Djembe "snare" loop

Originally Posted here by Dale Baker on November 24, 2009

Today's loop was inspired by the drum set up I used on Sunday at Emmaus Way.  I used my Remo 14" Djembe, but put a Rhythm Tech "Active Snare" on top of the drum, affixing it with two bungee cords twisted around the backside of the drum.  The  Rhythm Tech Snare makes the drum buzz a bit, plus it muffles out some of the "ringing" of the drum. 

Side Note:  I got this idea from seeing Jay Bellerose play with Paula Cole so many years ago - and then when I actually did meet him (he and Paula came out to a Sixpence show once in LA - and Sixpence played a show or two with Paula) he showed me exactly how he had devised his setup - (short version:  it involved nuts, and washers, some metal brackets and a couple of springs...I made a detailed drawing...maybe I'll post that one of these days if I can find it...). 

I mic'ed the setup with a Beta 52 for the low end off of the Djembe, and used an Earthworks SR20 for the top of the drum and the bongo part.  Oh, and I almost forgot - there is a "guiro" part that I'm playing with an old pair of Vic Firth "dreadlocks." I love using those sticks/brushes for percussion elements like this. That part is also being recorded by the Earthworks mic.

There are two loops again this week.  The first one is just the main pattern (and there is a small drum fill at the end).  The second loop adds a bongo pattern.  Both loops are 8 bars long, at 81bpm, so there is plenty of space to slice this beat up, if you don't want to include the drum fill I did in bar 8.  Again, if you'd like the individual tracks - just let me know and I can email them to you.

Here you go:

November 24 Loop of the Day : Dbd 81bpm djembe buzz no bongo

November 24 Loop of the Day : Download Dbd 81bpm djembe buzz WITH bongo

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

Originally Posted here by Dale Baker on November 24, 2009

Today's loop was inspired by the drum set up I used on Sunday at Emmaus Way.  I used my Remo 14" Djembe, but put a Rhythm Tech "Active Snare" on top of the drum, affixing it with two bungee cords twisted around the backside of the drum.  The  Rhythm Tech Snare makes the drum buzz a bit, plus it muffles out some of the "ringing" of the drum. 

Side Note:  I got this idea from seeing Jay Bellerose play with Paula Cole so many years ago - and then when I actually did meet him (he and Paula came out to a Sixpence show once in LA - and Sixpence played a show or two with Paula) he showed me exactly how he had devised his setup - (short version:  it involved nuts, and washers, some metal brackets and a couple of springs...I made a detailed drawing...maybe I'll post that one of these days if I can find it...). 

I mic'ed the setup with a Beta 52 for the low end off of the Djembe, and used an Earthworks SR20 for the top of the drum and the bongo part.  Oh, and I almost forgot - there is a "guiro" part that I'm playing with an old pair of Vic Firth "dreadlocks." I love using those sticks/brushes for percussion elements like this. That part is also being recorded by the Earthworks mic.

There are two loops again this week.  The first one is just the main pattern (and there is a small drum fill at the end).  The second loop adds a bongo pattern.  Both loops are 8 bars long, at 81bpm, so there is plenty of space to slice this beat up, if you don't want to include the drum fill I did in bar 8.  Again, if you'd like the individual tracks - just let me know and I can email them to you.

Here you go:

November 24 Loop of the Day : Dbd 81bpm djembe buzz no bongo

November 24 Loop of the Day : Download Dbd 81bpm djembe buzz WITH bongo

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!