Music/videos

Rhythm Train's repertoire to date:

'The Train'

- by Ian Naisbitt

Skin, skin, rim then skins

This clip is from a Kinetica weekend in 2007 and features members of Tees Valley World Drummers, Tees Valley Music Service and a few professional musicians too!

'Beat This'

- an old one

Thankyou very much x 3

Ten to two

[Break 1], count to 10

[Break 2], 3 x doubles and single beat

[Break 3], Ten to six, time to get ready, beat this nice and steady, pick up your drum we'll have some fun on a Monday, Thankyou very much x 3 times.

'Boogie Voodoo'

- another old one

Start off with 1 beat, graduating up to 7

'Ee-jay-shae'

- also known as the chip shop song!

Bass, tea coffe....repeat

Toms, tea coffee, tea coffee, tea coffee coffee coffee

Agogo, I like vinegar on fish and chips

Break 1, I like vinegar on fish and chips x 2

'The Stockton Reggae'

- Put together for SIRF 2007 by Chris Maines

Cuba, Mozambique, South Africa - Saturday, Sunday....repeat

Agogo, I would like a cup of tea

This video is part of a series of clips by Chris Maines (see the Links page for more) in which he gives a step by step guide

'Maracatu'

- This piece was put together for SIRF 2008 finale in Trinity Gardens, Stockton on Tees - Matt Fox, Kinetica

The Train Medley

- comprising of parts from The Train, Boogie Voodoo and Beat This

The Arc

- we haven't played this for a while, but it was created early 2008

Lukes Beat

- put together by Luke Elliot for a workshop weekend at The Arc in March 2008.

Can you count to 3, yes we can...repeat

Ready, Steady, everybody Samba

Then into the Groove

These videos can all been seen on Youtube, but I thought I would add them to the site with a little bit more information about them.

Rhythm Train playing at the ARC, Stockton on Tees, 20th Sep 2008 as part of their 5th birthday party.

This was Ee-jay-shae. We were missing our main man on the snare, so Dillon took over and did a grand job!

....... and a bit more from the ARC

We also had a guest appearance from Poppy, aged 2!

This was Rhythm Train performing at TEGOFEST (Tees

Valley Gospel Festival), 6th Sep 2008.

We were led by Joe and performed our Train Medley for the first time, which you can hear her.

It starts with the first part of The Train, then into the first part of Beat This, back to the train on rims and with sticks, then onto Boogie Voodoo, finishing with The Train getting faster until we crash!

SIRF 2008

We had just set off here, so all our costumes are intact and we all still have hats on! This is also just before the heavens opened.

This is a very short video (7 secs) in which we are just at the end of The Train. Notice how we all finish at the same time and manage to get our sticks up in the air in unison!! (.....not)

SIRF 2008

This piece of music was written as a finale, in which all the participating drumming groups performed together. This took place at Trinity Gardens in Stockton at the very end of the parade, in front of the Goddess and her dancers where she sowed the seeds!

It is called Marakatu, and is made up of a few parts, this video only shows a small piece of it.

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