Now, Tom, I told 'ya not to talk me out of it....
...but here's what I'm thinking. I'm a solo act and I play acoustic music. Sometimes I want some drums or other percussion, but I generally don't like the way synthetic drums sound, especially in the hands of someone like me who knows nothing about drumming. Also, I use my recordings sometimes for demos, and a full drum set is not going to properly represent my sound. From jamming a bit, I know that a conga would serve me purposes pretty well for my songs that could use some percussion, and it's something I think I could learn (I already got me a book), and it would be a simple addition to my stuff. And, it's consistent with my all-acoustic au natural framework -- everything I'm recording consists of manually created soundwaves going into a microphone (until, of course, ironically, it's converted into data and processed through a computer before anyone can hear it).
So Tom, would you like to sell me a conga drum? I'm looking for a single 11" drum (tunable) -- I'd like to keep it under $200.
BTW, I don't get the hair reference????
I'm assuming the mic you're talking about would be a dynamic mic, yes?
Thanks.