THE LATIN/AFRICAN PERCUSSION KIT AND ALL ACCESSORIES TO IT MENTIONED BELOW ARE FOR SALE:
EMAIL ME AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR INFO OR TO MAKE AN OFFER
My traditional setup is a Yamaha RockTour Custom kit with a Pearl piccolo
snare & Pearl's double~kick beater, a Tama hi~hat with Zildjian Dyno~Beats, (way too many) mostly
high~end Zildjian & (a few) Paiste cymbals and one cool gong ~ all surrounded by a double~layered
Gibralter cage...
On the other side of the room is my Latin & African drums & percussion area: LP & Toca timbales (4)
& timbalitos (2), Matador congas & bongos, Remo rototoms and a Toca fiberglass Djembe.
Behind this kit is an LP extended percussion table with all manner of percussion. Basically more
cowbells, blocks, shakeres, bells etc. than you can shake a rainstick at. Oh. The rainstick's on
the right side of the larger LP table.
I say "larger" because I also have the more compact, area~efficient LP percussion rack/table to
the left of the hi~hat on my main kit. If you need a sweet rack/table like this I'd give it a look.
On each kit I also use the excellent Adams throne (hydraulics with quick~release height~changing
and Gibralter~quality double~braced legs). If you haven't played sitting on one of these babies,
check it out. Decent price too.
Guess I should mention that I'm not trying to sell you anything (except
the Latin/African percussion stuff), because I've nothing to do with any drum company. I'm just
making a few recommendations of stuff I like.
Tired of reading? Hell I would be too. Anyway, here they are (hope I didn't build this whole thing up too much)...
This year I've been experimenting with ceramic and aluminum versions of the Egyptian bass tabla drum [aka dombek or dumbek or darabouk] and the deff, sometimes called a duff: a frame drum... pix of these new drums will be here eventually...
Excellent Music, Drum & Percussion Links:
Let's start with the best "regular network" radio station I've ever heard:
WDET-FM in Detroit. Superior no~commercials mixed bag of music (jazz, blues, R&B,
quasi~alternative, worldbeat, hip~hop, folk, rock, etc. ~ but rarely do you hear a "hit").
Your most excellent music hosts are Judy Adams from 10AM~noon, my cineaste buddy Martin
Bandyke from noon 'til 3 (like that film reference, Martin?), then Terry Gross' "Fresh Air" interview hour,
followed by NPR's "All Things Considered;" legendary jazz DJ Ed Love's
extraordinary program is on from 7~10PM (serious jazz...not that "jazz~lite" crap which
has become so sickeningly extensive of late), another great eclectic show from 10~midnight,
followed by the amazing Liz Copeland overnight program:
Niro's Drums, Percussion & Music Page
