bluebearmusic.org/classes/online…

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Gamarock utilizes this Gamelan Anklung kotèkan detailed in the book Ancient Traditions–Future Possibilities: ancient-future.com/bali.html#ankl…

The rhythm traditions that are covered in Ancient Traditions - Future Possibilities lead to the future possibilities in the compositions on World Without Walls!

The perception of the cyclic nature of life is reflected in Indian classical music through the device of tala, a recurring time-measure or rhythmic cycle that begins, develops and returns to the sam, the 1st beat and anchor of all melody and rhythm. ancient-future.com/india.html

There need to be regulations to ensure that there aren't unintended consequences from the release of AI into the wild, and to limit intended consequences that help huge corporations but hurt society and culture.

Where's the beat? ancient-future.com/rhythm.html

Free World Rhythms workshop 3/6/24 at Cloverdale Arts Alliance in Northern California or sign up for online version! ancient-future.com/news2023.html#…

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I'm leading a FREE world rhythms workshop 6/19/24 at 7 PM at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance in Cloverdale, CA! ancient-future.com/pr2024.html#ju…