The Cajón and the flow of music
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The Box - in Spanish - has been fueling much of my musical passion since my return from Spain in January. The cajon was invented in Peru and introduced to Spain. The first time I saw this awesome box drum was in El Churro - in the mountains of Souther Spain, just north of Malaga. It just so happend that the first day there, Ryan and I rolled in on the one night of the month that live music came to the mountains of El Churro. I was mesmerized and two months later, after climbing through Morocco and Spain, I had completed my search for the perfect Cajón. I bought one in Barcelona and carried it with me across the globe to share the love! I have been playing with Tom Turiano and Valerie Seaberg, along with other special musical guests, out at various gigs. The box drum is sweet because it has full bass sounds combined with snare action at the top-front of the box created from snare strings on the inside of the box. The sounds are sweet!
Live music has found its way back into my life and I am loving it. I have been playing my full drum kit with another rock band - Wounded Knee - a couple nights a week as well. Drumming fills my passion and for me is one of the many parts of the rhythm of life. When i play I experience a flow state where the sense and sounds flows through a fraction of a second before I play it, yet I play in the present moment. in a way, drimming is almost like one continuous deja vu! Visualizing what is coming just a fraction before it does and then, boom, the synchronistic musical conjunction. I love the metaphor for being “in tune”, anticipating and realizing the flow in the creation of music.
I wonder what ways people experience the same things in life?
Tim
