Open the eyes of my heart - Djembe 201: 2.05

[@CubFlanagan]

Mad props to you fellas. I love that you guys are taking the time and effort to provide useful, practical tools to musicians and worship leaders.

[@bogdanzagorodniy2813]

@Shawn K Turbochicken, thanks for this video brother!!! Your well-known djembe video (the one where you ave millions of views) encouraged me to buy a djembe. I'm surprised (and overjoyed) to see that you're also a believer (I assume) because of the worship music you play. What a joy it is to even hear and learn your take on Open the Eyes! Serisouly bro, you made me smile and worship with you in listening to this video 12 years later after you recorded it and thousands of miles away from Singapore, here in Sacramento, California. Thanks for that! I'm already a cajon player, but I've been wanting to buy a djembe drum for a long time and your video just pushed me over the edge to go to the local music store and buy one. Our church does singing during outreach & evangelism and so I'm intending to use it during these times. Blessings to you brother; grace and peace be multiplied to you! :)

[@onarose]

What a wonderful beat to learn, I will practice it, hopefully to apply to worship music myself! May God bless you for your work!

[@ChrisBCass]

I really appreciate it because I play Djembe at church and it is very powerful and beautifull!

[@1kifuu]

ive watched these guys a hundred times, there is so much to learn from a short video, thank you for that..

[@SephBentos]

Such a beautiful overall sound with such minimal instrumentation. The vocal harmonies are very well placed, I am very impressed. Subscribing now!

[@ericnlisa4Christ]

Thank you so much for doing these videos. I am learning to play guitar hoping to use it for worship and I am buying my hubby a djembe for his birthday. He is a drummer and is wanting to learn the basics he skipped and has never played hand drums so you are helping us both. Thank you so much for sharing your gifts to bless the body and praise God!

[@porcusdiu]

Number ONE of KZbin! O.o Incredible Job, Incredible performance... *_*

[@chipputer]

I just want to say thanks for this video, guys. I know it was made a while ago, but I watched it over and over to watch your hands while you played your djembe and have learned quite a bit from it. I love playing my djembe and your videos helped me learn how to do some new and interesting things with it. Thanks and God bless!

[@josephreichert7296]

Looks like I found someone to follow for djembe learning. You're like Shane & Shane with a djembe. Very Good.

[@James_Butler]

Great Shawn, love your technique.

[@Lacrione]

Great job [; great tutorial videos for djembe.

[@whatsoeverthings4u]

more! awesome worship, heartfelt and blessed by it! thanks so much!

[@paulo1149]

Nice fresh rendition. Thanks for sharing your technique. All the best. GB.

[@unclesaruman]

you two are great musicans with good feelings :) and this song is great i love your playing, nice djembe and guitar and the voice is also great

[@hfjdkhjhvc]

amazing voice and awesome drumming to go along with a great song!

[@dramadonna]

Thanks for sharing this with us! Very helpful. You guys are gifted.

[@DennisSnyderDrums]

Great video Turbochicken. This lesson and your 201 lesson are very helpful.

[@hughman174]

whoa! this vid is a breath of fresh air and inspiration to dust off my djembe. u guys are so gifted by God. voices are harmonized well. thanx for the post and God bless Stan da Man

[@porcusdiu]

Number ONE of KZbin! Incredible Job, Incredible performance !!!

[@AriesArriesgado]

I'm a member of our music ministry in SFC. ty for the djembe play. Gives me more idea!

[@alexsotelo4918]

The most important I've learned in thi video ... Sing to GOD and how to play djembe thanx bro blessing

[@EdgarPacsi]

Amen, praise the Lord hallelujah!!!

[@kar1991wei]

very nice playing! also a gd and special way to evangelise! great job!

[@beccameyer3069]

Sounds really great! I'm starting to work on some djembe for our worship team. I've got rhythm in general, now I'm ready to learn some technique! Thanks for helping!

[@jasoncarson97]

Great job! I'm a newbie djembe player and I'm learning some great worship techniques here. Keep up the good work!

[@Balthazar2242]

@skunksnag To get the poppy snappy sound you have to put a hand over the drum to keep it from vibrating and use your other hand to hit the edge of the drum. You can also alter the pitch of the snap by moving the hand that stops the vibration around. (You can see how turbochicken does the snap in the chorus)

[@GuilhermeCardosoGeek]

Thank you so much! I've bought a darbuka for my church and i was looking for a few videos to teach the teens to play percussion. Yours videos are really really good, congragts brothers :)

[@51mermaidclaira]

Glad I stumpled into your music! I love it!

[@herzl67]

Fritz meant; superbe. Only 2 instruments and played so fantasically. It seems the gituar is played only with 3 grips. I also love it! Simple, well done and so spiritual -- inspiration comes through!

[@turbochickenstudios]

OH. yes, Fritz, the djembe and the acoustic guitar go very very well together, esp for worship! (my take)

[@grabba73]

awesome. great direction and calm playing. My mom brought me back a djembe from Guana africa. it has goat fur around the head. The shape on the bottom doesen't curve inward as much as the other ones i see.

[@tusiaccek1]

świetnie! :O te djembe strasznie mi się podoba:D Świetnie grasz! :) W ogóle śliczne głosy! Brawo! ;)

[@turbochickenstudios]

hi rettolbkni, you're right, the one in the vid is a 10" remo (fibreglass), you can google it or find it on the remo website. thanks for watching!

[@bjkwolf9578]

I loved your drumming just because of the first video I sawmm. BUT NOW YOU PLAY WORSHIP MUSIC TOO?!?!?! I hope to become as good as a player as you bro... pray that I can bring my best talents of djimbe and cajon to my spanish ministry. God bless you bro.

[@turbochickenstudios]

hey, thanks. i'm afraid we don't have a CD. maybe in the near future, if we have really decent material.

[@TheBobspear]

Thank you guys

[@pampuch86]

Hello:) Great job guys!!! I love Your version of this song!! I've just get traditionally built djembe from Republic of Ghana:) I`ve hope, it will be good for a start plays on djembe;)

[@japhet4128]

Magnifique 😭🙏✨❤

[@turbochickenstudios]

hey, appreciate the compliment :) the one in the video is a 10inch. i think it's pretty good too, for a small drum :)

[@CHUCKS78]

WOWI! This is so Awesome! Bless you guys!

[@connystardust9957]

Wonderful musical witness of my brothers in Christ Jesus. 5 stars!

[@turbochickenstudios]

hey nikscebba, glad the video is of help to your ministry :)

[@yahmus]

Great job you guys!!

[@turbochickenstudios]

hi hughman174, i didn't mike the djembe bottom or have a pzm mike, just a condenser on cardoid. i depended on the reflections for the lower ends. also avoided placing mike too near skin of djembe, to allow it to capture more room sound. glad it's helping you.

[@turbochickenstudios]

@tenordrummin360 a rope tuned is usually deeper and less bright in tone.

[@therealshug]

This is really well done. I'm not religious at all, but I like everything else about this song.

[@mslizy]

Very nicely done!

[@turbochickenstudios]

the groove is explained in my djembe 101 series, lesson 1.08 (alt hand accent). you can get a breakdown there. thanks for watching.

[@enochnanduru]

That was awesome 🔥🔥

[@jul5131]

absolutely awesome!!!

[@alternkv]

good job guys.. keep up the good work and worship...aDIOS

[@hakobuful]

what do eat for breakfast?? you are awesome.

[@roysamson1606]

you're the perfect player I've ever seen

[@nguyenviethaianh6365]

You make me want to buy my own a Djembe drum now 😂😂😂😂

[@turbochickenstudios]

hi tarian, i've put up separate videos on the different techniques used in this "open the eyes"; djembe 201: 2.01-2.04 lemme know if it's not clear enough.

[@Black-kj9qm]

Sensacional!!!! Very Good!!!!

[@zOhmingapAchuau]

Wow.. Beautiful....

[@malikfernando9639]

JOY TO THE WORLD ON GUITAR

[@KGingeri]

Awesome!! 👍

[@IamUncledeuce]

Very nice. Thanks!

[@pinkisforpimps]

that was very nice man. ur very talented. dont stop making vids! lol

[@Branhawk]

This is great!

[@albertpeka]

Beautiful

[@Kabouter911]

Brilliant!

[@youngsamuel1]

Excellent!!!

[@whithagemann]

Wow you guys are awesome!!! Keep GOD first in your life and everything else will fall into place! GOD BLESS! :D

[@namelesswhite1829]

this is was niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice aleluias GOD BLESS EVERYBODY

[@chichungho]

Great job. I personally like this version even better than Paul Baloche's acoustic version. ^.^ Question: Are you using a Remo 10-inch (or 12-inch)? Sounds decent!

[@RealmOfTheReptile]

Spectacular! I'm glad you are using your talents for the Lord. What kind of djemebe are you using? Is it a Remo? It looks like it has a smaller head than many djembes I've seen. I love the sound.Thanks

[@FlaviaVieiraCT1]

mt mt mt bom....!!!!!!!!! (very very very cooooooooooooollllllllllll!!!) qual é a musica? (what is music?) parabens! (congratulations)

[@turbochickenstudios]

steveinator, start slow, count 1na 2na 3na 4na as you play ea stroke, make sure the spaces inbetween them are equal, increase gradually :)

[@RealmOfTheReptile]

@turbochickenstudios - THANKS guys!

[@oscarwilliec]

Hi, I like the way the djembe sounds and I have heard many of them but not the sound like this one, how can I ask for the same style of djembe that you have? I see the form or shape is quite different,I'm wondering if that's the reason of the good bass tone or if it's because of the patches... any way take me out of the dubt please and If you know the size of that one it can help also hehe greetings from Ecuador

[@Mojovod]

+Oscar William Ruiz Its a Remo earth series. I have this and the more expensive Mondo series plus some other drums and this one is by far my favorite!

[@donrobertoni]

think song sounds like U2 and i stillll havent fouuund...what im lookignforrr.... n great lessons bro.

[@HarryMaxwellDrumming]

Love this

[@turbochickenstudios]

where is calvary chapel? i'm in singapore...

[@samysociety]

thanks for the video, it´s been very useful, i was wondering if you could upload more hillsong songs lile mighty to save, at the cross desde mi interior, i dont know the name of that song in english. Also do you play bongos? cause those songs sound really good with bongos to. Anyway excellent video

[@turbochickenstudios]

sorry sannot, late reply! it's the same chords as the original from paul baloche, starting with E open chord and the B/Eb...he has them on his website. trying searching?

[@turbochickenstudios]

oh traditionally built, i suppose? rope tuned?

[@LeonelgarzaYT]

Awesome 👏

[@negativecreep8282]

I personnaly think this sounds much better than the original ;)

[@flavioborgestv]

Good job!

[@rbernardify]

Hi Shawn, my name is Bernard and I'm from India. That was a beautiful performance. Please can you let me know the brand of the Djembe you are using.

[@jamesfgray1]

I play drums and percussion for a Luthern Church in Lake Forest CA. I've recently started playing the djembe with smaller groups at the church. I am learning an borrowing much from you and all these videos you have placed on You Tube, Thank you very much. I have 1 question though. How are you mic'ing the djembe? I currently use an Audix I5 over the drum and I get the lows but I have to hit it a little strong to get that.

[@turbochickenstudios]

hey hidemenow02, i haven't planned any more videos for the next few months, but will try to include that if i do! :)

[@kaudeshpande]

Hi Shawn, can you please break down the flam fill into counts...i am not able to grab it from the sounds..thanks :-)

[@rockavneck14]

i am thinking of buying a djembe and i was wondering if you think it would be loud enough to play in front of larger audiences or if its more for playing in front of small groups

[@sabimarx9306]

i so much song open the eyes of my heart lord

[@RolandZertuche]

excellent!

[@ashokpydi]

Hi Guys, that's amazing... Which brand djembe do you use and what is the price of it...?

[@tenordrummin360]

I seems like you are playing with a key tuned djembe. Would a rope tuned djembe sounds the same? I really like the sound coming from your drum

[@turbochickenstudios]

hello kelvinjester, thanks for the feedback :) incorrect, but as long as it works! (since the remo djembe is not your tradtional djembe make anyway)

[@hakobuful]

thanks a lot man...

[@TheGamingDandy]

You're pretty amazing, and your djembe sounds great. What kind do you have?

[@turbochickenstudios]

hello leeoniza, i'm from singapore, are you planning to visit? :)

[@ericnlisa4Christ]

Do you suggest fiberglass over the skin ones?

[@turbochickenstudios]

hey benobian, thanks!

[@Balthazar2242]

I'm having a lot of trouble with the triplet beat you talk about in the end where you use the heel of your hand as well as your fingers.. I always roll my hand instead of beating it right. Any tips?

[@turbochickenstudios]

hey alleyhse, good input. however it's just my preference, after having played both types for worship (and top 40s). you're right that they're both good and the engineer can work miracles but there are definitely some differences between the 2 makes :)