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DION DUBLIN, the former Aston Villa, Coventry, Norwich, Leicester and Celtic footballer, and current BBC football pundit, has launched a percussion instrument, The Dube, and is presently scouring the market for outlets. The Dube is a wooden cube made of basic woods, with a Shure PG52 kick drum mic installed that offers different playing tones on four of its surfaces – but whatever you do, don’t suggest to Dublin that it is like a cajon. “It’s cubic in shape and you play it with your hands, but it is nothing like a cajon,” he told MI Pro. “It sounds nothing like a cajon and with four playing sides, the range of tones is far greater. You have at least two different tones on each face, which means it can sound like congas and bongos – all sorts. On top of that, you can play it in any way you like – on the floor between your feet, standing up on a stand, it’s entirely up to the player – and then there is the microphone inside. It’s a completely unique instrument.” Dublin has been touting The Dube (as
MI Pro goes to press) for two months and is disciplining himself with a gruelling tour of schools, radio stations and potential retailers and distributors as he, in his words, starts “to get my head around the drum world.”
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He admits it is slow progress, but Dublin believes in his invention to the degree that he will not be giving up on it. “The first thing is to get it into the right
hands, get the professionals playing it and then get it into schools so the kids can grow up with it. I’m at the very bottom of
The instruments are made in Chesterfield by Bedford & Havenhand and the electrics are fitted by Foxwood Electrical, meaning the instrument is completely UK made. Dublin has created an all-singing-all- dancing website at
thedube.com, where
It’s just a day-by- day thing at the moment, but I know how
addictive it is and I’m certain it will
catch on. Dion Dublin
Founder of The Dube
the trade’s ladder at the moment, I know that, but you have to have a beginning and this is mine.” That said, Dublin has already succeeded
in getting The Dube used on Courtney Pine’s latest album and in the hands of the likes of Carl McGregor and Karl Brazil (of Feeder), as well as professional soundmen, such as Jim Jones of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
anyone interested in finding out more about The Dube and the opportunities for selling the instrument should go. The Dube comes in a range of finishes as well as with accessories such as stands and bags. “It’s just a day-by-day thing at the
moment,” he concluded. “But I know how addictive it is to play and I’m certain it will catch on.”
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