Russel Mahon, mild mannered elementary school music teacher by day, leads a secret life as a percussion marvel by night. He stopped by my studio the other day to check out my drums, and we were both glad he did. Thanks Russel for inspiring us all and making sure music is always a part of kids lives.
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Simon Chrisman crosses my path from time to time bringing with him an infectious love of mt. biking that he shares with my two sons and and incredible musical and rhythmic chops on the hammered dulcimer, upright bass and more. I finally got him to sit down behind one of my drums and 15 minutes later he was still at it. Here is a little taste.
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The C7D hybrid-cajon is like nothing you have ever heard before, yet all the familiar elements are there such that it is easy to jump right in and make music.
The sound really is a hybrid with the low bass of a djembe, the round open tones of a conga, the energetic finger work of the box cajon and in between there are muted tones, multiple bass tones, melodic rim shots, various open tones, clicks and taps and pink and ponk and we haven't even dialed up the snare yet! For latin players it plays like a cajon, african players take it in that direction, cajon players love it because it adds the middle and bottom to the cajon. Some compare the woody purity to the tongue drum, the slit drum, or hang drum
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