Cajon Video Course Allan Poteon

Who is Allan?

Allan Poteon, born 1956, is a professional musician and steel drum builder from Trinidad. From childhood on he learned and played in a variety of Caribbean Bands. Living in Germany since 1996 he teaches at schools and other institutes for music education in Germany and the United Arab Emirates. He composes and interprets songs for bands (eg. Panello) or teaches workshops (eg. Sommermusikfest). He founded Bands like the children’s steel band Styl les Sticks, the Nu Tones Steelband, the Tin Pan Alley Steelband and gets booked as a solo musician by orchestras.

When it comes to building steel drums Allan is a master of his trade. Even the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is one of his clients.

Cajon

Cajón (ka’xɔn, Spanish, “box”) is a percussive musical instrument from Peru. It is a stool to sit on with one or more wooden playing surfaces and is often used as a drum replacement or percussive instrument and is played with hands.

A specific characteristic of cajons is that their playing surfaces – instead of a skin or foil covering – are made of wooden panels. Cajons, in contrast to fur-covered drums, have a rather dry sound character, which can be particularly advantageous when accompanying other unamplified instruments.