As a french conguero, i like very much latin music and afro caribean culture. I started playing whan I was 20, not so young to begin !! I listen a lot of salsa, specially the one from "el barrio" de NYC, like Jimmy Bosch or Spanish Harlem Orchestra. I play in a french band named Salsafon. http://www.salsafon.com http://myspace.com/salsafon