I bought a dejembe. It's a drum, like a conga, that you sit down and straddle and play with your hands - no sticks. Kinda tribal.A month ago I was at a dinner-thing and a friend of mine played a djembe with the band. I liked the rawness of it. Kinda rootsy and casual, and maybe a bit eclectic, which is odd for a top 40 music guy like me!
I picked up an egg-shaker, too. So I shake it with my right hand and hit the skin with my left.
Last weekend I play publicly for the first time. "Maybe I've not practiced enough to play publicly?", I thought. Well I did anyway. Our set was 8 songs - I played the djembe on two soft, reflective songs. It added a nice flavour to the set.
My friend, the guy who got me hooked but doesn't realize it, was playing, as I recall, a small crash cymbal. I liked that too. Hmmmm. Maybe I'll pick one up!
JANUARY 1, 2012 SETLIST
(Living For Jesus Outreach Ministries)
Power in the Blood
Mercy is Falling
We Bring The Sacrifice of Praise
Mighty To Save
How Great is Our God
Consuming Fire
Refiners Fire
I believe I was at that dinner as well and I remember wanting to get into that myself. The splash was a cool touch.
ReplyDeleteExcellent. Now go buy a cajon.
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