"Hey, do you dance Salsa on the 2? Who me, uh, uh.....yeah that's what I do, dance on 2. How about you? Oh me, yeah, yeah I dance on 2, of course why wouldn't I, that is the place to be? "
Well if it is the place to be, wouldn't you want certainty as to how to get there, stay there and purposely leave and come back there, with confidence?
I have always been exposed to music, my dad was a musician and it was a daily part of our lives. I took piano lessons as a child, was in the choir at school and always danced at home assuming everybody did such an activity. My brother had a band as early as I can remember and setting up equipment, practicing in the garage and lots of writing song lyrics was a common occurrence in my environment. Music fed my soul then and now I know it does.......
When I started taking drum lessons is when the flood lights came on.....wow, what a world. I thought I knew a lot about music and when I realized what I did know, it was made aware to me that my knowledge was mostly intuitive. It wasn't until I literally got into the music and assessed the rhythm that I gained great confidence in my dancing, meaning I began to count and put emphasis on the accuracy. Counting is the ONLY way to gain control of the music and rhythm and THEN use the body to express the part of the song that you intuitively hear and BAM nail that son of a biscuit eater, so you can GET DOWN!
