Everything's a bongo
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:59 amHey all,
Thought I'd share a bit of humor with you other bongoceros out there. Have you ever noticed that to some people, if it's a hand drum, it's a bongo. You know you're lucky. If you're reading this, and if you play the bongos, you play the most popular percussion instrument known to man! My congas are bongos to church friends, my tambora is a 2-sided bongo to my family, and my friend's djembe is a bongo as we jam at our annual festival gig. I bet if I had a dime for every time I heard someone talk about my "bongos" I'd have enough $ 4 the nice LP Matadors with the fancy PR flag logo
Then there's its use in music. Using this definition, bongos are used in everything from salsa & merengue to rock & roll to African folk music. I went to this church once that had an amazing set-up: next to their drum kit was what I'd call a hand drum kit. It had congas, bongos, a djembe, and this big round thing that was unlike anything I've seen or heard before. It was kinda like a half-hour glass (or the top part of an hourglass) and it had BASS. I mean boomin' room-fillin' ground-shakin' bass. What was it, you ask? A bongo.
So, if you'd like to share your laughs about the big bongo mix-up or just wanna mess around feel free 2 respond.
Thought I'd share a bit of humor with you other bongoceros out there. Have you ever noticed that to some people, if it's a hand drum, it's a bongo. You know you're lucky. If you're reading this, and if you play the bongos, you play the most popular percussion instrument known to man! My congas are bongos to church friends, my tambora is a 2-sided bongo to my family, and my friend's djembe is a bongo as we jam at our annual festival gig. I bet if I had a dime for every time I heard someone talk about my "bongos" I'd have enough $ 4 the nice LP Matadors with the fancy PR flag logo
Then there's its use in music. Using this definition, bongos are used in everything from salsa & merengue to rock & roll to African folk music. I went to this church once that had an amazing set-up: next to their drum kit was what I'd call a hand drum kit. It had congas, bongos, a djembe, and this big round thing that was unlike anything I've seen or heard before. It was kinda like a half-hour glass (or the top part of an hourglass) and it had BASS. I mean boomin' room-fillin' ground-shakin' bass. What was it, you ask? A bongo.
So, if you'd like to share your laughs about the big bongo mix-up or just wanna mess around feel free 2 respond.
