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. The length is 2:41 for a jazz or hip hop dance routine.
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Uptown Funk (Clean version) – album now available
Due to the runaway popularity of our clean version of Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars’ Uptown Funk, we’ve created an album containing every length (six) of this song, that we’ve created to date. Our clean version of Uptown Funk is super-smooth – no awkward hiccups to interrupt the song’s funktastic groove! Most of our clean versions also include the exciting intro as performed on Saturday Night Live – an intro which is not heard on the iTunes release of the song.
This album contains six different lengths of the song, and is a terrific bargain at $11.99, a savings of 78% compared to buying each version of the song individually!
The six versions of the songs are: 4:28 (full length), 2:58, 2:45, 2:32, 2:15, and 1:59. One of the lengths is sure to be perfect for your jazz, tap, or hip hop competition or recital dance routine.
Grab your complete Bruno Mars Uptown Funk Clean Version album now! Or just purchase the length you need for your dance routine!
If you know what length you need, click these links below to get it. Each edited version is $9.99; or the full-length version is $4.99:
4:28 (full length) • 2:58 • 2:45 • 2:32 • 2:15 • 1:59
New Music Monday: Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon
Be the first to use this new and peppy song, with a bit of a rock edge, guaranteed to be the soundtrack for a delightful competition or recital dance routine. Shut Up and Dance is a brand new song from Cincinnati, Ohio-based band Walk The Moon. Give it a spin, and take it home in your Legitmix shopping cart. Three lengths are available so that you can choose the right length to create choreography for your group, duo, or solo; no editing or cutting required.
Shut Up and Dance – Walk The Moon – 2:34 version:
Shut Up and Dance – Walk The Moon – 2:49 version:
Shut Up and Dance – Walk The Moon – 2:00 version:
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Hard rock music for advanced competitive dancers
One of the challenges facing choreographers is age appropriateness. What works for 9-12 years olds is not going to be ideal for 15-17 year olds. When you have advanced teen dancers and are looking to give them something modern and fresh with a rock and roll edge, check out the latest offering from Squirrel Trench Audio: an edited version of Do It Now from the new self-titled album by KXM. Preview the track below, and if this is your song, take it home via the Legitmix shopping cart:
Enter Sandman by Metallica is now also available, edited for a 2:45 routine length:
Five songs for your next lyrical routine
Here are five beautiful songs, perfectly edited for your next lyrical competition or recital routine. Start to finish, these songs are edited to be as flawless as your choreography. Give them a listen, and if any one of them is the perfect song for you, take it home via the Legitmix shopping cart.
- Try by Colbie Caillat (This is a FREE edit)
- Only Hope by Mandy Moore
- Safety Dance by Sleeping at Last (yes, this is a lyrical version)
- Rhiannon’s Breath is the Wind; mashup by Fingertrouble; original songs by Fleetwood Mac and Sia
- You’re The One That I Want by Angus and Julia Stone (yes, a lyrical version)
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Your Lips are Movin by Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor has already scored a big hit with her upbeat single, All About That Bass, even before her album has officially been fully released. Another song, with an infectious groove, from that album is “Your Lips Are Movin”. With a fantastic beat, and fun lyrics, this song is going to make your jazz dance or tap dance routine soar. We have three lengths available: 2:48, 2:32, and 1:58.
Five songs for your next tap routine
Here are five songs, each with a taptastic groove. Each of these songs is already edited to the right length for competition (two-minute versions for recitals are also available for most of them). Click the play button next to any song below to hear it, and if it’s your song, click it’s name to put it in your Legitmix shopping cart and take it home with you.
- Lips Are Movin – Meghan Trainor
- Calling All Angels – The Town Criers (a cappella)
- Come With Me Now – Kongos
- Hit Me – Dirty Loops
- Get My Name – Mark Ballas
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Creepy music for creepy routines
Happy Halloween!
Ghouls, ghosts and goblins will appear at your doorway tonight, and if you have dancers who would delight in dancing a routine with deliciously macabre music, we have some selections that would be perfect in our Legitmix store. Here are our spooky and/or creepy offerings:
Put a button on it
Definition of Button, from a Broadway Glossary:
Button: The payoff moment in a song; the moment when the song is “buttoned up” and finished.
On Broadway, music composers know that nearly all of the time, they need to deliver a button on their songs…. that point in the music when the audience knows the song is over, and it’s time to applaud. The same concept applies when editing music for performance dance routines. When a song fades out, your audience is robbed of the routine’s button. That’s why Squirrel Trench Audio retains the ending of the original song so that the button is delivered to your dancer. The audience knows the routine is over and it’s time to clap.
There are times when a song might have a big musical finish that lasts 20 seconds or more. These type of endings, while great in a music performance, are too long for a dance performance. In such cases, we will edit down the big finish into an appropriate length for the dance routine.
If you need your music edited to retain the button, either look through our catalog on Legitmix, or fill out a custom music edit request form.
For further reading, here is an earlier article that describes how to avoid awkward fade-outs. And here is more information on retaining song structure when editing music.
Hot new band: Dirty Loops – Hit Me
A hot new artist has just arrived on the scene from Sweden. Dirty Loops is a trio of talented musicians bringing an avant garde twist to popular music. Their first single is Hit Me. This song will be spectacular for a small group, large group, line, or production, in either jazz or tap. It could also work for a very advanced soloist in jazz or tap. Squirrel Trench Audio has three versions available on Legitmix:
2:45 version:
2:30 version:
2:00 version:
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