I’m looking for a practice CD. My teacher keeps telling me she’s gonna give me a copy of hers, but still hasn’t. No one knows where it comes from. It’s a good clean salsa beat with this guy speaking 1,2,3 5,6,7. The steps are strong. It’s very good for practicing hard moves. Anyone have a clue what I’m talking about?
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Don Vaillancourt
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Don Vaillancourt
Anyone know of any salsa songs with the eurodance feel? Most of the eurodance songs are either too fast or too slow depending on which beats you use. Yet a lot of them have a very strong 1 and 3.
For example:
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Marie-B
Hey guys,
Recently I’ve been going through this latin-Jazz phase. I’ve bought the Bobby Montez Cd that Anthony talks about in one of his podcasts but I’m looking for some other and maybe easier to find suggestions… Can you guys help me out?Thanks
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hendrik
Hi everyone,
could you please forward me the artist’s name and the songs from the videos in which Anthony and Melanie are dancing. Thanks a lot
hooknc
Link?
Hendrik
Wait. What do you mean?
If you had the link that would be perfectly satisfactory.
Marco
Ishmael Rivera’s Negro Bembon(I think that’s the one you mean.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MmTNM5sbAs&feature=channel_page
at the 21-23 second mark.
Vancouverguy
I’m trying to find this, but I’ve checked amazon and there has to be 20+ variants to this song by various artists. The Riviera one does not match what is being played. In this video there is a quicker tempo, and more energy than the Riviera original. Any clues folks?
Hendrik
Exactly!
Thanks a lot, I didn’t pay attention to the hint.
Great.
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Anthony Persaud
I enjoy this song very much. I thought I’d share it for those who don’t get much access to salsa/cha-cha music outside of the US!
Download: Morning Cha-Cha
Gerrit Lemmens
Brilliant musically but jazzy and quite long – I find it difficult to sustain a dance this length of time – don’t you run out of ideas?
PS what was that Cha Cha track on the podcast with Z – the old school style that you didn’t care for much?
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Anthony Persaud
That is a great start! I’ve said it again, most of the work of learning salsa is on helping your brain to think and process information, and respond in a manner that we are not used to. One of the greatest milestone a salser@ will have is the ability to slow things down (like a “Matrix” ability). As a beginner, I remember how much work it was to pull-off a cross-body lead with turn to a 180. Everything seemed to move so fast, that it felt I couldn’t perform the move properly or even combine multiple patterns together: I needed a basic in-between to think about what to do next.
However, after several months of more dancing, I had my ‘Matrix’ experience. Something had clicked in my head. As I was dancing, I felt that everything felt much slower than normal. I did not feel as rushed as before. It felt as if I had more time to think through the moves, know what was happening between my partner and I, more time to mind my surroundings (columns/other dancers taking up too much space), and extra ‘memory’ to figure out and retain what the next 16 counts of moves would be. It was an amazing experience, similarly to learning how to sprint from walking. Having this new ‘skill’ which I think every dancer develops, also aids in your everyday life and work. While it is said that most people only use 10% of their brains, I think dancers, having forced themselves to develop this complex thinking skill, get an extra 5%.
I’m not a neurologist, however, I think what happens is that the brain ends up either strengthening paths to perform those moves, or makes ‘shorter’ connections to those repeated motor instructions. This makes it a lot easier to manage these tasks. And because you end up saving time by ‘thinking less’, it feels like you can perform many tasks in parallel – maintain timing, protect the lady in a crowded nightclub, add body movement, lead patterns properly,
fix errors if a pattern goes wrong, keep our feet moving… (the list goes on)I look forward to when you reach this milestone.
tommrod
cool
this is just what i was talking about in another comment.
i don’t remember how does it actually happen in the brain but you just describe the feeling right here…
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Don Vaillancourt
For the first time today, like finding out I have superpowers, I was watching a bunch of dancers at the club and was able to read their 1,2,3 5,6,7 moves and match them up to the music. And from that was able to understand the beats.
I found it much easier than listening to endless amounts of music and then counting the steps trying to find something that matches. It was a really cool experience.
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Marco
Does anyone have any kick butt Tito Puente Album suggestions? I bought a compilation of his old 78′s out of the 50′s. Great songs-Mambo Gallego rocks- but lacking the type of remastered quality that I am used to.
Mike_Toronto
My favorite song by Tito Puente is “Timbales”.
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Anthony Persaud
@greeneggs
You try using the instrumentation loops that are provided with Garageband. You can find cool tutorial videos on how to use Garageband on Apple’s website. If you come up with cool tracks, send it our way – we would love to hear your creativity!
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greeneggs
I was really impressed by your Garageband tracks, Anthony. Any tricks on getting up to speed with this program? Where I should I look for help? The built-in clave and horn don’t sound at all like what you recorded.
Anthony Persaud
To add, I also used the feature called ‘Magic Garageband’ for the tracks.
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Don Vaillancourt
What do you guys think of this. It seems to make sense.
Anthony Persaud
Great find! I’m going to share it on the front page!
Is this yours, or did you just find the link? It looks like he took his Java Morse Code translator and used it to generate other instrumentation sounds. Pretty smart! Props to him. I may not be a fan of Java, but I’m sure a fan of mixing both salsa and technology.
Tom
The Head first Java book I believe does a project on something slightly similar if anyone is interested. May as well make it a Salsa playing java Music-box app!
donv69
Not mine. But after what you told me about the congas, etc. I started digging around to find out what the conga slap sounded like.
Sydneysalsa
Here is another interactive Salsa rhythm generator
http://www.oldyorksalsa.com/apps/salsamerlizer/index.html
This version doesn’t sounds as good the one donv posted but the dynamic timeline is a great feature.
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Anthony Persaud
@donv69
You are correct with the cowbell being on 1,3,5 and 7. However, that instrument may not be prevalent in more ‘mambo-styled’ or ‘modern salsa’ songs. You will sometimes have to rely on the Piano or the ‘ti-ki-pah!’ sound, where the ‘ti’ is your 1 or 5. The best way to determine the beat for any song is to find the Conga slap (which requires serious training of your listening skills). Once you find the conga slap (which mark the 2 and 6), it is easy then to the clave. Since all other instruments in a song play relative to the clave, it because extremely easy to find any of the other beats.
To prevent some frustrations, you may also discover that songs between the 1960s – early 1980s will have rhythm changes , which will also throw you off. For example, you may have found the 1 and the 5 correctly, but in the middle of the song, there may be a rhythm change that will invert the location of the 1 and 5 for a short period of time. This is because a musician may want to play with the clave (switching it from 2-3 to 3-2 or vice versa) – however, this is a longer explanation than what I have here.
I’m not sure what you mean by reproducing the quality of music because it usually depends on the DJ on how they have their Equalizer set during the night.
donv69
Anthony, you’re amazing. Thanks a lot. I was getting really frustrated.
Since I’ve moved to Montreal I often mix french with english, which is why I entered the “musique” tag when it should have been “music” like you entered. LOL!!
cold.salsero 8:14 pm on February 25, 2010Permalink |
Yeah, I’ve heard this song too, but no one’s been able to tell me what it is either.
Abraham 12:45 am on February 26, 2010Permalink |
Eddie Torres timing CD ?
Don Vaillancourt 6:24 am on February 26, 2010Permalink |
Maybe it’s Eddie Torres. I know there is an On1 and On2 version. And it’s not just the drums, I think there’s some other light instrumentation to it as well. But it is a full song.
Abraham 3:11 am on February 28, 2010Permalink |
Well theres also the Alex Wilson songs… Maybe you’ll find it under that name?
palinaurus 3:17 pm on March 1, 2010Permalink |
It’s Alex Wilson
Salsa con soul timing workout
Tom 10:24 am on March 23, 2010Permalink |
Have you tried the addicted2salsa track? http://addicted2salsa.com/videos/lesson/how-to-find-the-beat-in-salsa-music-part-1