by yambu321 » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:08 pm
GALLICHIO,
THE 1ST PART OF YOUR LAST POST WAS ON POINT, BUT THE 2ND PART IS OFF THE MONEY, AND THIS IS WHY. (PLEASE BARE WITH ME FOR A SHORT MOMENT, WHILE LEADING UP TO MY POINT).
JUST BCAUSE ONE PLAYS A DRUM, DOES NOT MEAN THAT ONE WILL CROSS ALL ROADS.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT PLAY STRICTLY CERTAIN TYPES OF MUSIC.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT PLAY POP, R&B, BLUES. THOSE THAT PLAY LATIN POP, AND ROCK. THOSE THAT PLAY FUSION, CONTEMPORARY, AND EASY LISTENING JAZZ STYLES. LATIN JAZZ
SALSA, MERENGUE, MOZAMBIQUE, BOMBA Y PLENA; AND TRUST ME THE LIST GOES ON! FOR ONE TO CROSS ALL ROADS, ONE MUST DEDICATE THE TIME AND EFFORT REQUIRED. THIS IS JUST THE HARD FACT. THOSE THAT DO WORK HARD TO TRY AND LEARN MOST, IF NOT ALL, WILL ATLEAST DO FINE ON EACH.
NOW, TO SIT IN AND PLAY IN A REAL FULL FLEDGED "RUMBA"; ONE BETTER KNOW, WHAT IS REQUIRED OF HIM WITH IN THAT SETTING, OTHERWISE ONE WILL IN A FLASH, GET BOOTED OFF!
BY THE GROUP, AND OR WORST BY OTHERS WATCHING THE RUMBA, INTERRUPTIONS OF A RUMBA WHILE IT IS BEING PLAYED, IS A BIG TIME NO, NO.
SO WITH THAT SAID, BEING A "RUMBERO" IS NOT JUST A TITLE FOR NOTHING, IT'S EARNED THROUGH TIME AND DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A SPECIALIZED ART.
ALSO,
FOR THAT MATTER, TO BE A CALLED A "CONGUERO", ONE MUST KNOW ALL, THAT ANY SELF RESPECTING CONGUERO SHOULD KNOW. OTHERWISE, ONE IS NOT TRULY A "CONGUERO", BUT RATHER A PERSON THAT PLAYS A CONGA. BIG DIFFERENCE. :;):
CHARLIE "EL COQUI" VERDEJO
Edited By yambu321 on 1202588719
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