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Pacheco & Boursy from The Gipsy Kings Visit LP

Tom Schwarz — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:39:46 +0000

LP artists Rodolfo Pacheco & Quentin Boursy from The Gipsy Kings came in for a photo shoot & were willing to jam for us here in the LP Studio. Rodolfo Pacheco has been playing congas & percussion with the Gipsy Kings for 18+ years. Rodolfo is using the LP Top Tuning Congas, LP 45th Anniversary Congas & one Eddie Montalvo Quinto. Quentin is playing the LP Prestige Bronze Timbales with a LP Jam block & 2 LP Salsa Timbale Bells.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FPRt5rMXPY

Damon Grant & Band Perform in the LP Studio

Tom Schwarz — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:39:31 +0000

LP artist Damon Grant along Rebecca Haviland & Kit Karlson performed in the LP studio recently. When you hear the tune “Can’t Get Enough you’ll be blown away by what these three can bring to the table. It’s a perfect example of how less is more. Damon is using the LP Kevin Ricard Cajon, LP Multi-Stem Gajate Bracket & the LP One-Handed Triangle. It’s always a pleasure working with Damon and we look forward to the next time.

The Band Line is,

Rebecca Haviland – Keys & Vocals

Damon Grant – Percussion & Backing Vocals

Kit Karlson – Bass & Backing Vocals

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6HB3f0DpWE

Winter NAMM Show Day 4 – Kevin Ricard Cajon

Jim — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:48:56 +0000

Kevin Ricard was in the booth to demonstrate his new signature series cajon. Take a look at this video to find out the details about this wonderful new drum and the exclusive cajon microphone bracket that LP introduced at the show.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_lFPNa1nqs

Winter NAMM Show Day 3 – CoverBand Performance

Jim — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:42:00 +0000

Saturday was a very busy day at the NAMM show. We had many guests including Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater, Joey Castillo from Queens of the Stone Age, Bashiri Johnson who is playing with Whitney Houston, touring and studio master Ron Powell and Karl Perazzo from Santana.

However, I have to say that the hit of the day came from the CoverBand 2010 winners and their performance on Saturday night at the Hilton. Check the two clips below for a taste of what happened and for drum phenom Didi Negron’s killer solo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKVgyXk4wHo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2_sL8-VsnQ

WNAMM Show Day 2 – CoverBand Rehearsal

Jim — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:59:09 +0000

LP was a sponsor of the CoverBand 2010 amateur musician contest this past year. The winners were flown to the NAMM show and will perform on Saturday night here in Anaheim. I was lucky enough to catch some of the first rehearsal. I will say there was some trepidation. When you put 7 musicians, who have never met before, in one room and tell them to play, anything can happen. What makes this even more challenging is when your only knowledge of their is abilities is from a 2 minute video clip. I was lucky enough to catch some of the first rehearsal and I will say there was some trepidation as to what might happen. After a bit of tuning and noodling around they jumped into their first song, it was a bit clunky as they tried to connect with each other. Then, it happened. The groove was laid down and they started to lock in. Here is a quick clip of some of that rehearsal.