In this video, Ndugu demonstrates how playing drums, timbales and congas
helps create rhythm patterns for timbales. When Ndugu is playing with
another drummer often times he will adapt different cowbell patterns
on timbale that will go along with what the drummer is playing. Ndugu
suggests that timbale backbeats line up with the backbeats of the snare
drum.In this video, Ndugu is
using Toca's Custom
Deluxe Wood Congas and Pro
Line Timbales.
Ndugu has appeared on the some of
the greatest pop albums of all time, including Michael Jackson's Thriller,
in many capacities: session drummer, percussionist, producer, co-producer,
writer, instrumentalist and vocalist. Possibly Ndugu's greatest asset
is his impeccable, seemingly metronomic timing. A rare drummer,
he grasps the whole musical picture beyond his instrument.