A series of quick + dirty recordings I listen to as accompaniments while I practice the individual instruments in a series of Afro-Cuban percussion rhythms.

Some of the tracks have mistakes in them, so I originally thought I should re-record those. After practicing with them for a while, however, I changed my mind. Since I am practicing playing with other musicians who sometimes drop the beat — adding that I always corrected myself in these recordings to return to the same clave rhythm — it ended up being really useful for me to practice the stability of my own rhythm against these recordings with the mistakes left in.

Rumba Yambu Claves

Quick recordings I use as accompaniments while I practice individual percussion instruments for several Afro-Cuban Percussion rhythms.

Some of these recordings have mistakes in them, and I originally thought I should re-record them. After practicing with them with the mistakes in them, however, I changed my mind. Since I always returned to the same clave after my mistakes in the recordings — and I am practicing to play with other musicians who also make mistakes sometimes — I found it incredibly valuable to practice the stability of my own rhythm when playing through the recorded mistakes. Hope you find that aspect of these tracks equally useful.

Bembe 3-2 Cowbell

Bembe 3-2 Segundo

Rumba Guaguanco Claves

Rumba Guaguanco Tumbador

Rumba Guaguanco Segundo

A series of quick recordings I use as accompaniments when practicing individual percussion instruments—claves, cowbell, tumbador, segundo—for basic Afro-Cuban Percussion rhythms—2-3 Bembe, 3-2 Bembe, Rumba Guaguanco, Rumba Yambú, and Son Clave.

Some of these recordings have mistakes in them, and I originally wanted to re-record them. After practicing with them as-is (including the mistakes), however, I changed my mind.

In these recordings, I always return to the same clave after making mistakes; and since I am practicing to play with other musicians who also make mistakes sometimes, I found it incredibly valuable to practice the stability of my own rhythm when playing along with the recorded mistakes. As a result, I decided to upload those tracks as they are with the hope that others find the same value in practicing the stability of their own rhythm despite some temporary chaos.

Rumba Guaguanco

Rumba Yambu

A series of quick recordings I use as accompaniments when practicing individual percussion instruments—claves, cowbell, tumbador, segundo—for basic Afro-Cuban Percussion rhythms—2-3 Bembe, 3-2 Bembe, Rumba Guaguanco, Rumba Yambú, and Son Clave.

Some of these recordings have mistakes in them, and I originally wanted to re-record them. After practicing with them as-is (including the mistakes), however, I changed my mind.

In these recordings, I always return to the same clave after making mistakes; and since I am practicing to play with other musicians who also make mistakes sometimes, I found it incredibly valuable to practice the stability of my own rhythm when playing along with the recorded mistakes. As a result, I decided to upload those tracks as they are with the hope that others find the same value in practicing the stability of their own rhythm despite some temporary chaos.

Bembe 3-2

Bembe 2-3

Quick recording of a song I have played periodically over the past decade or so when I'm having a rough day. It allows me to sit with the fact that over-thinking situations is really what makes them feel as challenging as they feel. All the same, I have to over-think them for a while, and that's ok as well.

20170805 Overkill w/Guitar

2nd Take of a 5 minute jam with Andrés Suarez Vargas (lead) and david aloka (rhtyhm) loosly based on first few bars of Blue Bossa.

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Hispanic American performance artist exploring identity in kinesthetic digital play.

david (dah-VEED) aloka

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