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Male


Location

Fredericksburg, VA


Birthday:

August 5


Rhumba Blues in E

A backing track of drums and bass for a rhumba-style blues in E, 120 BPM. The form is 4 12-bar verses (swing temp), an 8-bar bridge (straight time), another 12-bar verse (swing) and a 4-bar tag.rhumba-backing.mp3

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Wine box, anyone?

I just picked up a white pine wine box at the local wineseller's:  it is about 12" x 20" x 6", with no top.  I'm thinking maybe to put a thin birch plywood soundboard on it -- does anybody have experience with such a setup?I have a 6ft length of…

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Rumba Stick

I finished my long-threatened swiss-army kalimba today. The Rumba Stick (see the album for details on the pictures) is a rake-tine kalimba mounted on the top of a previously-rejected Carlos Toraño Ovation box. I rejected the box because the "pretty"…

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