Competition cheer music?
My grand daughter is in competition cheer. She is on the Devilrays Allstar Mini team. They, fwiw, are a really good gym with multi national championships. They have been to two tournaments. We just got back from the Jamfest Nationals in Gatlinburg, TN.
According to whqt I have read this is the fastest growing sport in the USA... and from what I have seen firsthand it is highy competetive, our girls, the minis, practice three two hour sessions a week and lately have been doing an optional Saturday morning practice and a mandatory Sunday PM practice from 3 to 5... they REALLY pour themselves into it... however, they were late getting their music this time because (in spite of the name: Devilrays) it is a Christian gym and there was something in the music that the coaches objected to so it had to be sent back to whoever did it and fixed. It seems to be some mix of original and remix. I noticed some of the song "We can work it out" by the Beatles but sung by someone else, in the mini's music. It is of course dance music and it is played LOUD and has thumping bass.
I wish I could add an example and I think soon I will be able to add it.
I was wondering if anyone here does music for dance studios or competition cheering..?? Is it something you would be interested in? I am also thinking that once I get better with X1 that maybe I could make a mix and just give it to them to try out and maybe get some commercial work... who knows?
Do you have any idea how this sort of work is priced?
I recorded the minis and maybe the music isn't too bad. I used a Kodak Zi8. One in 720p and the other in 1080p but I still don't know how well it got the music. I will try andget a copy of the music they all use. The Devilrays Senior5 level team is really top notch, when they get to the nationals at the end of the season they are usually on ESPN.. and they win more often than not... (proud Papa here even though mine is stil a mini, 8yo). She started in June and has gotten better already than some other her age who have been doing it for 4 years. 3 mos ago sh couldn't do a cartwheel, now she does them and walkovers etc all the time.... sorry but like I said... proud Papa mode right now.
But back to the question.. does anyone do this kind of production? I might could get them to give a listen to your work if you're interested... but in the future when I am mo betta, I will try to get the work myself.
This is the gym:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/devilrayallstars?sk=wall BTW, I wont be leaving the picture for long but the folks here in the coffee house seem like a safe bunch of weird-os, laff.
Thanks! So what do you know about music for comp cheer and/or gymnastics?
Thanks,
J
post edited by jbow - 2011/12/05 17:42:23