Bo Eder
Platinum Member
I read in a thread not long ago that someone considers cajons totally over-used and cliche. To be honest, after that I checked out a few cajon videos on YouTube - and found that there were quite a few female players giving lessons through YouTube videos, and some very creative playing going on. I saw an Alex Acuna video of a cajon solo, which was really creative (but then again, it's friggin' Alex Acuna, so it should be), and how many people have added bass drum pedals and other instruments to their cajons. I wasn't really interested in those, I wanted to see what people were doing with just the wooden box.
I look online for models to buy and there are so many of them. I haven't been following this cajon craze very closely so I was surprised to see so many for sale by big manufacturers, and for all prices between $99 to $500. It's just a wooden box, right? I saw alot of them at the NAMM show and they all seemed the same to me.
For the cajon players here, what's the attraction? Obviously you can use it like a single conga for all kinds of music - is the only reason somebody would get into because you might be playing in a little 3-foot square for yourself? Is that the only reason? I'll admit it looks like fun, although I don't know where I'd get a chance to use it publicly - I have enough work with a regular drumset. Can anyone shed more light on why you'd choose the cajon over anything else? Does anyone have any back problems from sitting on one and hunching down to play it?
I look online for models to buy and there are so many of them. I haven't been following this cajon craze very closely so I was surprised to see so many for sale by big manufacturers, and for all prices between $99 to $500. It's just a wooden box, right? I saw alot of them at the NAMM show and they all seemed the same to me.
For the cajon players here, what's the attraction? Obviously you can use it like a single conga for all kinds of music - is the only reason somebody would get into because you might be playing in a little 3-foot square for yourself? Is that the only reason? I'll admit it looks like fun, although I don't know where I'd get a chance to use it publicly - I have enough work with a regular drumset. Can anyone shed more light on why you'd choose the cajon over anything else? Does anyone have any back problems from sitting on one and hunching down to play it?