Salsa Music on Crack: a Salseros Frustration
Escrito el 4 de September del 2008 por mike.If there were moments of frustration in my 10 years of dancing salsa, last night would be the ultimate!
Ever!
The band played every damn song in the fastest manner! WTF!
The most annoying part of each song they played was the fact that they started slow, meaning, regular tempo. But as the music played on reaching towards the middle of the song, the band started playing faster.
Picture, if you will, a track & field athlete, running the 800-meter dash. The runner runs the first lap, which is 400, in an easy manner. The last lap come and youd see the runner dash like crazy trying to get to the finish line before everyone elses.
Its the same thing that band was doing playing salsa music at the Glas Kat! Grrrr. It was as if every musician there was trying to chase each other and couldnt wait to finish playing the damn song! Was there a race during the songs? Maybe they get a price to whoever finishes first?
For example, they played Nadie Como Ella by Marc Anthony. Now we all know as dancers that this song has a medium tempo from beginning to end. Last night they played and bastardized the song and beat it to pieces! Yes, it was Nadie Como Ella on crack!
Heres a lesson 101 from a dancer to salsa bands. I know I know, youd hate me for saying this, but you leave me no choice!
When you get hired to play in a dance club like Glas Kat (San Francisco), keep a very important thing in mind – you are playing for dancers. You play so they can dance! There is a big difference between playing your songs and demonstrating your craft with a seated audience watching you. You can do whatever you want! You can break your sticks, slam your guitar, use your feet to tap the congas and whatnot; its your opportunity to show off because the audience is there to watch you. But when you are playing for people to dance, please consider the dancers. Theyre human. They get tired. Like playing music, they are paying attention to timing. Think about it, do you really think dancers being the human being that we are, could withstand dancing to 5 to 10 minutes of fast songs for 6 hours?
Maybe, we could, just give us crack and wed be dancing in a fast-forward manner.
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