Conga and Timbale Hybrid Drum Set [Tito Puente Tribute]

[@hardhands2011]

One of the best instructional vids ever 🤩

[@RhythmNotes]

I'm you like it!

[@GordonBagshaw-GBEnglishClass]

love what you are doing with the hi hat. mimicking a guiro

[@RhythmNotes]

Thanks for mentioning it!

[@GordonBagshaw-GBEnglishClass]

@@RhythmNotes really, that is some skilled and well controlled foot work. Not many would give such attention to the rhythm that can be produced with the hi-hat with just the footwork.

[@RhythmNotes]

@@GordonBagshaw-GBEnglishClass Thanks Gordon! I learned about the idea from a friend who was a huge Vinnie Colaiuta fan. Then I noticed a lot of other drummers doing it and wanted to incorporate it into the Latin rhythms I was adapting for drum set.

[@GordonBagshaw-GBEnglishClass]

@@RhythmNotes vinnie's great. Well done. Something to learn. Thanks again for sharing

[@cashewmilkfan]

man you deserve more attention you make some fantastic videos

[@RhythmNotes]

That's the nicest comment. I really appreciate it!

[@pablogil9890]

Awasome

[@RhythmNotes]

Thanks for watching!

[@Eurodrummer666]

Please add an extra conga and an extra timbal! It is great fun!

[@RhythmNotes]

Fore sure!

[@Eurodrummer666]

@@RhythmNotes I also play timbales and congas in my kit, here is a live video with my band (cam sound)-> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGazfHqFip17apI

[@mihaidrums5]

Great kit man!

[@RhythmNotes]

Thanks!

[@RumbleFish69]

Nice video, my friend! You keep a pretty lovely rhythm. I just finished my set up and I have to say, it was a lot of work, but I am happy with the end results! I did almost the same thing, except I fused my timbales with my congas, but I left in the tumba and added top bongos. It sounds pretty sweet, I must say! I have to get used to the set up. I can keep time, but it'll be some time before I can move through it like a boss. I think I am gong to add the hi-hats and cymbal like you have. I think I need that splash! You know, I had the pleasure of meeting Tito in LA many years before he passed away. We spoke for a bit outside the hotel where we were both staying. I told him that my Pop played with him in the Pocono Mountains in the late '50s and '60s and he was just knocked off his feet. He had a smile from ear to ear and even let his cab go so we could talk some more, it was great! Back in those days, before any of these greats were really famous, the Pocono Mountains was a heavily toured spot for Latin and jazz bands. Back then, the Poconos was the spot for mostly rich folks who liked to ski during the day and listen to great music at night. Miles Davis, John Coltrane and even Buddy rich were rumored to have played the Poconos too. My Pop played with many greats like Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Ruben Blades and Cal Tjader - he loved playing with Cal the most because my Pop enjoyed playing marimba most of all. My Pop was just one of those guys who played with everyone and, just like I would find myself many years later, he just ended up playing with the most amazing people! It was nice that Tito Puente completely remembered my father. I told that my Pop eventually gave up playing and went to work for the NY City Police department, which gave him a pretty good laugh! When we said good-bye, he hugged me and gave me tickets to the show that night. I went to see him, Celia Cruz, El Gran Combo, among many others, perform at the Great Western Forum in LA, which sadly, no longer exists. It was a great show and I got to hang out backstage and drink beer with many of the artists! I took my ex-wife which even at the time, I thought was a waste...only because she had no idea who these people were, or what they meant to music! A relatively, still unknown, Marc Anthony was also there. I already knew Marc from my Freestyle music days in New York, so that was an unexpected surprise. I also got to meet his son, Tito Puente Jr. who was known, but not nearly as famous as he would eventually became.

[@RhythmNotes]

That's amazing! My friend invited me to see Tito live in the fall of 1999, but I couldn't go. I told myself that I would see him next time he came in town. He died the following spring. I've never stopped regretting it. ... Thanks for sharing your story!

[@RumbleFish69]

@@RhythmNotes You are quite welcome, my friend. It is certainly one of the higher moments of my life! I am deeply sorry that you never got to see him live, but do not live your life regretting this, my friend. Do not look at it as a misfortune, but perhaps as a blessing. Tito gave you all you needed and you are a wonderful player who has lots of talent & joy in your heat. The love you have for his music, and his existence, was more than enough to fuel your desire to play and make this part of your life. Imagine that, my friend, this is part of your life! Not a lot of people can say this! We are the few, and extremely fortunate ones! And thanks to KZbin, Tito will live forever - and so will you. You know, my father became pretty ill some years ago and he eventually passed away in 2013. I told him this story many years ago and he never forgot it.... it simply filled his heart with joy. Thank you again, my friend!

[@RhythmNotes]

@@RumbleFish69 You are very uplifting. I appreciate your perspective on music and life.

[@RumbleFish69]

@@RhythmNotes As are you, my friend...as are you!

[@eddgutierrez5811]

Isn't this a Santana song tho

[@RhythmNotes]

Santana covered it. Tito Puente wrote it almost 10 years before Santana recorded it.

[@eddgutierrez5811]

@@RhythmNotes well I didn't know that cool