I’ve not made any posts for some time now. Been really busy with work and other stuff, and spending plenty of time in my favourite place, bed! Have a look at millbrook matresses – if you had one of these you would spend plenty of time in bed too…
Anyway, here’s a good lesson I found. It’s one of the expert village series which are generally a waste of time, but this guy seems pretty decent. Have a look and enjoy.
Something a little different for you here. Tuning congas to a specific key is not that common but this guy has tuned 7 drums to E minor and performs quite a spectacular solo on them. If I had those drums tuned like that I really could spend all day messing about with them!
Just found this interesting video on youtube. It’s from a discovery programme called “How it’s made” and this particular episode shows how modern Latin American Conga drums are made. Handy if you want to make your own! Or maybe just interesting if you want to know a little more how your drums are made. I found the most interesting bit to be the bit about the skin.
I love the ease with which this guy gets great sounds out of his conga drums. His sound is quite original. Stuff like this really inspires me.
More of this stuff to come along with some lessons in future blog posts.