Just as I got to know the band, “Los Abandoned”, the lead singer of the group decides to go solo… Maria Del Pilar is on her own and has got together a new album, “Songs + Canciones I” and the first single off the album is entitled, “En El Dancefloor” which she classifies as a love letter to the clubs of Los Angeles.
The single, which just became available on digital media includes 3 songs, the album version, a radio edit, and a remix; all of which are pretty decent versions. Nothing is overly cluby, honestly they are straight up pop music with a hint of disco flair.
I love this girl’s voice as it is very similar to Stephanie Salas, even the new music that Stephanie has come out with has a lot of the same underlying beats making the music, for me, feel very familiar. This is a good thing for me. I don’t have a lot of music knowledge, so I can’t get into style names and a lot of comparisons to English bands, but what I can tell people is if I like the music and if I think it is good. This is good. It is very good and I am looking forward to hearing the rest of the album.
As for the video, I am not fond of “lyric” videos, but they are popular and it helps people learn how to sing along with the music, which should be a plus for this non-Spanish speaker like myself, but I prefer to hear the music and song as it is. Lyrics, for me, hinder the enjoyment I get from the music itself.
Give Maria Del Pilar a listen… I think you will like it.
Since that day, I have been study Latin pop and rock music and have become a Latin pop music historian through the publishing of articles, fanzine, and websites. My goal is to teach people about Latin pop music and the history behind it with my website, Siempre En Domingo.
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