The Month is almost over ourstagers and thx GOD we all having fun.

Usually I had may TOP 20 and my TOP 10 best Latin/ Tropical channels…I have been very busy lately and had to changed well this time I’m going for the possible TOP 5 songs/artists combination I like the best. Is kind of hard to choose a winner this month because of the great quality artists competing.

My new goal came with more responsibilities and is taking away a lot of my leisure time. My job have changed a bit lately and is a bit more challenging because involves more artists to choose from. I’m almost not counting myself anymore….lol. Need to be unselfish to make a winner.

My 5 Latin quarterfinalist favorites of this month are:

“Tierra Buena”- Paul Mollo and Esteban Guajardo “Majadito” – Bergman Pazs “Pasión De Mujer – Lily Vazquez “Una Canción Para Tí” – Charlie Magdaleno Angel En Tus Ojos – Szed

My 5 Tropical quarterfinalist favorites of this month are:

“Cuando Baja La Marea” – Alexa “Aprenderán El Idioma” – Grupo Tránsito “Un Tonto Que Sé Equivocó” – Victor Escalona “Attitude Positive” – Peter Moore Por Tú Ausencia” – Sue-K

Good Luck to my partners/friends competing and to all of you for been the best 24 hours a day.

OURSTAGE.COM es Número Uno!

your #1 FAN

mario g

I have proof about how “Latin People’s Health” is in trouble, I have cheap footage.

SAVE LATIN AMERICA maybe is about health but the” Festival” was about eating unhealthy . The shows were good not great, but the motive and promo was about HEALTH? (login at save latin america, inc.)
Coming Tonight ” Mario G’s Cheap Video” about The UNHEALTHY FESTIVAL or a better word is “The GREASE FESTIVAL”

your #1 fan

mario

If You Know About Latin Music FESTIVALS, Then You May Know Some Of This Artists

On Stage at Schuetzen Park

1. Nueva Era
2. Rey Reyes
3. Amarfis y “Ataque”
4. Mala Fé
5. Daberto y su Tumbao
6. Xecreto
7. Beefy
8. Van Lester
9. Wason Brazoban
10 Rumba y Swing
11. Troy
12. Marci Place
13. Nelson Maicky
14. Bachata Asurr

Schuetzen Park
3167 Kennedy Blvd, North Bergen, NJ 07047

Mucho Trabajo CARAJO!

GREAT NEWS OURSTAGERS!!!

TUMBAORECORDS.COM is starting to rumble. Still under construction. HELP and comment.
Ourstage.com is in GREEN “el color de la esperanza”.
Dan, on OURSTAGE.COM, I put your name on it if you don’t mind. Need to promote everything I do…lol

http://www.tumbaorecords.com

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH “CHUCHU”

DABERTO Y SU TUMBAO’S song “CHUCHU”#3 on Music Choice “Salsa y Merengue” channel
DABERTO Y SU TUMBAO’S song “CHUCHU still playing in NYC “La Mega”, Thanks Polito Vega.
DABERTO Y SU TUMBAO is performing in the”SAVING LATIN AMERICA FESTIVAL” in Jersey City, New Jersey. Featuring with Daberto are Xecreto, Beefy and Jimmi Negro.
SAVING LATIN AMERICA, INC. is using the song “CHUCHU” for three weeks on commercials spots on NYC radio station La Kalle.
Also is coming out in NYC #1 news paper “El Especialito” a “Full Page and Full Color” mentioning the Daberto y su Tumbao (feat. Xecreto, Beefy y Jimmi Negro) performing in the festival
LOGIN
http://www.musicchoice.com/channels/salsaymerengue.asp


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“THE RADIO FRIENDLY SONG”

WHAT SONG IS RADIO FRIENDLY?

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR SONG IS PLAYING ON THE RADIO SOONER THAN EXPECTED

Any well produced or finished song has a radio friendly status until is NOT “radio friendly”. How do you know is RADIO FRIENDLY if you don’t send it to a radio station DJ or programmer. Tu put a song on the radio you need an artist and the song first, then you do the rest and master the track. FINITO!
Next! Stash the song and KEEP WORKING on more songs until you get enough for closing up the project. In the mean time, your are sending 4 of your of your best songs to be evaluated by DJs from various radio stations, to see if the project is “RADIO FRIENDLY”.
Is important to show or shop your music around to see if it has any market value. PLEASE! Don’t spend your rent money or top dollars on any idea unless is for profit, POR FAVOR!, maybe as a hobby if you are a millionaire with money to spend is cool. Anyway my friends, I always test the grounds and get ready before I get involved in something serious like “radio airplay”.

“The Unexpected”

A person working with you calls and says ” hey, the station likes one of the songs, I think they like song “blah blah blah”, check it out, is gonna be on the air tomorrow at noon on “blah blah” radio station in MIAMI. I think is gonna be programmed.

When the song unexpectedly is playing on the radio means you have a “finished product published”, even if you don’t have a publisher.
Well !
What’s the next step?
Do you know what to do?
Do you have a “Record Label”?
Do you have a Publisher?
Do you have a manager?
Do you have a public relations person?
How about a secretary?
Do you have a BAND?
Do you have live sound equipment?
Probably you don’t have to tell all your friends because they would listen to the song playing on the radio.

SOMETHING HAPPENS UNPLANNED. 

As a “new artist”

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR SONG IS PLAYING ON THE RADIO UNEXPECTEDLY WITH NO RECORD COMPANY BACKING IT UP….hehehe

Tough Question? HA!

You thought the project wasn’t ready.
You said you needed better pictures for your cover.
The song is in the radio and you don’t have cds for sale or to be distributed. It takes a couple of weeks to get record pressed and almos the same to get distributed locally.
OH GOD! You don’t have a record label neither, or a manager, and the “jodía canción”, the d%$# song, is playing on the radio.
“How the hell the song got there, nobody told me anything.”
What I’m doing?
Who’s gonna manage me?

WHAT A MESS!
IF YOU THINK FOR A SECOND THAT ONE OF YOUR SONGS IS NOT RADIO FRIENDLY-BEWARE!!!
Have you ever send your music to a record pool? I bet you haven’t.

We send ours! TUMBAO RECORDS.COM is out there battling hard.

your “numero uno” fan

mario g

What is Tropical? What is Latin?

BUENO! I’m impressed with this months winners.

Is hard to define this months winners on Latin and Tropical channels. I don’t want to diminished or underestimate anybody’s talent. This is not about talents or artists, this is about FANS votes and genres. So much great latin and tropical songs in both channels and still fans, or whoever is voting the winners, are “deaf” or don’t know anything about latin/tropical music. Start checking out latin or tropical radio stations, or lets call them spanish or hispanic radio, to see if you can find your way and vote for songs that at least sound tropical or lets call them latin. There is not ONE radio station in the USA programming latin music in English, but ourstage is full of english spoken latin songs. WEll!

My pick for this month on tropical is L.I.b. Queen and “ZUKE” music if I’m not mistaken. L.i.b Queen sounds tropical, I know the fans chose Cristal Cartier’s “Obsession”, which I’m trying to find which part of the song is tropical or latin. I’m not puting down Cristal’s vocals or the songwriting, is a beautiful song, almost like an african chanting melody and her vocals are cool too, kind like a bluesy style. What I’m refering is where is the latin or tropical sound to it. The Latin channel winners are incredible too, Pedro Eca y Los Franco Tiradores, but on any chart they will be under tropical not latin. I played a lot of Jobin, Baden Powell, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento and Joao Gilberto to know that bossa is not latin but a littler bit more tropical. My Latin winners are “CUERVO”, been “Piernas Largas” one of the best latin rock songs I ever heard.

TOP LATIN/TROPICAL GENRES ON RADIO AROUND THE WORLD

Salsa, Merengue, Reggaeton, Rock Latino, Bachata, Balada, Bolero, Zuke, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Son Montuno, Wawanco, Charanga, Cumbia, Hip Hop in spanish….

Samba, Batucada, Festejos, Bossa Nova and Tango are called South American Music. Is it Latin or Tropical? Could be…lol Bossa is cool too but tends to be to jazzy that’s why is hasn’t been played on latin/tropical radio stations for the last 40 years.

Anyway guys these are just my thoughts and I hope you understand because I don’t. I’ll keep listening to the beautiful music on ourstage and maybe I will keep picking the best latin/tropical artists of the month to my taste but I don’t think I’ll waste my time voting anymore. If I need to be corrected comment.

your #1 FAN

mario g

Now with a 1 to 10 ranking.

If anyone thinks my RANKING is not honest, fair or straight forward, message me or comment.

THE ORDER IS NOT IMPORTANT “YET”

I will choose my favorite artist of the month TOMORROW

HOW I RANK ARTISTS

Making The Top 20 (auto-rank 8-10)

Finished Product (10)
Radio/Airplay (any radio station/tv/cabletv/satellitetv/national or international (10)
3 times in the “TOP TEN” (10)
A Finished Production (10)
A Great Demo (9)
A Great Vocal (9)
A Great Soloist (9)
A Great Song (9)
A Great Band/Orchestra(9)
A Good Group only (8)
A Good Singer only (8)
A Nice CD Cover (8)
A Faceless Profile/Good Music (8)

ALL THE REST ARE 7 OR LESS

OUTSTANDING = 10+

6 TIMES IN THE TOP TEN = 10+
3 #1 SPOTS = 10+
two #1 SPOTS and 2 TOP TENS = 10+
one #1 SPOT and 4 TOP TENS = 10+
e.g. Leon Cheva and Peter Moore both ranked 10+

TAKING SUGGESTIONS ABOUT RANKING

p.s. I can’t rank myself, I let fans do that for me

How should I rank getting a record deal, getting distribution or getting a HIT song in the airways?

LATIN

1. Cuervo (10)
2. Grupo Tránsito (10)
3. Kerry Politzer (10)
4. Lily Vazquez (10)
5. Plan (9)
6. Pedro Eca e os FT (10)
7. Murralla (10)
8. Lai-si (9)
9. Xiomara Medina (9)
10. Monty Roca (10)

3 RUNNERS UP

11. Atommusic (9)
12. The Jellybean Bandits (9)
13. Luis Perez(9)

TROPICAL

1.L.i.b. Queen (9)
2. Elena (10)
3. Sue-K (10)
4. Victor Escalona (9)
5. John Evans (10)
6. Daberto (10)
7. DC (9)
8. Hugo y Jenny (9)
9. Peter Moore (10+)
10. Shelly Strho (9)

3 RUNNERS UP

11. Joel Dilley (10)
12. Truprophecy (9)
13. Mario G (9)

EVER Your #1 Fan

marioG

Mario G’s LATIN BEST IN AUGUST 2008

1. Grupo Tránsito
2. Leon Cheva feat. Papo Lucca
3. Paul Mollo y Esteban Fajardo
4. Helios
5. Alexa
6. Lily Vazquez
7. Cuervo
8. Kerry Potlizer
9. Bertito “Pantera”
10. Muralla
11. Luis Perez
12. Soulsa
13. Charlie Magdaleno
14. Xecreto
15. Kora
16. Plan
17. Joel Diaz
18. Victor Escalona
19. Xiomara Medina
20. Monty Roca

LATIN 10 RUNNERS UP

21. Trust
22. Eric Bennett Jay
23. Sobredosis
24. Dona Maria
25. Tony Succar
26. Maria Staump
27. Shelly Stroh
28 Le Four
29. Atommusic
30. The Jellybean Bandits

TROPICAL BEST IN AUGUST

1. Alexa
2. Sue-K
3. Vilma Diaz
4. L.I.B. Queen
5. Cristal Carter
6. Dream
7. Peter Moore
8. Leon Cheva feat. Criss
9. Joel Dilley
10. DC
11. Menor y Maelo
12. Mr Shammi an Flipg
13. Maria Esther
14. Xecreto
15. Moska Project
16. Revolution Muzik
17. Soulsa
18. Daberto
19. Victor escalona
20. Mario G

TROPICAL 10 RUNNERS UP

21. El Vergel
22. Hugo y Jenny Jay
23. Truprophecy
24. Mark Hoavet
25. Grupo Fantasia
26. Grupo Tránsito
27. Hector Manue
28. Moreno
29. Cyborg
30. Mikey Bassie

THE ORDER IS RANDOM- NOT FANS VOTES EITHER
Mario G’s choices

Nice line up of ourstage talent, an abundance of art in large quantities.
On Latin, Check # 55 “Layla Angulo” and all the rest under level 50, there’s great music down under. Go really deep, under the 100th level, you might be surprise.
On Tropical check # 51 Mikey Bassie, his HOT!!!

Your #1 FAN

mario g