This video will briefly describe the difference between dancing salsa on on1 timing compared to dancing salsa on2 timing. The main difference is on which step do you ‘break’ when doing the basic salsa dance step. This is one of the most common questions we get, and we decided to answer it in video form. See more videos at http://addicted2salsa.com/videos
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Here is a great collection of over 40 dance scenes of famous “dance” related movies that most of us have probably watched. Thanks to @t0mat0 for sending it in. Enjoy!
Inspired by the Violin Solo that I created with GarageBand a few months ago, a Addicted2Salsa Facebook fan asked if I could recommend a good salsa dancing song that contain a good violin section. And of course, I remember the West Coast Salsa Congress when the group Hacha y Machete (Victor and Burju) performed the song “Hacha y Machete” with Alfredo De La Fé, a famous violinist. I decided to post it here so that everyone could enjoy it as well.
For a few months now, the FANIA Records salsa music website had been down with a ‘Coming Soon in Fall of 2009′ text. Today, a brand new website has flourished to show salsa music in all of its glory! Given everything we have learn from the history of FANIA Records from the PBS Special: Latin Music USA, it is great to see they are back showcasing all the great salsa music from the era plus more! Now you can purchase individual salsa songs, categorized by era, read salsa artist bios, and subscribe to a salsa music podcast on their website. In addition, they let also have a 24-hour FANIA salsa music radio station!
Hopefully someday they’ll be happy enough to sponsor our salsa podcast!
[more via FANIA]
As we get closer to the new season of addicted2salsa starting in september we’d like to make a quick announcement. To your surprise, addicted2salsa is currently run by Julie and I (Anthony) from our apartment and from our own budget and spare time. We are glad to provide all of our addicted2salsa dance video lessons free of charge for anyone to learn. However, that does not mean that they are free for us to make. We have a LOT of expenses that come out of our own pocket such as: running a website, costs of renting a studio to film, video equipment, editing software, site bandwidth, the coffee to keep myself awake while I work on the site at 1:00am … the list goes on and on. Therefore, we appreciate any monetary contributions you are willing to provide us. Every little bit helps us teach the current and future generations of salsa dancers. Your contributions go directly to our costs, and helps us grow the website to offer new engaging content and services. Think of it as if you were buying us a cup of coffee !
We are currently looking to make some new equipment purchases for our video work (including a new computer). We believe that if every fan contributed at least $1.00 we can meet our goal by August 30th, 2009 (addicted2salsa’s 4 year anniversary!). By clicking on the chip-in box to the left, you can contribute any amount securely through Paypal (credit cards accepted) ! Thanks you all for your ongoing support of this website – we could not do this without loyal fans as yourselves!
For those wondering, we will start publishing the new “season” of salsa dance episodes starting in September. Julie and I are trying to catch up to our real non-salsa day jobs.
Here at addicted2salsa, we try (when we can) to contribute salsa news, videos and information that can hopefully improve your overall salsa dancing and social lifestyle. We are glad to see many others sharing their passion and enthusiasm for salsa dancing and music on the internet. This weekend I found a good blog that DJDoubleC posted in our social site: the very recent Salsa-Musicality blog . I was very enthusiastic and impressed with the wealth of information that this author has posted. From his description, he wanted to become a better dancer by learning how to play the instrument, probably because it helps people find the salsa dance beat:
“I know about Salsa, Percussion, and how to mix the two! Here are my thoughts and findings related to salsa, salsa dancing, percussion, and musicality. After spending years and years looking like “just another gringo!”, I decided to learn how to dance properly. How did I do it? I learned percussion, and then it all just “clicked”!” – Salsa Musicality Blog
The author takes care in teaching you a few basics on reading music and timing for instruments with visuals. I find this an excellent beginner resource for those wanting to dive deeper into the structure of salsa music. I hope that he continues to share his knowledge with us so that everyone in the world salsa community benefits.
Here are a few of the articles that I really enjoyed and are must read by ALL salsa dancers:
- Musical Notation (great starter for absolute beginners)
- How different instruments affect you
- Different types of Latin Music
- How to play the Mambo Cowbell
I gave you some answers on another forum 
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