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Congratulations to all the dance studios that have recently performed in, or are about to perform in, their National dance competitions. Nationals are an intense time for dance students, their parents, dance teachers and studio owners. And at many dance studios, the conclusion of Nationals is immediately followed by Summer
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She stands in the wings, her heart pounding fast Her first dance on stage to begin, at last Mom and Dad cannot help her, she stands proud and bold Six million hours of rehearsal, she knows this dance cold She strides to center stage into bright shining lights Choking down
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Squirrel Trench Audio continues to do editing for vocal talent competitions. Our latest client comes from Arizona. The request was for three songs to be edited for a pageant vocal competition, and the rules are that the song can be no more than 2:00 minutes in length. We are
Music Selection Ideas
Recitals are wrapping up, or are done, and now on to Nationals for many competitive dance studios. That means now is the perfect time to finalize your song selections for the coming 2012-2013 dance season! When you have selected your song, and you need it edited, cut, or remixed
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Today, May 25, is National Tap Dance Day, and not much embodies all the wonderful qualities of tap quite like Rhythmic Circus. This group of Minneapolis-based musicians and tappers has a fun show, filled with dance, music, funk, beatboxing, and most of all, a lot of humor. Our whole
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Here it is, the end of May, and for most dance studios, that means that Regional competitions are over, and it's Recital time! As the dance season winds down, and studios get ready for Nationals, Summer Intensives, and Summer camps, now is the perfect time to start getting
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Now that it's the middle of May, and many competitive dance studios have wrapped up their Regional competition season, it's time to get ready for recitals and Nationals. If your music is not all that it could be, it's not too late to get
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Dancemom.com's online competition for the Dance Mom of the Year has just wrapped up. Squirrel Trench Audio is proud to be a sponsor of the contest, and will be providing a free music edit to two winners from Week 2 of the contest, and two music edits
Music Selection Ideas
Over on the DanceMom.com discussion forum, it was brought up that some dancers really don't care about the music that is used for a routine. Some people just want to dance, no matter what the music is. While that is certainly a true statement, I also want
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
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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