by bongosnotbombs » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:58 am
Man Dave, you'd be surprised. The basic patterns for the New Orleans stuff is tresillo on the bass, upbeats on cymbal or son clave on bass, upbeats on cymbal, down beats with accent on the & of 4, etc. Seriously, I was looking at all these patterns going, hey, I already know this. Reminded me a lot of guagua patterns which helped with the bass/cymbal technique.
Of course the New Orleans/Cuba relationship, not to mention the historical Congo Square in New Orleans has been discussed before.
Anyways, these guys were stoked to have me around. I was the only guy crazy enough to bring a bass drum along.