Welcome to Dani’s (musical director) YouTube channel, where you’ll learn Colombian percussion in a simple, accessible way. I created this space nine years ago to share the ancestral knowledge generously passed down to me by elders like Petrona Martinez, Emilsen Pacheco and MArtina Camargo and their communities from Puerto Escondido, San Martín de Urabá, San Jacinto, Ovejas, Montería, and Barranquilla. Colombia’s Caribbean region is incredibly rich and diverse, yet many people—inside and outside the country—don’t know these traditions or how to play rhythms like cumbia. My vision for this channel has always been to give everyone, musicians and non-musicians alike, access to the music I’m most passionate about.