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Barkman
smalltime_2000@...
Jan 4, 2000 2:28 pm
1662
Greetings and Salutations ALL,
The Djembe-L WebRing is going strong with 26 active members and 11 sites in
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R Clark
clark@...
Jan 4, 2000 4:37 pm
1663
The best resource is an article entitled "The Maribula: An Afro-Caribbean Sanza" by Donald Thompson in the "Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research" Vol....
barry cox
barry.cox@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:38 am
1664
Hello List
I have Just Purchased a set of 3 mahogany congas from Moperc. I was
told that I would be getting the last set of mahogany congas because it
is very...
Mike Gallichio
mgallichio@...
Jan 8, 2000 11:43 pm
1665
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David Strohauer
erthshkn@...
Jan 9, 2000 1:22 am
1666
Hello friends
I hope to have all the info I need regarding price and dates for this 2 week study course in Havana Cuba for March of 2000.
Please email me if...
Chuck Silverman
drumnart@...
Jan 9, 2000 1:42 am
1667
Hello chuck...
My name is Ernesto Grijalva and i'm the percussionist for my church, Fortress Christian Center in Antioch Ca.. I'm very...
TIMBA333@...
Jan 9, 2000 3:54 am
1668
I am very new to the message board and have read some of the postings.
I also am a Believer and am seeking exchange with percussion and it's
expression in and...
Bruce Wright
rom811@...
Jan 9, 2000 4:53 am
1669
I think I have calf or goatskin heads. I would like to have heads that have a sharper sound with more snap to it. Is there a manmade or natural head...
Debbie Jordan
moon@...
Jan 9, 2000 4:57 am
1670
Hello List
I was wondering why it is so hard to get mahogany wood? Does anyone on
the list know anything about this type of wood? Is it exotic?
Also sorry...
Mike Gallichio
mgallichio@...
Jan 9, 2000 5:54 am
1671
Hey, Bruce....
My name is Brent Williams and I am the percussionist for our church as well.
(Do you have any idea how hard it is to make a good tumbao fit into...
Brent Williams
bw@...
Jan 9, 2000 12:46 pm
1672
Mahog is a tropical hardwood. It is basically non-renewable, and as far as I know, is not being raised anywhere as a renewable source. Through the end of...
RFGS@...
Jan 9, 2000 5:09 pm
1673
dear chuck, did you say cuba!!! hell yeah I'm interested. send on the info. If you are interested in the world's first punk mambo-hardcore juju band visit us...
LaZik351@...
Jan 10, 2000 7:29 pm
1674
fill me in with the cuba info.
marc
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LaZik351@...
Jan 10, 2000 7:45 pm
1675
Hello Ernesto
thanks for your email/ As soon as I get more info about the Cuab trip, I will inform you via email.
all the best to you
Chuck
Chuck...
Chuck Silverman
drumnart@...
Jan 11, 2000 3:25 pm
1676
It could be AFrican> I don't know.
>From: RFGS@...
>Reply-To: latinperc@egroups.com
>To: latinperc@egroups.com
>Subject: [latinperc] Re: Mahogany wood...
clayton O'Brien
claytonsvibe@...
Jan 12, 2000 2:20 am
1677
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clayton O'Brien
claytonsvibe@...
Jan 12, 2000 2:23 am
1678
oh hello chuck. thank you for responding. i play with the first ever punk mambo- hardcore juju band, BABALOO....
LaZik351@...
Jan 12, 2000 9:24 am
1679
What do you mean, exotic? Every wood's exotic in some cases. Mahogany is
a tropical wood, grows around the world. Of course it's renewable, most
if not all...
Ray Ruhlen
rruhlen@...
Jan 13, 2000 7:24 am
1680
Hello, here's the annoumcement of Rainer Polaks just released CD with jenbe music from Bamako, Mali. Joe Liebe Freunde und Kollegen, vom 12.1. bis zum 27.2....
Johannes Schya
jschya@...
Jan 13, 2000 11:26 am
1681
Can anyone advise me on the difference between a Conga/Bongo made of Wood vs. one made of Fiberglass? I am looking to make an investment in LP and would like...
DANCANO@...
Jan 13, 2000 3:51 pm
1682
Dear DAN, Natural wood is better as sound is more kind and natural. Fiberglass in most cases used for educational institutions, as more firm material. It is...
Raimondas Vilkoèi...
rvilk@...
Jan 13, 2000 5:58 pm
1683
fiber glass is lite and easy to take to gigs. some fiber congas may have a nice tone. however, wood is the only way to go as far as I know. It's all about...
LaZik351@...
Jan 13, 2000 6:40 pm
1684
Well, I don't know that it's all about tone; haul a pair of (or even three) sawn-ash Mopercs up and down about three flights of steps, and see how you feel...
RFGS@...
Jan 13, 2000 8:02 pm
1685
Dear Dan: I can tell you from first hand experience. I own a set of fiberglass and a set of wood congas by L.P.
I Would tell you to go with the wood...
MGallichio@...
Jan 13, 2000 8:19 pm
1686
I have had fibreglass LP congas for the past 20 years, and even though they sound good, I always wished I had bought wood drums, as I like the warmer tone...
SCODAVDRUM@...
Jan 13, 2000 9:30 pm
1687
My experience is like Mike Gallichio's and Scott Davidson's. I'm not sure
many of us could pass a blindfold test to distinguish good quality fiber
congas - LP...
W.H. Phillips
wphillip@...
Jan 13, 2000 10:33 pm
1688
Yeah, technique is what it is all about; I've heard masters sound good on plastic Sparklett's bottles; I've also watched people trade up from Tocas (glass)...
RFGS@...
Jan 14, 2000 12:51 am
1689
I beg to disagree with everybody a bit...
but owning both LP classical wood model and LP 35 anniversary model fiberglass congas I can assure you that the tone...
Francisco Lopez
panch0pantera@...
Jan 14, 2000 4:55 am
1690
Good comment from el hermano Pancho.
Francisco Lopez is able to make a valid comparison between wood and
fiberglass (a set of each from the same maker),...