So I recently purchased a $15 Kalimba, which is a “finger piano” of sorts. It’s pretty cool, and I saw a guy use it in a beat-making video a while back, so I’ve wanted to get one and try using it in my own music making. I just uploaded a new song to Distrokid, but I’m kind of unhappy with how the synthesizer turned out in that song. I’ll do better next time.
I believe the Kalimba is an African originated instrument, as a lot of them are, and I wanted to try it out myself. I don’t plan on trying to become a Kalimba Grandmaster, but I’d like to play it to a degree in some boom bap, lo-fi hip hop, or future hop beats I might make. Once I incorporate it into a beat, I’ll make a Youtube video about it and review it and show how I used it in the beat. Should be fun.
I’d also like to get some bongo drums, because as Richard Pryor was once quoted “Black people are very visual and we know the drum”. That’s very true about myself as well, so I think that would be a cool instrument to pick up and play around with. I worry about how loud it would be in this apartment though. Hopefully, if I get one, I could figure out how to play it when it sounds like my neighbor isn’t home. It’s not like playing a whole dang drum set, but it still makes noise.
It’s Saturday night and my wife is sick. If she doesn’t get better by tomorrow afternoon, I’ll take her to the emergency room and have them run tests on her to see if there’s anything we should be worried about going on. I’m taking good care of her and she’s resting, but I don’t want something major to happen and have hindsight show that we should have moved on it sooner. Anyways, til next time readers. Stay up! L8r!