college drummer

macarthur64 · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: college drummer

so here's the deal: i will be moving away to college this fall and will not have room enough in the dorm to house my drum set. Sad

i do, however, plan on taking an acoustic guitar as I hope to keep playing around with music and recording. i figure that the next best alternative to having a drum set, at least if i just want a nice percussive sound to play or record with, is to have a hand drum.

so here's where i need your help. what kinds of hand drums are there available and which one would best suit my basic needs (space is an issue)? which companies are better than others? where is a good place to look for them to purchase?

thanks for all you help

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007david · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject:

It depends, of course, upon what you want. I personally would pick a djembe if I had to have only one hand drum since I think it's one of the more versatile. However, a conga (or tumba, et al) would be just as good as well as bongos, a cajon, doumbek, talking drum, etc. Heck if you're feeling like a challenge go pick up tabla.

But, to answer your question more directly, were I to make the decision I'd go djembe, and I really love my remo djembe. You'll have a heck of a time finding one cable tuned like that, as most Remos either have a weird strappy thing or relatively normal tenson rods and lugs. But, the drum itself sounds very good; it's very easy to tune; and they are very easy to find.

Of course, there's also the option of getting Stick Control and a good practice pad and working on rudiments for those 9 months.
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phantompong · Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:33 am Post subject:

Personally I'd get a cajon, but I don't know why either. I don't play percussion (yet!) but the percussion instrument I'd most like to play is the cajon.
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styles2281 · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:

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