tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post549488581267126150..comments2010-10-20T12:53:13.610-07:00Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-7955581147856461632010-10-20T12:53:13.610-07:002010-10-20T12:53:13.610-07:00Hey Don! Great article. Really enjoyed it. I agree with you. I think musicality can be taught. One of the defining moments in my salsa career still stands out crystal clear to me. It was when I took Edie&#39;s musicality class with Al long time ago. That one class made a lasting impression and helped shift my awareness to understand more what happens in the music especially from a dancers perspective. Not only did that class help me become more aware of how I can become a more musical salsa dancer, but ever since that class I have also enjoyed listening to salsa music much more. <br /><br />I can&#39;t wait to see your videos as well!Salsa Timinghttp://www.salsa-timing.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-90788658536365585132008-09-29T10:46:00.000-07:002008-09-29T10:46:00.000-07:00just wanted to say that I am eagerly waiting for the videos series <BR/><BR/>any idea when will they be up ? <BR/>thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-72505079836569218592007-10-28T17:28:00.000-07:002007-10-28T17:28:00.000-07:00I think we are pretty close and your comments are appreciated.<BR/><BR/>I agree I talk about learning musicality and there are core concepts that can dramatically accelerate the learning process. Those core concepts can be taught to anybody, although I agree that will NOT make you musical just because you have some head knowledge. The core musical concepts can make you MORE musical, and most people are much more musical when they are aware of music fundamentals. A minority of people will just feel it, but I believe even they would be even more musical with a greater depth of understanding.<BR/><BR/>Learning and teaching are related, but I need to find a way to express the process in my articles. Since I've watched a large set of jazz musicians go through the process, and improvisation/musicality is the name of the game, I see major parallels in the dance world.<BR/><BR/>I like your comments because you make me think!Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-18028006130428649282007-10-28T16:50:00.000-07:002007-10-28T16:50:00.000-07:00Hey there Unlikely...<BR/><BR/>You stated at the top that you thought musicality could be *taught*, but then you spent your whole blog entry talking about how it may be *learned*.<BR/><BR/>You did mention that foundational concepts can be taught, and I don't think it would be reasonable to argue against that. But I'm not sure that foundational concepts = musicality. Maybe they're a prerequisite, but the musicality (imho) is the individual expression that gets layered on top of the foundational concepts. It's your own individual thing, the spice you add, and hence by definition I'd say not something you can be systematically taught to do.<BR/><BR/>I do think you absorb principles of musicality from the people around you and incorporate them into your own dancing. They are not consciously teaching you, but you are learning from them.<BR/><BR/>But consciously trying to teach someone musicality - e.g., "for a conga solo, use shine A... for a clave change, use styling element B..." well, I just don't think that's likely to produce the sort of individual expression that (imho) constitutes musicality.<BR/><BR/> - noobster<BR/><BR/>ps - cool blog, keep up the good work :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-87877609358016203032007-09-17T11:56:00.000-07:002007-09-17T11:56:00.000-07:00That's fair... I had my heart set of doing a video series, but until I get everything in place that is tougher. So I decided to go live with my text and then follow-up with the clips. A constant work in progress.Don Baarns - Unlikely Salserohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06312061855724975322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489977357310651356.post-30252908234483511872007-09-17T11:39:00.000-07:002007-09-17T11:39:00.000-07:00Well... I have been waiting for 4 months now. I hope to see something more substantial on this subject next week as opposed to all these teasers. ;)hyhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03289809742748154670noreply@blogger.com