Collected Cajon Lessons

I'm interested in buying a cajon, so started looking at some playing online and lessons provided. Here are some interesting links. If anybody else has great links, please comment on this post. Happy to make this overview an broad collection of tutorials.

Players

• Paul Jennings @ PlayCajon
• Heidi Jaubert @ Cajonbox.com 
• Ross McCallum @ YouTube Cajon Groove Guide
• Daddi Bahmani on Youtube
• Karol Wilkoszewski on Youtube
• David Kuckhermann @ framedrum.net and YouTube 
• Michael de Miranda @ YouTube
• Royale Cajon @ YouTube

Brush technique

Looking for some extra info on how to use brushes, I ran into some great YouTube video's. I decided to add it all into a comprehensive overview of available learning resources and some stunning examples on brush technique. All in all, I believe the below material provides you with several months, if not years of learning. Enjoy!

Peter Erskin on the Vic Firth Education Resource Center

To start with, here's a series of 6 YouTube video's, by my compatriot Peter Erskine (as featured on the Vic Firth Education Resource Center)

1. Developing a legato sound
2. Articulation
3. Basic Time Patterns
4. Time keeping
5. Bossa / Pop Grooves
6. Medium/Fast Jazz

Below video collection will launch all 6 of them in a row.




The art of Brushes
Next, a series of excerpts from the DVD "The art of brushes" (as available on YouTube), featuring:

• Billy Hart
• Steve Smith
• Joe Morello
• Ben Riley
• Eddie Locke
• Charli Persip
• Adam Nussbaum

To view all excerpts in a row, use the below YouTube collection.

Stefan Bagnoli
Stefano Bagnoli at the Drum Brother Project



Clayton Cameron

Clayton is the author of the great book "Brushworks: The new language for Playing Brushes". I happen to be the owner of the book and can confirm that it's worth the money.

Below YouTube materials show the brush master in action on some drum shows. No comment!

Florian Alexandru-Zorn

Florian Alexandru-Zorn seems to be one of the new kids on the block. He released the book "The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes" as well as more recently the 2DVD "The Brush Secret". Some of the materials of the DVD are available through the website of the "The Bush Secret", and are also featured on the Evan's website.

Evans website
The Evans drumheads website has some great video's by:

• Ed Soph
• Florian Alexandru-Zorn (check also his personal website)
• Peter Erskin
• Adam Nussbaum
• Mike Michelcow

Some other resources

• Ed Thigpen's books:  "The sound of brushes" and "The essence of brushes"
• The melodic drummer: Uptempo Jazz 6 - Brush Advice from Kenny Washington
• Lessons from Berklee
• Steve Fidyk on YouTube 
• Steve Fidyk National Jazz Workshop on wire brushes

Blorganization

Just for the record, I'll be using the following tags on my blog:

• Drimformation: General information on drums
• Drum lessons: Interesting grooves, links to lessons, video's and books
• Do it yourself: Build your own drum and percussion materials
• My Gear: The stuff I play on