Food Based Music About Food

Having decided to withhold a post about the girls of salsa for now, I have instead opted to post on the music of salsa. Besides today is tasteful Thursday so now is the perfect time for a lesson on music. In class we have been warming up to a really great song that I want to share with you called 'Sofrito' by Mongo Santamaria. The song starts with a piano solo that sounds almost classical, but soon enough several ingredients are added and you get your salsa. The song is great because it is very easy to hear the beat, which is probably why we use it for a warm up at the beginning of every class. The instructor stands in front of us and says, "Follow me." Then we have to mimic his footwork as he shows us a bunch of different solo steps that can be used if you want to dance but don't have a partner. Some of them are neat looking so in some sense they can be thought of as a mating dance because they may attract a lady to you who now wants to dance.