Congratulations/Results
We are pleased to report that dancer extraordinaire Brianna Roland has won yet another title award, this time at StarQuest competition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, winning the title of Miss Starquest, with her lyrical performance called "Looking Back". The music is an edit of a Sigur Rós track
Miscellaneous
Crank this song up if you have a good sound system connected to your computer: [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/44600639" iframe="true" /] This song comes from the Weathervane/Shaking Through project; independent musicians and bands are tracked, and then the stems are raw
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In the process of re-editing a custom music remix for one of my clients, I realized that many things that are common knowledge in the audio and music world are not common knowledge for dance parents and others who don't have an extensive music background. So here are
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This past weekend, Squirrel Trench Audio was honored to be in the audience for the performances of two amazingly talented young singers at Star Systems' Worcester Regional Competition. These two young talents have been rehearsing their singing skills all season long, and with the backing track of Squirrel Trench-mixed
Audio Editing Tips
For those of you who make, create, remix, cut, or edit music for dance competition, there is NO worse feeling in the world than watching your dancers get announced, take their opening position, and then..... nothing. Silence. The competition emcee then asks the dancer to leave the stage while the
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It's been a busy and exciting week for Squirrel Trench Audio! Not only are we sponsoring this week's contest in the Dance Mom of the Year competition on DanceMom.com, we also have 23 routines with Squirrel Trench music debuting in competition this weekend! Out of
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Welcome! Squirrel Trench Audio is proud and honored to be the official sponsor this week of DanceMom.com's Dance Mom of the Year Contest! It's only fitting, since this week, the contest is all about the music used in dance. Break a leg to all of
Audio Editing Tips
Have you ever had this experience? You are at the dance competition and the CD with your competition music won't play. The judges ask you for a backup CD, you give it to them, and it also won't play. You look at the underside of your
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Here are just a few of Squirrel Trench's original remixes for small to large groups in jazz and tap categories that will be competing (and in most cases premiering) this weekend in Springfield, Massachusetts at USTD. I can't even begin to fathom the number of hours
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Normally I like to contribute many ideas and techniques for how YOU can edit your own dance routine music better, but I would be remiss if I didn't occasionally post some of the glowing testimonials that are coming in for my Squirrel Trench Audio music editing and remixing
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It's that time of year... when the anticipation reaches a peak with the first dance competition of the season coming up in just days or weeks. The students have been rehearsing for months. Costumes have been selected and have arrived. Now it's time to make sure
Audio Editing Tips
If you edit, cut or remix music for dance, gymnastics, figure skaters, vocalists or any other purpose, this is perhaps the most important article you can read on the subject. What's the Plan, Stan? Most music has a structure... a road map that that takes the listener on