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RE: Steel Drum Life: Island music bass for a highly respected city official’s memorial and then a surprise percussion request. Part 1 of 2.
Through the medium of a graphics editor:
Hehe
Btw Cool performance. I always like to learn new things so a while back I wanted to learn steel drum but they seemed to be quite expensive (so I bought a guitar). What is the cheapest you can go before it doesn't sound like a steel drum anymore?
I’m glad you like it, thanks. Lol, yeah that’s the spirit. Lots of almosts is there. Cool editing too @mathowl. What app was it?
I was thinking it’s just the corner of the square.
Oh and I probably should have called the last one rectangle, right?
That was fun. Part 2 will have another picture shape-photography-game, but with a Cajon this time.
Regarding your question... hmmm. I guess I would say a hand pan would kinda give you that fix. They are usually tuned to one scale, where as a steel drum is chromatic (all western notes) If a Steel Drum is 2k then it’s probably professional and more precise. It’s not easy to tune them.
Also look into the Jumby Pan. It’s kinda silly, but it’s really cheap.
If you live in Los Angeles, I can tell you of a cool place to play many typs of Steel Drums.
If you start looking for a Steel Drum again and find one, send me a video and I’ll give you my opinion. Not many people turn them properly, but it doesn’t matter if your just experimenting.
I used this vector graphics editor-> https://inkscape.org/en/ (it is free :D )
I live in the Netherlands. So that's the other of the world. I will have look into Jumpy pan. Thanks for the recommendation. I am still hoping to find to find a cheap drum/pan at a flea market but so far no luck. I will give you tweet when I find one :)
Yes, if you find one, the guy I worked for here in Lakewood California, might know a tuner in your area... You can probably get a hang easier than most... maybe... lol... if it's not too expensive, it might be too exclusive. https://g.co/kgs/Py4sp8 That is a type of hand pan. Probably the "original" design.
Defiantly not a steel drum. :)
If I were looking for a cheap steel drum (and i should) I would look for a tuner/maker and ask him if he has a steel drum that is tuned, but not chromed plated. Just rust proof and tuned. That might bring the price down. Some tuners do it. I'll ask my old boss if he knows anyone in Netherlands too.