Archivo
New Stuff[hide]
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich
Staff: Kristina Lim
Musicos: Juan Formell
Musicos: Yordamis Megret Planes
Musicos: Yasser Morejón Pino
Musicos: José Luis "Changuito" Quintana...
Musicos: Dennis Nicles Cobas
Fotos: Eli Silva
Grupos: Ritmo Oriental : 1988 - Vol. IX - 30 a...
Musicos: Rafael Paseiro Monzón
Musicos: Jiovanni Cofiño Sánchez
Fotos: Tom Ehrlich : 2024 Monterey Jazz, P...
Resenas: Vacilón Santiaguero (Circle 9 ...
Staff: Bill Tilford
Photos of the Day [hide]
La Última
Understanding Clave and Clave Changes
Now Available
After years of listening to people argue and pull their hair out about clave, and pulling out a fair amount of my own in the process, I finally decided to clarify it once and for all. My premise is that it's impossible to understand this stuff by talking about it - you have to clap, dance and sing it until it's completely ingrained and THEN you'll be able to understand it and talk about it to others without losing your sanity.
With that in mind, there are three main sections. The beginning section - designed for non-musicians - simply teaches you how to clap and name the various clave patterns. The intermediate section uses dancing to clear up all the confusion about "2-3" and "3-2". It never tries to explain a concept until it's gotten you to memorize and become comfortable with a clapping-singing-dancing routine that you can use to relate the concept to.
Finally, the "advanced" section - for true masochists - explains "clave changes", including the really difficult ones like Sandunguera, Se acabó el querer, Todos vuelven and Llegó la música cubana.
There are also some really stunning clave photos by Tom Ehrlich throughout the 90 page book.
LINKS = PHYSICAL BOOK ($15) - eBOOK ($10) - AUDIO FILES (free)
Free Audio Files: With all the other Beyond Salsa books, the book and audio are separate products, but for this course, you have to have them both for it to make any sense, so the audio files are a free album download. If you are new to the LPM site be sure to check your spam folder so that you can click on the activation link, because you must either login or register to be able to download the free audio album. Let me know what you think! [Kevin Moore]
More book news: I'll be releasing the second Pupy book (Vol. 11) at 11:11 a.m. on 11/11/11 - more on that soon. Meanwhile, Curtis Lanoue's and José Eladio's excellent Afro-Cuban Percussion Workbook now has a companion DVD product which is so well-done that it's inspired me to add a DVD product for the Calixto Oviedo books. Also getting rave reviews is Roberto Vizcaíno's Método para la eseñanza de la Percusión Latina. Vizcaíno and Eladio taught side by side at la ENA (as did Pupy, actually) for many years and are among the most important Latin percussion players and teachers on the planet.
Two More Salsa Mayor Galleries
Both from Café Cócomo in San Francisco - Tomorrow, Monday, is the lecture/demo at Mission Cultural Center at 7:00 and there will be another concert Wednesday night at House of Music in Oakland. Then The Reef on Thursday in Long Beach.
Click Here for Peter Maiden's Gallery
Click Here for Tom Ehrlich's Gallery
Tom's Salsa Mayor Photos
Part I: Moes's Alley, Santa Cruz
Yordi Larrazabal
Click here for Tom's first gallery, from Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz. Still to come are galleries from both Tom and Peter Maiden from Café Cócomo in San Francisco.
Book News: The second Pupy Pedroso book is about a week or two away. It's the longest one yet and in the process of writing it, I came across so many clave changes that I decided to add an appendix explaining clave using dancing, singing and clapping exercises. For those who don't want the whole piano book I'm going to release the clave course as a special stand-alone product with a PDF and audio files for one low price. That should be coming out within a couple days. Stay tuned! [Kevin Moore]
Bellingham Tonight
Seattle Tomorrow - SF Monday & Wed (new show!) - LA Thursday
photo by Peter Maiden
Last night produced another torrid show from Salsa Mayor - this time at SF Cócomo. We'll have scads of great photos from Peter Maiden and Tom Ehrlich soon. Those crazy enough to go to both shows reported that Aragón at Yoshi's Oakland was nearly sold out and had absolutely exquisite, tear-inducingly beautiful sound. No such claims were made about Cócomo's sound system, but Oakland's trickles of nostalgic tears were countered by a raging river of testoserone across the Bay. Aragón continues tonight and tomorrow. Meanwhile Salsa Mayor heads to Bellingham tonight and Seattle Sunday, then back to SF Monday night for a clinic and a new show added Wednesday Night at Oakland's House of Music, and then on to The Reef in Long Beach (Los Angeles) Thursday. (Click "continue reading" for 2 more photos). [Kevin Moore]
