How to Learn About Latin Music
- 1). Join up with a ballroom dancing club or group in you area. Many will advertise in the local press or have websites advertising classes. Moving to Latin music will help you understand the rhythm and influences of the music.
- 2). Visit Latin clubs in your area. Better still, visit the Latin music clubs in cities such as New York, Miami or Los Angeles. Spanish Harlem in New York is bustling full of Latin music clubs where you can put your dancing skills into action; likewise Spanish quarters in Los Angeles and just about everywhere in the club districts of Miami and Miami Beach.
- 3). Download music of the most popular Latin music artists. Carlos Vives and Shakira are popular, but new artists are emerging all the time. Websites such as "Keep And Share" provide lyrics to some of the most popular Latin music so you can sing along to the classics.
- 4). Travel to Spain or Latin America and go to the clubs there. Buenos Aires is renowned for its tango clubs, Madrid for its flamenco. And the carnival in Rio de Janeiro in February each year is a mecca for Latin music lovers.
- 5). Go online and research more about the history of Latin music. Read books about how the music originated. Watch dancing shows when they tour in your area. Eat Spanish food while listening to your Latin music. Immerse yourself in the Latin culture and you will learn to love the Latin genre.
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