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Dan Spiers of Cheer Music4U has such an 8-count track on SoundCloud, and you can download it here. If Dan sees this thread, he can confirm, but I'm pretty sure that he created it from scratch and therefore you could use it in competition if you wanted. Contact Dan for permission to change...

Hi Emma, in most cases, your event needs both an ASCAP and BMI performance license. Such a license covers the use of music in the physical space for which it is purchased, so your gym would need one set of licenses, and any other place where you perform your routines with music would need their...

Hello all, I've created a new Facebook group called Music Help for Cheer and Dance Teams. Feel free to bring any questions or comments about cheer or dance team music to the group, no matter whether it's searching for song ideas, music theme, DIY mixing questions, or looking for a super...

I know it may sound self-evident, but it's true: The number one factor in getting a deep voice-over sound is to start with someone who has a deep voice. For processed deep-effect sound, probably the easiest approach is to use software/plug-ins to pitch-shift the track down with, or without...

Disagree. It's not about the plug-ins, especially since any quality DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) comes with enough plug-ins out of the box to get quality results. It's about audio engineering skill. It starts with a great voice-over talent, followed by an excellent microphone, followed by an...

Varsity issued an update to their music rules today, declaring that editing a single song for length, with no added sound effects or other songs mixed in, is fine for use in home routines brought to camp. Squirrel Trench Audio has more than 200 single-song edits that are compliant with these...

My third post as well. Amazingly productive and informative, it is not. ;)

Just for clarity's sake; Varsity DOES pay the inexpensive competition license to ASCAP and BMI. That's not the issue. The issue is Derivative Works (aka remixes) of copyrighted music; and this is where things get into a gray area very quickly. There is no such thing as a blanket license for...

First post, I am a music editor and remixer, dealing primarily with dance studios, and I am here to learn more and converse about the music rules recently issued by Varsity. Thank you for having me.