Workshop with Sanggar Cudamani today

And it was great. Great - to see my friends from Bali, to see what they've been up to, and so on. They're performing here tomorrow night, and I think the show's going to be completely mind-blowing!


Sanggar Cudamani playing a tabuh pisan (lit. "composition in one") piece. They sounded awesome!


Here they are playing kotekan (interlocking parts) facing each other, a style usually seen when a piece is being taught to an ensemble. These guys are insanely fast and nimble - I wish I had a video clip to illustrate how fast they were playing. But their parts weren't muddled at all - they had precision.


Sanggar Cudamani playing Gabor, a traditional Balinese dance. Gus De (the guy in the white shirt) is playing the lead drum called kendang wadon (lit. 'female drum').

It'll be great to see them in concert tomorrow.