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Rumba Instruments: Goodbye Lisa Forman, I will miss you my friend.
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Goodbye Lisa Forman, I will miss you my friend. Farewell sweet Lisa, I will miss you my friend. Lisa Forman -12/8/64 7/7/2011. This is a very sad post for me to write. My dear sweet friend Lisa Forman has passed. Sadly, she took her own life on the Golden Gate Bridge. I miss her terribly and I can't stop the tears whenever I happen to think of her. Lisa Forman was a huge influence on my percussion life here in San Francisco. She introduced me to Carlos Aldama's class where I met the local rumberos an...
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Rumba Instruments: September 2009
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I've got plenty more shekeres to make, but I'll try and focus on some differnt sorts of posts in the near future. Links to this post. Well I seem to be turning out these instruments at a pretty good rate. This one is close to finished as you can see. This shekere uses wood beads. It is my second wood bead shekere. This one is going to a friend and fellow musician, a saxophone and flute player I play jazz with. He liked the natural look of the wood beads. Links to this post. This shekere turned out to hav...
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Rumba Instruments: Jay Bereck of Skin on Skin Interview
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Jay Bereck of Skin on Skin Interview. A recent photo of Jay Bereck with a vintage Gon Bops conga. Photo:Jaisen Torres. I almost forgot I had this; a very insightful interview with the one and only Jay Bereck of Skin on Skin from 1999. A set of Skin on Skin congas made for me by Jay Bereck. MOVING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT CONGA-MAKER DRUMS UP BIZ IN B'KLYN. By ROBERTO SANTIAGO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER. Tuesday, August 31th 1999, 2:11AM. The only Hispanic thing about me is my wife," said Bereck, who recently cel...
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Rumba Instruments: A Tale of Two Ludwigs: A Bass Drum Story.
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A Tale of Two Ludwigs: A Bass Drum Story. Well it's been a busy couple of months, I guess it all starts with getting ready for Burning Man! Last year I went to Burning Man and was a part of the Ambient Drummer's Collective. The Ambient Drummer's Collective is a group of drummers and percussionists that accompany groups of Fire Dancer's that play just before they burn The Man. Not cool. I emailed the seller about the damage and asked for my money back, and they offered me a partial refund, we settled ...
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Rumba Instruments: October 2008
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One of my guaguas was sold to Rafael over at Sentimiento Manana blog a great blog about rumba, with a focus on the "good ol' days" of the New York rumba scene. Http:/ sentimientomanana.blogspot.com/2008/10/el-tren-de-la-rumba.html. Links to this post. Instruments used in rumba. Partly for my blog and partly for the search engines I am going to list some of the instruments used in a rumba ensemble. Congas / Conga / Tumbadora. Go by many names, here are a few): Requinto. They are the Iya. Links to this post.
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Rumba Instruments: February 2010
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Isla Percussions New Location - Belize. I have several drums by Isla Percussions, run by Mario Punchard, and I love playing them. They have a unique feel and wonderful sound. Previously Mario Punchard's shop was located in Los Angeles but Mario Punchard has now relocated Isla Percussions to Belize, as I wrote about previously in Vaya con dios Isla Percussions. Visit the new Isla Percussions Website. Links to this post. Let me know how you like it. Links to this post. Shekere for Sale. - SOLD.
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Rumba Instruments: August 2009
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So why am I thinking of letting this set go if it has such great potential? Links to this post. The little drum in rumba is the quinto. It is the highest pitched drum for rhythms like Guaguanco , Rumba Columbia, Guarapachangeo and Yambu. For Guaguanco , Rumba Columbia and Yambu it is the main improvising drum, responding to the dancers movements, the singer and the other drums. Frequently during the montuno of a song the lead singer may cry "Quinto! I'm assuming LP adopted the name for size purposes agai...
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Rumba Instruments: May 2009
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Vaya con dios Isla Percussions. California has had several excellent drum makers. Recently a newer company, Isla Percussions run by the indubious Mario Punchard is relocating to Belize. I have had 2 requinto drums made by Isla, both of them fantastic sounding drums. I also recently acquired a set of bata from them as well. Isla has always been committed to the Afro-Cuban tradition and only makes Afro-Cuban drums; congas and bata. It was nice having Mario in California, good luck in Belize. Other African ...
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Rumba Instruments: August 2008
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I've been getting into rumba and Afro-Cuban music for a little while now and one of the things I really like about this music is the instruments. I like the humble beginnings of a lot of the instruments. Sticks, boxes, gourds, beads, cow bells, hoe blades, shakers, pieces of bamboo and of course the conga drum. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Previous Posts and Articles. California Percussion . Discount Code = Rumba. La rumba no es como ayer. 161;Vamos a guarachar! View my complete profile.
