leedy2 wrote: many of you were not men't to be conga ,bongo ,timbales players .You may play traps perfect and are good at that or may play another instrument to perfection very well. To start to learn to play conga at a late age or any other instrument it is just crazy .You will not learn the true aspects of the instruments ,it become very difficult for you to under stand and worst of all you spend money that really don't need to in book ,teachers and instruments that later on it's wasted money sold you instrument for fraction of what you paid and at the end you have learned nothing. I have seen students that study under the tutelage of great musician's and I have put them to play a simple tumbao or a marcha on a set of bongos and can't play for the life in them. With this said if you find your self having problems in learning , you read and do not understand , see a teacher for 3 month's and nothing gets through then playing a percussion instrument of this source is not for you .You will be giving some one money paying there bill and you will be broke in long run.
YOU WERE NOT BORN TO BE A CONGA ,BONGO OR TIMBALES PLAY TRY SOME THING ELSE IT MAY BE BATTER FOR YOU
That is a post that is really annoying to many people - why write it at all?
Its inherent, if not open arrogance made me fly in to a fury early in the morning.
So who is "meant" to play congas? Who decides? God?
So you would like nobody except for a handful of greats ever to play conga I guess?
In fact if one took your statement seriously, then
nobody should play any kind of instrument, let alone compose music...
As a music teacher I do believe that you can initiate something with ALL kids - how they
evolve is another question of course, but what is important is also the joy of sharing and
playing music together in my opinion. As regarding conga playing, hey, consider the roots of rumba, it is for everybody!
Of course proper technique and feeling, sabor in playing is important, but what I just
do not need is this kind of I´ve-seen-it-all-nobody-can-play-properly-these-days-attitude.
Come on, Cuco let´s just not get so negative.
Live and let live.
Merry christmas.