Don and Scott,
thanks for your words!
To record this song I started with a VA7 style called JazzLatin1 and recorded the whole rhytm track, having already in mind the arrangement (i.e. the different parts, like guitar intro, organ solo, guitar solo, then a break -at first I was thinking to add a percussion solo- and finally the end).
Then I started recording the different parts (synth pads, rhytm organ, guitar solo, organ solo); at this point I had the idea to record a track with all different kinds of latin vocalization (the VA7 has a drum set called V-Fiesta which has all kind of latin things, even timbales rolls!)
Finally, when I was about to record a little percussion solo played live, an idea came to my mind: why not record a little horn section? After all the last Santana band features horns too... so I have chosen the kind of instruments that would fit in a latin band (Trumpet and Mariachi trumpet) and recorded five different tracks, each featuring a different kind of horn and each playing a different line (octave high, octave low, one third high in the second verse, etc) At first I had recorded two trombone tracks too, but then realized that a trombone is out of place in a latin combo.
That'all, folks!
P.S.: Scott, I too am looking forward to June!
Have a great time, everybody: I am going to sleep: had a very busy day ...