What a difference a doumbek makes
I have a friend who works with a band. Usually they just sing cover tunes of various artists without much thought to doing anything at all original or unique. One day the singer decided that he wanted to change things up a bit. Make the song they were performing a little different. I was surprised to see him bring in a doumbek drum. I could not figure out what the little goblet shaped drum would add to the song. But with the combination of deep bass tones and the crisp high tones it put out, it made the song shine! It really gave it a nice tonal flair that really made the bass stand out. They are thinking of trying to use the drum on every song now.