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chrispychilla
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 Just Wondering
How many of you guys/girls play other percussion instruments... Like congas, bongos, etc. ? Just realized there wasn't an area to post topics of that nature.
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boyd_s
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I play djembe 
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TheLoneGunman
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I'm going to make an acoustic jazz album where I'm mostly going to play Congas, Bongos, and the Djembe. Maybe I'll get some kit in there, I'm hoping, but whatever. I'm just hoping the music is good so I can play some interesting stuff. I had a jam last Saturday with the guitar player, and in the first 10 min of the hour and a half jam I jammed my left ring finger, oh the pain, lol.
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nightcrawler_steve
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I've been playing congas for about 13 years now. They are difficult, well painful to play now due to some wrist issues, but I love to play them. If you go to the Nightcrawlers link, in my signature, and listen to African Echo on our myspace. I did the percussion on that track.
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J-rod
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i play congas, frame drum, some timpani, and am in the process of learning mallets, specifically marimba. Percussion is great but nothing does it quite the same for me as drum set.
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Drumosaurus
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I just mess around on this djembe my uncle made me. it's a pretty bitchin djembe too.
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Alan_
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I don't specialize in hand percussion at all, but I can make some cool noise on congas.
I play mallets and tymps tho.
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DrumFiend0206
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Alan_ wrote:I don't specialize in hand percussion at all, but I can make some cool noise on congas.
I play mallets and tymps tho.
Same here lol.
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chrispychilla
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Yea, I got hooked on playing drums after I got a Djembe for Christmas. Besides my drum kit I have, 2 Djembes, 2 Congas, Bongos, and 2 Cajons.
I play in 2 different bands, one is a group of beginners and I play drums...the other band is a group of experienced musicians and they already have a killer drummer so I play secondary percussion...either way it's always a good time!
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Rob Crisp
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I have some cheap congas which I mess around with. Played the odd funky house night as a percussionist although never really had any formal istruction on percussion.
I also bought a really crap Djembe when I was hammered at a festival... it was painted in Rasta colors with the usual leaf painted on it. Sounds like gash to be honest, but made a great beer stand at the festival.
heard a guy playing one in London the other week and thought "yeah, I need me a nice one of them". 
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Rob Crisp
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nightcrawler_steve wrote:I've been playing congas for about 13 years now. They are difficult, well painful to play now due to some wrist issues, but I love to play them. If you go to the Nightcrawlers link, in my signature, and listen to African Echo on our myspace. I did the percussion on that track.
Listening now, sounds nice mate!
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InspiRecordings
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I play some percussion. I've been wanting to get a cajon for a while now. I think that's going to be my next drum purchase.
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Assback
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I wanna take up timbales and play that with other percussion items set up (cow bell, jam blocks, tamberine)
I wanna join a latin ska band and percussionist seems like a blast
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imjeffcanudigit
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I just have drums, but when I played congos at church before my hands were hurtin lol
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Homki890
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Most authentic Latin bands don't have a drum set. They have a couple of percussionist's wailing away on the Congas, Bongos, Cajons, and every toy you can possibly think of. I like the Agogo Bells myself.
I play or played at one point just about everything. Drum set, for me, is my second primary instrument. I'm mostly a rudimental player, so Marching Snare and Tenors is my forte in drumming.
I've also played Mallets, that include pieces on both Marimba and Vibraphone.
Tympani as well. My favorite concert instrument.
And a little bit of piano, which is a Percussion Instrument, amazingly. Not too much of it though, I'm better at Jazz Piano than I am at Classical Piano, in the realm of literature and theory.
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Henry George
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I had the Asba congas, yeah I miss them.
I've got make-shift timbales and I love to play the Irish drum, Bohdran.
And I like playin' the bones, just like this guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZFOsrYFTY
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40th
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I barely play mellets, but I play a lot of timpini, snare and concert band percussion stuff. Set is my low end of playing. Im changing that.
Oh yeah, I play congas and bongos.
I know some piano too. (Cold play)
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antiunderscores
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america must be different to australia, there would be practically NO marching bands or anything in australia but half u guys seem to play in one!
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Rob Crisp
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antiunderscores wrote:america must be different to australia, there would be practically NO marching bands or anything in australia but half u guys seem to play in one!
It's the same in the UK!
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a7xjlee
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i know how anoyying is it i wish to badly that there were marchings bands and stuff here down under it would do wonders for my rudiments and chops *sobs*
antiunderscores wrote:america must be different to australia, there would be practically NO marching bands or anything in australia but half u guys seem to play in one!
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40th
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Oh yeah, Im in a marching band too.
Why doesnt the rest of the world have marching bands?
Thats something I didnt know. Hmmm....
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antiunderscores
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40th wrote:Oh yeah, Im in a marching band too.
Why doesnt the rest of the world have marching bands?
Thats something I didnt know. Hmmm....
i dont think its in our nature. From what i've seen of america on TV (2nd to wikipedia as the most reliable source known to man) it seems very patriotic, or at least was at some point and because marching bands are obviously from the military it leaked through to ur culture.
On a different point america seems to have way more old instruments and instrument makers which would probably be because u guys had a lot of fertile ground to grow crops and other riches which enabled ur people to have the time to take up instruments and the money to afford it, where as australia is desert where some convicts were dumped, can u see the comparison in our heritage?
But slowly thats being lost... lets wash that down with a few americanising quote...
"We're all living in america" Rammstein
"Americanise, Americanise, View the world from american eyes. Bury the past, we're almost blind, leave nothing behind"- Rage against the machine.
And while we're talking about australia. colour not color, and gaol not jail... ha!
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40th
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Boy, wouldnt you think James Cook would have brought with him a couple of Lyers or something. At the very least a jug.
(Sorry, please, no offense was intended towards your heritage...)
Some new information for me: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_Australia_founded
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/jcook.html
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antiunderscores
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40th wrote:Boy, wouldnt you think James Cook would have brought with him a couple of Lyers or something. At the very least a jug.
(Sorry, please, no offense was intended towards your heritage...)
Some new information for me: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_Australia_founded
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/jcook.html
lol, man if u were to have a go at me heritage i hope u would at least go all out for it! And im not really one to get offended by stupid stuff like that. Know what i dont get? racism... but not "all black people are criminals" racism, i get how that offensive but the "Your black" racism, how is that even offensive! everybody knows they are people now so how is being called black insulting? i dont know... maybe im too pale to understand it...
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Rob Crisp
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Add to the list "all white people in hoodies are muggers".
I was nearly born in Australia. My folks were going to emigrate but then changed their minds last minute. Gutted... I'm a full on sun fan, I hate British winters.
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40th
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antiunderscores wrote: lol, man if u were to have a go at me heritage i hope u would at least go all out for it!
Ill be sure to bring my buddy Hinksman, the rugby playa from down unda!!!! SAS and Secret ops. Queens own. Ill have some back up!
Hahahaha 
(wouldnt that be mutany or something, huh)
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