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• 1 Ihab Amer // Jan 17, 2008 at 7:39 pm

  That was my only comment on the DVD, Shanti many thanks for your efforts; it is highly appreciated.

• 2 Armin // Jan 17, 2008 at 8:06 pm

  Thank you John and Shanti. This new documentation is very helpful to the learning process. Overall, excellent product, highly recommended.
  Namasté

• 3 tony weber // Jan 17, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  thanks

• 4 Ralf Dominik // Jan 18, 2008 at 10:13 am

  Thanks a lot, Shanti, well done!

• 5 Alexey Krupsky // Jan 24, 2008 at 2:48 pm

  Thank you very much for the transcriptions, Shanti! Great work!

• 6 John Cavuoto // Feb 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm

  Thankyou John and Shanti Paul

• 7 Cooke // Mar 12, 2008 at 11:15 pm

  This DVD is brilliant! I really see it as fantastic new input for rhythmic variation in my melodies. Having been a fan John McLaughlin since the beginning I really appreciate he and Selva putting this together. Shanti Paul thanks for this transcription as I was going to start some of this myself just for practice. You saved me hours! Cheers.

  PS my DVD always skips back to the menu – no real issue but not sure it wa meant to be set up that way.

• 8 Richard Allen // Jun 12, 2008 at 11:59 pm

  I received my DVD of The Gateway to Rhythm today and have just finished watching it – twice! A big THANK YOU to John and Selva, but also a big THANK YOU to Shanti Paul Jayasinha for the PDF files. Tomorrow will be the start of a huge new chapter in my understanding and development of rhythm, and I’ve been playing drums for almost 30 years. It was nice to hear some old Mahavishnu too. This is all very deeply appreciated. Best wishes and good playing to you all from Como Italy.

• 9 Adrian Del Papa // Jan 29, 2009 at 1:48 am

  Muchas gracias por el interes que usted tiene en la musica y en la padagogia de la misma.
  Sus comentarios y sus aportes musicales dia a dia nos van iluminando poco a poco en el arduo mundo y complejo de la musica.
  MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• 10 Jeff Morrison // Mar 7, 2009 at 6:30 pm

  Thank You! John and Selva for the Konokol video. I bought two! One for me and one to give to a friend. It has opened up a whole new universe for me and totally shifted my mind with regard to rhythm. Very Cool.
  Thank You! Shanti for the transcriptions.
  Love, Peace and Happiness be with you, my friends.
  Jeff

• 11 Claudio Veiga // Apr 10, 2009 at 4:02 am

  A friend of mine brought the Gateway to Rhythm video to my place in south Brazil and,WOW,I enjoy it so much…that I have no words to say…
  THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this gift that you guys are giving to the entire world.
  A big Hug from Porto Alegre,Brasil.

• 12 Keith Calmes // Jan 21, 2010 at 10:39 pm

  Thank you for the transcriptions and for the great DVD. You have enriched my musical life profoundly!

• 13 Alexander Tcharski // Apr 14, 2010 at 12:21 am

  thank’s a lot from Russian musicians

• 14 Chris Windsor-Murray // Apr 15, 2010 at 4:34 am

  This was one of the main flaws in the DVD and now it is patched up so well done. The konokol system has so many applications. It can be easily adapted to reading music which is very liberating and much easier to use than the traditional counting system. Try saying “one and two and three and four and” quickly then compare it to “taka dimi taka dimi”. Counting with numbers engages a part of the brain which is inherently non-musical and distracting, whereas the konokol system is much more natural and fits seamlessly in with playing.

  As is the aim for the production of this DVD it’s a great tool for improvising. It makes learning various rhythms a snack and thus adds another dimension to someone’s playing. Most people don’t have the natural ability to play weird and wonderful rhythmic combinations without a lot of struggling but this konokol method makes it very easy and attainable for anyone willing to give it a go.

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