Afro-Cuban & Brazilian Drum Grooves

This is me playing some Afro Cuban & Brazilian grooves on the drums. Tips, hints, ideas, and constructive criticism are welcome. I used a Shure SM-81 Condenser Mic, Beta 52A Mic, a SM-57 mic, and 2 Sennheiser e604 tom mics. They all were ran into a Peavey PV14USB mixer. Another cable running from the output on the mixer connected to the mic input on my Kodak Zi8 Camcorder to record the audio.

Equipment Used:
Premier Bass Drum: 20x14"
Remo Powerstroke 3 - Batter
Aquarian Resonant - Resonant
Tama Rockstar Floor Tom - 14"
Remo Pinstripe - Batter
Tama Stock Head - Resonant
Tama Superstar SK Rack Tom - 12" on snare stand
Remo Pinstripe - Batter
Tama Stock Head - Resonant
Mapex Pro M Snare (12x7")
Batter - Remo Emperor X
Resonant - Remo Hazy Ambassador
Sabian HH Regular Hats - 14"
Sabian AAX O-Zone Crash - 16"
Sabian HHX Evolution Crash - 16"
Sabian AAX Stage Ride - 20"
Sabian HHXtreme Crash - 17"
DW 5000AD3 Accelerator Chain-Drive Single Pedal
Pork Pie Big Boy Bicycle Drum Throne

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[Stareplue]

Nice drumming.

Just a piece of advice :

You should buy a cowbell in order to have a sound more "afro-cuban" or use rimshots on toms.

I find afro-cubans rythms with a cymbal kinda weird.

Cheers.

[will1588]

@Stareplue I already have cowbells. I don't always use them though. Btw you can play cascara patterns on the bell of cymbals. Check out my newer videos.

[Aneurismo]

Thank you so much, I'm composing for a latin big band and I was figuring out the rhythm :)

[drumkid2370]

hey man nice groove. Ya the afro-cuban grooves you were playing were not "authentic" but neither were most back in the Gillespie era with that kinda quaze latin feel mixing the Mambo bell and cascara patterns together which are very solid. But with the Brazilian grooves I thought you kept it pretty traditional with your grooves and especially with the emphasis on beat 2 emulating the surdo part and adding some funky partido alto parts. good stuff!! a little rough on your fill on 1:37 though.

[bevisbuttheadify]

more cowbell.. 

[Stareplue]

@will1588 Sry MY bad ^^

[bpt1120]

you play so smooth

[thenamesfrancisco]

i like your style

[jamesdrum77]

nice man awesome video

[CDeezTG96]

getting goosebumps just hearing you play!!!