Best and Worst Salsa DJs?

DJ Yuca said:
Fair enough, ignore me.

That was my first thought actually, my comments still stand to a slight extent - some of the indigenous peoples of Brasil must be discerning about music, some of them might even know salsa music for all I know.

Yes I'll shut the door on my way out.
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DJ yuca,

sorry for my bad english..But most people all over the world dont have the real image of my country and some dont even know where it is...its like a stereotip image of a third world country:

colombia - cocaine , drug traffic
argentine - tango
brasil - carnival, samba , naked women and soccer

Some people come here to my city and tell me: "oh, you have a lot of beautiful buildings here " ...I usually said "yeah, and we already learned how to eat with forks and knifes"

do you know what I mean? When I said indians I wanted to say that maybe he thought we were still living like in the time of colonization..sorry again for my bad english

Salsa here's has good dancers but its not the rythym most people like..the difficult of language , since we dont speak spanish, put us apart of the whole salsa culture other latin countries have..our dance schools teach a lot of other "couples "dances like samba de gafieira, bolero, soltinho, forro and tango...

we're behind most countries I know but I didnt need to listen to "creu "song at world SALSA championship congress...
 
Your English is fine Ms Bitten, sorry for the misunderstanding, I certainly would not expect or wish to hear Creu at a salsa congress either. (I wouldn't wish to hear it anywhere for that matter.)

I can well believe that plenty of people have a stereotypical view of your country. My own perception of Brasil comes from listening to Jorge Benjor, Airto Moreira, Os Ipanemas and many others, reading Patricia Melo, Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza and Paulo Lins (in translation), and seeing a few Brasilian films and documentaries, yet I'm aware that I know little about Brasil really. I hope that one day I am fortunate enough to visit your country.

Good luck with your salsa scene and best wishes from the UK.
 
kbitten said:
Some people come here to my city and tell me: "oh, you have a lot of beautiful buildings here " ...I usually said "yeah, and we already learned how to eat with forks and knifes"
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haha. But they are not all expecting the Favela. Brasilia has some pretty astonishing buildings by anyone's standards!
 
DJ Joey G from Miami did a good job at the congress in Orlando. He had a nice mix of older and newer salsa along with chacha.
 
I've heard some real dire selections recently I'm afraid, out and about - the cheesiest rnb salsa, English language salsa, timba, bachata, kizomba - possibly acceptable as part of the mix, but some DJs play this for most of the night, it seems real salsa music is regarded as a minority interest. DJs underestimating the discernment of the dancers imo, yes there are plenty of dancers who dislike salsa music (unfortunately) but a lot of people (particularly the better dancers) do actually appreciate salsa music. Last night the DJ even played Show Me, talk about dumbing down.

That's not the reason for this post however; the music at Cafe Mambo was good, as always, when I went recently, particularly DJ Incognito from Holland who I really enjoyed dancing to.
 
kbitten said:
DJ yuca,

sorry for my bad english..But most people all over the world dont have the real image of my country and some dont even know where it is...its like a stereotip image of a third world country:

colombia - cocaine , drug traffic
argentine - tango
brasil - carnival, samba , naked women and soccer
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Wait what?! So you're saying naked/or mostly naked women dancing samba at street carnivals is only a myth?!?
 
no it's not a myth..but it's something that happens in Rio, ONE state among 27 we have...and it happens during carnival parade, that happens in ONE street among one million Rio has..and it happens during TWO days among 365 a year has...
 
terence said:
And those dates and days are ? ...
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Tokyo has a samba summer carnival coming up. I think it is the biggest outside Brazil. I danced in the street parade with a team last year for the hell of it. A bloody hot day.... the girls were not naked, but quite scantily dressed...
 
Originally Posted by terence
And those dates and days are ? ...
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the dates change every year.."Carnival day" is always a tuesday but the party starts from friday to wednesday, since we dont work these days..next year's carnival will be on march 4 - 9

the Rio parade usually happens sunday and monday. here's a video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3mYDwRTALo

others FAMOUS carnival we have:

1 - carnival in Olinda -RECIFE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkALQyoA9o8

Its a free street carnival - all you need is a fantasy or a water pistol to have fun

2 - carnival in Jurere beach - FLORIANOPOLIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT_Ol6atMZc

if you dont have the perfect body or money, dont mind going there

3 - here's THE BEST carnival of Brasil - SALVADOR - BAHIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3N65yLw8EU

all you need is want to kiss a lot
 
la_gringa said:
I place some of the blame for the lack of musical education (even basic introductions to super-important artists, like say Tito Puente) on salsa teachers. If they don't communicate enthusiasm for learning about Latin music - if they treat it merely as a background element - they do their students a disservice.
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I am a new member here and I have not read the whole thread here, but you make a fundamental point, with which I agree.

In my opinion the salsa teachers are much more to blame than the DJs. They should teach about the music while they are teaching their students to dance. This way it makes more sense because learning about the music is part of learning to dance!

Furthermore, if the students get some basic musical knowledge from their teachers then perhaps they can go and buy that music and continue their research on their own.

Having said that, most teachers I have come across while living and DJ-ing Salsa in the UK and Brazil, would not recognize Tito Puente, if he was sitting next to them in the bus.

So, what I say applies to the relatively few teachers who, not only teach, but are SALSEROS OR SALSERAS, real ones!

Meaning that I hope the teachers who are not quacks will eventually start sharing some basic info about the music with their students, while encouraging them to go out and BUY the music they like.

I say "BUY", because too many salsa teachers sell pirated copies of CDs to their students.......

As for DJs sharing musical knowledge during gigs, I would say that I hold back info on the rarer tracks that differentiate my music from that of other DJs, while I am more likely to give out info on the popular tracks that most DJs play anyway.
 
Listing of the best salsa DJs in LA. Be great to get a list like this for every location

http://www.vidasalsera.com/djs.htm
 
LOL Rodrigo is a cool cat, but does play some bizarre stuff. The list provided is not even close to the best DJs in LA. Half of the one listed are Merengue/Cumbia DJs. Hear the second guy is pretty good
 
Mambo T said:
LOL Rodrigo is a cool cat, but does play some bizarre stuff. The list provided is not even close to the best DJs in LA. Half of the one listed are Merengue/Cumbia DJs. Hear the second guy is pretty good
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Who do you think is the best salsa DJ in LA?
 
Martin from Stevens is good when he doesn't try to mix songs. Dario from Hacienda is good. DJ Frank and DJ Robby are solid. DJ Ayapod rocks, but she just moved to Switzerland.
 
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