Drummer Boy
We’ll let homeboy do the explaining on this one. (On a side note; after I heard this and did some digging through his stuff, I wasn’t surprised to find out that Watson is also a dubstep producer. Check him on MySpace.)
“Basically the title says it all: the tar (North African frame drum) solo announces the ‘Tabla’ or doumbek/darbuka solo, and then re appears for the outro. The percussion tracks are all improvisations. The riq (Arabic tambourine) which accompanies the other instruments plays the rhythmic foundation throughout the entire song. The rhythm, which is the same from start to finish, is called ‘Khaliji’ [a style native to Arabic culture]. I recorded all the percussion parts myself using a laptop running Ableton Live.”
Also, as much as we love SoundCloud, we realize it doesn’t show up on all RSS readers. So we got the stream (and freeload) right here:
Tom Watson, “Tar in, Tabla, Tar Out”
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Date posted: Monday, May 11th, 2009 7:43 pm | Under category: MPFrees, Music
Tags: darbuka, doumbek, Khaliji, riq, Tabla, tar, Tar in Tabla Tar Out, tom watson
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