Oscar D’Leon releases a catchy video about Twitter. “Sigueme”. Coincidentally, I found out through my friend Joel, who is quickly becoming a Twitter guru. Here is the video:

Oscar D’Leon sings “Sigueme”, a video/song about Twitter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLNcRp33Xp0

If you liked this video, follow me on twitter. Twitter.com/DanyJoshua

In episode 5 of the Dany Joshua Salsa Cast, Dany answers probably the most F.A.Q. (frequently asked question): What is inside Dany’s bag? Click play to see the answer.
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Episode 2 of the Dany Joshua Salsa Cast is a video! Two formats for the Dany Joshua Salsa Cast, Audio and video! Episode 1 is in audio format like a radio show. Episode 2 is in video format like mini TV segment. Later on, I will explain the reasons of this new project. For now, keep watching the videos, and please send me your feed back. Leave comments, send me emails, text me, whatever. I want to know your thoughts.
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Did you know that Ruben Blades is going to re-record a lot of his Fania material? If you would like to find out interesting things like this, follow me on Twitter or friend me on facebook. Twitter.com/danyjoshua or facebook.com/danyjoshua

I would like to share with you a show that I have been following for the last few months, “El Show de Ruben Blades”. Ruben Blades is a Salsa artist that I would like to meet, and after watching 27 shows, I feel that I almost know him. Here are some quotes that I liked and a link the show.

“Rock is young music, it is youth oriented. It just speaks for a generation.” – Ruben Blades.

Ruben Blades explica, “Quiero ese disco, el disco con Cheo, que tengo que terminar y ya lo voy a terminar lo mas pronto possible. Estoy regrabando todas mis cosas. Ya Walter Flores termino. Y ahora tengo que ponerle la voz a todos los discos que hize con el periodo de la Fania y toda es question, lo estoy regrabando todo para que cuando yo me muera pueda dejarle todo eso a mi familia porque los discos no son ni mios. Los discos son de la compan~ia, no mios. Este es el unico negocio del mundo donde la compan~ia de discos te de la plata para que hagas el disco, y te la cobra de tus regalias y no te dan un centavo hasta que la compan~ia de discos no recobre lo que invirtio. Y despues que lo recobra, tadavia el disco es de ellos. Es como si tu tuvieras una casa y a usted le da un prestamo el banco. Y usted paga y paga y paga, y cuando termine de pagar la casa, la casa todavia es del banco. So, que es eso hombre! Eso que es! Eso no se accepta en ningun lugar. Asi explotan a los musicos!”

El Show de Ruben Blades
http://www.rubenblades.com/sdrb/

Politics of Rhythm

Sorry for the long hiatus. It has been a while since I have written or made posts in this website about Salsa in general. But please tune in every couple of days because I will post some interesting videos or articles. Let’s get back into the swing of things with this video.

“Politics of Rhythm is a chronicle of the Salsa Movement, brought to life through the accounts of numerous Salsa Players, whose experiences and knowledge provide a rich tapestry of culture and politics. ”

Feat. Willie Colon Papo Lucca, Oscar De Leon, Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow, Ruben Blades, Cheo Feliciano… just to name a few Salsa musicians. And let’s not even talk about the dancers!

Special thanks go to everyone that has shown love and concern for our Thursday Salsa party in New Brunswick. I really miss it too. I miss playing my records for such a warm crowd week after week. But please be patient because better days are ahead. In the meanwhile, I want to share with you two things. First, after one year of DJ’ing, please allow me to formally introduce myself as a Salsa DJ (check my DJ bio here). Second, please direct your attention to a short video that just keeps making me laugh every time I see it. If you like it too and it makes you laugh, please friend me on facebook and drop me a message on my wall. Enjoy. – Dany J.

Scarlet Mambo and Fire N Ice are proud to present the hottest Salsa Party in 2009! Start off the year with the coolest Salsa party every Friday at a plush and trendy lounge. The Grand Opening is on Friday, January 2nd 2009. We have all kinds of good stuff going on. Reduced-cover guest list, low cover, drink specials, free dance classes, etc etc. And this is just the beginning. Live dance performances!!! (details coming soon).

DJ Dany Joshua and DJ Leonard will be spinning the hottest Salsa music for dancing.

Take a look at the photos of this lounge. Enough said about that.

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Fire N Ice is located at the crossroads of New Jersey on Rt-1, 2 minutes away from the NJ Turnpike, Parkway, Rt-287, Rt-440, Rt-9, Rt-27. Also within a half-hour drive from Jersey City on the north, and the Princeton Area and Red Bank on the South.

Ladies Reduced on the guest list before 10pm.
(email LadiesFree@scarletmambo.com with 1 name and phone)

Fire N Ice Salsa Fridays.

Resident DJ’s:
DJ Dany Joshua
& DJ Leonard
+ Guest DJ’s

Classic Salsa, Merengue, Bachata

Budweiser Sponsored Event
$4 16-oz Budweiser
$5 Mojitos and Apple Martinis

9-10pm Free Salsa On2 Class
(2) Instructors (Intro and Improvers)

Fire N Ice
85 Lafayette Road, Fords, NJ 08863
Table Reservations (732) 417-1999
www.fireNiceNJ.com

Fire N Ice is located on Route 1 North at Ford Avenue Intersection (behind Raceway Gas Station). Between Menlo Park Mall & Woodbridge Mall.

Within minutes of Turnpike, Parkway, Rt-287, Rt-9, Rt-18, Rt-27.

Ladies Reduced on the guest list before 10pm.
(email LadiesFree@scarletmambo.com with 1 name and phone)

During the last decade, the internet has been a crucial tool in the movement of Salsa dancing. Social networking and video sharing websites have given dancers the ability to make artistic connections and share their footage of Salsa dancing. Mainly, sites like Myspace, Facebook and Youtube make communication very easy at the user level. However, at the professional level there are a few companies that feature our Salsa passion as a legitimate artistic endeavor.

Nuevotec Productions, a “videography” company based in southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, has made an outstanding contribution to promote Salsa dancing and help inspire enthusiasts around the world. Simply, the Nuevotec team – Allan, Harry and Dimas – cover Salsa events, socials and congresses. Their footage of performances, social dancing and interviews is featured in Nuevotec.com. The following are some of my favorite videos.

This Wednesday (before Thanksgiving Thursday) is probably the baddest night to go out! (Baddest as in best). Scarlet Mambo is hosting a Pre-Thanksgiving Salsa Bash at 360 Lounge on Wednesday, November 26th 2008.

Scarlet Salsa Thursdays have quickly become the best weekly Salsa party in Central Jersey! The music is great, the place is super cool, the hardwood floor is excellent, and the people are awesome! Enough said.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008.
Free Cover before 9pm.
Reduced before 10pm.

Drink Specials
$4 Margaritas, $3 Buds, $2 House Shots

DJ Dany J & DJ Leonard
Classic Salsa, Cha Cha, Merengue, Bachata
For serious dancing!

Free Salsa Lessons – (2) Levels
by Scarlet Mambo at 9:30pm

360 Lounge, 120 Albany St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Actually, a picture is worth a thousand words. And a video is worth a million.

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Griselle Ponce and Andy

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Yesenia Peralta and Greg Taylor

Let’s talk about what makes the 2008 NY Salsa Congress different from previous years. The director of the congress, John “Choco” Knight, has truly developed the 2008 NY Salsa Congress into a well-marketed all-week event. The schedule is so full of back-to-back attractions – workshops, afternoon socials, afternoon shows, and night shows, night socials – that it is difficult to find free time to rest, eat or sleep during the congress. Before the congress even started, there was plenty of dancing at pre-parties during the week all over New York City.

It has hard to estimate the number of people that participated in each evening social. I do not think that anyone kept track. Suffice it to say that it was crowded! I could have danced every song if I wanted to. Let’s assume that I danced about 100 songs during the whole congress (6 songs per hour x 4 hours x 4 nights = 96 songs). Out of those dance partners, I can only remember one girl saying that she didn’t want to dance. Those are good odds! The point is that everyone wanted to dance, and there was a lot of everyone.

Our favorite professional dancers/instructors were easy to spot also. They were usually found in the middle of a circle of observers.

Performances
Saturday and Sunday night performances were amazingly spectacular, so many to list. Two acts that stood out from the rest were Jayson Molina’s kids group and Maykel Fonts solo performance.

Every year, Jayson Molina showcases a mega routine composed of very young Salsa dancers. The most charismatic kid (the one with spiky hair) in that performance looked no older than 6 years old!

The Cha Cha performance of Cuban-born dancer Maykel Read the rest of this entry »