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Review on Interactive Drum Performance - Drum Simfoni

Drum Simfoni  

Established in 2007, Drum Simfoni is a drum and percussion group which consists of 9 members specialising in African Drumming, Brazilian Batucada, and Latin Rhythm. They have performed on TV programmes such as Nasi Lemak Kopi O, Malaysia Hari Ini, and Selamat Pagi Malaysia.  

An absolute crowd favourite at YSDAF, Drum Simfoni’s interactive drum performances will require audience participation. The group will also be running a group drumming workshop during the festival.

This music performance is an interactive drum performance where the performers will demonstrate the lyrics and rhyme that they wanted the audiences to sing along when they cue the audiences. They are using their hands to tap on the drums to create different rhyme and music. When they are performing, the audiences are so concentrate on the performance as the performers have their special charisma to make the audiences enjoy and focus on them.

For me, I personally really like and enjoy this performance so so much. At first when they are setting up, I was like 'uh I'm not so interested in music tho', and I plan to go to the other places, but then when they start their performance, it actually does attract me and then I stay there for the whole performance. When they are performing, the interaction between the artists and the audiences are so harmony and warm, the simple lyrics are given as a 'task' for the audiences and most of us are participating in it with full enjoyment. 

I found it so miraculous that a simple interactive performance can lighten up my day. I'm not an artistic person and not so paying attention to art but after this performance, I feel like I'm a little bit interested in interactive performance.