ONILE's new look LP Palladiums - Check em out.

[ABAKUA]

:D :laugh:
They will be on the way.......................

If not , you'll be on your way! :p :O :laugh:

[onile]

Oye Papa!
I'm laughing so hard, I'm gonna get fired up here in City Hall!

You're too funny my brother!

[GuruPimpi]

Onile!

I've been away for a long time and I'm checking the posts that i missed and... YOU DID ONE HELL OF A JOB!
Great looking drums! Maybe i'll get the courage and do something like that with my woodcrafts...

Great!

Pimpi

[mangorockfish]

Onile, Fantastic job. Get ready as my Meinls are on their way to you as we speak. LOL No kidding, you did a fine job and the heads look really cool with the color of the drums. Congrats. my man, you deserve them.

[onile]

Adupue Abures Mi!
(thank you my brothers!)
I hope that you are all well and in an abundance of blessings!

Now if I could only do something with the weight of those damn tubs!

I must admit, they really sound great with the new skins on them too!

Many blessings to all!

Onile!



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[ABAKUA]

I wasnt kidding... More PICSORBAN!!!!!!!!

[onile]

Alafia Abure Abakua!
Hace rato que no nos comunicamos!
I hope that you are well my brother!

I will post some more pics soon, I just haven't been taking them out for giggin' in a while, hell with the amount of weight they have, I pretty much keep them here at home to practice on!

So how are things with you Abure Abakua?

Suave!
Onile!

[ABAKUA]

All is well my brother from another mother.

Still co-directing the 11 piece salsa dura band I told you about last time, also started a project with my girlfriend, its mostly RnB/Funk with some latin touches, feels like Beyonce/Mary J Blige/Cristina Aguilera/J-Lo etc... All original material. Pretty cool, its in its infancy still though. Working on completing her solo album also. Currently adding some more tracks and mixing.
I was also recently approached by this Cuban world reknowned master dancer and sonero who is also a good friend of mine. He is a former member of Yoruba Andabo y es Abakua.
After travelling the globe as a choreographer, singer etc he is now happily married and living in Australia, he has set up a professional studio where he teaches all the Afro Cuban folklore dances as well as rueda, casino, salsa/son etc...
Well anyway, we are forming a new band together, have 7 original songs for now, the rest of the material to start working immediately is from Manolito Y Su Trabuco, Los Van Van, Paulito FG, Reve, Charanga Habanera, and many more. Looks promising so far. Cant wait to get this baby out there and kicking butt!! All first class musicans with tremendo afinque and sabor, puro sentimiento.

Hope all is well with you Abure.

Now get some pics up of them heavy ass congas!
PS, make sure you get the pics with natural light, ie out in the open air!

[onile]

Ta'bien Papa!
I'll get on it right away!

Chacho! It's good to hear that you are keeping busy mi hermano! That RnB project sounds like fun! You are in demand brothelito!

Llevatela suave mi hermano!

Onile!

[Cangrejero7]

Beautiful job on them!

[Bongobilly]

Wow! I like the finish. Gonna be tough to get ride of now. Question: How much does a Gio weight?

[onile]

Alafia Abure Bongobilly!
Espero que todo este bien contigo!

Abakua and I both had this discussion a while back when we both had our sets of Palladiums, I don't actually remember the exact weight I got, but I think it was around 47lbs +.

Chacho! Those damn things are like tanks, too heavy and in my opinion, IMPRACTICAL for the working musician. I only took them out to a few gigs, everyone went crazy over them (the refinished version of them that is). I don't regret having them, I just wished they (LP) would have put a bit more thought into them as far as making them practical. I can't imagine NY musicians hauling those tubs up a flight and down a flight of stairs to a gig or more in one evening. Que Va!

Suave!

Onile!