Toto - Africa // 6 Trombone Cover Version // Featuring Jeff Harrigan

I MISS THE RAINS DOWN IN AFRICA!!!

Last week’s video was a fun one for sure! Africa by Toto is one of my favorite songs, as I am sure it is many of yours. This classic song makes just about everybody bop their head to the music (or just straight-up get up and dance)! It was impossible not to move around while playing this song. That’s why we decided we wanted to make this video a fun one.

This trombone arrangement of Africa was written for 6 trombone parts. 5 tenor trombones and 1 bass trombone. I made the drum beat in GarageBand. This was my first time making a beat like this in GarageBand and I am super happy with how it turned out! I will definitely be using the drums in GarageBand for future projects. It just adds so much more life to the song! I hope you all like it too.

I have definitely been trying to “up the ante” with my videos. It is always my goal to make each video better than the one before it. This is definitely the most shots I have ever taken for a video (wait… scratch that, my 12 Days of Quarantine video had the most shots)! There were still a lot for this one though! This arrangement of Africa was for 6 trombone parts - so we each took a video for each part both inside and outside and then added in all the extra clips. Hopefully you all got a laugh out of them, haha! I was definitely cracking up when I was editing the video. That is one of my favorite parts about collaborating with other people online. When they send you their videos, you never know what kind of funny stuff you will find in there! Haha, always good for a laugh.

This is my third quarantine collaboration with Jeff Harrigan. What are us trombone players to do while we’re stuck at home?! The answer is easy: make music videos!!!

Jeff and I have played together in the shows Blast, Blast the Music of Disney and One Piece Oto Utage in Japan. Outside of his Japan tours, Jeff has been working for years as a freelancer in the Washington D.C./Baltimore area, on cruise ships, and all over the US with musical theatre productions. He will be moving to Texas soon, so Texas people: HIT. HIM. UP!

Here’s his Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jharrigan77

and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.harrigan.58

Check out the other videos we have made during quarantine and let me know which one is your favorite!

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