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Updates from December, 2009

  • ahri

    ahri 2:49 pm on December 30, 2009 | 2 | # | Reply

    Hello.
    I’ll just paste my question from Facebook Fan page as noone really reads it sadly :( .

    I live in a country that most of you never heard of. We try to dance salsa here :) . But, we are more or less dancing to the same old music, even in clubs. Could anyone recommend me some topchart of popular new salsa songs in various (big) countries, or where I could find some _new_ music, or just a list of new (good) albums, or anything.
    Everything I find online are old songs, even on “2009 compilation”, there are several songs that are 5 or more years old.

    So basically, how to find out what’s “popular and new” nowadays.

    Thanks!

     

    • Don Vaillancourt 8:34 am on January 2, 2010Permalink | Reply

      I’ve been trying to find what’s new and popular myself and I live in Montreal. Here are some of the better and better bands that I know: Sexappeal, N’klabe, Marc Anthony, Kevin Ceballo, Fruko. Look them up on iTunes or Amazon. These aren’t new, new but within the last couple of years.

    • adejes01 6:40 pm on January 4, 2010Permalink | Reply

      If you are looking for some new music try
      http://www.lomaximoproductions.com
      they have a lot of new songs and update almost everyday. They also have free mixtapes that you can download. The only problem is that salsa songs are not uploaded as often as merengue, bachata and reggaeton songs but the stuff they upload is usually very good. Hope this helps, happy dancing.

  • melon 2:55 pm on December 22, 2009 | 2 | # | Reply

    hi, does anyone know of any good salsa clubs in the bay area (preferably near san jose)?

     

  • dtma 2:42 pm on December 20, 2009 | 2 | # | Reply

    This site should have a web-based styling training section, where people upload videos of themselves on YouTube and you and other user comment on them, giving tips on what they should improve.

     
    • Anthony Persaud

      Anthony Persaud 6:54 pm on December 20, 2009Permalink | Reply

      We have thought about doing that, but we soon realized most people just don’t like to be critiqued in a public setting even if its constructive. ;-)

      • dtma 12:10 am on December 21, 2009Permalink | Reply

        Then maybe there should be some privacy options, like “Only show this to the admins”, “Only show this to registered users”, etc. :)

        Or maybe you can create a paid service – giving advice over the web. The guys at T-Nation did it with bodybuilding, it’s probably possible with salsa too, as long as the clients are dedicated.

  • EdP 2:40 pm on December 19, 2009 | 2 | # | Reply
    Tags: Respect!

    Hi Anthony and Julie,

    I tried to pay my respects via the Contact Us page, but Mr. Akismet notified me that he will not pass them on to you. So here it goes.

    Thank you so much for sharing your salsa videos with the entire world and for making it look easy. Also the tips are excellent. Really appreciate it!

    One thing that I haven’t been able to figure out, even after following your ‘guess the song’ episode, is the song to lesson #34 (Simple Salsa Mixer). The only thing I can come up with are Grupo Latin Vibe or Sexteto Latino Moderno, both of which are likely not the artist. Or is it Tito Puente? Please, put me out of my misery, would you? ;)

    Thanks again,
    Edward (The Netherlands)

     
    • Anthony Persaud

      Anthony Persaud 8:03 pm on December 19, 2009Permalink | Reply

      “Philadelphia Mambo” by Los Gatos. You can buy it on iTunes. :-)

    • EdP 4:22 am on December 20, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Thanks, I’ll look into that right away.

      Your site is awesome (and addictive) :D

  • WilliamZhang 10:31 pm on December 14, 2009 | 3 | # | Reply

    What is the difference between On1 Timing & On2 Timing?

     
    • Marco

      Marco 6:59 am on December 17, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Mr. Zhang that simple question has a very diverse answer. I guess my simplest answer would be with On1 dancing the leader breaks forward, with the left foot, on the 1st beat of salsa music. With On2 dancing the leader breaks backwards, with the right foot, on the 2nd beat of salsa music. (I don’t know where you are with knowing the beats in Salsa music, but that is where I would start if I was learning for the first time.)

      Feel free to ask more if this doesn’t completely answer your question.

    • Marco

      Marco 7:20 am on December 17, 2009Permalink | Reply

      There was also a lot of chatter in response to your question on the Facebook social link ====> http://www.facebook.com/addicted2salsa#/notes/addicted2salsa/difference-between-on1-on2-timing/204650314409

    • WilliamZhang 11:54 am on December 17, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Thank you, Mr. Marco.
      Thanks for the answer.
      And thank you for that link.
      :)

  • cold.salsero 6:54 pm on December 11, 2009 | 2 | # | Reply
    Tags: bolero, genres, Latin music, samba

    There’s a song called “Samba Pa Ti” by Santana, and I’m not quite sure what kind of music it is. It starts off like a bolero (syncopated on “and 4 and 5…and 8 and 1…”), but about half way through, the percussion changes and it doesn’t sound like bolero anymore.

    Is it salsa at that point (doesn’t really sound like it to me)? The title says samba, so maybe it’s samba, but I don’t really have a good grasp of what samba sounds like, so I don’t know. Does anyone else have a clue?

     
    • Marco

      Marco 10:05 pm on December 11, 2009Permalink | Reply

      ColdS. That’s funny I have the reverse problem. I’m uncertain of the beginning song genre (bolero is a good guess.) I am sure that at the 2:00 (on my version of the song) mark the song style is Samba – the bass line is classic bum-ba-dum samba rythm.

      I guess ballroom dancing *can* help in a salsa forum from time to time =P

    • cold.salsero 11:32 pm on December 11, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Thanks Marco =)

  • Vatos Loco 8:13 am on December 11, 2009 | 1 | # | Reply

    Mr. Persaud!
    I just can’t thank you enough for all the videos and tips you provided me with your website! I just started dancing and I am now really addicted to salsa. I have improved a lot of my dancing skills by all your tutoring videos that are so well described and enjoyable to watch. I am really looking forward for new updates!

    Keep up with your great work and passion; you are making it really infectious to all the fans!

    Moly

     
    • Anthony Persaud

      Anthony Persaud 11:20 am on December 11, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Thank you for the very kind words – it really means a lot to us when we help people gain a passion for salsa dancing and music! Happy Holidays!

  • poderoso_tiburon 11:20 am on December 9, 2009 | 1 | # | Reply

    Well this a great page but I can´t download the firt videos, when I try download I see the video but I can´t download ,could you help me please?
    thank you for your great help

     
    • Anthony Persaud

      Anthony Persaud 10:35 am on December 10, 2009Permalink | Reply

      If you right click the big Download link button, you should be able to select ‘Save Link As..’. You can also download all of our videos through iTunes.

  • jiruiz78 8:20 pm on December 8, 2009 | 2 | # | Reply
    Tags: , ,

    Hello fellow salseros and bachateros!

    Here’s a a compilation of a bachata choreography by Juan Ruiz and Samantha. I tried a different approach on the video, instead of recording just “a performance”, I jointed together various performances even our training sessions to make it look more like a music video

    Enjoy the bachata moderna performance and comments are welcome!

     

    • Luis_Michael 10:08 pm on December 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      hey anthony! man i gotta say…. i love this website and all your videos…. you inspired me to start up salsa…… soon i will post a video showing what i’ve learned from your videos! :D but i have the biggest favor to ask….. i found this song using projectplaylist.com….. and i cant seem to find it anywhere else…… and yes…. i saw your video on how to find songs…. which i already knew anyways… lol… and like…. idk…. i can tell you on project playlist its by louie ramirez and its supposedly called “Descarga A&J” but i cant find it…. maybe you can help me in your spare time?? or anybody for that matter??

  • speedrace 11:35 pm on December 7, 2009 | 5 | # | Reply

    well i thinks its funny, so here we go
    i was at this salsa club ( Anthony Persaud was the club too and i went ahead and said hi. yay !! ) sorry for the distraction lol.. anyways i danced with few ladies, well im a beginner ( 7 months salsa ) but i am confident about the moves i do. i went ahead and asked this lady
    me : would you like to dance with me ?
    she looked at me and asked “who do you dance with ? ”
    i was like whoaaaa, i didnt expect a question like that and i didn’t know what to say and i just looked around and said “girls” and walked away..

    well what does it mean ? she only dance with ?? well i don’t know, i couldnt figure it out yet..any help ? lol..

     

    • cold.salsero 1:19 am on December 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      It could be that she just wanted to know what salsa studio you dance/take lessons with. I get asked that question sometimes (and sometimes I’m the one who’s asking), though I’ve never been asked *before* I get to dance with the person.

      Maybe she saw you dancing and was impressed and wanted to know where you learned. If I were you though, I wouldn’t have walked away, that’s just a missed opportunity :(

    • Anthony Persaud

      Anthony Persaud 1:49 am on December 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      While it is weird that she would ask before you dance with her, it is a common question. It is usually asked to know if you are currently part of any dance team (in the area). Salser@s who are in dance teams will have more in common to talk about and are probably as passionate as they are.

    • speedrace 1:56 am on December 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      umm no, the tone of her question was not enthusiasm, for me it looked like she only wanted to dance with advance dancers or whatever.

    • Marco

      Marco 7:15 am on December 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Always a steep and slippery slope when you are trying to delve into the workings & trappings of the fairer gender’s minds…*knowingly strokes long gray beard*

      If your guess is correct, and since you posted here we’ll assume that you are always correct, then good job with coming up with your response of “I dance with girls.” I would have been baffled and floored.

      If you missed your guess on her reasoning, then you missed out on a dance. Always give her the benefit of the doubt, you get your “confidence teeth” kicked in a bit more this way, but confidence is something that can be repaired with the next dance.

      I will leave you with the sage words of Jack Palance when he did a Stetson cologne commercial; “Confidence is sexy…don’t you think?” (not available on the inter-tron or I would’ve linked it)

    • speedrace 12:28 pm on December 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      Thanks Marco !! :)

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