tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339400992011-12-14T18:45:16.533-08:00Because Salsa Can't Be CuredSalsaFixnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1161810099862820072006-10-25T13:46:00.000-07:002006-10-25T15:52:42.213-07:00

Did you know that salsa is hot in Iraq? I didn't either, until I received an email from a student of mine that got stationed over there. When I saw the pictures, it really moved me. The thought of our troops using salsa to take their minds off their trouble reminded me what salsa is really all about... having fun, feeling alive, and being free.No matter what your situation is, no matter what

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It started out like an ordinary night. We headed to the club, met up with some friends, and then waited through hours of cumbia until the salsa finally started.Orquesta Rumba Cafe was playing, and as usual, they were giving a good performance. Some locals had complained to me that Rumba Cafe always played the same salsa songs. But, I wasn't complaining. I hadn't been dancing regularly for

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1159575175133344612006-09-29T16:32:00.000-07:002006-09-29T17:13:29.640-07:00

People always ask me what style I dance. Because I usually dance on 1, they think it's LA. But when they see me move, they realize its way too circular for LA style. No one ever mistakes me for an on 2 dancer, even when I dance on 2. Seems like you have to be a bit effeminate to really look good on 2. So, what then? Well, the truth is, I've always been a fan of Cuban style. To me, there is

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1158959319446960852006-09-22T14:07:00.000-07:002006-09-22T14:08:39.453-07:00

This is straight comedy... Britain's chess grandmaster Danny Gormally became upset and punched world No. 3 Levon Aronian after the Armenian champion had a raunchy salsa dance with Ms Caoili (some 19 year old chess prodigy) at a nightclub following a day of competition at the World Chess Olympiad.

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1158838150338951562006-09-21T04:25:00.000-07:002006-09-21T04:29:10.346-07:00

You may have noticed that I haven't been on this in a few days. Well, it's because I've been working on my new site... Salsa.Feedba.CC If you want to stay in touch with salsa news from around the world, this is the BEST way to do it! 24 hour updates, an ever-increasing database of articles, and an intelligent mining algorithm... this site has it all. I worked really hard on it, and I hope

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1158347809245894902006-09-15T11:56:00.000-07:002006-09-15T12:16:49.446-07:00

Okay, this is kind of cheating, but if you want to get some free music from Fania, here's how you can do it. After I wrote my last article, I checked out the company that bought them... eMusic. Well, eMusic is an mp3 seller, kind of like iTunes and Rhapsody. So, like most mp3 places, I figured they probably have a free trial offer.Well, I looked it up, and lo and behold, I found this

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If you haven't heard of Fania records, you aren't really a salsa dancer yet. This pivotal label was responsible for the career of some of the biggest salsa music artists in history. In fact, the label cemented its place in salsa music history to many by being called "The Motown Of Salsa". Describing Fania's relationship with salsa, Pulse writer Ernesto Lechner says: How many record companies

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1158208087820356212006-09-13T21:21:00.000-07:002006-09-13T21:28:08.406-07:00

Would you rather be a salsa instructor in Malaysia or an Electrical Engineer? Shamsul picked the former, but by the reaction of his moms, I think she'd prefer the latter:His still remembers his parents' reaction when he told them about his career change. "There was dead silence. They did not say a word," he recalls but he figured they were probably too shocked.I imagine that the conversation

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1158169027758081482006-09-13T10:29:00.000-07:002006-09-13T10:37:07.806-07:00

I was browsing around looking for salsa video clips when I ran across a press release for a new web site:SalsaBootCamp is a complete source for Latin style dance instruction on the web, starting with its complete, and constantly growing, Salsa Dance instruction. From the beginning steps of Salsa Dance, all the way through to the intermediate and advanced salsa footwork and styling, SalsaBootCamp

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Thank you for visiting SalsaFix.com! Here at SalsaFix, we know that you have a choice when it comes to your salsa blogging needs, and we thank you for blogging with us. If there is anything we can do to give you your Salsa Fix better / faster / friendlier, please don't hesitate to ask. We appreciate your visit, and hope that you will visit again real soon :)

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1158002547064120962006-09-11T12:21:00.000-07:002006-09-11T15:20:17.833-07:00

Use a Non Salsa IntroEveryone at a salsa congress is expecting to see salsa dancing. But the clever dance company can use this fact to its advantage by starting off their routine with a dance form other than salsa. It doesn’t matter what form you choose, as long as it’s not salsa. The main goal here is to surprise the audience by moving away from their expectations.For instance, you could take

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1157794969711108742006-09-09T02:37:00.000-07:002006-09-11T15:21:48.306-07:00

If you're like me, you're always on the lookout for good new salsa music. Well, if so, you're going to like this song I have for you! Actually, you should be hearing it right now!This song was never actually released. I heard it on one of Eric Freeman's Cuban videos, and I LOVED it. But, I couldn't figure out who it was. I emailed Eric and asked him about 'that one song', and he told me that the

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1157617422717302592006-09-07T00:37:00.000-07:002006-09-07T01:58:40.040-07:00

Contrary to popular belief, the clave does not favor any one style of dancing. In fact, when it comes to dancing on clave, all styles are mathematically equal. Lets take the example of the two most common claves... 2/3 and 3/2. In order to demostrate how this works, we'll need some notation. I could spend some time making fancy graphics, but I'm lazy. Anyway, here is the methodology. First,

SalsaFixnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33940099.post-1157534381616783802006-09-06T02:13:00.000-07:002006-09-06T02:30:40.183-07:00

How stupid can you be? Apparently, pretty damn..."HONG KONG (Reuters) - A high-profile Hong Kong banker and ballroom dancing fanatic won a lawsuit on Wednesday against her Salsa instructors, who were ordered to return her HK$62 million (4.2 million pounds) dollars for lessons she never took."Now, you may think that I'm calling the woman who paid 4.2 million pounds for unlimited private lessons

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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

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