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Piano Bars in the DR
get a good pair of headphones, and enable foobar on your pc. the DR is the land music forgot.
20 years ago was before the bachata became a decent commercial venture. nobody plays real music anymore
Bachata, merengue and salsa are listened to all over the world, and even by those that have no cultural connection to Latinos or the DR: Bachata festivals and congresses around the World - Festivalsero.com
That doesn't make it good music.
JLG is an exception though. He knows how to make 'good' bachata and merengue.
bachata draws small crowds of curiosity seekers in small international venues. there are no real bachata bands that were formed in places like Bosnia, for example.
windeguy, as i posted before, one thing i like about music is that when i listen to it, the skills of the musicians make me stand in awe. i played bass guitar as a teenager, and i was no darn good. i gave my bass away when i was 18, and never played again.
know why i find bachata to be crap?if you give me one week of practice, i can fill in for a bachata bassist. that is not good.
I see, a person that does not like a debate. Fine. Others will carry on, I am sure.
I had been to a number of Bachata and Merengue shows when I first moved to the DR. The musicians are very disrespectful of the fans. They frequently show up at midnight or later, play for an hour and leave. And Gorgon has a point, I have never seen anyone play that style of music and leave in awe of their ability.
For the defenders of Dominican music, enjoy it. All we're saying is that it(the new stuff in particular) lacks diversity and complexity. It's designed to appeal to the LCD. Of course it's not challenging.
you are not in awe, because you are a musician, and they are not. the kids learn to play an instrument by learning to play a genre. i have watched guys learning guitar, and they are all practicing to play bachata riffs.i went to a show a few weeks back, which was to start at 8. i guess they said 8, so guys would get there at that time, and down a case of beer before the band showed up at 10.30. by 12, the thing was over. not that i cared; i just went to the show to meet chicks.
at school i put my music teacher in desperation. i am sure she was popping prozac followed by a bottle of pepto bismol every time it was my turn to sing anything. tone deaf is not enough said. hyena is tone deaf. i am worse: i am a tone deaf hyena howling out lyrics to lady gaga's love game. i make people's ears bleed and leak the yellow waxy stuff before they foam at their mouth and pass out. i also lack coordination to play any musical instrument. so yeah, maybe i am not the best judge here but god almighty how all this latin music sucks!
boring, boring, boring. old people's music. if you like it then your dick has been soft for over two decades, you wear depends and your current crush is nurse ratched. it's just horribly, horribly bad. but if you want piano casa colonial in POP has a pianist and the bar is stunning. so there, it took me only half a page to say something relevant to this topic...
boring, boring, boring. old people's music. if you like it then your dick has been soft for over two decades, you wear depends and your current crush is nurse ratched. it's just horribly, horribly bad. but if you want piano casa colonial in POP has a pianist and the bar is stunning. so there, it took me only half a page to say something relevant to this topic...