Rumba Instruments

   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 cance...

       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. Wel...

    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 Franc...

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

    Well not really, I'm just making a little joke about my current rumba quinto practice material. When I first started learning to pl...

    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...

     Just finished this shekere. I like how the gourds color matches the wood beads. Very natural looking. This gourd ended up having a nic...

    Well I seem to be turning out these instruments at a pretty good rate. This one is close to finished as you can see. This shekere uses ...

     Well here it is. Believe it or not I got this instrument done on time for the rumba. It performed very well, and sounded great. I got a...

   I've been busy working on this shekere. I went by General Bead here in San Francisco and picked up a whole bunch of nice beads to ge...