We have just created some new tshirts for cajonistas. Here are a few of our favorites, you can see them all on their own dedicated tee shirt page from next week when the catalog at Zazzle is finished.
Category Archive: General
Jul 03
Cajon Demonstration Video
Watch this video on YouTube Embedded with WP YouTube Lyte. Here is a great, quick demonstration video of a cajon being played showing a variety of techniques. A cajon can emulate an entire row of tom-toms by the player when he simply slides his foot across the large surface as you see in this video. …
Jul 03
Cajon Lesson
Watch this video on YouTube Embedded with WP YouTube Lyte. This post shows you a basic cajon lesson for beginners. The cajon is a remarkably flexible instrument and can be learned quickly and easily by anyone with a basic concept of rhythm. The cajon is also a highly portable percussion kit and can be carried …
Jul 02
Cajon Pedal
The cajon as an instrument is evolving rapidly as it finds its way into more and more musical genres. People have been modifying them from the original Afro-Peruvian/Afro-Cuban ‘crate’ type of instrument into a more versatile percussion instrument. Some of the innovations have included the very popular snare cajon, where springs are set behind the …
Jul 01
Big Cajones
Max Kelly is a designer who makes his own cajones and has a unique mechanism for sliding snare springs in or out of position to make his cajon design truly versatile. Max performs on both cajon and conga drums. Have a look at his website where you can see his unique designs and hear some …
Jul 01
Meinl Cajones
Meinl Percussion is a top quality German manufacturer of professional percussion instruments and is a division of Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG. For some 25 years they have manufactured a wide assortment of percussion instruments, cymbals and accessories. They are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of professional cojons and their instruments enjoy …
Jun 04
Heck Stick
The popularity of the cajon has given rise to numerous accessories for the percussionist from pedals and cymbals to a device called a “heck stick”. Schlagwerk is the manufacturer of the ‘heck stick’ and ‘side kick’ which adds the functionality of a hi-hat type of cymbal sound as well as a foot operated castanet that …
