Darren Smith Male Gloucestershire United Kingdom

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Darren 'Harpy' Smith - Preserving the art of the Harp.

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About me:: I have played for 20 years after finding my first in a field not knowing what it was. The first person I met that could play other than myself was 2 years ago in India, since then this little instrument of my heart for so long, has now become a bigger part of my life.

I travel as much as I can afford, my second home being India. I was born to play the harp. I've always carried 2 Schwartz harps when I travel to give away, to people that show an interest to play. India 2 years ago I was 'given' my first Dan Moi, it was a moment.

This is the first community of this sort that I have joined, I've been a bit of a loner where the harp is concerned for many years ~ nobody really appreciated it ~ it's got me through some tough times in life and a small friend that has always been at my side.

I am an IT specialist, teacher, designer, I dabble in web design, writing, poertry.

I'll be at the 2008 Jews Harp Festival in Norway, September. This will be my first so I'm really excited about meeting more players.

~ Om Namah Shivaya ~

As a band we are:: No fan club as yet ;}

Instruments:: Jews Harp (J R Smith) ~ Tibetan Prayer Bowl ~ Didgeridoo ~ Bodhrán ~ Djembe ~ Harmonica (novice) ~ Tabla (novice) ~ Guitar (useless)

Influences:: Richard Feynman (Tuva or Bust) ~ Shiva 'Nataraja' (Lord of the dance) ~ Shantaram ~ India ~ My friends ~ Kundalini Airport ~ Prem Joshua ~ Guinness - random people

Homepage:: http://www.twang.me

Darren Smith's Blog News

Come along and Twang.me!

Hi all.. well I've almost got everything up together and all going well Twang.me should be ok to register. I must stress that this is a personal project so does not have the infrastructure like OMN which is mostly preconstructed on the NING networks. I have my reservations about NING in light of recent events with open source widget developers, it seems NING can drop anybody as they see fit regardless of who may be using the plugins.… Continue

Posted on August 29, 2008 at 1:30pm — — 8 Comments

Sorry, I just Trump'd

I'm glad I found this community after surfing around looking at some of Tran quang hai's videos on youtube I found his site here. I was hoping to go to Tuva a couple of years for the World of music festival in 2006, but ended up spending more time in India.…

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Posted on July 1, 2008 at 1:30am — — 1 Comment

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At 7:52pm on July 2, 2014, Moisés Pérez Miguélez said…: Hi from Spain!

I sing with "MuOM, Barcelona Overtone Singing Choir" & we visit London & Wales at the end of this month! It'd be a genuine blessing for the group if you are able to attend an event or share the info with some of your contacts, if you feel inspired to do so.

Thank you & enjoy your week!
Moises

"MuOM, Barcelona Overtone Singing Choir" in concert:

Friday July 25th - 8:30pm
St. Peter’s Vauxhall Church
(amazing acoustics!)
Vauxhall Station
£10 online now / £13 door:
www.muom-london.eventbrite.co.uk

Saturday July 26th - 8:00pm
St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace & Reconciliation
("Listen to the World Concert Series")
Liverpool Street Station
£12 - please book online:
www.stethelburgas.org/events/performance

Sunday, July 27th - doors open 7:30pm
Llangollen Fringe Festival, Wales (closing concert)
(in the ruins of a spectacular abbey)
£7.50 - please book online:
www.llangollenfringe.co.uk/index.php/en/festival-2014/41-valle-crucis-abbey-muom

Facebook event page for all 3 concerts:
www.facebook.com/events/1437020716570919
(your click on "going" genuinely helps :)

video clips:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avykxc9n1WY
(new, short clip) www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=691106300984279

At 12:59am on November 7, 2009, Jens Mügge said…: Hi Darren,

this contribution is written for you and your profile page here. Choose what you like and hope we will meet us in Hungary 2010 at the jaw harp festival or congress?

Best,
Jens

At 11:22pm on September 10, 2008, Christian Bollmann said…: Hi Darren,
thanks for your comment on my -Wu Wei- just started Jewsharping myself with Dan Mois - its soo good.
Hope meeting you on the plantet
All the best
Christian

At 11:03am on September 2, 2008, OMN said…: Hi Darren - of course your latest activity is now that you invited Martin in this kind of network. Therefore you are once again a featured member of this network and now on rotation position number #1 - please give me time for a response to your blog post. I have different arguments and points why I started this network on Ning. And I know that was the best thing what I could do. I can use my own google adds. Remove the google adds is the most expensive premium service by Ning. But the support and benefit of Ning is immeasurable. Believe me! This network is now connect with more than 40 networks on Ning. Not OMN is the network. Ning is the network and be are a part of it!
Best regards, peace, love and respect -
Jens

Best regards

At 12:02pm on July 14, 2008, Sw. Deva Sakshi said…: Hi Darren, nice to meet you, thanks for adding! Enjoy your music!
Blessings
sakshi

At 10:19pm on June 29, 2008, Darren Smith said…: Hi Jens, Thanks for your Welcome. This is the first Harp Site/Community I have joined.

I'll have a look around and get my feet wet, I'm sure I'll be fine here but will let you know if I need anything.

Thanks.

At 9:40pm on June 29, 2008, OMN said…: Hello Daren, you are welcome!
Thanks a lot for joining our new commuity on OMN. If you have any questions how you can use all capabilities of this platform or want to know how you become a featured member of this network please check out the FAQ, videos and blogs on my impressum page.
Cheers,
Jens

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