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Hey, Upxl!
Now you're ready for a brother's hug! Congrats on that milestone!
My breakthrough came at a drum recital May 10, 1990 (17 years ago!). The first two tunes I played in public were Rosemary Clooney and Perez Prado's "Corazon de Melon" and Prado's arrangement of "In a Little Spanish Town". "Corazon" was a standard cha-cha with bongos; "Spanish Town" started with a driving martillo on bongos followed by a walking beat on the congas--which for me at the time was a major challenge!
Considering I was nearly 38 at the time, man, I was old enough to be the father of most of the other drum students...and nervous as any of them!
After that, things started goin' triple speed for me, and they haven't stopped since...
Go, bro', go!
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
Charlie
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." --Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," 1854
"There's a lot to be said for Time Honored tradition and value." --In memory of Frank "fiacovaz" Iacovazzi
"Maybe your drums can be beat, but you can't."--Jack Keck
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