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i want either a djembe or congas.  i'm leaning to the congas.  where can an inexpensive set be found?

I just picked up a set of LP Aspires at G.C. for $220 (out the door) and Im quite pleased with 'em.

Those are good. Also look at the Toca line of congas. I have a set of them, and they sound fine.

Personally, I'd go for the djembe. I think your sound is more versital. IMO.

Don't shop for djembes at GC, unless you want a Remo.  The Remos are well priced, but if you get serious you'll want a real djembe, which is best found elsewhere.

Djembes are just low and high without much mid.
The bass of djembe can also interfere with other melodic instruments a great deal. They're also really hard to tune when they're rope tied.
Congas have more of a variety of tone in the mids, but not much bass. The highs aren't bad though. And you can tune them easily.

Congas win here hands down  ;D

I would rather have a rich girlfriend myself   ;D

Unless you're serious and like the sound of the Remo in which case its a completely valid choice and as "real" as anything else.

 ::)

New drums: 6 or 7 piece Sonor Force 3003

A good throne.

I'm with Louis. Then she could get me everything I want.

Which would be: A dope ass Pearl Masterworks kit or a cool little Fibe jellybean kit. New cymbals, hardware. Pretty much anything has to do with drums. Oh and a cool keyboard. ;D

    One of those V-Roland practice pads. My teacher has two set up that he uses for teaching snare stuff.  I can hear my mistakes on the electric pad even more than on a regular pad which allows for even more fine tuning of my stroke. And it has a speed up function that allows you to speed up its metronome every however many bars you want and to whichever speed you want. My teacher said that this device allows for more rapid improvement for things like rudiments because you can practice them over and over again without having to stop every so often to change the tempo.

   Oh yeah, and the new 5-piece Gretch kit that's sitting in a nearby music shop and might as well be priced at $1 million. But that's 2nd on my list  ;).

hmmm.... maybe the congas, or the djembe, whichever we can find cheeper.  heh

Money would be nice, then I could make my own choices from there!

2 front teeth  ;D

I allready put in for some new skins...  Aquarian performance II's. But anything new to play with on my set would be welcome.  :P

I have one of those - that thing is a buttkicker!  In the programs to advance speed if your sticking is correct, you gotta be TIGHT.  Seriously, whenever I think I'm getting smooth and tight at any particular sticking excersize (for instance stuff from Stick Control), I break that thing out and it lets me know that SOMEONE NEEDS MORE PRACTICE  :o

I want to start a new band for christmas... one that rocks and everyone gets along well with each other. is that possible?

Yep.  Its possible.  I got one this summer  ;D

i got a temp job with my aunt and earned $190, so i'm going to go shop for one and then aske for the other, probably get the congas, then ask for one of the small eighty dollar djembes.  i played one and loved the sound, i think it was a toca, but those remo's.... man those things are UGLY!!! in looks AND sound.

Here's a cool stocking stuffer: ;D

(http://www.poolepercussion.com/acatalog/skullfloursec.JPG)

I have both, still use the Remo in situations where I need to leave the drum in a hot car, as the real one would probably get a split head.

I play the real one, however, whenever possible.

If you played the two side by side, you would understand in a nanosecond.

i perfectly understand mark's(563) post.  just like his conga post,  he's going for a non-traditional sound.

I have, do, and understand just fine actually.

Sorry to keep this off topic, but a serious musician cares about finding a sound they like that works for them in the situations they work in.   And that is not always the "traditional" way of doing things.   Sometimes it is.  But not always.  We wont get into a list of "serious" players who play synthetic gear, let alone Remo.  But rest assured they are out there.

I WIN! I WIN!!!!!  *does the winner dance*   I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!


heh, ummmm......heh heh

Do Santa's Elves know how to make Aquarians in 12-13-16-22?

 ;D ;D

well, i bought a toca djembe for 167.19,  i stayed in the store for an hour, and played every djembe and conga they had.  i ended up with this because it felt the best to me.  i went with a couple friends, and one of them bought a penny whistle and fell in love with it.  we talked about it and played alot and decided to form a world fusion band.  we'll be working on some songs and we'll probably play the school's open mic night and if we feel good enough, we'll hook up with a bass player friend of his from his school and enter their battle of the bands.   we'll probably get laughed out of both places but we like our music, so it's worth it.

Excellent.  Decision made, new toy in hand.  And it sounds like the new toy is inspiring new play.  Thats a good sign.  Enjoy it!

it's awesome!  i absolutely love it.  i also played it with the keyboard player from the bulgarian band, and he loves it as well.  he was just worried about it being loud enough, i happily suggested a pair of mics.

i've been working on my playing and my drum teacher changed my lessons over to djembe.  i just started back today, he otught me how to play on the off beats and how to _not_ follow along, how to play something different but that still fits.  didn't get to work with the new band today but probably tomorrow!

About those V-Roland practice pads: mr.dna said that it tells you if you are messing up. how does it do that? is it programmed with a metronome or something? i was just wondering becase i was looking into buying one of those.

I'm not even looking for that much. I just got a nice set of mountain rythym (a great canadian-based company)bongos last week, so i'm set for a while. The small djembe you were talking about, could it have been an ashiko? those are pretty nice, I almost bought one....
What i really want is a cheap old set for about a hundred or two that i can keep in my garage under a tarp and beat on when i get the urge - right now i play on the church set, so i can't really beat on anything cause it belongs to them, and we don't do hard rock much...

that is all...
tim

In a nutshell, yes.  There are a lot of features - if you can get to a store that has one and check it out, that would be a lot better than trying to describe what it does via text.

You can use it with just a metronome going OR you can use it in the 'practice modes' - the practice modes are the ones that will bring out sloppiness in your chops by basically tracking what you're playing and how even it is.

I recommend it (if you can afford it, it's not cheap) because it really does make you pay attention to your stick control - I recommend using the book of the same name along with it.  ;D

Thanks alot for your help. :)