Practice Music

[ShyDancer]

Does anyone have any good song ideas to practice to?

Im after some slow Cha Chas in paticular, Also some slow Sambas and Quicksteps

Any Ideas? They dont have to be conventional..anything goes!

Thanks!

[Purr]

Here's a few songs that I like. 8)

Cha Cha

Smooth by Santana with Rob Thomas
The Game of Love by Santana with Michelle Branch
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson
Sex Bomb by Tom Jones with Mousse T
Push It by Salt-N-Pepa
Represent, Cuba by Orishas with Heather Headley (Havanna Nights Soundtrack)
Sway by Michael Buble

Samba

Ain't It Funny by Jennifer Lopez
Jazz Machine by Black Machine (Dance With Me Soundtrack)
In Da Club by 50 Cent

Rumba

Smooth Operator by Sade
Wicked Game by Chris Isaak
How Deep is Your Love by the Bee Gees
The Way You Look Tonight by Michael Buble

Mambo

Ran Kan Kan by Tito Puente (The Mambo Kings Soundtrack)
Fiesta Pa'Los Rumberos by Albita (Dance With Me Soundtrack)

Bolero

Beautiful Maria by Mambo All-Stars with Antonio Banderas (The Mambo Kings Soundtrack)
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine by Michael Buble

[etchuck]

Interesting what people will post. I have a CD full of... well, crappy music that people can dance to. The following list is NOT on them. ;)

Cha-Cha: I get nostalgic when "Guantanamera" with Celia Cruz comes on.

Strangely enough, many of the tunes Purr lists are WCS tunes on my list. In Da Club by 50 cent is definitely a WCS to me.

If the Dance With Me soundtrack is now out, I gotta listen to it. Thanks.

[Purr]

In Da Club by 50 cent is definitely a WCS to me.


The tempo is such that it's something that I practice the samba basic steps to.

[Angelo]

"Guantanamera" by Celia Cruz that etchuck mentioned is a good slow cha cha and is available on the Mambo kings soundtrack. I heard the song "Free Xone" by Janet Jackson a few days ago and I thought it could be danced as a slow cha cha, but I only heard the song once and so I could be mistaken about that.

[Chris Stratton]

You can also get plug-ins for programs like winamp that allow you to change the tempo of songs. Look for something called "chronotron" or "pacemaker" also for the MAC there is "amazing slow downer" or something like that. The sound quality suffers a bit when you get really slow, but you can achieve any tempo you want, or 'fix' a recording that you like but is too far from your preferred tempo.