What is Salsa?
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:51 pm
This may be a really dumb question but what I mean by this is, what does the conga player (or for that matter, the bongo or bell etc.) actually play in Salsa? I was watching the Latin Music USA thing and they talked about the whole birth of Salsa and at the end I still didn’t know the answer.
In say, Songo there is a pattern and variations, mambo the same, Meringue... etc, etc. and each has it’s pre-curser it evolved from, but what is the Conga player actually playing in Salsa?
I went through some material I have and I googled for the answer but nothing really addressed it.
Obviously I didn’t grow up in a Salsa rich atmosphere but I know there are some Salsa cats in this forum and some who where even there at the beginning..
Tell me about Salsa!
In say, Songo there is a pattern and variations, mambo the same, Meringue... etc, etc. and each has it’s pre-curser it evolved from, but what is the Conga player actually playing in Salsa?
I went through some material I have and I googled for the answer but nothing really addressed it.
Obviously I didn’t grow up in a Salsa rich atmosphere but I know there are some Salsa cats in this forum and some who where even there at the beginning..
Tell me about Salsa!