Music Selection Ideas
The song Radioactive by Imagine Dragons has been incredible popular ever since it was released. Scores of other musicians have covered it, including a collaboration between Pentatonix and violinist Lindsey Stirling which is also available in a 2:50 dance routine length. Below are links to an a cappella edit
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Renowned tap choreographer extraordinaire Kaelyn Gray recently had her Code Name Vivaldi tap routine win StarSystems' 2016 Louisville Regional's best routine in the 13 & over category. After receiving the award, Kaelyn knew that, while it had a great soundtrack, it really needed a better ending. In
Music Selection Ideas
Have you ever wanted to create a tap dance routine with the song from the original broadway soundtrack? Prior to today, this has not been possible, because the sounds of the original tap dancers are embedded in the audio of the song. But thanks to highly advanced audio processing software,
Audio Editing Tips
For all of you fabulous choreographers who edit your own music: When saving your music as an mp3, NEVER save it at anything less than a 256k bit rate. Why is this important? Because when you save it at 128k or lower, you are throwing away some of the detail
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Did you pick out a song that has taps in it, but now you need them removed for competition or any other performance? You are in luck. Squirrel Trench Audio now has the capability to remove embedded tap sounds in music. Click to hear a before and after sample (with
Music Selection Ideas
With so much tragedy in the world today, I offer to you, this small token of peace. Please enjoy this mash-up of Aura Veris' orchestral cover of John Lennon's Imagine, with a poem written and performed by Suheir Hammad titled "What I Will." There is
Congratulations/Results
Is it possible to fuse funk with Irish Dance? The answer is yes, as proved beautifully by Tara Shaye Lynch. Tara's mother asked me to create a 90-second custom clean edit of Uptown Funk last year, and congratulations to Tara for winning Ms. Cheshire Outstanding Teen of 2015
Congratulations/Results
It is always with great joy that I get to see a video of a dance routine for which I've done the music editing. The latest comes from Roberta Ryder, whose daughter Eden performed contemporary choreography by Ausia Jones, set to the song Death of Murad by Nathaniel
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The organization Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (Y.P.A.D.) recently came to my attention via tap dancer Kaelyn Gray. Kaelyn was upset by some dance routines displayed on YouTube where very young dancers (younger than 10 years old) are seen performing with overly sexualized costuming, music, and choreography.
Audio Editing Tips
I'm sure you've noticed that there are some songs where your dancers are constantly being held back by the tempo of the song. When this happens it's almost like there is an invisible force subtly sapping the energy out of the routine. Conversely, there
Music Selection Ideas
Confident by Demi Lovato is a hot new song that has a great beat for dance. There is both an Explicit version and a Clean version on iTunes. However, even the clean version has some lyrics that are not suited for kids. Squirrel Trench Audio now has three great-sounding edited
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One of my greatest joys in creating, editing, and remixing music for choreographers is to see the amazing dances performed by their students with that soundtrack. However, since I work with dance teachers around the country and even in other parts of the world, I don't get to