Hey everyone. I'm really sorry but I totally missed that the middle two bass accents are the other way around in the full speed version of beat #2. I don't think I can fix it for this video, sadly. I'll have to remake the video 😅 Probably not right away but after a little while. Until that time, we'll just have to deal with this slightly flawed version. Thanks in advance for understanding. To make the most of the situation, you can practice switching between the two versions using this special PDF I just made: drive.google.com/file/d/1i8WCZeiePNDRMDLJdnJSdAP2kIj5knhs/view?usp=sharing
@@rosslmccallum no problem, very helpful. I'm an emergency physician and self taught drummer, wanted to learn something new during the pandemic so picked up the Cajon. Your videos are extremely informative, keep up the good work🔥
Thanks James! I found I could get a great sound by playing overall much softer than usual but still hitting the snare accents with a good amount of energy. Then with the right mic position, high gain and EQ, I could make it really cut. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
Wow! What a great channel! Today is my first day on the cajon. I actually feel like I am getting one or two beats down thanks to Ross’s teaching style. I’m hank you, Ross!
Thanks I hope I find the right inspiration for it soon. I'm trying to always include musical examples in my videos now so I'll have to do some work on making tracks for it and yep it will take some time but I still hope I can do it soon.
Thanks Varad! My best tip for making these grooves sound good is playing the cajon softer overall but making the snare accents sound huge by putting the power you saved into them.
Thank you! They are unique to this video actually. I built up each track with samples that I downloaded from Splice. The production isn’t amazing, but I did my best! I made extended 10 minute practice loop versions of these tracks for members. If you have any other questions just let me know!
@@rosslmccallum The other day I showed my wife the Pearl Primero Cajon Music Town USA at some website and she instantly told me,” -Buy it, it will make a niece piece of furniture for my living room!” 😂 So, I bought it! I decided to give it a shot and found you on RU-vid. I just learned 5 grooves contained in one of your lessons. May God bless you! I’m in love with the Cajon!
Ross, for those of us starting out, it would be a great help if you could include a strike diagram along with your playing. It is hard to follow the pattern just watching you play.
Yes there are a fair few, I'll link them here for you now: (Newer videos at the top) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xcgfVFvTgTA.html Triplet Explorer Cajón Beat ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jwO0RDAez8E.html Herta Triplet Combo Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YMDnjoFg3LU.html Footslide Triplet Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OyqaZd2G2wc.html Doubles In Triplets Exercise ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JqBlxa_yGnM.html Everybody Wants To Rule The World ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OQoGI6rt3r4.html Half-time Shuffle Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8mThSFOBAMM.html Fresh Shuffle Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vcQAr4ejL4M.html 6 Stroke Roll Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8QlcplsSr6I.html Rosanna Shuffle #2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O7G0S8Z33Cc.html Rosanna Shuffle #1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6_-7mBvinsE.html 3 Half-time shuffle demos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fd1VepOqC34.html Bouncy Shuffle Groove ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JB8WKjgLnV4.html Another 3 shuffle demos Wow that was more than I expected haha going over quite a few years there! Some of those videos are much more advanced than others, but hopefully they'll all be helpful in some way. I also have a 4-part members course that's all about getting very proficient with triplets and shuffles which is right here: ru-vid.com/group/PLkFTJa7bYzTiLZj9LWUsE2O14Lt8be9GR Have a good day and good luck with the practice!
I dint understand 😫 i cant read the music. Id like it broken down and explained bit by bit but nevermind. Good to see you active again though. I'm so grateful for your tips. I've gotten better at playing and got compliments too😍
It’s wonderful to hear you’re getting compliments on your cajon playing! I’ll try to do a step-by-step lesson next. A mix of these 5 groove overviews and then also the single groove breakdown videos is probably best for everyone. If you’d like to learn sheet music, my video about it is good for beginners I think! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a2-iv2-xYU0.html
I'll turn these into 10 minute loops like we have for the easy syncopation course soon. Thanks for the great idea! Keep an eye on the community tab over the next week or two and I'll post them when they're done.
Hi Ross! You're videos are awesome and I'm learning so much from them! I have a problem though: I can't distinguish between the beats in my head and I'm having a hard time trying to memorize them. Can you add a part where you switch between the beats and compare them to each other? Or maybe give tips for memorizing them? Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your work and love your videos
Hey that’s a great idea for a lesson “stringing different grooves together”. It’s a lot of repetition to get good at that. Think of it like when you learn a language and someone gives you a sentence you need to recite, that takes a long time before you can do it without checking the next word etc. I like to sing the groove in my head “boom, bap, boom boom bap” while listening to it and then try singing it without playing it. Then after that try to switch between singing it and playing it. I hope that helps!
Here's my 50 best cajon lessons in order of difficulty :-) Take it slow and make sure you do a plenty of practice each day. ru-vid.com/group/PLkFTJa7bYzThGL_78XSshBDbBR38NFiUc
Thanks heaps! I think they all have that familiar vibe somehow. Actually, these are tracks I made out of samples I downloaded from a site called, “Splice”.
Ross, you probably know me by now - with the amount of interactions I have had with you. I have the same brand of Cajon (probably not the same model), but how do you get such a sound with so less effort - almost just ‘touching’ the surface?
Thanks for the great question :-) I think the two elements at work here are the "velocity" of the hit and the sound recording/editing process. I don't move my hands all that far off the drum but my hands have become quite trained in moving very quickly across that short distance to make a reasonably loud sound. The mics being close and having their gain settings quite loud makes them more sensitive than the ears of someone standing and listening close by. My recording/editing process also includes EQ, compression and reverb that can make small sounds seem much larger too.
Huarong you're right! I'm really sorry. I totally missed that the middle two bass accents are the other way around in the slow version. I don't think I can fix it for this video, sadly. I'll have to remake the video 😅 Until then, we'll just have to deal with this slightly flawed version.
In recent videos I use two mics (Audix i5 for snare sounds / Audix D6 for bass sounds). In older videos, I use just one mic on the inside (Audix ADX-60). A really simple and budget friendly option I love, is my TASCAM DR-05x mic and recorder. Sounds good to me but not quite as precise as the other mics.
@@rosslmccallum Brother I always watch your video and I love to hear and play cajon and drum but I don't have it I couldn't buy it by myself but my father said I can't afford cajon but I love to play cajon as Christian I also go in prayer meetings in conventions and I miss cajon if I have it I'll play there If I want to sale my Mobile phone I'll sale it but I want to buy it If you help me to buy I'm be very thank full to you in my hole life 😔😔
Actually just tapping time on the floor. It sort of just helps me keep time better if I tap my foot. There’s a tambourine sound in the backing music but yeah that’s separate.
I actually produced the backing music for this video and so there's a 10 minute looping version of each of these tracks. That's one of the membership perks you get on my channel if you'd like to play along with it some more for extended practice. Check this out if you have some time and want to know more: ru-vid.comjoin The electric guitar samples I used mostly came from a website called Splice as well as some bass guitar etc. that I found in Apple's Logic Pro software. Check out these too if you want to make something like this yourself :-)
Hey Sanjay! There’s a bit of processing I like to with EQ and compression + some reverb. Take a look at the last past of this video and hear how those layers each bring the sound up to what you hear in my videos ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Kj_gDvqWw8.html
@@rosslmccallum hey Ross, I am really inspired by the amount of effort and time you put into making every part of the video ❤️. And also if I have not said this before, thank you sooo much for making the price suitable even for people not from West. All the best da ❤️
@@sanjayramesh5510 you’re very welcome! It’s also been a very hard year and a half for all of us around the world so thank you too for taking the time to help encourage me too.
It might be different depending on your location but if you search Google for the MEINL Subwoofer Cajon, you should get some shopping results I believe.
Got it :-) I actually pinned a comment at the top for this mistake yeah. Hey everyone. I'm really sorry but I totally missed that the middle two bass accents are the other way around in the full speed version of beat #2. I don't think I can fix it for this video, sadly. I'll have to remake the video 😅 Probably not right away but after a little while. Until that time, we'll just have to deal with this slightly flawed version. Thanks in advance for understanding. To make the most of the situation, you can practice switching between the two versions using this special PDF I just made: drive.google.com/file/d/1i8WCZeiePNDRMDLJdnJSdAP2kIj5knhs/view?usp=sharing
