Learn to Solo on Cajon: A Step-By-Step Guide for Beginners (download)

Years ago, when I asked my drum teacher if he could help me learn to solo, he said: "Just feel it, man!"  Well, that didn't work for me, so I've spent years breaking down the process.  That's why I'm able to show you how to solo in a systematic, step-by-step way.     This video is packed with over 70 soloing licks and phrases, all played with music. It's structured into 6 lessons, each focused on a different kind of lick. You'll learn: the power of pairs cross-rhythmic sixes and sevens the funky offbeat path  how to create the illusion of speed with a rippled six split hands voicing formulas for generating longer phrases the techniques of compression and expansion how to go from a groove to a solo or fill and back, and more.   Each pattern is shown mainly in a player's-eye view and sometimes in a side view.  The video comes with an 18-page PDF file that includes charts of all the patterns. For easy reference, the number of each pattern appears onscreen while I'm demonstrating it.