A drummer from South Africa, Jay Thomson, has made a presentation he did with the drummers at his church available for all to use. Many thanks, Jay!
I have created a Flash version (Screencast) of the presentation so you can view it online but you can also download the PowerPoint file as well.
The title of the presentation is called ‘We live in faith of rhythm’ and is really cool to watch. I wish we had Jay doing a voice-over or something for the slides as some slides might not make much sense without some explanation – but you can email Jay for any further clarifications.
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