Help us spread the TAIKO LOVE!!!Thank you very much for visiting this page!
While we now have a solid team of members with lots of energy, drive, and enthusiasm to spread the taiko love, we are still missing the the big guys... Yes! We really need a set of REAL TAIKO DRUMS!!! This is how much we want to hit the real taiko drums to spread the Japanese culture with a wider community. As you saw in the video, because we are a brand new non-profit organization with a limited budget, we are currently playing on taped-up laundry baskets and handcrafted up-cycled drums that we made from recycled cardboard barrels, packaging tape, and old bicycle tire rings. These make-shift "drums" are great for practices, but because we endeavor to share the beauty, joy, and wonders of taiko in its entirety (including the powerful beats of REAL taiko drums!), we are eager to purchase a set of real taiko drums that we can bring to public performances and community workshops.
If we meet the goal for this Kickstarter project, you will help us purchase a set of 5 real "nagado/chu" taiko drums-- these are the standard, big taiko drums that are typically featured in taiko performances (or if you Google "taiko"). In Australia, each of these taiko drums cost over $1,000, which means that your contributions will help us pay for the cost of 5 real taiko drums + stands for the drums + freight. But what exactly will come out of this Kickstarter project?To celebrate all the support that we get through this Kickstarter project, we would like to hold our team's INAUGURAL END-OF-THE-YEAR CONCERT this upcoming December 2014, where we can showcase our very first year's worth of work on the beautiful REAL taiko drums that you help us purchase. For our team to be able to provide the most powerful, dynamic, authentic, and inspirational taiko performance that we can possibly deliver, it is essential that we have a set of real taiko drums on which we can perform. With your help in funding our Kickstarter project, we can together make our very first and very own concert happen!
From the end-of-the-year concert and beyond: Your help and support will go a LONG (or loud!) way in spreading the TAIKO LOVEYour generous contributions will help the UQ Japanese Taiko Drumming Team to share the joy of taiko with LOTS of people in the greater Brisbane community, many of whom have never even heard of taiko before. In addition to our end-of-the-year concert, we endeavor to spread the taiko love at as many occasions as possible. Taiko performances are invited to a wide range of events, such as cultural festivals, sporting events, university functions (e.g., graduation), fundraisers, weddings, and even to black-tie events... the possibilities are infinite! We are also hoping to give others in the community the opportunity to try taiko drumming for themselves, through public taiko workshops and school workshops for children. The music and art of taiko drumming has already captured so many people's hearts around the world, and our ultimate goal is to keep spreading this 'taiko love'.
"Spread the taiko love!" みんなの太鼓。 (Minna no taiko) song projectFinally, as part of our Kickstarter project, we also want to get YOU involved in spreading the taiko love. To do this, we will be creating a "Spread the taiko love!" みんなの太鼓 (Minna no taiko) song-- a collaborative taiko-fusion piece that we'll compose together! The goal is to have as many taiko groups, a variety of musicians, artists, and anyone else who's interested from all around the world to contribute elements (e.g., an excerpt of beats) to create a song together. We will make a music video for this collaborative piece at the completion of our Kickstarter project, and we want to feature you and your group performing the part that you've composed. Once the music video is made, we will post it on our Facebook page and would also love for you to share it with all of your family, friends, and colleagues... and, of course, perform the song at YOUR special events! We will be performing this song at our end-of-the-year concert :)
私 達と一緒に、太鼓の素晴らしさを世界に広めませんか?このKickstarter プロジェクトの一環として、世界各国の方々と共同で太鼓 x 様々なミュージシャンやアーティストとのコラボレーション曲を作ります。$150AUD以上のプレッジをしていただいた方に、グループ又は個人として曲の 一部を作曲をして頂いて、その部分をパフォーマンスしているところを "Spread taiko love!" みんなの太鼓ソングのミュージックビデオとしてまとめるという企画です。みんなで一緒に太鼓の素晴らしさ、「太鼓LOVE。」を広めましょう!何か質問な どございましたら、お気軽に日本語でメールください([email protected])。 |
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With mountains of taiko love,
The UQ Japanese Taiko Drumming Team
With mountains of taiko love,
The UQ Japanese Taiko Drumming Team