So, what's "Fly"? This. Bass Cajon; tambourine; congas; cymbals. 4/4 180bpm.

A Gon Bops conga improvisation with a cross-over rhythm. No tan lines. 4/4 200bpm.

This traditional Cuban rhythm is the well established "go-to" pattern for 4/4 songs. It is perhaps the most commonly heard conga pattern in 4/4 music. The bongo pattern that accompanies the congas is referred to as "martillo" (the hammer…

At a recent charity event held in my small town's train museum, I was admiring a massive brass train bell when the curator walked up to me. I commented that a bell would really rather be heard then seen, and he agreed. I offered to digitally record…

Ilesa is a city located in the south west of Nigeria. This is a traditional rhythm pattern of the same name - but I'm not sure of the significance of the name. I played on 3 congas, accented with bell clave, block and cowbell, of course…

Well, here's a quick stripped-down version of a song that I wrote a couple of weeks ago and needed to record just to get it out of my head... Also my first crack at harmonizing with myself (kinda cool, but a bit weird for me to hear me singing…

11 Kissing Goodbye Kissing Goodbye Now that we’ve reached the end of our first holiday night Waving goodbye Down at the beach and ended our kiss of life Nothing to say Holding your hand Planning to stay Can’t take this away Beautiful…

10 Blue Eyes of blue and sunny skies peeping through Shepherds delights tonight it’s only right do you realize? Eyes of blue Are what I’m likely to see in you And I don’t know what to do A superstar is what you are she’d tell me…

09 Mistress Calamity and Mister Kaleidoscope Kisses with mistress Calamity Lips taste like sips of tea Pour me .. she makes me sweet internally Wide eyed it’s Mister Kaleidoscope Broken very-merry go ‘round Poorly he makes me feel…

08 What’s Wrong With This Picture? Here we are again Exchanging fluids And Exchanging made up numbers Temporarily tattooed on the backs of our hands With a biro the bar tender lent us Never intending to see if the numbers really add up…