Online Store
Ryan's online store is coming soon and will allow one-stop, secure shopping of many of his recordings, instructional materials and other products. Until then here are direct links where many of Ryan's products can be found now.
Instructional Materials
West African Drum and Dance: A Yankadi-Macrou Celebration
The rhythms and dances of Guinea, West Africa spring to life in this ground-breaking multimedia collection. More than just a drumming book, this easy-to-use method immerses teachers and students in traditional West African music, dance and culture through a step-by-step curriculum that maintains cultural authenticity. The multiple-discipline curriculum incorporates drumming, singing, dance, and culture. The complete program including "Teacher's Guide" with full-length DVD and play along CD and the "Student Enrichment" book are available now from Alfred Publishing at book and educational retailers everywhere. For a listing of Online Retailers, visit the WRAP programs website at www.drum2dance.com
Denbaya Enhanced Insructional CD's
More than just the basic jembe and dundun parts, Ryan recorded solos, arrangement, roll-excercises, ballet and traditional dundun patterns and variations and virtually everything he taught during the fall and winter Denbaya classes in 2005. Additionally, he added unique versions of several of the rhythms performed traditionally in Guinea and a special Enhanced portion of the CD, accessible on computer CD-ROM drives, that includes notation of the rhythms and complete historical backgrounds. The two CD's, sold-individually, contain over 100 pristinely recorded tracks, completely covering eight different rhtyhms. The CD's are sold exculsively through the Denbaya website and a portion of the sales goes to Denbaya, Inc. to keep bringing traditional music and dance programs and events to the Rogue Valley. For more information on these special CD's, incuding track listing and audio samples, and to purchase now, visit the Denbaya website store at www.denbaya.org
Performance CD's
Wonbere - Fore-Fote
The classic, award-winning CD from Master Drummer, M. Lamine "Dibo" Camara and Fore-Fote has become a classic in the West African Drum and Dance community, World Music Radio and several of its tracks are even still used as background music on news and T.V. programs in Guinea. Explosive and passionate, internationally renowned master djembe drummer M. Lamine "Dibo" Camara leads an all-star troupe through firey new arrangements of the traditional music of Guinea, West Africa. Features djembe, dunduns, kora, krinyi and more. Read reviews, listen to audio tracks and purchase online now on CD Baby.com. Wonbere is also availably digitally at all major online outlets, inlcuding iTunes.
