We had posted this video on youtube a long time ago - however, it was recently that I discovered that someone took the time to post all the songs associated with the video. Incase you have been looking for a specific song in the video os Salsa Congress Masters of SF 2006, here it is:
Last, but not least - the third version of the ’salsa track’ that I made with Garageband is with a Flute Solo. Using a flute as the main part of the melody is common, but it is usually not heard of enough.
If you missed the first two salsa track solos, you can find the trumpet one here and the violin one here.
I’m sure there are many of you musicians out there that can do a much better job than I can - and we’d like to hear from you. If you can create an instrumental latin tracks, whether it be salsa, cha-cha or bachata, and would like to share that with the community - send it our way and we’ll post it up with a link to your site/profile. Who knows, it could start your record career.
This is the second version of the simple salsa track that I posted earlier. This time, I chose to go with a more ‘Salsa Celtica‘ kind of sound with a Violin salsa solo. I also used the Cajon as the background drum beat (instead of the regular Cowbell and Congas).
Your feedback is always welcomed! Feel free to download and distribute, I have placed the track on a Creative Commons license.
After you get a Mac, a lot of fun things happen. I decided to put my compusic (computer+music) skills to some more good use an make a few interesting Salsa tracks with a program called GarageBand. While I was at it, I made three different versions of this salsa dance soundtrack. Here is the first one: an interesting salsa trumpet solo with some mixed in jazzy piano, cowbell and congas. Let me know what you think and of course - enjoy!
I welcome your comments and feel free to download, distribute and use the file freely - I provide it as part of a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Now, this might not really be considered a salsa song, but I was impressed to find a Victor Manuelle as the Free Single of the Week on the (US) iTunes Music store. You can download it for free - Lechón, Lechón, Lechón - Single of the wee
For those looking for the more salsa version of Christmas (Navidad) songs, I would highly recommend you check out some of the most classic salsa songs during the holidays by Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe. Here are a few albums to check out:
Here are Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the famous ‘Asalto Navideño’ by Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon.