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You may have noticed it…. I like music as well as dancing and I’ve found this youtube video by the rejected1. It’s his list of top 20 Cha Cha songs as of 2009 and has pretty good songs in it. I recognize a lot of these songs from videos of recent competitions. There are a [...]

These are some of my favorite Rumba songs. Amazon.com Widgets

I’d like to put some more cha cha songs today. My first post about cha cha music had songs by different artists. Today, I’d like to introduce 2 artists I like. The first one is Mendez, or DJ Mendez. He is a Chilean native and an active DJ in Sweden. If you search him on [...]

So far, I’ve had 2 posts about rumba music.  Now it’s time for music for cha cha.  Some are a bit fast to dance to, so you may want to slow it down using some tools (see ). Lady Marmalade (Album Version) by Patti Labelle This song is slow, so I use this song a [...]

Here is another batch of my favorite rumba music. Enjoy! The Look of Love by Dianao Krall. (Mp3 download available from Amazon.com. Woman in Love by Barbra Streisand. (Mp3 download available from Amazon.com.) Piramides de Amore by The Tripletts. (In “Brazil”) Perfidia by John Altman. (Available from Amazon.com) Related Posts Top 20 Cha Cha and [...]

From time to time, I like to edit the music so I can practice better.  Most of the time, it means I want to slow down the tempo/pitch of a particular song.  There are many choices available as you can find out by doing a goole search for “sound editor.”  The top search result is [...]

Here is the list of tempo for each dance (American style and International style) as specified by NDCA.   International Style Cha Cha   — 31 MPM (124 BPM) Samba     — 48-50 MPM (96-100 BPM) — 2 beats per measure Rumba    — 27 MPM (108 BPM) Paso Doble –60-62 MPM (120-124 BPM) — 2 beats per measure [...]