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 is to have
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
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
Audio Editing Tips
I just got back from a spectacular regional dance competition, where my original remix Pixie Hollow premiered. The dancers were truly spectacular and brought a tear to my eye. I can't wait to see them perform it again in two weeks. It was truly a pleasure to watch
Audio Editing Tips
Most of the music at the Headliners Competition in Lowell this weekend so far has sounded really great. However, one song had quite a bit of distortion throughout the entire song. Perhaps it wasn't enough for the judges to lower the dancer's marks, but it was
Audio Editing Tips
As we enter full swing of the competition season, it's a great time to reflect on song choices for the dance routines. Out of the millions of songs that have been written since the dawn of mankind, why is that some songs get completely worn out at dance
Audio Editing Tips
I was scouring the intertubes to see what is already out there for information about techniques for editing music for dance routines destined for competition. I came across an excellent PDF by a dance dad in Oregon named Jim Lambertson, aimed at other dance moms and dads, but really, it&
Audio Editing Tips
Competition season is just about to get underway! (or maybe it already has for you!). Now's a great time to listen to your songs with a fresh perspective and see if there are any squirrel trenches in there that could take the judges out of the moment from
Audio Editing Tips
Here's another audio editing tip for dance routines: how you finish the routine is the impression you leave the judges with... if the song you're working with has an ending, use it, don't just fade it out. If your song ends so that your
Audio Editing Tips
We understand that not every dance routine needs to have the song professionally edited. Personal computers have put audio editing tools within reach of everyone. But even with great tools, unless you really understand what you're doing, it's easy to botch the music up when cutting