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Salsa under the stars July 2010 video.mpg riveracepeda 285 views Salsa Under the Stars Series with Manny Cepeda's Ritmo Caribe. This video was provided by one of my super friends/fan David Branch. I equalized the sound and now it not o...
El Mero Mero (The real McCoy!) riveracepeda 156 views This song was inspired to me by all the friends and influences here in Southern California. Thanks to the great people of Rincon and my great Mexican friends. Hard salsa ...
Recuerdos de un ayer (Romantic Salsa) riveracepeda 772 views The inspiration for this song was a broken heart. I know, it happens to everyone sometimes! I love the haunting sound of the chord progression. Let me know if you like i...
Padre Querido Anthology riveracepeda 460 views Dedicated to my father "Don Leonides Rivera-Cabrera" who passed away last February 14, 2009. He got a chance to hear this song and he loved it! For you Boricuas out there...
Romance riveracepeda 173 views This is the tittle song of my Romantic Music CD. I thought about the times in my youth when I listened to the famous bands like Tito Rodriguez, Jose Luis Monero and Tito P...
Como te quiero mi amor (Bachata) riveracepeda 10,403 views The Cuban Rhythm of Bachata adopted by the Dominican Republic and made famous by Juan Luis Guerra was the inspiration for this original song of Manny Cepeda. Manny added h...
El Son de Borinquen (Guajira Son Montuno) riveracepeda 3,665 views Manny's dedicates this original composition to all his Boriqua brothers and sisters living in San Diego and New York and Puerto Rico. Manny Cepeda Orchestra featured at An...
Mi Bombon (Cumbia/Salsa) riveracepeda 4,306 views Performance at Anthology San Diego on May 5, 2010. Original composition and arrangement of Manny Cepeda's Orchestra/Salsa Band. A coinsided guy thinks that his wife is tr...
Toda una ilusion riveracepeda 940 views Performance at Anthology San Diego by Manny Cepeda Orchestra Salsa Band on May 5, 2010. Original music, lyrics and arrangement of Manny Cepeda. This is a rendition of a R...
Me encantan todas riveracepeda 960 views Original work by Manny Cepeda. Live performance at Anthology San Diego during Manny Cepeda Orchestra feature presentation on May 5, 2010. This is a funny life story of a ...

About Manny Cepeda

Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Mambo and Cuban music specialty. An inovative group using live performance along with high tech tools to enhance the performance.

We have opened for Tito Puente and backed up Tito Puente Jr.

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Latest Activity

Jan 16, 2012

Date Joined

Nov 23, 2006

About this user

Classic style Salsa is my main focus. I'm a composer/arranger who likes to fuzion different Afro-Caribbean rhythms together. I have songs like Salsa/Flamenco; Cumbia/Salsa and several rhythms put together like Mozambique, Nanigo and Salsa. To me that is what makes my music exciting!!!

Age

Hometown

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Country

United States

Occupation

Professional free-lance musician; Composer; Arranger; Song writer; Afro-Caribbean Percussion Professor; Enlisted Bandleader with the US Navy Music Program. Leader of the US Navy Steel Band; Leader of the US Navy Show Band; Timpanist of "The Navy Band" Washington, DC.

Companies

MC Productions; Manny Cepeda Orchestra; Manny Cepeda's Ritmo Caribe Salsa Band.

Schools

- Escuela Libre de Musica, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico- Concervatory of Music Pablo Casals, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico- Interlochen Music Camp - Traverse City, Michigan- Illinois State University (BMusEd), Bloomington-Normal- Ellington University - New Orleans, Louissiana (MA)- La Verne University - California (Associate Italian Stutdies)

Interests

Music, computing, song writing, running, movies.

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