Audio Editing Tips
With the proliferation of free and cheap audio editing software, many dance studios have taken it upon themselves to handle the editing of their dance music. While it is certainly better to edit a song yourself than to not edit it at all, a top-notch dance studio may want
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In today's world, often the best way to store and play your dance and competition music is on your iPod, iPhone, mp3 player, or laptop. But CDs haven't gone away just yet, and is still the most reliable source for playing music at competitions, because society
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Today is a big day for Squirrel Trench Audio! We are giving away one song edit (a $50 value) to each of three dance studios or teachers, on Dance Advantage's web site. To enter to win, just make a comment on this post on Dance Advantage (not on
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It just makes sense.... when you are a professional dance studio with a high caliber of teachers and students, you deserve to have professionally edited music for your competitions and recitals. While certainly the focus of the studio is on dance, it's pretty hard to dance well to
Audio Editing Tips
With the proliferation of CD-burners in laptops and personal computers these days, you might be tempted to buy cheap store-brand blank CDs (CD-Rs) to burn your music on. This is a big mistake. DO NOT DO IT. When you are at competition, the LAST thing you want
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Dance Advantage is currently holding their second-ever dance item giveaway contest. Various dance suppliers giveaway up to three of their products to a person selected at random from amongst the commenters of that day's blog post. Monday: abc for Dance Tuesday: BalletBand Wednesday: Dance Dot Stay tuned
Audio Editing Tips
Here's an article on Dance Moms with Tips for improving your dance music. Some of the ideas contained in it are a little dated (when was the last time you ever played music off a cassette?), but the premise is a solid one. Your dance students are paying
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I came across an excellent article from Dancemania.biz titled What size Taps do I need for my tap shoes? This guide seems comprehensive and should answer any questions you may have about getting a good sound from your taps. After you have the right taps for your shoes, check
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Here it is, the middle of March, and most dance studios have started their competition season, or may even be nearing the end of their regional competition season. You've spent months and months rehearsing your number. Everything is looking great. But does the quality of your music match
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Today at 3:00 pm Eastern/Noon Pacific time, there is a WORLDWIDE dance party. I found out about this event via @DanceAdvantage on Twitter. Nichelle informs us that this Dance Anywhere worldwide event is in its seventh year. So remember to stop wherever you are, in six hours from
Audio Editing Tips
Earlier this week, I wrote about the Top 5 music editing mistakes heard in dance competitions, and promised you additional blog posts about how you can avoid making them. Number One on the list is the AWKWARD FADE OUT. As I mentioned in that earlier blog post, it's
Music Selection Ideas
If you are a tapper at heart, you're gonna love this video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANRO3I30nM] Naturally, I added this song to the list of songs that would make for a great tap routine.