2011,
"Kebun Bunyi" open jamming at Lebuh Acheh, Penang. Experiential
learning is more interactive and inclusive than passive observation. In a
teaching term, its call active and participative learning, which leads to a lasting
memory.
Sounds and music bring people to groove
and be 'in sync' with each other. It propagates collaboration.
With special thanks to Rozana's Refreshing Batik, Lebuh Acheh, Penang.
With a 'walk-in' drummer'.
2011, "Kebun Bunyi" open jamming with Mia and Nina leading the groove.
"Kebun Bunyi" is inclusive.
"Kebun Bunyi" speaks the universal language of the heart.
"Kebun Bunyi" is where each person can be in his/her own groove but yet
contribute to the whole......that is what the whole world should be.
"Kebun Bunyi" accepts all.
"Kebun Bunyi" is like being in a family that sync together despite differences in character.
"Kebun Bunyi" encourages us to play together. People who play together,
stay together, even though they sometimes annoy each other (that's part
of the groove too!).
"Kebun Bunyi" teaches us to source our rhythm from 'within'.
"Kebun Bunyi" acknowledges that all of us develop our sense of hearing
way earlier (in our mothers' wombs!) than our sense of sight (few weeks
after we were born).
"Kebun Bunyi" receives anyone, even those without prior experience and
knowledge in music. Our tradition should be liberated from the tyranny
of 'heritage fundamentalist/police' who likes to prosecute others for
what they assume as 'crime against heritage/tradition'. Once we are 'in
the groove' (from within), then we can always learn the 'technically
proper' or 'exclusive' (for some, formalist) way of mastering any
tradition. In this way, tradition can be appropriately improvised,
adapted, innovated, customized, while at the same time, sustained and
preserved (as it has been so for centuries).
"Kebun Bunyi" open jamming allows anybody to come and go anytime, open
entry point. That's the beauty of our traditional music legacy, its very
democratic and open-ended. No suffocating formalism here.
"Kebun Bunyi" calls to the beatings of our hearts.
"Kebun Bunyi" is where formality is suspended, and friendship flourishes.
"Kebun Bunyi" open jamming at Lebuh Acheh, Penang. A group from Balik Pulau walked in and performed casually.
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