In June I went to UCSD’s Camp Kesem with the Cancer Coping Center to drum and make music with kids who have parents with cancer. We played an arrangement of I Gotta Feelin’ by the Black Eyed Peas on BOOMWHACKERS! When I shared my arrangement online, I was humbled by the response, and I decided to do another simple boomwhacker arrangement for Just Dance by Lady Gaga. I’ll be using this with the kids next year.
To play the song with your own group, all you need to get are some boomwhackers and octavator caps. You can peruse more boomwhacker items by checking out the boomwhackers section in my inventory list. I use a glockenspiel for part of the melody, but you can also fill in your own words to fit the theme of your group. For instance, I filled in Camp Kesem’s song lyrics to the Black Eyed Peas Boomwhacker song.
YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPvgDau7Nao
I enjoy these videos so much, Kat – thanks for sharing!! And the red shoes are really cute
Thanks for checking it out, Stephanie! And I don’t get to wear my cute red shoes nearly as much as I’d like to, so I’m glad I can put them to use somehow…
Hi Kat-
VERY cool music and arrangements. you mentioned on the MT listserve that you would be willing to share your score – I am very interested in trying this out with a group of inner city kids at a summer camp. would love to have your score and give it a try.
Many thanks
Eve Montague, MSM, MT-BC
evemontague@verizon.net
Fantastic Eve! I’d be interested to hear how the experience goes with your group of inner city kids. I’ll be sending the scores out within the next couple of days. Thanks for watching and connecting here.
I’m loling so hard.
Another awesome video, Kat! Just one more to add to my list of “posts I wish I’d written”
You are amazing.
Thanks Rachel and Nat. You’re both inspirations to me as well!
You’ve got *way* too many shoes!!
Brilliant and thanks, Kat.
Thanks Steve, I’m considering jumping into a friends’ shoe wardrobe for the next one… just for a little variety. We’ll see! Thanks for watching!
Hey! I appreciate the blog comment you left for me at Beyond the Music. I think your blog is great, too! I would LOVE LOVE these Boomwhacker arrangements, so I am sending you an email any minute.
Hi Michelle, Thanks for checking out the videos. I hope the arrangements are helpful to you!
Great stuff, thanks !!!
Andreas
Happy holidays
What a great arrangement. And super fun! As a PP said, this is something I wish I had written! We just got Boomwhackers at our school last month so my students and I are enjoying exploring and playing them. I really like the idea of layering ostinati in groups. This achieves a really complex sound simply! Once again, thanks for sharing! Great idea!
I appreciate your comment! Thanks!
My boys and I love the videos. My 11 year old stop motion film director-son says the videos are very clever and well designed. =) I would LOVE pdfs of your boomwhacker music to use with my students at school and in my studio. Thank you for sharing! Rachel
So glad I got the stamp of approval! Thank you so much. Check your email for the scores =)