And now back to your regularly scheduled programming! After such a long time we are back with a new season of the addicted2salsa.com video dance podcast!

First, we’d like to go on record that we are the first salsa podcast to be shot in High-Definition (hope it shows up on Wikipedia), so you can clearly see our footwork either on your iPhone/iPod or big screen TV. Second, this is our first podcast that we dance On2 as well as On1. Last, but not least - I’d like to introduce you to our new co-host Julie Merrill.

Today we will go over a few options on how to get out of a salsa titanic move. Enjoy!

The song used in the episode is “Philadelphia Mambo” by Los Gatos (originally by Tito Puente)

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).

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. Episode 34.

Well, got a chance to take a break from work and went to the Al Liquid Silver Summer Salsa Splash 2007 event in Palm Springs, California. Met lots of great people, especially Allan from Nuevotec Productions who has more videos from the event.

With that said, most of the comments I got were: “I like your YouTube videos“. And I realized that the way I danced in those videos is way to old. So, thanks to Allan, he captured me dancing with the wonderful Jennifer Stein from Majesty In Motion Dance Co. Enjoy!

Well, in this episode of addicted2salsa we take a further look some old salsa classics thanks to Karlos (aka ‘Z’). We provide a little more jazzy selection for your enjoyment, so you can discover a variety of different salsa artists and styles. You might not like all the songs, but hopefully you’ll find some treasures that will make you want to get to know a specific artist a little deeper.

Just as a quick shout-out to the San Diego Salsa Festival folks who are supporting our podcast! We ask that you please check them out to support: http://www.sandiegosalsafestival.com

  * El Dulcerito Llego by Cuba L.A.
  * Cuando Te Vea by Tito Puente
  * Noche de Farra by Machito & His Afro-Cubans
  * Pica, Pica by Cortijo Y Su Combo
  * Que Sabroso by Jimmy Sabater
  * Swinging at the “M” by Bobby Montez
  * Wave by Willie Rosario

Please remember that if you like a song or an artist - please support them by buying their album or music. We play these songs for you to discover these artists that otherwise will be without exposure. Support salsa music! Thanks.

This is probably the most unprofessional episode we’ve made so far… Well, in this episode of addicted2salsa we have our special guest Karlos Oregel providing us some of his preferred salsa songs from his vast collection. We also talk a little bit about the artists and go off on tangents as usual. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the song selections as well as our special guest! Enjoy and send your feedback. Our song list is as follows:

  * Soy Profesional by Justo Betancourt
  * El Mulato Rumbero by Louie Ramirez
  * Suavito by Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz
  * Noche de Salsa by Paquito D’Rivera and Louie Ramirez
  * Baho-Kende by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
  * Jacobo Basura by Bobby Valentin
  * Las Chicas de Venezuela by Pete ‘El Conde’ Rodriguez

After taking the rest of the video and editing it, I’m happy to start off a new series (that hopefully will continue). I had watched a DVD called On2005 A Year in Mamboland, and I decided to use it as inspiration on how to show all the nice video clips of social dancing at the 2007 West Coast Salsa Congress in Los Angeles California. I title this series: A Weekend in Salsa. I like the name because that usually when most of us go out for salsa during the week. Additionally, that is when most of the salsa congress events occur. Now, I have no real background in directing/production/editing so I did my best for my first shot. This is mainly for you guys to enjoy the dancing that goes on a salsa congresses during the night events. Again, please enjoy!