congaplace.com

Posted: **Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:29 pm**

Hi
Here are 4 songs that my band recorded lately .
http://www.cubbe.org/haazana.html
Just click on one of the names to download it .
The site is in hebrew , so don't be surprised if you find it difficult to read ... (:
The recordings are not very good , as we made them using a Minidisc . I play the bongo here .

Enjoy it , & I'll be happy to hear what you think

Edited By soungalo on 1127673014

Posted: **Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:11 pm**

NOT BAD...reminds me of Snowboy from England. Got real good energy. Who did the Arrangements and who is the piano player, and the rest of the guys?....."JC" Johnny Conga...ps got a photo?...

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:02 am**

Good to hear some of your grooves.

Just one thing, in "La Rumba Orientala" was it the arranger's or conga players intention to have the congas played out of/crusado with the clave in the Yambu sections?

Sounds a bit rough in some sections, reminds me of some of the recordings from the late 50's / early 60's, had I of stumbled across it, I wouldve assumed it was from that circa.

Well done on getting some material recorded, in time you learn from your recordings and improve both quality of sound, arrangements and style. You get to hear what works and what doesnt.

Thanks for sharing soungalo.

Edited By ABAKUA on 1127711309

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:08 am**

JohnnyConga wrote:...ps got a photo?...

Hey JC, some photos can be found on the site, this is the link: http://www.cubbe.org/photo.html

Flute player is cute! :cool:

What's her name?

PS, your guiro dude is holding it upside down. :;):

Edited By ABAKUA on 1127707822

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:05 am**

hi
thanks for replying
I'm happy to hear that it sounds like an oldschool recording (:
All the songs were writen by our piano player , Lior .
The arrangements were made by all the band together .
We didn't mean to play the conga groove in La rumba orientala out of clave ... it just happened .
I'm quite sure that our flute player (Dana) didn't ever think she'd find her photo here (: , I'll show her .
And about the guiro , I'm the "Guiro dude" , and I realized that for some reason , it sounds better when it's upside down ... don't ask me why .

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:29 am**

Well if you like the sound better, then more power to you!

If you and your band are happy with the sound, thats all that matters!

Maybe its technique though, correct positioning is with the opening upwards..

And Dana.... very cute.

Edited By ABAKUA on 1127730662

Posted: **Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:43 am**

want me to give her your phone number ...?:D
it IS a joke

Edited By soungalo on 1127735049

Posted: **Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:09 pm**

ABAKUA wrote:Good to hear some of your grooves.

Just one thing, in "La Rumba Orientala" was it the arranger's or conga players intention to have the congas played out of/crusado with the clave in the Yambu sections?

Sounds a bit rough in some sections, reminds me of some of the recordings from the late 50's / early 60's, had I of stumbled across it, I wouldve assumed it was from that circa.

Well done on getting some material recorded, in time you learn from your recordings and improve both quality of sound, arrangements and style. You get to hear what works and what doesnt.

Thanks for sharing soungalo.

I was going to ask this same question... It sounds pretty good, but that particular song bugs me for that reason. I suppose there is nothing wrong with it if you have an open mind, but my mind has been closed by far too much folklore study.

congaplace.com

Want to listen to my band ? - Recordings ...