Miscellaneous
It's pretty amazing how much time, sweat, rehearsal, effort, and money goes into putting a competitive group dance routine on stage. I think it's terrific and amazing that so many dance parents are able to give their kids the experience, discipline, camaraderie, and excitement of performing
Congratulations/Results
Winning is getting to be a habit for Joleen's Starz of the South dance studio. Congratulations go to their small group routine, A Pirate's Life. A Pirate's Life features a soundtrack created by Squirrel Trench Audio, and was not only the winner of the
Congratulations/Results
In December of last year, I received a request to create an original music soundtrack for a Maleficent pointe routine; combining several elements of the Maleficent motion picture soundtrack. The pointe routine was entirely the creation of Brennan Kolbo who choreographed the concept from scratch, and she performed it last
Music Selection Ideas
Happy to announce our latest addition to the Squirrel Trench Audio catalog of cleaned, edited and remixed music on Legitmix: Who Run The World Girls (Ultra Clean Version) by Beyoncé. While there exists a clean edit on iTunes, the clean edit may not be clean enough for many dance or
Audio Editing Tips
When editing, cutting or mixing music yourself, don't let the audio degrade. Be careful when you do audio editing. Sometimes I get requests to fix or clean already-edited songs, and when I hear the edit supplied, it sounds like a bunch of squirrels have gotten in and trenched
Music Selection Ideas
Recently a dance teacher requested a mix of songs, for the benefit of a little girl fighting stage 4 cancer. This teacher wanted to use the song All You Need Is Love combined with others for a 2.5 minute routine. I added the Tom Petty song I Won'
Miscellaneous
It's that time of year.... when hours upon hours of dance rehearsal are getting ready to be brought to the big stages of competitions. Dance parents have poured hundreds upon hundreds of dollars into lessons, dance teachers have poured their heart and soul into creative choreography, costumes have
Miscellaneous
Have you ever wondered what it takes to do better at a dance competition? Well wonder no more because Cathy Roe, the founder of Cathy Roe Ultimate Dance competitions has spelled it out for you. Here is the link to her recent Facebook post on this topic, How to Stand
Music Selection Ideas
As the creator of the popular clean edit of Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, featuring Bruno Mars, I was recently asked to supply a lyric sheet of this cleaned version. Here is a link to the PDF of Uptown Funk (Squirrel Trench Clean Version) lyric sheet. The full-length clean version
Music Selection Ideas
While 2015's Super Bowl was one of the finest from a sports perspective, Katy Perry's halftime entertainment may have stolen the show. Inspired by this amazing spectacle, this Queen of the Super Bowl mix features the first two numbers from this performance, Roar and Dark Horse.
Audio Editing Tips
There are many reasons why it's a bad idea to extract audio from YouTube. It's illegal. Even pristine audio is somewhat degraded since YouTube uses mp3 encoding of any audio submitted. In many cases, it's an mp3 of an mp3 of an mp3..... and
Music Selection Ideas
Guess what day it is? GUESS. WHAT. DAY. IT. IS! It's Squirrel Appreciation Day! (No, I have never heard of that before either, but I guess it's really a thing.) In honor of Squirrel Appreciation Day, it is our turn to appreciate YOU, our fabulous clients