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This drum is fixed.

Well I tried to work quickly and get the Valje conga fixed and repaired for the rumba today, but it turns out today's rumba is cancell...
Oh, No! My drum broke!

No sooner than a reader emails me about advice fixing his Gon Bops that I notice my 40 year old Valje has gotten two new cracks. Well...
Current Practice

Don't worry bloggers I'm not trading in the tumbadoras for the drum kit! Mainly this is just practice to sharpen my counting and...
Jay Bereck of Skin on Skin Interview

A recent photo of Jay Bereck with a vintage Gon Bops conga. Photo:Jaisen Torres I almost forgot I had this; a very insightful interview wi...
Bongos Not Bombs!

This is a little piece of artwork I made up a few years back. It was inspired by an anti-war drumming demonstration here in San Francisc...
Samba Quinto!

Well not really, I'm just making a little joke about my current rumba quinto practice material. When I first started learning to pla...
¡La Rumba Es Todo Del Mundo!

3,000 visits already!!! A big thank you to all my visitors. I am very grateful for all the visits. Rumba is truly an internati...
Behind the Beat

A little graphic I came up with to illustrate some points about timing. I thought my readers might enjoy it, and I wanted to get a post ...
A Tale of Two Ludwigs: A Bass Drum Story.
A moment of doubt...

Well bloggers, let me tell you something very personal. A month or so ago I was seriously considering giving up the tumbadoras. Now why woul...

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