We interact with all kinds of people. Kike Posada, publisher of Boom, a magazine devoted to the Miami Rock en Espanol audience, which includes 30 to 35 bands, agrees. Both Pasada and Garcia-Rivera note that the biggest barrier to a real boom in the scene is local radio. That's largely due to the fact that there's such a big tropical music audience in Florida. Leony says it is also included on his station's playlist.
Tropical music is so much bigger.
Most followers of the movement feel the barriers are only temporary and many continue to position themselves to be ready for the big break, including musicians from other states. The main reason De la Raza moved to Orlando from New York was to develop his band, Raza. De la Raza attributes that to the fact that music is a universal language. Ultimately, Florida lies on the cusp between an American convention and it innovative reinvention. It's a position that offers the blending of languages, ideas, myths and passions of different peoples and cultures working together, living together and making music.