by congabebe » Sun Nov 03, 2002 8:43 pm
I got the Essence of Congas by Jerry Steinhurst, it was good that is where I learned alot of patterns, then I got Bobby Sanabria's video Fundemento 2, should have gotten Fundemento 1 and his basics first. He is good, love the tape, but I have a hard time cause he doesn't break it down more and cause I should have gotten his first to tapes. I got Richie Garcia's 'Basic's and Beyond', and it is good also, but this is a CD. To tell you the truth, his is good but what I have seen on the Congaman's website for instructions is even better for technique. It would be great to get it in a book and cd. I have tried to print it but I got a crappy printer and it would take forever, so I have managed to get 2 or 3 pages to work on. I have a teacher but his technique is in memory and what he does sometimes I can't break down enough to repeat when I get home, so I wish he had 'written' music available. I feel pretty silly not being able to live without it written down. Not that I am into reading, just need the breakdown to reinforce my learning. There is so much to learn. I need to check out Kalani's video. It has been recommended before.
peace,
congabebe