Who is the most best conga player or latin percussionist of all time?

Monday, July 21st, 2008

My recent informal poll on the greatest drummer of all time brought out some interesting answers – some respondents named great percussionists like Tito Puente and Alex Acuna in the list.. so I thought… why not have a new poll focussing on the greatest exponents of hand percussion and latin percussion that are around? Please [...]

Software Metronome

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Some options for you if you are lookin for a software metronome for your computer. When I was at university I bought my first metronome – It was a simple little “credit card” size beeping thing that did a fairly decent job of keeping me in time. I then upgraded to a Boss “Dr Beat” – [...]

Conga and Bongo – Whats the difference?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

This is part of the Percussion Fundamental Series of Posts – Its intended as basic information for general music teachers – Its not trying to put a point of view or an indepth look! “Bongo Drums” are the term that are often given to any drum that is played by the hands, however in the [...]