#Cabasa Lesson

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Over the next few weeks, I will share each of the songs from the “Before I Let Go” CD along with a little bit of background for each song. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. But, life happened. Fortunately, music does not have an expiration date as evidenced by my love of the Beatles and old Springsteen songs.

It makes sense to start with the title track since it is the first track providing the theme for the record. Like most of the songs on this record, Before I Let Go is autobiographical. I tried to capture the moment when I finally surrendered to a problem that I just could not solve. Based on Facebook posts and comments, others have struggled with similar issues. The great lesson of my life is that holding onto problems contributed very little to actually solving them. It just made me bitter.

Like so much of the CD, Before I Let Go was written and recorded as a demo in a home “studio.” I never intended to release it. And, it shows in spots as it is not the best recording on the record. It’s a simple song with a bit of charm and a ton of meaning. Before I Let Go is my favorite song on the record although “New” is a very close second.

One of the advantages of home recording is the ability to experiment. We hear this in recordings from many of our musically talented friends back in Philly. On Before I Let Go, the “cello” is a combination of keyboards and an old Les Paul guitar using a clean sound and/or a glass slide. I liked the sound so much that I used it again for the song “New.” There are no drums on the Before I Let Go. Percussion consists of cabasa and a shaker which took more takes than I care to admit. In contrast to the CD, there are big drums in our live show where Before I Let Go is our closer.

For this post, I created my first lyric video over the artwork that Megan created for the inside of the CD. I love that the CD cover is black and white on the outside opening to full color. It fits the positive message of letting go. And, it’s a bit adorable.

My original plan was to create a live acoustic video for Before I Let Go. After a year, I have to admit that I’ve struggled in my effort to capture a live video with just an acoustic guitar and harmonica. I will keep plugging away. When I finally get it, I will share it out. In the meantime, big thanks to the our friends who have suffered through my attempts.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading, I appreciate people listening, sharing, going to shows… just all of the great support through many years. Big thanks to Chris Ritchie and Chris Babler for dissecting these songs so that we can perform them live as a three piece.

With the latest changes to Amazon Music, “Before I Let Go” is now available on all major streaming links - Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, YouTube…

All the best,

Rodger

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How music therapy, especially piano lessons, can help stroke survivors recover

How music therapy, especially piano lessons, can help stroke survivors recover

As the audience applauded in Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida, they were unaware that all five on stage were stroke survivors. Yet they don’t skip a beat on their cabasa, drum and djembe. What the audience didn’t know was that the performance was part of a music therapy session, with music proven to activate different centers of the brain.As…

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ID Cabasa - Why Many Nigerian Record Labels Are Folding Up

ID Cabasa - Why Many Nigerian Record Labels Are Folding Up Legendary music producer, Olumide Ogunade, popularly known ID Cabasa, is a beat maker who brings his artistic value to both music production and business. He has helped young acts take their music career to the next level. Ace Nigerian music producer,Id Cabasa has waded into the ongoing debate about the short lifespan of Nigerian record labels. ID Cabassa, who became famous in the 2000s as the hitmaker behind acts like 9ice, Jahbless, 2shotz, Banky W, Lord of Ajasa, and Olamide, said most Nigerian record label owners only have the money but lack the requirements needed to run their businesses. The ‘Totori’ crooner shared his views on an Instagram live series this with an artiste manager, Ubi Franklin over the weekend.

ID Cabasa - Why Many Nigerian Record Labels Are Folding Up The chat tagged, “The Music Business Conversation” is the initiative of Franklin and is aimed at highlighting the major issues affecting the Nigerian music industry. During the chat, ID Cabassa, who dropped his comeback single in 2019, said most record labels only started with the intention of showing the world what they can achieve. READ ALSO:Don Jazzy – I Never Had Money Issues With D’banj In Mo’hits “Most record label owners have no business opening up a record label. You can actually be an investor. If the only thing you have to drop is money, be an investor and don’t open a record label. “This is because it is not just about having the money to spend, it is about having the money to spend in a proper structure and system. In fact, when you have a good system, you will spend less money.” The singer said he has had his fair share of artiste-record label issue. He noted that artistes and the record label have roles to play in the development of the music industry. According to him, both parties should make efforts for the success of their relationship while holding sacrosanct the content of the contracts they have signed. “Number one thing is to realise that we’re created for relationships, as humans. This is a community where each person needs the other person. When we realise that we were created to be dependent on each other, we will realise that when we get into the business, we need to respect that human value. “I say this everywhere that you have to be very brutal and thorough when signing a contract. Sign contracts as worst enemies and work together as best of friends. Learn to honour your contracts as artistes and record labels,” he said The Coded Tunes CEO added that greed on the part of the artistes as well as the record labels remains a major cause of the problem in the industry. “Selfishness, sometimes from the artistes, sometimes from the record label, is the problem. If we had a proper system and structure that doesn’t run with emotions or sentiments, we wouldn’t have this problem,” he said. He said artistes approach the label owners with “the hustle spirit” and the big dreams of making it big in the industry without placing values on the table. “All they think about is their survival. What they want to eat, drink, wear. Some of them will even dream further by thinking of houses. They ask you to give them an apartment. These are the things they come to the table with. “From the little I have been able to study, you are not supposed to come to the table with your needs. You’re supposed to come with the value that you carry. You know when they come and you ask them, what do they want, you’ll be shocked that most of them don’t care if you have the right structure to support them, the next thing they ask is, bros buy me car I will serve you for the rest of my life.” He also said label owners on the other hand also want to make money off any artiste that comes up without plans of building as many talents as they can. “You may blow, make it in the industry, buy cars, go on vacations but until other people can make it from your values, you’ve not really done anything great. Some people will sow the seed and others will ‘eat’. Most of the people we have here are eaters,” he said.

ID Cabasa - Why Many Nigerian Record Labels Are Folding Up He concluded by emphasising on the importance of keeping a relationship, regardless of whatever has occurred in the relationship. “To every record label and artiste, it is better to lose an argument than to lose a relationship. You don’t know which guy will help you tomorrow.” Corroborating ID Cabasa’s submissions, a Nigerian rapper, Michael Stephens, popularly known as Ruggedman, said record labels and artistes only come into the industry to make it big financially, with no plans to improve the state of the industry. “A lot of labels have done great for themselves, for their artistes but they’ve not done great for the industry, especially on the structure level. What is happening in the industry is basically labels and artistes, coming into the industry, taking what they can to make themselves big, popular, and financially okay and move. There’s never a structure for the ones coming behind to work on.” In a related development, ID Cabasa, also recently revealed that he did feel like a failure at some point in his career. The-father-of-three said this in an Instalive chat with rapper, Bouqui. He revealed that he was so broke and could not pay his house rent. According to him, he had to move into his studio with his family, “yet people felt he was rich because he was a celebrity”. “My pain was the springboard for me to be well established. I learned a lot during that time. It was like my own lockdown. At that time, I thought I was a failure. With everything I knew and the depth I had, I felt I was a failure. I thank God I learned the lessons and was able to bounce back,” he said. MUSICPRONG ALSO POSTED:DJ Cuppy Shows Off New Skill She Learnt During Quarantine Korede Bello – You Can’t Please People Who Have Made Up Their Mind DJ Cuppy – She Lands Dream Job, Says ‘It Is A Life Changing Contract‘ Read the full article

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Keep Music Alive had a fantastic time celebrating Make Music Day at the Ridley Township Public Library and Resource Center with everyone from toddlers to seniors and nearly 30 different types of instruments! We had fun introducting folks of all ages to glockenspiels, sand blocks, ukuleles, thunder tubes, agogo bells, electric & acoustic guitars, frog tone blocks, triangles, cabasas, bongos, keyboards and so much more! Mini music lessons for all. THANK YOU to all Keep Music Alive's volunteers: Nate Richards, Andre Maranhao, Marylee Logan-Fairfield, Sean Capuano, Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico and the wonderful folks at the Ridley Library... it couldn't be as successful as it was without you! 🎶 #MakeMusicDay #WorldMusicDay #MakingMusic #InstrumentPettingZoo #KeepMusicAlive (at Ridley Township Public Library and Resource Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/By_Qdi0j1OJ/?igshid=1wamuena9i710

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Weather Report ‎– Mysterious Traveller Columbia ‎– KC 32494 1974

PERSONNEL Wayne Shorter - Saxophone, Piano [Tac], Conch [Sea Shell] Joe Zawinul - Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Melodica, Percussion, Piano [Tac], Drums [Clay], Kalimba, Maracas, Organ Bass – Alphonso Johnson, Miroslav Vitous Drums – Dom Um Romao, Ishmael Wilburn, Skip Hadden Ocarina, Woodwind [Woodwinds] – Don Ashworth Percussion – Dom Um Romao, Ray Barretto Tabla, Cymbal [Finger Cymbals] – Isacoff Timpani – Steve Little Triangle, Tambourine, Cabasa – Dom Um Romao Vocals – Auger James Adderley, Billie Barnum, Edna Wright, Jessica Smith

May as well stick with fusion.  That's a whole lotta musicians playing a whole lotta instruments.  No pretentious wankery here, it's all pretty jammy and cosmically involved.  The groove’s pretty strong on this, a good bunch of the musicians on this lp fed from Miles’ funky teat.  Like many who worked with Miles, Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter took those lessons expanded it into their own thing. This is clearly a product of that.

LISTEN: Weather Report ‎– Mysterious Traveller