Rewind in a salsa mix?

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Wikipedia said:
Many mixing points begin or end with the "drop". The drop is the point in a track where a switch of rhythm or bassline occurs and usually follows a recognizable build section and "breakdown". Sometimes the drop is used to switch between tracks, layering components of different tracks, though as the two records may be simply ambient breakdowns at this point, though some DJs prefer to combine breakbeats, a more difficult exercise. Some drops are so popular that the DJ will "rewind" or "reload" or "lift up" by spinning the record back and restarting it at the build. "The drop" is often a key point from the point of view of the dancefloor, since the drumbreaks often fade out to leave an ambient intro playing.
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Rewinds are quite common in drum & bass or dubstep dj mixes :banana: (for example here www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtR1ecQZjQk )but would they work in a salsa mix? The dancers would be like :eek: :confused: first but maybe :D later?
I did a small mix, after 50 seconds the second song just starts from the beginning.
www11.zippyshare.com/v/56063325/file.html
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to try that on a salsa party.
 
dont do it. please. just let the song play through. Im from a reggae background so i know exactly what a rewind is..so please dont use it in this genre.
 
at least one should try it on a congress, film it and put it on youtube. Prepare a bunch of people with glow sticks and air horns. youtube.com/watch?v=a_6CZ2JaEuc
rewind the tune, grab the mic and babble MC stuff like on the mix and right about now.
Video should also include some dancers with hats, jackets and WTF face. I'd lol :D
 
salsa dancers are far too uptight to handle such a thing.

by and large they can't hack live bands improvising for several minutes on end, which has been going on since the birth of the genre, for crying out loud!
 
Salsacore said:
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to try that on a salsa party.
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:nope:

Along the lines of what everybody else after you has posted, some mixing techniques that sound interesting to a passive listener or that allow a DJ to "show off," are often viewed as very bad by people who are primarily interested in social dancing to Salsa music. The vast majority of Salsa dancers like to have each song played from beginning to end with no tricks.

You will do more to impress a Salsa crowd by doing some research to come up with a great collection of different songs, rather than turning a familiar song into something crazy. :rolleyes:
 
Big10 said:
Along the lines of what everybody else after you has posted, some mixing techniques that sound interesting to a passive listener or that allow a DJ to "show off," are often viewed as very bad by people who are primarily interested in social dancing to Salsa music. The vast majority of Salsa dancers like to have each song played from beginning to end with no tricks.
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Yeah, I mean one shouldn't do something bad just to show off or to feel more active while waiting for the next simple play and switch the crossfader moment and being jealous about all the crazy stuff that the hip hop colleagues are doing.
In DnB there's usually a stage, there's an MC, it's more of a concert than a salsa party with interaction. On a salsa party many people don't care who or where the DJ is and what he's doing. People cheer and "demand" the rewind. So it's a joke to come up with the rewind... like construction workers eating their lunch sandwiches with a glass of wine, plates and candlelight.
On the other hand I get very excited about the buildup the drop and first chorus with a loud cowbell. Why not hear that part twice and tease the dancers first? I'm gonna find somebody with balls to do the MC monkey part :cool:, two other supporters with lighters who cheer and shout rewind, just for the lolz! I'll report.
 
Salsacore said:
Rewinds are quite common in drum & bass or dubstep dj mixes ...
I did a small mix, after 50 seconds the second song just starts from the beginning.
www11.zippyshare.com/v/56063325/file.html
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to try that on a salsa party.
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Nice way to take something musical and make it sound dumb.

Mystifying...
 
Salsacore said:
Rewinds are quite common in drum & bass or dubstep dj mixes :banana: (for example here www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtR1ecQZjQk )but would they work in a salsa mix? The dancers would be like :eek: :confused: first but maybe :D later?
I did a small mix, after 50 seconds the second song just starts from the beginning.
www11.zippyshare.com/v/56063325/file.html
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to try that on a salsa party.
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i used to DJ Drum & Bass, to be honest i didnt like rewinds even in drum & bass

im sure your just joking around with this question.. but anway

but if your Salsa night is the kind that allows for an alternative section in which you can play house music, regueton merengue, etc..... then thats the time to do thos kind of tricks IMO

not to salsa.

but even then it must be accompanied by good beat mixing otherwise it would look even more amateur than leaving the song as it is

ultimately the dancefloor is your judge, so if you think you can pull this off, then by all means, get a friend to record it and show us :D
 
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