Now that everyone is becoming more experienced with computers, I wanted to give everyone a creative holiday salsa project! About a year ago I created a few salsa music tracks that became very popular with some of our fans and we received several emails asking how any salsero (with a Mac) could make their own. The process is very simple! Garageband, a free application that comes with every Mac computer, allows you to do this with just a few clicks of the mouse. When you start a new project in Garageband, you can select ‘New’ from the menu and select ‘Magic Garageband‘. From there all you have to do is select the instruments you like and you are done! You can also add your own clave in Garageband to give it a more salsa feel!
Here are the salsa music instrument tracks I made previously with Garageband that are available on our salsa feed (feel free to download and distribute, however, not for commercial use):
Here is a video of how you can easily change the different instruments in Magic Garageband to get the right feel for your musical style.
Salsa Holiday Contest Time!
Given how easy it is to create fun salsa music tracks, we’d like to listen to your creativity! Come up with a few salsa music tracks of your own! Send your track as an email attachment, with your name and location to contact@addicted2salsa.com (we’ll post them on our website at a later time). Submit as many tracks as you’d like for the contest.
The TOP 5 contestants, selected by us, will receive my favorite iTunes album for the Salsa Dancing Holidays: “Feliz Navidad” by Hector Lavoe and Daniel. Please note you need to have a valid iTunes account to receive the prize. Contest ends January 15th, 2009. The best track will be danced by us during the intro of a future Addicted2Salsa video episode (how cool is that!).
VOTING IS NOW OPEN to all Addicted2Salsa visitors and will continue until May 25th, 2008 11:59pm PST!
We are very happy to have received a lot of great entries. The videos are posted, and YOU get to cast the final vote! Just click on the contest link, or go to http://addicted2salsa.com/contests . You can view all the videos before making your vote.
Good Luck to everyone!
Here are the contestants in alphabetical order:
Achilles & Milagro (Al Asad, Iraq)
Daniel (Atlanta, GA)
Marisa Castillo & Oliver “Ollie” Tan (San Francisco, CA)
We are happy to announce our first online dance contest! Submit the best video, and you could win a $150 VISA gift card & merchandise from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: 2 Hour Premiere Thursday May 22 – 8/7c on FOX!
In celebration of the fourth season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and Addicted2Salsa is giving you the chance to win a VISA Gift Card & merchandise from the show!
The summer hit SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, keeps viewers moving to a different beat as dancers skilled in everything from the “street” styles of Hip-Hop, Krumping and Popping to Ballroom’s Salsa, Quickstep and Jive compete to be named the nation’s favorite. Now, Addicted2Salsa in association with SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE are hosting a contest for the best salsa combination.
How to enter: 1. Make a video of yourself doing a salsa dance pattern- be CREATIVE! (other dance styles may be incorporated) 2. Upload the video to YouTube and submit the YouTube URL on our contest page or by clicking ‘Enter Contest‘ below.: as many video entries as you wish between May 5th and May 19th. 3. Addicted2Salsa staff will choose the top 10 videos, which will be posted on our website. Then it’s your turn to choose the #1 video by casting your vote online!
4. PRIZES:
1st place- $150 VISA gift card and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE merchandise
2nd place- $20 iTunes gift card (provided by addicted2salsa)
3rd place- $10 iTunes gift card (provided by addicted2salsa)
This contest will be a fun way for members of the salsa community to share their passion with one another, get excited for the upcoming season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, and the winner will take home a $150 VISA gift card plus merchandise from the show. We are excited to see all of your entries!
If you are ready, you can submit your video right now! Click the link below. [The Contest Ended]
Now that everyone is becoming more experienced with computers, I wanted to give everyone a creative holiday salsa project! About a year ago I created a few salsa music tracks that became very popular with some of our fans and we received several emails asking how any salsero (with a Mac) could make their own. The process is very simple! Garageband, a free application that comes with every Mac computer, allows you to do this with just a few clicks of the mouse. When you start a new project in Garageband, you can select ‘New’ from the menu and select ‘Magic Garageband‘. From there all you have to do is select the instruments you like and you are done! You can also add your own clave in Garageband to give it a more salsa feel!
Given how easy it is to create fun salsa music tracks, we’d like to listen to your creativity! Come up with a few salsa music tracks of your own! Send your track as an email attachment, with your name and location to contact@addicted2salsa.com (we’ll post them on our website at a later time). Submit as many tracks as you’d like for the contest.
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