RoJo Gamboa

Born in Caracas Venezuela,The first instrument i learned how to play was the venezuelan cuatro (which i learned from the grandmaster of them all...Hernan Gamboa my father) I joined his chorus which at the beginning i was one of the lead singers but once he recorded a cd called Tributo (tribute)which had all the venezuelan rhytms afterwards...i started listening to the percussive material,and first instrument i picked up percussively was the venezuelan maracas (which is not easy to play at all believe me).And then i started going to the concerts that were promoting the cdsand i studied the percussionist (which was Archie Pena)and i really liked what he did what with the calypso and the merengue caraqueno and the fulia and the gaita and the joropo estribillo and bambuco..so once i started learning i went to the second concert which was in orlando and while they were doing the sound test and set up i started playing with the bongos and archie was going like "hey hernan he's pretty good he should get into percussion"so i did!so at first it was venezuelan music...up until later on they game me a pair of LP bongos..so then later on i started listening to salsa and boleros and bachata...you know some of the genres that include the bongos.and all of that i learned it by ear;no one really sat down with me repeatedly and said to me "this is how u play bolero bachata salsa son guaganco"i picked it up like that.so years later then i startes listening to other music including the calypsos and stuff then later on i bought an LP torpedo so i started practicing salsa merengue venezolano and dominicano.then later on i got a cowbell and started learning accents and rhythms then a conga which has worked out beautifully then djembe awesomeness as well..then mandolin then bass..now i have a bombo..and all of this i learned by ear like i mentioned.For now I've worked with Hernan Gamboa,Jaime Torres,and Juan Carlos Salazar,and Federico Britos.I have shared the stage with Hernan Gamboa,Gabriel Vivas,Carlomagno Araya and Federico Britos. The only reason why im a multi musician is because it's a good way to get around as a musician if you have the right contacts or even then if you know how to sell and expose yourself as a musician. The only thing is that i don't know how to read music yet but i get the material right away ! RoJo G