learn to play Cajon

My wife bought me a Pearl cajon a few weeks ago. I discovered it on youtube and realized I had to have one. After beating on it for a few weeks, it’s clear that like all musical insturments, there’s much more than meets the eye/ear. It will take training, practice and time to turn it from a wooden box into a musical insturment. But it’s a heck of alotta fun! I love it!

We have a cajon in our house, for about 2 years now..
And last week someone asked me to play in their band with the cajon.. so i thought i’d youtube some stuff about it to see what its about.. (i could only get a snare out and thats it)
But there are people playing entire drums with just one Box!
Im starting today with learning, Good luck everyone

Today I bought myself a cajon. And I don’t really know how to play it. I guess my plan is to look for some pointers on the web and then basically start hitting it ‘till it sounds right. Any suggestions?

well i’ve been playin’ cajon for some time now. i can say it’s a great instrument, real fun and all :) but watch your hands at first mine tripled in size XD but no i’m fine ;) so yah if anyone needs help, advices or just wanna talk abt cajons, my email is gmini666@hotmail.fr.

Talk to yaz soon :D

For some inspiration, check out www.YouTube.com and seach for “cajon”. There are a bunch of really cool videos of various folks who are awesome on the Cajon! I especialy like jkatizzle’s video, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECU5G3qbZJE

BTW, was up till 3am yesterday banging away on my new cajon, can’t say if I’m any good at it, but I was having fun! Found out that Arturo here in Seattle is offering cajon lessons to any group of at least 4 people!
http://www.arturorodriguez.com

I first saw and heard the cajon at a trade show where one of the booths had some live music: a vocalist, a guitarist and a cajonist(?). The sound that they were producing was amazing! Since then I’ve wanted to learn how to play the cajon, and I’ve finally bit the bullet this Christmas and bought myself a present. It just arrived today, and here goes nothing! From what I’ve read in reviews at musiciansfriend.com, folks have said that the Schalloch is a decent sounding box for the price—a recommended starter instrument. I can’t tell the difference, but it sounds good enough for me!

I first saw one of these when seeing Freddie Colloca’s band play. I thought “I have got to learn to play one of them!” I’m muy gringo but I hope that doesn’t disqualify me from playing it…

Wondering what the different kinds are, what kind of different sounds they make. Also if there’s a good book or DVD on learning to play. Finally, are the cheap Schalloch (?) cajones worthwhile to buy as a first instrument. Part of me wants to say – hey, it’s a box. Traditionally, they play packing crates or plywood boxes held together with duct tape, so anything would sound better than that.