slideshow ▶ Karinding from West Java to California

Karinding from West Java to California - YouTube
Published on Feb 8, 2017

soundtrack: just a practice session, rain (Robert Cherwink​, at about 6 weeks of playing karinding)

photos: RC with his new karinding; Billal Al Shabill​ in West Java (collecting bamboo for celempung, shipping the instruments); RC received the instruments in California – photos of bamboo instruments from West Java with some other instruments of his collection; Billal al Sabill's new son (congratulations!); and Billal Al Shabill with Karinding Mawar. thanks to Anya​ for portrait photos!

for more info see: "New Karinding – from West Java to California!" on the #KhomusWeekly blog at http://khomusweekly.blogspot.com/2016/12/new-karinding-from-west-java-to.html

a little photo shoot with some of my instruments today – especially to acknowledge the addition of my new bamboo instruments from Billal Al Shabill ...

see also –

• Video – first time for Anya to play #celempung, and i finally figured out how to make the #karinding work better! – just in the moment :)
https://youtu.be/ihFstcGYO9Y

update on medical situation and publishing schedule

June 2017: publishing the newsletter once or twice per month at this point.

previous (February 2017): i am still having some serious medical/physical difficulties. publication of this newsletter is sporadic at this point, and the new issues may be small.

• please visit the 

  #KhomusWeekly Youtube channel

  for lots of viewing! 

  
  

  November, 2016: quick update on my medical situation: i met with my surgeon and he wants to try a course of epidural injections for my neck rather that perform surgery at this point. hopefully this will help to relieve the muscle spasms in my neck and shoulders which have literally pulled my shoulder out of place. i have been having some serious difficulty with my right arm, and have not been able or had the energy to spend nearly as much online as i used to :)

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