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This is our conversation with Marcus Hernández

We are here with the musical director of the Orchestra Fuego Marcus Hernandez. Nice to meet you, Mr. Hernandez. It’s a real pleasure to have you here.

Thank you. This is a real pleasure and a blessing to be here with you.

Marcus Hernández is the musical director of Orchestra Fuego

According to your website, there are many references to fire and colors red and yellow. Why hoose the name Fuego and use these tones?

Well, I had an orchestra in New York during the 1970’s whose name was Fuego 77. Fire and candela always had much to do with my style. When I moved to Florida, I launched an orchestra and decided to give it that name.

One of your latest singles is called Candela. Is it also to do with all this?

Yes, it is. I am always doing many things at the same time. When I was going to compose the song, I called my friend Carlos Infante, the guy from Miami who does all the arrangements for the orchestra. Since I grew up in New York, I grew up listening to that style of music in salsa.

Your website also reveals that your orchestra has a total of 12 members. Do you still have that number of people?

Most of the guys are still working with me. It is a blessing for me to have most of the guys who started the orchestra working with me. I want to stress that they are not only musicians, but active members of the orchestra. If you want to hire a musician, you call a guy and explain to him what he has to do, but my guys are members. We are always in touch and ask for feedback among ourserves. I think they are part of the orchestra, which is like a family.

Some of the guys leave and come back, but the vast majority of them have stayed in the group for seven years.

Marcus Hernández on stage

Of course, most of the musicians change groups a lot, but that’s not the case with you. Most of them are permanent members, right?

Of course! If my musicians get any job and we don’t have any performance for now, they can go work with other groups. However, when we have something to do, they know they have to play with us. The musicians know that I am always seeking the best for them. When we get contracts, we take care of them.

We have a team of managers that includes Tony de la Boga, Maria Caban, and my wife Silvia Hernandez. We always ensure that they have food, drink, water and everything they need to work. When we travel, they always come with us and we take care of the orchestra. That is a rare thing that almost no one does.

How have you kept such a large group together?

We always look for opportunities to play. We are the orchestra that plays the most throughout Florida. Our team of managers is always looking for places for us to play. I think that’s an example of the orchestra’s leadership, which I always take care of.

I am always looking for the best events for my musicians. They know I always have them on my mind and that’ss why they have stayed with me so long. They can play with other groups, but they know they must always be available for the Orchestra Fuego.

New projects (título 3)

I have understood that you are recording your next musical work and a new music video, could you tell us a little about that?

On April 18, our sixth album Candela was released along with its video. We have got a lot of attention these days because we have also released our second Christian song. We are not a Christian orchestra, but most of the guys are Christians. And then every once in a while, we do one or another Christian song, like one we did in a salsa version, that is to say, our style. Many churches have called us to do events with them because they have liked our work a lot.

Many artists prefer to release one song at a time because they say that releasing a full album is no longer profitable for them. In that sense, how are you working?

If you want to draw the attention of large companies like Sony, singles are good for artists who already have a career, but if you are a not so well known orchestra, they don’t take you seriously. So, these companies are looking for orchestras with full albums. We always make full albums containing 10 songs. In fact, our last album has 14.

Marcus Hernández when Orchestra Fuego won its Platinum Award Trophy from the LIT Talent Awards

Among the many recordings you have made, I noticed that you did a tribute to Celia Cruz. What does this artist represent for you?

We have always liked her style, which included the costumes, the show on stage, among other things. I have seen her many times, in fact, I recorded my first album with Fania Records. So, I always saw her when it was her turn to get into the studio.

The orchestra Fiego’s vision was to be a show band, which means that we were not only musicians, we are also dancers. One thing people like a lot is that we use uniforms and are always well dressed. Another thing people also like is that the guys dance and have choreographies.

We played with Grupo Niche at the House of Blues before the pandemic, something that only those who have a long career in music can do. We have been able to play there thanks to our talent and characteristics.

On your website, you talk about old school salsa. From your point of view, what are the differences between old school salsa and modern salsa?

I think modern or romantic salsa is not part of my style. Our new album include several romantic songs, but my style will always be New York City Salsa, which was created for the dancer.

I saw that you already have dates to perform in the United States. Do you have any international tour planned?

Yes, we are going to tour with Grupo Niche. We are planning to go to Puerto Rico, Colombia, Peru, etc. Diego Galé is also going to play with us and we are also going to tour with him in Mexico and other countries.

What formula do you feel has not worked for you?

We tried to experiment with romantic music, but those songs did not have the results that we expected, which tells us that people want to hear us play salsa brava. We made the cessary changes in the fifth and sixth albums which are based on what works for us.

Lead singer Miguel Guerrero, and backup vocalists Kharina Rovira, and Betsy Lopez

Your website and social networks

Website: orchestrafuego.com

Facebook: Orchestra Fuego

Instagram: Orchestra Fuego

The 4 Ladies of Venezuelan Salsa project

The rumba night is dressed as a woman with the arrival of Las 4 Damas de la Salsa de Venezuela, a project of musicalizers at parties and events to exalt one of the Afro-Caribbean rhythms that most identifies Latin culture: SALSA.

The 4 ladies of Venezuelan Salsa debuted in May 2018, on the initiative of Sol Graffe after feeling that there was no female and group movement as DJane’s or musicalizadoras.

When musicalizing becomes, not a job but a passion, the commitment grows, and so these D’jane’s arrive presenting a different proposal giving prominence to females, with the aim of incorporating into the salsa market 4 women willing to permeate in a movement where the male presence predominates.

Professional and tasteful, lovers of this genre that unites us in one spirit: SALSA, to bring a musical selection, energy and good vibes to encourage salsa dancers and dancers of Venezuela and beyond its borders.

4 Personalities Conjugated in one Rhythm

DJane. Sol Graffe: Born in Caracas, a salsa dancer at heart, she became a radio promoter, TV producer and event producer under her slogan “Sol 100% Salsa” with more than 25 years of experience in the salsa industry.

DJane. Rocío Blanco: Born in Maracay edo. Aragua, lawyer, manager of the Posada Turística África and salsera by birth, dedicated to the musicalization five years ago being the only lady of the aragüeña entity baptized “La Consentida de la Salsa”.

DJane. Zaire Plater: “La del Melao Salsero”, born in Caracas, economist by profession, salsera by conviction; dedicated to the musicalization of salsa for five years, leads the family project called “El Arepazo Salsero Plater”, where they gather a large group of dancers and salsa lovers to dance and share eating some typical and delicious arepas.

DJane. Zulay Millán: Caraqueña, lives between two passions: Radio and Salsa. She is a teacher by profession and a salsa dancer by heart. Announcer, certificate #55.721, voice over, radio producer, with experience in events and TV production, radio host for 25 years and counting, presenter/entertainer, composer and article writer, which explains her slogan “Soy Salsa y Más” (I am Salsa and More).

The 4 Ladies of Venezuelan Salsa have managed to position themselves with this interesting project in the salsa environment, whose protagonism brings a touch of elegance and distinction when they go on stage uniformed and organized, supporting each other, where camaraderie and good vibes are noted, as well as the demonstration of commitment and discipline setting a precedent, opening the way for alternatives to enrich the forms of dissemination of the salsa genre.

A solid project, which has the acceptance of producers and especially the dancers, who have become an important support for the permanence of Las 4 Damas de la Salsa in the collective memory and the salsa scene.

Sol, Zaire, Rocio and Zulay.

Last March 12, 2022 they were awarded as best musical project 2021 – 2022 event held at Cerro del Avila V.I.P Disco in Caracas, this activity was conducted and sponsored by Libia Ascanio and Edgar Mendoza.

They are The 4 Ladies of Venezuelan Salsa

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4damasdelasalsadura

In Concert: Hacenoba Salsa & Jimmy Bosch In Saint-Étienne

They will be together in an exceptional concert at Le Fil this May 14th

Adiel Castillo (Musical Direction – Piano), Aymel Gómez (Voice), Wilbert Valera (Voice), Nadir Slimani (Bass), Miguel Río Puntilla (Bongo), Philippe Fougerouse (Timbales), Hamid Benabella (Art Direction – Congas), Guillaume Monier (Saxophone), Laurent Sedent (Trumpet), Romain Bourlhonne (Trombone)

The Hacenoba Salsa group and the world-renowned Trombonist Jimmy Bosch will present a unique salsa show in which lovers of this Latin rhythm will sing and dance from the first notes. This concert will be preceded by a Salsa lesson by the couple (Aurélie and Rémi) belonging to the Barrio Latino humanitarian association under the best salsa mixes of the DJ from the city of Callao (Peru), Oscar D Lyon.

This show will take place on the second Saturday of May at Le Fil, an artistic platform for contemporary independent music and cultural life developed in the city located in southeast France, Saint-Étienne. Its address is 20 bd Thiers 42000 Saint-Étienne, France, and the cost of pre-sale tickets is €20 and the Box Office €22.

The Cuban Salsa orchestra, Hacenoba, brings to this concert the essential rediscovery of the island’s music (Mambo, Salsa, Cha-Cha, and Timba) accompanied by brushstrokes inspired by internationally famous composers and artists of the genre such as Oscar D’ León, Héctor Lavoe, and others.

This ten-member band with its explosive music combines percussion with piano, saxophone, and bass for a frenetic and bewitching rhythm that has led them to participate in different festivals, cultural events, parties dedicated to Cuban music (or Latin music ), and private parties in the region.

Jimmy Bosch has collaborated with Rubén Blades, Ray Barretto, and Celia Cruz, among many others.

Likewise, the master Jimmy Bosch is acclaimed in more than 70 countries as an exceptional Latin music Trombonist, has 11 Grammy Awards, and more than 100 recordings in the Salsa and Latin Jazz genres. He also has a great career as an orchestra leader and is coveted by his audience due to his extraordinary performances on stage.

The creator of hits like Otra Oportunidad (1998), La Cacharra (1999) Qué Bonito es Soñar (2004), La Noticia (2004), El Avión de la Salsa (2004) y Ay Mamacita-Boogaloo (2018) among many others, also will be dictating a Masterclass for professional musicians where he will explain and demonstrate the variations in Salsa. The lessons will be oriented towards practice and active participation with the instrument during the clinic. This masterclass will be held on May 24^th -25^th at Kafésynk located at Øvingshotellet, Trondheimsveien 2, Bygg H, 0560 Oslo, Norway from 5 PM to 8 PM, and tickets cost NOK 1,600 approximately $174.26.

The trombone master has worked with FANIA All-stars, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Blades, Ray Barretto, Machito, Cachao, and many more. He has participated in Salsa conventions, Latin and Jazz music festivals around the world, as well as performed in clubs in Asia, Europe, America, and Oceania.

Jimmy Bosch’s record productions include Soneando Trombón (1998), Salsa Dura (1999), El Avión de la Salsa (2004) ,and A Millón (2009).

Oscar D Lyon was born in Callao, known as the capital of Salsa in Peru.

The perfect DJ for this magnificent evening at Le Fil will be Oscar D Lyon, who has more than 30 years of career in the music scene. He started in Lyon in the ‘90s, continued at Latino 1, and pursues his rise at Casa Latina for ten years. His likes and musical inclination from South America have made him stand out in the Latin environment of the region. Currently, Oscar D Lyon mixes the rhythms of Salsa and Bachata in various clubs in Saint-Étienne, such as Cabana Café, the Fox, and recently, Barrio Club.

Frederlyn Mayora returns to Venezuela to sing Salsa Romántica to the dancing public.

Last Friday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m., a concert was presented at the Juana Sujo Hall of the Casa del Artista, in Quebrada Honda, Caracas. Tickets are already on sale at popular prices.

After several years out of the country, Venezuelan singer Frederlyn Mayora returns to Venezuela to relaunch his musical career and sing Salsa Romántica to Venezuelan dancers and music lovers.

Mayora, who has been part of the orchestras of Tony Vega, Maelo Ruiz, Jose Alberto “El Canario”, Luisito Carrion and Tito Nieves, among others, arrives in the country with a single called “Viernes Romantico” that promises to be a hit in a short time.

“I want everyone to know what I am doing and what I come to do in Venezuela”, said the singer who now has his own orchestra.

The singer will be in Venezuela until the end of his musical production loaded with romantic Salsa, ballads and merengues.

On April 1 and 2, Mayora offered a couple of concerts called “After Party de los Hermanos Primera”, that is to say, he performed in a well-known venue of the CCCT as soon as the presentation of the renowned singers Servando and Florentino was over, and it was a full house.

On Friday, April 8, at 4:00 pm, he will offer a press conference at the Doris Wells Hall of the Casa del Artista in order to announce in detail the entire agenda that he will fulfill on Venezuelan soil.

On Friday, April 22, he offered a concert at the Juana Sujo Hall of the Casa del Artista, located on Amador Bendayán Boulevard, Quebrada Honda, Caracas.

The event was scheduled for 7:00 pm. The occasion will be propitious to record a video click.

All Frederlyn Mayora’s events and presentations are in charge of her manager, Humberto Gonzalez, president of Producciones Salsayer.

A little bit of history

Frederlyn Alejandro Mayora Martínez, was born on July 27, 1982, in the populous Sucre Parish, west of Caracas, Venezuela.

He is a musician, singer and percussionist. At the age of 9 he began his musical studies, especially in percussion. He belonged to the estudiantina Héctor Pacheco and spent several years at the Bigott Foundation, where he received master classes with Professor Rodolfo González.

When Mayora turned 15 years old, he decided to focus his musical career as a singer and it is when the producer Humberto González, currently director of the Salsayer Orchestra, took him to sing in several salsa groups in Venezuela, among them, “Herencia”, “Neo Latino” and “El Combo Antillano”, among others.

In 2003 he moved to Spain, specifically to Galicia. There he became part of the orchestras “Panama”, “Filadelfia” and “Orquesta TV”, among others. His artistic commitments reached the beautiful city of Santander, located in the North of Spain, where he performed ballads, salsa and merengue.

In addition to the aforementioned orchestras, Frederlyn Mayora has been the lead voice in groups such as “Ekilibrio”, “La Junior”, “Mandinga Star Band”, “Puma Band”, “Patatín Orquesta” and the “Máquina de la Salsa” and has accompanied in the chorus, since 2002 to date, renowned singers such as “Maelo” Ruiz, José Alberto “El Canario”, Tony Vegas, Luisito Carrión and Charlie Aponte, former member of the Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.

Balance of the work carried out at the level of Social Media in Venezuela.

Publication of the Briefing

Noti-America (01-04-2022) Mexico

La Patilla (El Farandi) (02-04-2022) Venezuela

https://www.elfarandi.com/2022/03/30/briefing-vuelve-a-venezuela/

Notimundo (03-04-2022)

Press Conference

Day: Friday, April 8, 2022

Place: Doris Wells Hall of the Casa del Artista.

Attended by representatives from 10 media outlets and Instagram accounts. Examples: Venevisión, Portal La Patilla, Rumbas Venezuela, Intervez, Diario La Calle, Noticiero Digital, Analítica, El Universal, Tendencia Internacional and Radio Tiuna, among others.

Press releases published in digital media

Analitica.com (11-04-2022) Venezuela

https://www.analitica.com/emprendimiento/noti-tips/de-vuelta-al-barrio-toma-caracas-de-la-mano-del-salsero-frederlyn-mayora/

Tendencia Internacional (11-04-2022) Venezuela

https://www.tendenciainternacional.com/2022/04/11/de-vuelta-al-barrio-toma-caracas-de-la-mano-del-cantante-salsero-frederlyn-mayora/

Contraste Noticias Newspaper (12-04-2022) Venezuela

https://www.diariocontraste.com/2022/04/de-vuelta-al-barrio-toma-caracas-de-la-mano-del-salsero-frederlyn-mayora/

Vida y Arte (14-04-2022) Venezuela

http://www.vidayarte.com/farandula/cantante-salsero-frederlyn-mayora-esta-de-vuelta-al-barrio

Intervez (14-04-2022) Venezuela

Business and Destinations (15-04-2022) Venezuela

Cantante salsero Frederlyn Mayora regresa a Venezuela con “De vuelta al barrio”

La Calle Newspaper (17-04-2022) Venezuela

Mentions on Instagram accounts

@TendenciaInternalcional

@caracas_view

@augustofelibertt (Dj)

TV Programs, Portals and Radio

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Venevisión, Channel 4. Presentation in the program “Sábado Sensacional” on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary.

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Globovision, Channel 33. Interview

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Portal La Patilla. Interview. Broadcasted on April 20, 2022

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Program “Asi Suena”, Channel 8, with Rubén Jiménez. Broadcasted on Sunday 24-04-2022

Radio program 24-04-2022

“Ni tan Bravo”, with Isnardo Bravo. FM Center La Romántica 88.9 FM

This is a balance of the presence he has had in the media.

Wednesday, April 27, at 8:00 am, he was on Televen, Channel 10, in the program “Con lo actual”.

Sources

Salsayer Press Director: Yira Yoyotte, journalist. 0424-105-61-66. E-mail: [email protected]

Facebook: Frederlyn Mayora

Tromboranga Will Visit America And Europe With Their World Tour 2022

France, Norway, the Netherlands, and the United States will be some countries that will dance to the rhythm of Salsa Dura

Músicos: Joaquín Arteaga, Diego Coppinger, Freddy Ramos, Rafael “Madagascar” Arciniegas, Lorenzo “El diablo” Barriendos, Vladimir Peña, Albert Costa, Miguel Moises, Oriol Martínez, Climent Campa.

With the solid and unmistakable sound of the trombone & percussion sections and the strong influence on Salsa from the 60s and 70s, Tromboranga with their Hot Salsa will visit France (Festival Corazón Latino 2022 – Bordeaux), Norway (featuring the trombonist, Jimmy Bosch at Kafe Sync – Oslo), the Netherlands (Summer Breeze Latin Night 2022 – Amsterdam), Spain (Pamplona and Barcelona), the United States (The Great Colombian Festival Miramar – Florida), and Ecuador (Guayaquil ) with its World Tour 2022 from May to September.

The friendly musicians residing in Barcelona (Spain) will offer a series of performances to captivate Latin audiences in Europe and America to celebrate their tenth anniversary on the music scene.

The orchestra will play all their hits including Agua que va caer, Alabanciosa, Humildad, Mi china Colombiana, Ah Caraj, Palo pa’ la campana, Charrupi, Como la marea, Sangre sudor y Salsa, Esclavo de tu apariencia, Que linda que estás, likewise the nine unreleased songs from their album Te voy a contar, released to the Salsa scene in 2019.

Te voy a contar has the participation of the Jazz and Salsa master, the trombonist Jimmy Bosch in the song Te perdono. Oscar Hernández (the Spanish Harlem Orchestra leader and winner of several Grammy awards) arranged the Latin Jazz theme, Sal de la Cueva. In addition to this, Huracán no me tumbas (dedicated to the Island) was recorded in Puerto Rico, and they shared voices with one of their idols from the Fania All-Stars, Ismael Miranda.

The followers of Tromboranga call themselves “Salseros Tromborangueros”.

During the pandemic in 2020, Tromboranga http://www.tromboranga.com/en continued with their new record production Salsa Terapia. Melodies such as El cuero del tambor, Devuélveme mis discos, Pachanguera y El mundo al revés are part of this album that has gone viral in choreographies on social networks in addition to being reproduced as multimedia content by Latin radio stations around the world.

“Our success is the dedication and love in selecting the songs, most of them are my authorship, I carry out the general production and the concept of each album”, said the Venezuelan musician Joaquín Arteaga (Director of the orchestra and known for his extensive career as a percussionist and Timbales expert).

In 2021, this Salsa Dura orchestra released the single “Baila Africa” sharing with African artists such as Msaki (voice of the promotional theme) while they toured South Africa (2020). The authorship of this salsa melody was in charge of the leader of Tromboranga, Joaquín Arteaga.

Telling a little about their history, the orchestra made up of ten Latin and European musicians released their first studio album in April 2012 titled Salsa Dura, rated among the top ten of that year by DJs, dancers, and specialized bloggers of the genre.

The stellar and Sabrosa Salsa reunion will be from May to September.

In 2013, Tromboranga recorded Al Mal Tiempo Buena Salsa, rewarding them with their first international tour in Europe and Latin America. During that same year (November 2013), they released the Special Edition Vinyl “Solo para Coleccionistas Vol. 1” exclusive for 300 people.

The sum of the rest of their recordings reaches a total of five albums published in successive years: Como La Marea (2014), Sangre, Sudor Y Salsa (2015), Golpe Con Melodía (2015), Tumbando Fronteras (2017), Una Noche En Bangkok (2018).