About me

I grew up in Salvador, in a street where somebody was always playing something on a table, a bucket or a drum. I learned from neighbours and from my uncle, and I have been playing hand drum, shakers and claves for most of my life.

I teach the way I was taught, with the pulse first and the hands last. Every groove in my videos is built from the same five parts, and the loops, samples, charts and workbook in the shop follow them in order. A new video comes every Tuesday, filmed in the courtyard where I record.