SalsaFix is BACK!!!

In the beginning, there was SalsaFix... the love child of a salsa ADDICT with way too much time on his hands and a job with not enough to do. It started out, simply, like many blogs do. A few articles. A few links. But as time passed, it began to gain traction. People started visiting. Readership grew. And before long, over 50,000 people were hitting it every month.

The articles and links were a mix of the provocative and the mundane. Stories about the latest CD releases were found next to no-holds-barred editorials that generated calls from Lawyers and threats of lawsuits. (Remember the ZUMBA story, anyone?) Honest reviews sparked heated debates, and even resulted in crazy psycho chicks from Canada calling my house pretending to be the police (Remember THAT SHIT Rose? Who WAS that girl again?)

But, SalsaFix remained. Undaunted. Only one thing could stop it... economics. And children. Okay. TWO things. First, the economics.

One day, I decided to leave my craphole of a job and become a full time
Salsa teacher. I had analyzed the situation in full. On the happiness meter, it seemed like a no brainer. Write code all day vs Surf all day and teach salsa at night. EASY.

However, I failed to consider the impact that leaving my very cush salaried position would have on my mortgage and finances. Or rather, I overestimated the time it would take me to build up enough students to sustain my previous lifestyle. I had an incredible space right in Waikiki, looking out on to the convention center. I had a rich Japanese patron. I had the moves people wanted to learn. Why WOULDNT they beat a trail to the door?

Oh innocence and youth!

On top of that, my daughter had just been born. So, in addition to having no money, I was getting possibly 2 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night. And that went on for months. I have heard stories about newborn children who sleep through the night. And I am convinced they are all lies. The only way a newborn will sleep through the night is if you stay awake the entire night (they seem to like to wake up when you fall asleep) or if it has a tit in its mouth. And since daddy wasn't sleeping, he wasnt about to give up his titties to some scrawny infant.

At any rate, something had to give. And, it was the many hours a day that I spent searching for stories and editing SalsaFix. I had hoped that the site would become self sustaining at some point. But, the only submissions I got were from people that wanted to promote something. I knew that readership and quality would plummet if I gave it over to the promoters (no hate to promoters, I am one myself)... so, I decided to do what any self respecting journalist would do. I killed it myself, before allowing it to die a slow death.

It was an agonizing decision. And yet, it was the right one. At it's peak of popularity, 50,000 unique views a month, I pulled the plug. My friends thought I was an idiot. Maybe I was. But I always knew in my heart that SalsaFix would rise again. Someday. And guess what? That day has come!

To everyone that supported SalsaFix in the past, THANK YOU. I hope you will come back and join me for the same high quality links, articles and reviews that made you a fan back in the day. And to all the new people coming to this site, BUCKLE UP. The ride is about to begin.

SalsaFix is BACK!!!