Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Darren-

Let me get this straight : you guys all get together and blow RO for an hour and a half straight?  Just drone and drone and drone?  COOL!!!

Do other people come and meditate while this is going on?

Very very cool.  Particularly as this actually sounds like a fun somewhat interactive community event which is just so not shakuhachi.  Can you give more details about your experience doing this?

Very interesting.

OK - Calling out to all Shakuhachi New Yorkers: 

Anyone interested in meeting up for a shakuhachi blow out of the kind Darren describes?


Anyone interested?

Harazda wrote:

You know, it can go beyond this... imagine a global Ro-in... all at the same time.  Ro for world peace!

Absolutely.  Here's a story of Ro overcoming diesel, cement, and razor wire.

Six of us struck out along the waterfront this week, flutes in hand (some with a bagful), for an outdoor session.  The weather was just too beautiful.  Near the floatplane terminal we found as close to an "urban cave" as you could expect.  The overlap of overhead roadways, underground garages, etc...  acoustics were great.  Ambient noise level was, well, urbanly high.  Trains passed by every few minutes, as did security guards and port police.  But no matter, we blew like crazy.  Lots of improvisation.  We were really happy to have Al out for this one. 

We only blew for an hour this time but the ear-to-ear smiling stuck for hours afterwards.  Thanks to Jim, Peter, Al, Gary, and Koji for another summer highlight.  Koji captured some of the moments in photos and audio.  Maybe he'll share...

-Darren.