Mike Fonseca

#rumbacubana #rumbamatancera #percussionclass #danceclass

This is my type music. It involves multiple drummers with some holding down a loop and some improvising. My type music also involves music that inspires people to dance. This rhythm is Afro-Haitian, and it's called Gagá

This particular rhythm goes out to Chano if you look him up, use the spelling Shango. You can find an entry on Wikipedia. He's a fascinating diety and historical figure!
#atxdrummer #eni alado #chango #shango #batá

This started out as a Guiro, but in order to keep the dancers synced up, we gotta emphasize the one. We still get to play around so I was just kind of freestyling a little bit here 😆 Big thanks for the homies holding it down and making it a fun hang!
#atxdrummer#livedrumming#borntodrum#smashd

This is toque [beat] is called Yakota, it is for Yemaya, who happens to be my orisha. We had to make a quick adjustment because our okónkolo player had cancel. I decided to play the okónkolo and itótele. Ian's on Iya. What do you think?
#batá #yemaya #yakota

We kind of learned this one by ear. So it's not exactly Akete Oba, but it's pretty close. Stick around for the end, you'll see a special guest joining us.
#akete oba #obatalá #atxdrummer

If you're counting 16th notes in 4/4, what you're hearing is 2 measures of 3-2 rumba clave followed by me playing eighth note triplets that start on the last 16th of the measure. How would you notate that?#rhythmexercises #musicalnotation #percussion_instrument

Here's a little hybrid of a song we threw together. A cross between a Guaguancó and a chant for Eleguá
#honktx2025 #guaguancó #eleguá #atxdrummer

Here's the tailend of our Gagá performance. We had a blast! @alfonsoatx had us working overtime! It's a really fun class of Sundays 4-5 you should come by sometime.
#francohatian #afrohatiandance #atxdrummer

We had a great time the 1st Saturday of March! Come on down Saturdays 3-5.
#atxdrummer #guaguancó #handpercussion

1st day in February turned out real nice. We had some surprise guests today from @orodancecompany. We kinda just put this together right on the spot. Come by on Saturdays I'll be there 3-5pm (weather permitting)
#rumbacubana
#muellerlakepark
#atxdrummer
#guaguancó

Just chilling at the park trying to get a Rumba going. I'll be here on Saturdays 3-5 weather permitting.
#atxdrummer #polyrhythms #handpercussion

Thanks! We're out here trying to spread the culture!

Took out my #guataca from #matanzascuba out for a spin last night. How loud could it possibly be? #atxdrummer

Did some tracking at Audiotorium in Round Rock today!

Tecnically speaking, we should have 6 people to cover all of the percussion parts to get a good Guaguancó going. How do you think we did with only 3? #handpercussion #latinpercussion #atxdrummer

I heard the other day that Nico McBrain was retiring. This particular intro is something that I was completely intimidated by when I first heard it. I was so intimidated, in fact, that since 1986 I never even dared to learn it.
#nicomcbrain #ironmaidenfans #atxdrummer

This was our first try at playing Batá for Alfonso's Afro-Latin movement class at Esquina tango. This one went out to Ogun #batá #ogun #atxdrummer #atxmusicscene

Im planning on doing this every Saturday 3-5 at Mueller lake park. Interested in coming by?
#rumbacubana #atxdrummer #guaguancó