How to make a traditional Coast Salish Drum: Jorge Lewis Drum Maker

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12 жыл бұрын

Jorge Lewis sells his original designed drums and also conducts workshops on drum making throughtout the Pacific Northwest.
Jorge Lewis is a First Nations artist from the Snuneymuxw nation of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, BC who specializes in drum making. Jorge is a descendent of powerful Shamans, mask dancers and chiefs. He was taught the craft of drum making by Bill Garton, a Lakota sundancer, pipe carrier and spiritual seeker.
Drums are used in sweat lodges, singing circles, or to accompany a singer. Jorge believes that drumming is a tool which assists us in getting centred spiritually, and it connects us with the inner self and with all that is around us. His love for life is evident in his work, and he lives and breathes his spiritual culture through his art work.
Learn step by step how to cut lacing, punch the elk hide, string the lace and tie off the the lace.
Native, First Nations, American, hand, drum

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@susanlatchford933 17 күн бұрын

Thank you Jorge Lewis for this wonderful tutorial. Just finished making a little 8" practice drum before starting on a full size drum. May you rest well in the sweet green land of your ancestors. Blessings xx

@barbaraisherwood 3 жыл бұрын

Help please, iv been accused of cultural appropriation for wanting to make myself a drum by following this wonderful tutorial. Jorge is happy to share this precious knowledge from his ancestors for us to follow. I want to come from a place of honor, gratitude and respect and imbue my drum with this energy.

@de-lavallee251 3 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to have known Jorge on a first name basis and also to have been to a drum making session he led at the school my auntie worked at. I had very recently taken the initiative to gather some materials and make drums myself. It was totally random to stumble upon this video but also a strange blessing, it was like in a way Jorge was helping. With that and some help from a friend, we made 12 drums. Huychqa siem and mitakuye oyasin to the late Jorge Lewis.

@magz98610 Жыл бұрын

oh no did he pass away? I was so looking forward to meeting him,he was a master craftsman,I made my first drum watching him!

@Longwinger 8 жыл бұрын

Made my first drum using this tutorial. Excellent results! I made a 20" Elk hide drum. It has a beautiful, rich sound.

@carlwilson4375 5 жыл бұрын

Were did you get your drum ring from?

@Syrax3221 Жыл бұрын

Impressive. craftsmanship is very cool.

@annelirantala8689 2 жыл бұрын

Greedings and love from midnightsun Lapland🌞💕🇫🇮

@dalemasyk1583 4 жыл бұрын

this video on makin a simple but preises creativity handcraftmanship drum is cool ...thank you jorge for sharin ,ill never forget it

@amynewman4536 Жыл бұрын

Jorge- Thank you for this important and detailed video! We made our first drum using your video as a guide. The drum is a 16” elk hide drum. Absolutely beautiful sound and we are now preparing to paint it and gift it to others. We are taiko drum players and makers -but this work unfolds differently. No car jacks involved to tighten the skin! Thank you for your knowledge and guidance.

@txptier_musicka8689 9 жыл бұрын

Don't know what inspired me to watch this but after watching I'm afraid to watch another documentary, cuz this is how they all suppose to be, this is so touching it makes me feel I'm not the only one who love every opportunity I get I life just to get up in the mornings

@JamesCarter-ii4up 4 жыл бұрын

Same here... It's Magic... Good Medicine... Big Medicine also.. The drum Speaks though the wind..

@PhilIvesvideos 11 жыл бұрын

Jorge Lewis is a First Nations artist from the Snuneymuxw nation of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, BC who specializes in drum making. Jorge is a descendent of powerful Shamans, mask dancers and chiefs. He was taught the craft of drum making by Bill Garton, a Lakota sundancer, pipe carrier and spiritual seeker.

@hollowbonebaer8953 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I wish I could make one but I'm paralyzed. I love the sound of those drums

@HermanoLucasChile 4 жыл бұрын

Many prayers rising for you my friend.

@coachgrethe 2 жыл бұрын

I will be making my first drum at a workshop this weekend using this method and I think watching this video will make it so much easier for me to manage. Thank you for making this excellent tutorial

@swampbear-joelpalmer8456 11 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much. My time is coming to make my drum. I have been waiting for when it feels right and now feels like the time. I have a nice bull buffalo skin I have been saving that has special meaning to me. Thank You for your wisdom brother :) -Swamp Bear

@marialuna6668 Жыл бұрын

Thank You 💕🌀👣

@nielsroorda7997 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this nice video! The way Jorge gives the instructions are very clear and easy to follow. I made a nice buffalo 13inch Drum today. I'm sorry to hear Jorge has passed away. I'll honour him with a song when the drum gets it's voice. Mitakuye Oyasin

@61syrens 10 жыл бұрын

as a drummaker I highly recommend this drummakingmethod as it keeps the skin much better in place compared to other methods; I learned it with an uneven set of holes but they both work great!

@yayacentella 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Can you please tell me a good place to get supplies?

@ramalash727 11 ай бұрын

I miss you Jorge ❤

@Tontosplay07 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this lesson. I just finished my first hand drum thanks to your instruction. It is for my brother who will use it for sweat which is a big part of his sobriety. Think I'm going to make him another for a spare. Lol! Hope you get many blessings in return from your teachings.

@waldoversteckt1053 9 жыл бұрын

by far the best tutorial i have seen, thanks you

@ScrapwoodCity 9 жыл бұрын

The techniques presented in this video are awesome! Thanks!

@ovtsider2071 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, a Condor send his regards.

@CanvasFalcon 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent knowledge you have passed on to me. Thank you. I intend to share this with my children as I make my own drum with prayer and explanation why the importance to do so.

@Wheel333 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Bless.

@alianzacosmica2359 9 жыл бұрын

Best and by far my favorite drum making tutorial I have seen. Bless your skill and knowledge my brother.

@selasun4 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this excellent video Jorge!

@The1markchampion 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent!! Thank you!!

@jerrypatrick1047 Жыл бұрын

Si yo, very good workmanship. You are very gifted by the Great Spirit, wa do!

@stacysworld6968 4 жыл бұрын

Such a wonderful drum maker, I hope to see him again 🖤☁️

@k9ndn 11 жыл бұрын

My first drum looked like a taco salad bowl !! We made two more and the look great .

@epikwon 11 жыл бұрын

mahalo for all of your time making these magical instruments!

@V3ND10L4 9 ай бұрын

Great lesson! Thank you!! \o/

@101boertjie 7 жыл бұрын

Great video and excellent instructions. The drum sounds great.

@artfromilkasheart 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for the tutorial! I made 3 drums for my design project and they are great!

@dancandocomlobos6598 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Thank you!

@deborahmathews1798 8 жыл бұрын

Great video! I mentioned to a friend that I wanted to make a drum. She had a kit without instructions so this video is perfect. Thank you.

@joannetetrault6095 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I made my first drum and it feels wonderful!!!

@rijken75 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video. I just made my first drum with the help of this video and it sounds great! Thanks a lot, from Belgium

@MilagrosRuizBello 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful ✨✨

@ginacampbell5127 4 жыл бұрын

Great teaching - very well done, very informative.

@dannyhommes6279 6 жыл бұрын

This is a really great how to for making a drum. I just finished my first drum and it came out WAY better because of this video. Thank you. Peace.

@andreachristiansen7135 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I learned a lot. Next Sunday is my Drum-day. :-)

@ancientwatchmanTV 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great presentation. 👍🏼

@phicarpinteria3251 6 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias, excelente video y explicacion!

@gregcrowe8885 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤️

@magz98610 Жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial thank you for sharing your wisdom

@carolinemullan2781 Жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this tutorial

@BizGenGirl 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making this tutorial. It's very inspirational and you certainly have a way with keeping your audience enchanted. Can't wait to check out your other vids =)

@DavydWhaley 10 жыл бұрын

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@sycopath8311 3 жыл бұрын

Good looking drum! Very similar to old Norse drum making. 2👍’s up and a like!

@giantred 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this, it is interesting :)

@INDRANAUTHHaralsingh 20 күн бұрын

Awesome

@scottjones2564 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for the vid ... I wish to make one. though my family history I discovered the I'm 3/4 Norwegian. so that's the route I'm taking I'm my spiritual path. ...thank you

@ambikachristen 7 жыл бұрын

lots of drums are made in Norway nowadays..long tradition from the samis meets old Norrøn traditon...indian knowledge was also known here....longlong time ago

@keeelane 10 жыл бұрын

almost identical to a finnish style traditional trance drum. i have made a couple myself :)

@melaniesch6654 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Germany

@tobiastoboas4169 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Blessings...

@ravenchildxxx 11 жыл бұрын

wonderful

@willowpillow5432 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻

@captainizzbethblitson6515 5 жыл бұрын

You are a wise teacher Two Eagles

@Cliff82 3 жыл бұрын

Thank and your family Two Eagle for the passing of knowledge. I've looked at many drums and wondered what the manual process was. I make a lot of different things so I'm not lost on the spirit part, but lacing a drum always puzzled me. 🦉

@0mdm2 9 жыл бұрын

thhankyou Jorge, very much for sharing your knowledge and wisdom and for reminding me of the importance of intention and prayer. thankyou, chi meegwetch!

@radiotoxinamultiversatil1830 5 жыл бұрын

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@donhenhawke3576 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Im surprised your able to do that drum with what looks like a very sore thumb, i hope to make one ..one day.

@inekeoostenvanmeer1407 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showbink how to do it!

@williambradfordbaldwin4386 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Dragging1Canoe 11 жыл бұрын

awesome video.

@edyhinzen5789 7 жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed the tutorial and learned a lot but I love the words about energy (listen about minute 13) thanks a lot

@Anjelkiss 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I just bought my first Shaman Drum 16"x 2", tunable goatskin head, mulberry frame, includes leather beater and tuning tool. I am so excited to get it Saturday. I wanted to hear them and stumbled upon your tutorial, this was so touching. I am 30 percent Cherokee, and am doing some healing music with the drum and Native American flute. I would love to try to make a drum like this. I don't know where I"d get a hide to use or the rims, since I live in Colorado maybe buffalo ? Anyone know ? Thanks again for keeping the Spirit of drum making alive. I sure will be looking at my drum differently when I get it.

@caroljohnson8817 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice instruction and filming. Thank you for passing on your traditions. What’s a good source for buying the wooden hoops and hide?

@juniorleit478 Жыл бұрын

Gran artesano.

@yayacentella 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you greatly for sharing this wisdom with us all. If possible can you say a good place to get supplies?

@beautyislovingnature 10 жыл бұрын

thanks you very good video wonder about how to make a frame also ?

@ponkkaa 10 жыл бұрын

I have started making my frames for 18 inch drums. Although this method of mounting the hide is more labor intensive, it offers a more symmetrical tightening of the skin.

@joebriseno8216 9 жыл бұрын

Gr88888 tutorial.

@deborahmathews1798 8 жыл бұрын

What size hole punch are you using? 3/16? I just want to buy size needed, not a whole set.

@dianeking1 6 жыл бұрын

If you get the drum too tight so that it sounds dingy, is there any way to fix that other than re-lacing the drum?

@CesarArmando 8 жыл бұрын

Hi: I liked the video, I'm from Mexico. What would be the cost of a drum same as that shown in the video?

@keanaramchatesingh4328 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the nail used to punch the holes?

@jacklarson6281 4 жыл бұрын

if you miscalculate the length of lacing or it breaks, are there techniques for splicing it?

@dalebowermanjr.5316 5 жыл бұрын

You must feel incredibly honored, for the name two eagles, there was a chief by the name of two eagles, from ojibwe

@chicofun4779 5 жыл бұрын

the webpage is not functional, where can I buy the drums or drum kits? Thanks

@b_uppy 2 жыл бұрын

So how much does something like this cost to buy in US dollars?

@Quantum_Superposition. 5 жыл бұрын

Where you get rawhide?

@SalishCascadian 11 жыл бұрын

What nations do you represent?

@caitlinsampson269 2 жыл бұрын

Tried to use the link at the end of the video and it didn’t work :(

@caldooo 11 жыл бұрын

Teach me how to make the sticks so i can play with my new drum please.

@Ana861oper 3 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@samiraheridam6871 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I made my first drum last weekend. It is a beautiful Deer drum! I realized that with the cold and humid evening air, when I play it has a buzzing vibration. When the air is warmer you can´t hear that vibration anymore. Do you know why that is so and what I can do to fix that? Would be lovely if you could help me out here. Thank you

@natashacolchester5428 3 жыл бұрын

Your hide will respond to temperature and humidity. When it is warmer it will tighten. If it is cold/wet you may need to gently warm your drum e.g. using your body heat. If you warm it near a heat source, such as a fire, be careful not to have it too close, or there for too long.

@pfeathers2 10 жыл бұрын

Are your drums made with grain on rawhide? Are yours deer rawhides?

@chrisp8328 Жыл бұрын

I made a drum using a similar design. I'm in subtropical Queensland, Australia and my drum loses all it's tension on cold days. Any advice how I can counteract this with my next one or is this just something that happens in warm humid areas? It's fine if I put it in the sun before playing or lay it on the heater/hold it near the fire. I know of other people around here with similar issues but they didn't make their drum and don't know either.

@00zmb00 10 ай бұрын

It's normal for a drum to go a little flat cold. Keep it covered when you aren't using it. That will keep it from fluctuations in temperature. If it's really bad you might wanna restring it. Get new string if you do this as old string is prone to breaking.

@666TrainWreck666 11 жыл бұрын

hey why don't you make bearing edges for your drums? the sound would be better.... but nice video, you helped me build original drums for my kindergarden!

@ChiefThundermoon 10 жыл бұрын

Minnisotan?

@mariomiranda7421 2 жыл бұрын

Hey George what do we need to do to get in contact with you to see about purchasing a drum?

@Maynaymis1 8 жыл бұрын

name of the ending song?

@RobertoLlumiquinga-yd2rr 11 ай бұрын

Como se llama el material y donde venden xfavor puedes informar pero en español

@princeezeogbua5310 8 жыл бұрын

what do it sound like

@Lord_RavnFar_Tannerwise 5 жыл бұрын

Hey technical question, if i were making an 18" diameter shaman/frame drum would a single rawhide bend suffice? Info says its about 6-7 square feet of surface area and if i calculated right to do an 18" frame drum thats 2.5" deep it would need to be at least a 30"x30" piece of rawhide. Im confused as to how to convert square feet into inches to figure it out. Heres the link to the piece im looking at! www.tandyleather.com/en/product/single-rawhide-bends

@PasqualeGalasso 5 жыл бұрын

❤️

@23adammrmr 4 жыл бұрын

Do you sale these drums?

@leithp 6 жыл бұрын

How big around a piece of dry rawhide ... wait ... let's get to the actual question. I have a 24" piece of dry goat rawhide. What's the biggest hoop I should use?

@franciscoaugustocaldasdeal6185 7 жыл бұрын

Hello all, Maby a bit late, but i was wondering how mutch lace of rawhide i need for creating a drum of 1 meter diamenter? it will use the same waving as above, i have already made my own drum, but this was a small drum. i had some jounerings and requested to make a 1 meter drum (total size, so diameter, from center to end is 50 cm).can anyone enlighten me with this information so i do not cut to mutch or to less strings?thank you

@MS-tb8nm Жыл бұрын

How "fresh" should the hide be?

@velvetpaws999 3 жыл бұрын

My drum just ripped off one lace, near the holes. Can you repair that? There is a little piece of drum skin gone with the hole..... I am afraid your answer will be "no". Do you repair drums, as in re-skinning the frame?