It was without a doubt a great concert! Oscar D' Leon is definetively one of the greatest latin music performers of all times! His rendition was great! He even sung songs that the public asked him to sing. His vibe was great! He really gives 100% in his concerts with a high level of interaction and respect to his public! He is one of the greatest!
Only one thing I did not like about this show and it had to do with the opening act.
Being an artist my self, I usually support opening acts since it is a great way to showcase your talent. Unfortunately in this case, it was a bad opening.
The opening act (a band called "Latin Project") seemed unprepared and unprofessional because: (a) one of their singers arrived late and they made it obvious; (b) An invited female lead singer could not be heard (which showed low preparedness from the FOH engineer's side) and instead of doing something, the band just stood there in disbelief. One of the singers should have acted fast and offer her his mic; that way, it would have seem as they sharing a mic giving the song a different vibe. She was not great anyways, so we did not miss much by not listening to her performance; (c) the band did covers of several salsa hits, and when they presented their original theme it was a disaster: the key was too low for the singers and it almost sounded not well rehearsed. No wonder they said that they compete with this song in a festival and they did not make it to the finals. (d) everytime they wanted people to clap the "clave" they asked for the wrong one: the percussionist was doing a 2 - 3 clave and the singer was asking the people to clap a 3 - 2 clave, it did not sound good. By doing this, the singer demonstrated poor knowledge of the genre of music they were performing. Next time, choose better opening acts, especially when they will open for legends like this Venezuelan-born exceptional singer.
House of Blues Orlando @
- Orlando @
,FL @
- Sat, Aug 22, 2009 @
Favorite moment: The whole Oscar D'Leon performance! His tribute to Celia Cruz and Tito Puente was great! @
Setlist: You have to attend his concert to know the setlist... @
Opening act(s): Latin Project (I did not like it - read the review) @