Me & Cajon

[Danklin24]

Its not you, i just dont think its a well made cajon. It just sounds like a hallow box.

[debbek]

reminds me a little of bjork's Naturra :)

[direccnueva]

Hi,

i work in a school and i'd love this video for my chidren...they are learning to play the cajon. Is it possible that you send it to me by email?

direccnueva yahoo es

THANX

silvia

[sicksingh]

that is heviiiiiiiii drum n bass style!

[Drugotopia]

Very good!!

[riproryn]

Excellent!

[mortenschou]

Very good. Keep rockin'!

[JTShee010]

Very cool, I think I'm gunna get a Cajon! I love ho w it ends... your phone jsut rings so you go get it! haha

props to ya though, that's pretty cool!

[CajonWolf]

vey nice m8 you have a unique style there that i really like :)

Anychance you could have a look at my vids and leave some feedback?

[gsbjj1]

The cajon comes from peru, so I think you should really check out afro peruvian music, and for the bulerias study the palmas first. Do it properly not like a lot of people that play it like drum kit. Learn the traditional music first then you can use it like a drum kit. God Bless

[CajonWolf]

there's no real right way to play a drum,for example i love rock music and listen to bands like pink floyd and black sabbath,so my beats tend to be very rock based.

[perdizconpatatas]

Is good! but this is not flamenco... is like batery... but really he is good.

[Holyst1993]

very very very good !!!!

[ziadtarab86]

swweeet but i think u might need snare wire adjustments

[DurbsBT]

Ah - it's a snare-less version from Peru so there's nothing to adjust :)

[54spiritedwill54]

some cool rhythms

[pachal03]

muito bom, excelente técnica

[cajonjack]

Ur good but it sounds like ur hitting a table

[olivasf123]

clean your room!!!!!

[jayhoc718]

sounds cool. do you play any flamenco?

[fitchio]

Awesome. I got one yesterday, How long have you been playing?

[Jst0911]

sounds empty like ur playing on a desk at school or something

[Salsassin]

Sounds good. Play what you feel from the heart bro.

[Salsassin]

Y sin embargo tambien pudo haber habido influencia gitana junto con la africana en el Peru de hecho, cuando se creó el instrumento. No le damos mucho credito a los gitanos en el Peru que tambien influenciaron nuestra música. Esa es la verdad. Recien le hemos comenzado a dar mas credito a nuestra cultura afroperuana, gracias a Dios. Y esté suena como cajón peruano. Porque tambien hay el cajón cubano y el cajon flamenco que son derivativos, modificados y suenan un poco differente.

[felipeprima]

Fdp vai tocar bem assim lá em...... casa!awesome!

[japa1990]

I dont know the technique on flamenco cajon... but in peruvian cajon when you play the high notes (the edge) your hands have to be relaxed and on the lows they have to be straight. So your lows are fine I guess but your high notes arent amazing.

[purplejism]

change your trousers. i dont like them. drums cool though

[isasa71]

hey man very good sorry y don't spink inglish because i'm french

very very very very good

[mesajuan2]

quick # good

there are not rythms. Bad bad...

[grubbytron]

You're awesome dude

[VonHobbit]

Great job! I just bought one and am trying to figure out some rhythms...

[dmsanct]

well for not "knowing how to play it properly" you shure know your way around it. Maybe checking some videos will help you know some rythms. as someone posted before, the cajon is actually peruvian and it's used mostly in south amrecia for more "latin" rythms. don't know if its used in other kinds of music too. but anyways, nice video

[rocio89]

THE CAJON IS PERUVIAN!!! THERE ARE VIDEOS WHERE U CAN HEAR PPL PLAYING, THE CAJON HAS INFLUENCED MANY TYPES OF MUSIC ONE OF THEM IS FLAMENCO BUT ALSO THERE IS ZAMBA EVEN ROCK, BUT THE CAJON IS ORIGINALLY FROM PERU 100% SURE :) SORRY I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY IT HAHA :D but there are lots of videos i put one of them as my favorite where 2 girls play different types of music with cajon is AWESOME u can find it on my page if u want :) that's all i can do hehe

[HammondB200]

it goddamned doesn't interested me where the cajon is from stop posting al that crap on youtube, i'll look on youtube if i want to know such things

[rocio89]

eeeeeeeeeeeexcuse me but the message wasn't specifically for you ok? and i CAN express whatever i want in utube, u are not going to stop me don't be ridiculous! get A life!

[VonHobbit]

yeah, this idiot posts all over the cajon videos. Yes, we know it originated in Peru. So?

[rocio89]

idiot? u are one ok, i can post whatever i want wherever i am free duh

[VonHobbit]

ROFL Sure, go ahead and post the SAME crappy comment on every cajon video on YouTube, and please, try to make an issue out of something is NOT an issue on every cajon video. Please. By all means. Go ahead. It's a free world.

LOL

[CajonAndGuitarguy3]

Your hands are quick

[incadrums]

el que no tiene conocimiento eres tu moisesfg...solo respeta este instrumento..peruano..llamado cajon..y fin..

[JetBlueIce]

Hey I like the sound of your cajon. Very clean sounding. You know how to make it sound nice without all the "extra" stuff inside lol.

Funny thing is I hear of someone now working on a version of a cajon that will have a mini-symbol installed inside with a pedal. When he steps on the pedal the symbol inside will make crashing sound. This guy is in the Phillipines so he's going to call it Phillipino Cajon. the cajon is getting very popular in the Phillines now. Of course Cajon is from Peru.

[situation87]

man that shit is fresh, play your own style, you've got it and you'll just keep picking up more things. id be happy to jam funky fresh things with you. your rhythms are all that

[mattfox06]

some cool rhythms

[aacquista]

WOW!!! Your feel wasn't very authentic but at least your time sucked. Sorry to be so harsh but you posted it for all to see... maybe you should try working with a click... that'll help the whole time part.

[fourlock]

maybe u should start learning without click, so that one day u'll be able to.. besides he isn't trying to stay in one rythm, he's just practising

[annapaulavv]

Muito bom!

[MoisesFG]

Eso del origen suena a un comentario de una persona con muy poco conocimiento de lo que habla, los instrumentos sufren adaptaciones al pasar las generaciones y un instrumento de percusion lo puede tocar cualquier persona con habilidades musicales en instrumentos de percusion.

[DjKlopapier]

Sounds really cool,dude

[alvaroorrillo]

El cajón tiene orignes peruanos. Paco de Lucía se llevó uno que le regaló el maestro Caitro Soto y lo incorporó a la música flamenca. Sin embargo, como todo, el cajón se adaptó a esa música y sufrió ciertos cambios. Los flamencos tienen distintos materiales de apoyo y llevan cuerdas para hacer el sonido más grave, a diferenceia del Cajón Peruano que no las lleva y produce dos sonidos bien diferenciados.

[PerriVerde]

todos sabemos que tiene origenes peruanos, y bueno, asi suena bien, muchas gracias a los afroperuanos por "inventarlo", pero en mi OPINION, nada se puede comparar con el sonido de un buen cajon flamenco!! y todo este debate de de donde viene es una tonteria... tenemos que decir, cada vez al oir una guitarra "si, pero no se te olvide agradecerles a los estaounidienses por esta maravilla de instrumeto!" asi que dejemos de las paridas y disfrutemos de la musica, por favor! and nice playing, mate!

[larrecun]

una vueltecita por Perú no le vendría nada mal al amigo para que aprenda a tocarlo con sabor y propiedad.

[tubeaddict718]

nah dawg...you have an insanely loose concept of how to play a cajon

[mattfox06]

learn to speak english properly before you posta comment

[davidemartino]

good!

[rojopercussion]

its tru

[vladimirml9]

Cajon PERUANO carajo vamos jotitas

[electricsoldiers]

Nice one matey... interrupted by the phone? Heheh...

[rolo928]

Good job looking nice!

[jesulin15]

Abierta la inscripciones para la academia de CAJON PERUANO , para aprender a tocar este maravilloso instrumento , RITMO DE NEGROS , RITMO CRIOLLO , RITMO DEL PERU

[rory010162]

Nice one

[cirujanodentista]

rikazo

[chicanerdkarla]

hola ..oie pasame tu correo pues , etsa super weno ah !

[aubreycb]

i am a novice, just want to ask what effect does sliding your feet on the cajon does..tnx

[numofan]

You can "bend" the pitch by pressing/sliding the heel.

[aubreycb]

tnx:-)

[losloboslocos]

Distorts the sound waves traveling inside the cajon... it gives it a different sound by lowering/rising pitch...

[kungfukato]

very talented mi hermano

[fernypercu]

CAPULLO.

[erfarru91]

see carlos daza tocando el cajon

[jeroenvdb]

sound very funky to me...cool! i think you are on the right path ;-)

[RTM11745]

Sounds great. The cool thing about the cajon is there isn't really a right or wrong way to play it.

[DurbsBT]

Anyway, much as I thank you all for your interest in my video, I'm not entirely sure why it's turned into a debate about the cajon's history...

1) It's from Peru 2) It's used extensively in Flamenco 3)They come with and without snares, regarless of where they're from.

[BetterThanUForSure]

THIS IS A PERUVIAN INSTRUMENT

[Jonnyxll]

very nice :)

[araci88]

lukepr what are you talking about??? the cajon is PERUVIAN, if you would knoe a little bit of our history you would know that the african slaves in peru invented that, which is the spanish part in that???, yes is tru they use it in flamenco but because they took it from peru... MADE IN PERU!!! open your eyes :S

[SrCajita]

Play "El Chacombo" By Arturo Zambo Cavero, And I'll be impresed.

I don't feel strings on your Cajon, so that's great.. It's an original Peruvian one..

Try to get More "galleta" by loosing a lil' bit the frontal Board.

Cheers..keep it up !!

[lukepr]

hey el cajon es peruano pero tambien español ellos vinieron al peru tenemos muchas cosas de ellos tb.

no discutan por las puras. acaso los colegios catolicos de peru no son congregaciones españolas?.el cajon es de origen peruano y bueno lo compartimos con españa.

[JackieTXXX]

wow really sweet I wanna get one of these, Im at school and drive my teachers nuts drummin on anything I can find, since my dad won't let me have a drum kit :(

[chirinosoe]

Que viva el cajon q es de origen Peruano!!!

[Bordoncito]

eres un crack!

[inkatumi]

Los "conquistadores" españoles siguen saqueando las riquesas del Perú. Un Cajón es un Cajón, no hay cabida para prostituirla con nombres como "cajón flamenco". Ya sabemos que no es su instrumento pero deberían tener un poco de respeto.

[ya800]

viva españa !!!! y su cajon flamenco!!! q teneis envidia

[blobby29]

I'm with miluska22 & jwikan, people should respect an instrument's history, in this case from Peru, and learn about their differences. Paco de Lucia is known for his jazz improvisation (esp with Al di Meola) and he introduced it to flamenco in the 60s after a trip to Peru. And one for SefoKaya, a Spanish guitar has a different shape and construction craft, compared to classic acoustic guitar, giving it a different, often distinctive sound. Your comment was not a good analogy.

[SefoKaya]

It was a good analogy, but you failed to understand it. Spaniards created the oroginal classic guitar, but someone else created the electrical guitar.

You don't hear Spaniards whining about that.

Same is with peruvians. No one denies that the cajon originates in peru, but the ones that are used in flamenco are simply different, so they should be given a different name. Don't make such a big deal out of it.

[jwikan]

Most Peruvians wouldn't get caught dead playing a "Flamenco style" Cajon. Yes it was only recently that Flamenco music started using Cajon(80s?) and it was from Peru (Paco D). However, what's now known as the flamenco Cajon is a version with guitar strings under the head or some sort of rattlers. Whenever I am in Lima it has ALWAYS been refered to as flamenco style Cajon if it has strings under the head. I have never heard a Spaniard say that Cajon came from Spain.

[miluska22]

It's not fair that peruvian musicians have to correct the press and the public overseas, when all of them misleadingly throw the concept that the "flamenco cajon" gave birth to the peruvian cajon, which is absolutely nonsense. So this is why peruvians like me try to campaign for what we believe is a fair issue.

[miluska22]

It's not a matter of nationalism, It's a matter of justice. It's not fair to become crazy about a new instrument, and not to tell about its origin by keeping its real name, on the excuse that they "sound different" (which is not true to the average listener).

[miluska22]

I don't think so, Sefokaya. If it is such a simple instrument, and since flamenco is and old form of music to wich the peruvian cajon is so apealing, why on earth flamenco musicians "discovered" that they could beat a wooden box to make amazing sounds, only after a peruvian cajonist gave his instrument to an ungrateful De Lucia?

[miluska22]

Cesar, I'm not "trying to convince". I'm just revealing facts. Fact: Spaniards imported the cajon from Peru. Fact: Peruvian cajons are built all over the world, and the instrument name is still "peruvian cajon". Fact: Spaniards do tend to mislead with the phrase "flamenco cajon".

[SefoKaya]

The fact still remains that Flamenco cajons are different. Why being so nationalistic over a simple music instrument?

It's not like Spaniards are whining that Americans should call ellectric guitars Spanish guitars... :S

[cesar2333]

The Peruvian cajon is played differently than the Flamenco cajon. I see miluska22 trying to convice everyonte that there is no flamenco cajon. The peruvian cajon does not have strings nor snares. So it does sound different also than the flamenco cajon.

[Huitzlipochtli]

Didn't like the first couple o' seconds, but you're really warming up to it - good man!

[DurbsBT]

Er...I know - I bought it in Peru....

[francotell]

This is a peruvian musical instrument. The "cajón" is from PERÚ.

[samago20]

man, you're awesome, check out my animations of how to make a cajon

[santanos2006]

yeah u can do it...

[DurbsBT]

Cheers - mine was actually purchased in Peru :)

Yeah,checked out a few of the vids here - pretty inspiring.

[miluska22]

Good try DurbsBT. The peruvian cajon (although used in flamenco, it's not of flamenco origin) is an awesome simple instrument extensively used in afroperuvian music, whose rythms use al the wide range of bass sounds the cajon can provide. I recommend you to look for the vids on cajon by "cajonperuano" user.

[FirePoise]

Bah... you should really practice more :p

You rock... nice one Paul

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