Sometimes it's just a matter of one thing being too loud and the other not loud enough. I had to work out these kinks with my guitar player too. We tried different setups and speaker placements.. etc.. until we got it right. he'd lose the beat, and I'd lose his rythym or.. I'd get distracted by his rythym and lose the arranger's beat too. Fortunately, once we set things up properly we discovered that we can both play in time...

BTW, certain arrangers ( PA80 is one I know of ) can be set up to send out a "click" track independent of the stereo outputs ( it has 4 outputs total ). Perhaps this would help the percussionist ...


Now ..part two.. Skill levels and learning to play in time.. when everyone can hear everything properly and the timing is still off... then tthe next obvious quest6ion is.. can this person keep a beat ? .. I don't know your situation and how well the bongo player plays but if it isn't you going out of sync and the bongo player CAN hear the arranger ( maybe she can't ? ) then..... you get the picture yes ?

AJ


[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 09-27-2003).]