Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:55 pm
Hello JohnnyConga,
thank you for your "Willkommen" (and even in German)! Nice to hear you are an "old Mannheimer"!
You asked me to tell something about myself. Don´t know wether this is the right thread to do so, but if not - please move the posting to the right place.
I found this forum a few weeks ago and was impressed by the number of interesting postings here! You are quite right: there is a lot one can learn here!
In 1982 I saw Mustapha Tettey Addy, the masterdrummer from Ghana, in a concert and was so fascinated by this music that I started to learn african drumming immediately! Later I also got interested in latin rhythms and congas, then came brazilian percussion - well, you all know how it works: once started you want to learn more and more, it never really stops...
My most important teachers were Aja Addy, Frankie Malabé (both died much too soon!!!) and John Santos, but I also studied with some others when they came to Germany, like Milian Gali, Amancio Batta, Gilson de Assis...
I played with several bands, did some drumming in churches (which was quite unusual in Germany in the eighties!) started teaching in 1988 (I worked with adults, mentally handicapped children, elderly people, in schools, churches... - I like to play with everybody who wants to learn and has fun).
Well, I think that´s enough for now! So HAPPY EASTER to everybody!
thank you for your "Willkommen" (and even in German)! Nice to hear you are an "old Mannheimer"!
You asked me to tell something about myself. Don´t know wether this is the right thread to do so, but if not - please move the posting to the right place.
I found this forum a few weeks ago and was impressed by the number of interesting postings here! You are quite right: there is a lot one can learn here!
In 1982 I saw Mustapha Tettey Addy, the masterdrummer from Ghana, in a concert and was so fascinated by this music that I started to learn african drumming immediately! Later I also got interested in latin rhythms and congas, then came brazilian percussion - well, you all know how it works: once started you want to learn more and more, it never really stops...
My most important teachers were Aja Addy, Frankie Malabé (both died much too soon!!!) and John Santos, but I also studied with some others when they came to Germany, like Milian Gali, Amancio Batta, Gilson de Assis...
I played with several bands, did some drumming in churches (which was quite unusual in Germany in the eighties!) started teaching in 1988 (I worked with adults, mentally handicapped children, elderly people, in schools, churches... - I like to play with everybody who wants to learn and has fun).
Well, I think that´s enough for now! So HAPPY EASTER to everybody!