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  • Drum Lessons

    Drum Lessons

    202500_10151180563833274_382150234_oPrivate Drum & Percussion Lessons available at my studio or at your place.

    Instruments:

    • Drum Set,
    • Bongo,
    • Conga,
    • Timbal,
    • Cowbell,
    • Clave,
    • etc…

    Styles Include:

    • Rock
    • Jazz
    • Caribbean
    • Afro-Cuban
    • Punk Rock
    • Speed Metal
    • Pop
    • & More

    Influences Include:

    • Led Zeppelin
    • Hendrix
    • Black Sabbath
    • Tito Puente
    • Mongo Santamaria
    • Iron Maiden
    • Miles Davis
    • Dave Brubeck
    • and many more.

    Music Samples: 

    Video Samples: Drum & Percussion Video Playlist

    Send an email to learn more: Contact Form

  • OB Cooperative Records T-Shirt – Original Logo

    This is the first logo created for OBCR by OLatunji Dickson.

  • Los Able Minded Poets

    Los Able Minded Poets

    A.M.P.-playing-the-SD-MusicPlayed drums for Los Able Minded Poets

    Here we are at Humphrey’s Backstage after Winning Best Hip Hop Band award at the SDMusic Awards in 2004

  • Pato Banton

    Pato Banton

    Pato Banton - Stay Positive
    Pato Banton – Stay Positive

    While producing music for the OB Cooperative Records record label I was introduced to the amazing artist “Pato Banton” by the leader of Psydecar; Tim Pacheco. Pato was inspired by our free spirited approach to recording music and wrote the lyrics for “Stay Positive” while at the studio. We loved the song so much we brought the best musicians in to complement the song.

    Pato Banton: Lyrics and Vocals

    Tim Pacheco, Producer, Music, Organ, Bass, Percussion, Rhythm Guitar, Recording Engineer

    Ed Fletcher: Piano and Organ

    Donny Yadao: Drums

    Babacar Mbengue: Djembe

    David Carano: Lead and Rhythm Guitar’s

    Jose Maldonado: Executive Producer, Recording Engineer, Facilitator

  • Drummer Tribute – Billy Cobham

    Drummer Tribute – Billy Cobham

    When I was a kid I bought a cassette at Thrifty’s because it had Drumsticks on Velvet.

    The Best of Billy Cobham

    That album is “The Best of Billy Cobham” and had the song’s; Pleasant Pheasant, Stratus, Red Baron, and such incredible drumming, truly inspirational.

    Here is my old band playing my arrangement of “Red Baron and Stratus”

    *Recorded on a Boombox Cassette with Bandana Filter 😉

    even though the quality is not high, I just love the interaction with the musicians,

     

     

    Red Baron and Stratus by Billy Cobham

    Jose Maldonado – Drums, Arrangement, Boombox Recording

    Pete Pisatoro – Bass

    Emiko Nishida – Keyboards

    Mike Bamford – Guitar

    Recorded at Johnny’s Surf Club in Mission Beach around 2000