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Table of Contents: Ancient Future Web Site

  1. Welcome to the Ancient Future. Main home page.
  2. Time Machine: Enter the Ancient Future. Alternative entrance to the Ancient Future from a parallel universe.
  3. About Ancient Future. About the band Ancient Future.
    1. Booking Ancient Future. How to book Ancient Future.
    2. Electronic Promo Kit. NewVideo, audio, and information on Ancient Future in English and Spanish.
    3. Praise for Ancient Future. Media quotes about Ancient Future
    4. Biographies:
      1. Matthew Montfort (band leader, guitars, charango, sitar, gamelan)
        1. Music Students of Matthew Montfort. Some have gone on to promising music careers.
        2. Scalloped Fretboard Guitar. Home page for the scalloped fretboard guitar, an instrument combining aspects of the South Indian vina and the steel string guitar.
          1. Vina Music for Guitar. South Indian vina music arranged in guitar tablature.
          2. Web Ring. Music web rings.
        3. Charango. History and tuning of this small lute from South America.
        4. Sitar. NewHistory and tuning of this plucked lute from North India.
      2. Emam (tabla, dumbek, percussion)
      3. Jim Hurley (violin, guitar, percussion)
      4. Moses Sedler (cello)
      5. Doug McKeehan (keyboards)
      6. Jim Santi Owen (tabla, thavil, morsing, ghatam, kanjira)
      7. Ian Dogole (global percussion)
      8. Ustad Habib Khan (sitar)
      9. Mindia Devi Klein (flutes, gamelan)
        1. DeviMuse Catalog. CD's, books, and tapes by Mindia Devi Klein.
      10. Zhao Hui (gu zheng)
      11. Bui Huu Nhut (Vietnamese dan bao)
      12. Liu Qi-Chao (Chinese reeds, flutes and string instruments)
      13. Georges Lammam (Arabic violin virtuoso)
      14. Irina Mikhailova (vocals) 
      15. Benjy Wertheimer (tabla, esraj)
      16. Sapphira (world dance)
        1. Sapphira's World. Enter for Sapphira's dance photographs, Quicktime movie, causes she champions, and more. Winner of the Dedicated Dance Site of the Month Award.
        2. Resume. Sapphira's resume.
        3. Taming the Dragon T-Shirts. Sapphira with Ancient Future t-shirts.
    5. Planet Jammin' .NewWorld Music and Dance Festival featuring Ancient Future collaborating with world music masters.
    6. Celtic Raga. Duet featuring scalloped fretboard guitar master Matthew Montfort and Eastern percussion specialist Emam.
    7. Frog Toy Orchestra. Join members of Ancient Future in a do-it-yourself symphony using toy frogs and simple percussion. Fun for the whole family.
    8. Tabla Rasa. North and South Indian drum ensemble collaborating with Ancient Future.
    9. Jugalbandi. A classical North Indian musical duet (literally "tied together"), in this case with the unusual configuration of sitar master Ustad Habib Khan and scalloped fretboard pioneer Matthew Montfort accompanied by tabla.
    10. Organic Trance Trio .NewTrio version of Ancient Future perfect for dance events.
  4. Ancient Future History. How Ancient Future started and their long path towards creating World Fusion Music.
  5. Ancient Future Concerts and Events. Concerts and events featuring Ancient Future.
    1. Previous Years. Concert itineraries from years past.
    2. Ancient Future Box Office. Use our secure server and the Miva Merchant shopping cart to place your Ancient Future ticket order easily and with security.
  6. World Fusion Music Catalog. CD's, MP3's, books, tapes, and merchandise from Ancient Future.
    1. FREE MP3 Graffiti. Free MP3 files by Ancient Future, Habib Khan, Mindia Devi, Jim Hurley, Benjy Wertheimer, and Emam and Friends.
    2. Planet Passion: Seventh Ancient Future record is Best of Echoes Radio Listener Poll Winner 2002!
      1. Record Stores. Please support these retail outlets that carry Planet Passion with your business.
      2. Airplay. These radio stations support world fusion.
      3. E-mail a free music greeting with songs from Planet Passion.
    3. Asian Fusion. Ancient Future's sixth release was picked as the #4 Contemporary Instrumental Release of the Year by Tower Pulse! Magazine.
    4. World Without Walls. Ancient Future's fifth release features guest artist tabla master Zakir Hussain.
    5. Dreamchaser. Ancient Future's fourth release received a 10 out of 10 rating in CD Review Magazine.
    6. Quiet Fire. Ancient Future's third release features guest artists Alex De Grassi and Darol Anger of Windham Hill fame.
    7. Natural Rhythms. Ancient Future's second release received a N.A.I.R.D. "Indie" World Music Award, and upon its reissue on CD was selected as one of the Top 10 World Music Releases of 1994 by The Beat Magazine.
    8. Visions of a Peaceful Planet. Ancient Future's debut release, now available on CD-R and MP3. Includes #1 Net World Music Song March/April 99.
    9. Collections Including Ancient Future. CD collections featuring Ancient Future.
    10. Ecstasy . Live studio recording of music by sitar master Ustad Habib Khan featuring musicians from the Ancient Future Planet Jammin' concert series plus a whole lot of other famous jazz and Indian musicians in live recordings of world jazz jams.
    11. Longing. Live studio recording of music by sitar master Ustad Habib Khan featuring musicians from the Ancient Future Planet Jammin' concert series plus a whole lot of other famous jazz and Indian musicians.
    12. Sacred Insanity. Ancient Future percussionist Emam has produced a new recording featuring South Indian drum set master Sivamani, scalloped fretboard guitarist Matthew Montfort, Ancient Future cellist Moses Sedler, Nepali flutist Manose Singh, young singer/songwriter Jillian Speer, saxaphonist George Brooks, and many others.
    13. Finger Painting. Solo album by Ancient Future violinist Jim Hurley.
    14. Quiessence.Solo album by original Ancient Future flutist, Mindia Devi Klein.
    15. Soul of the Esraj. Esraj (an Indian bowed lute) album by original Ancient Future member Benjy Wertheimer.
    16. Anjali. Yoga and meditation CD by Benjy Wertheimer and Michael Mandrell.
    17. Circle of Fire. Percussion album by original Ancient Future member Benjy Wertheimer.
    18. Ancient Future Ordering Information. Order Ancient Future CD's, tapes, and LP's, as well as a world rhythm training manual. Ordering information for browsers that don't support tables or mailto forms.
      1. Shopping Cart. Use our secure server and the Miva Merchant shopping cart to place your order easily and with security.
      2. Wholesale Price List. Ordering information for wholesale accounts.
  7. World Rhythm Training. World rhythm training home page.
    1. African Polyrhythms. West African rhythms.
      1. Two Against Three. How to do two beats against three.
      2. MIDI Eve Orchestra. MIDI map for African examples.
      3. Resultants. Resultant rhythms produced by two parts played at once, such as the bell pattern against the clap.
    2. Balinese Rhythms. Gamelan music of Bali.
      1. MIDI Balinese Gamelan. MIDI map for Balinese examples.
      2. Balinese Kotèkan Types. The four types of Balinese interlocking rhythms.
    3. Indian Rhythmic Cycles. North and South Indian tala.
      1. MIDI Tabla. MIDI map for North Indian examples.
      2. MIDI Mridangam. MIDI map for South Indian examples.
      3. Pronunciation Guide to Indian Drum Syllables. The sounds of the drums have onomatopoetic syllables to represent them.
      4. North Indian Talas. Examples of North Indian tala thekas.
    4. Arabic Rhythmic Cycles. Learn Arabic rhythmic modes.
    5. World Fusion Rhythms. Examples from the Future Possibilities chapter of Ancient Traditions--Future Possibilities.
    6. Ancient Traditions -- Future Possibilities. About the world rhythm training manual covering the traditions of Africa, Bali and India.
      1. Table of Contents: Ancient Traditions -- Future Possibilities. Table of contents for the world rhythm training manual.
      2. About the Author. About Matthew Montfort, author of the above book.
      3. World Rhythms in the Classroom. How to use the book in a classroom situation.
    7. World Music Workshops. Classes and workshops on world music.
  8. Ancient Future Music Scoring. A new world of music for film, video, CD-ROM, and multimedia.
  9. Guest Book. Sign the guest book and register for monthly drawings with prizes including concert tickets, CD's, etc! Join the Ancient Future concert mailing list, or send Ancient Future your feedback.
  10. Ancient Future Speak Message Wall. Cave wall for world music and dance messages.
  11. Make a Financial Contribution to World Fusion Music. Make tax deductable contributions to a world fusion music support fund.
  12. World Fusion Music Links. World Fusion Music Links Site.
  13. World Fusion Music Radio. The place to find world fusion music broadcasts on the net!
  14. Newsmagazine. Stories of interest to fans of Ancient Future and world music.
  15. Table of Contents: Ancient Future Web Site. This table of contents.
  16. Copyright Information. Boring legal stuff.