Steel Drum Life: Island music bass for a highly respected city official’s memorial and then a surprise Cajón request. Part 2 of 2.

Story Continued!

Jump back to part 1 if you wanna see the steel drum live music stuff: https://steemit.com/esteem/@steemseph/steel-drum-life-island-music-bass-for-a-highly-respected-city-official-s-memorial-and-then-a-surprise-percussion-request-part-1-2038cc3f4b66

We perform and everything was great. It was unpredictable, humidity challenged my fingers' finesse, we were thanked, booked a new gig, and received compliments.

The event ended, we packed up, take our time, and I eventually get home way before sunset. I'm thinking my day is done.

Suddenly, my phone rings and it's a request for a Cajón player. The regular guy, my pal, is unavailable and they want me to sub. Yeah more money! Gotta pay rent! I'm doing it!

Rant About Recording Ourselves:

Sorry, there's no live broadcast of it. The other musician I'm working with doesn't have much appreciation for recording live performances. That's cool for him. He is proven. He has maintained the gig for a long time. I personally prefer to record things for quality assurance and protection.

My recordings don't lie to me and my ears make it hard to be lazy when they hate what they hear.

I'm grateful to be surrounded by other musicians that appreciate recording themselves. I encourage all musicians to record themselves. Lastly on that tangent, I would say that, sharing the recording with the rest of the world is not a necessary part of the education that come along with hearing ourselves perform. Just recording and listening back is a valuable tool for learning.

This is one example a modern Cajón:

I play it in a very non-tradition manner and accompany a guitar player that wants rock feels. Therefore, I approach playing the cajón like a drum set player in a band, instead of like a percussion player.

For example, if there were a drum set player here, I would play percussion type parts that compliment the drum set, instead of emulating the drum set. Ask me questions...

Cajón Art:

It's pronounced like "ka-hone" to me. The letter "j" in its spelling sounds like the letter "h" to me except with a little phlegm or roll in your throat. (not roll in tongue)

This is a few pictures of my cajón to honor the steel drum series featured in part 1:

Square:

Rectangle:

Hexagon:

Cajón Chicken Wire:

Dear @mathowl, if your not too busy, and also think it's fun, I would enjoy another critique of my shapes/labels. I've been building up my VP so I'll give you a much better upvote this time!

Everyone please go upvote @mathowl response here: https://steemit.com/esteem/@mathowl/re-steemseph-steel-drum-life-island-music-bass-for-a-highly-respected-city-official-s-memorial-and-then-a-surprise-percussion-request-part-1-2038cc3f4b66-20180620t205854617z

(It's probably too old. Upvote something else then. Thanks)

Fast forward to one week later... more Cajón.

I'm back again playing the Cajón a week later also. The regular guy is getting busy with drones. So, he also gave me a couple weeks worth of these gigs in August.

Yeah, money for coffee!

Infinite Coffee:

(Hey @mathowl I hope you're impressed with my number "8" as an infinity symbol?)

That delicious image above features an espresso type drink called a "Cortado." (Yes, similar to a Gibraltar) I actually prefer a traditional flat white at the moment. Not many places make them and very few people remember their former popularity. I'm not sure why other coffee shops don't make traditional flat whites... I suspect it has something to do with the short pull technique required to make the espresso shot for a traditional flat white. Anyway, the Cortado is a great substitute. It's probably a preferred substitute at many espresso bars because it doesn't require a short pull. Wikipedia makes it sounds like the Cortado is from Spain. The name is like saying the espresso is "cut" with warm milk. You know, like drug nomenclature.

Did I mention that I thought the Cajón was from Spain also? It's not!

The modern cajón comes from Peru 🇵🇪 . As usual, someone will claim it existed before and somewhere else first. I can't argue any of that. Please feel free to discuss in the comments.

My first impression of a cajón was from a Djembe/Trap drum player and then that was followed by a flamenco player.

By the way, the steel drum came from Trinidad 🇹🇹 and only Trinidad.

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NEXT: Epic Steel Drum fail while performing. Including live and uncensored footage. (Possible a short and sweet shit post.)

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