Figure
Skating Coaches! Send
me your tough cuts! Actually, send me all of your
cuts! You belong on the ice with your figure
skating students!! Let me handle the music editing.
My
observations of many figure skaters have led me to believe that their
coaches are absolutely masterful in picking the right figure
skating music for them
but are using archaic methods to assemble the cuts. Other figure
skaters and coaches are starting to dabble in digital mixes on their
computers as there are many easy to use programs available but "easy to
use" does not guarantee "easy good results". It really takes a
knowledgable musician with a good ear and technical expertise to
produce a good quality product. I went to a very prestigous local
competition recently and I was amazed at the terrible music mixes being
used by higher level figure skaters. I saw dresses that probably
required mom & dad to take out a second mortgage on the house
but
the music was mixed on a 30-year-old cassette tape recorder and put on
a 29 cent cassette. Senior figure skating programs are choreographed
down to the smallest detail. Isn't the figure
skating music a detail too?
I
began mixing figure
skating music five years ago for my daughter and
then for others in her skating club. I was able to draw on the
knowledge gained from my thirty years as a professional musician to
create ingenious mixes. Several requests by coaches/figure
skaters/parents proved to be extremely challenging and they're been
both pleased and amazed at the results. ("How did you do that?") I also
make sure the music is "colored" properly for optimum sound in an ice
arena.
My fee is $25.00 per minute of
music and includes 2 CDs.
It helps if you go
over the music with your coach first. I wish I had a
nickel for every time a figure skater or parent came back to me and
said, "the coach didn't like it". Also, if
you're unsure as
to
where you'd like the cuts I can do several preliminary
versions for an added fee. I prefer to work with
your
choices in music. I don't have a vast library to choose from
and
all music is custom mixed so I have no pre-made mixes. I'd
love to
know how some music editing services can legally and ethically
get
away with selling pre-made mixes. It appears as if they buy one CD and
then essentially resell the mix from it many times over. It's not fair
to the artists. That's why I insist that you legally own the music
you're asking me to mix. You can also rest assured that I'll never
resell it to anyone else. I'll try to get a hold of a copy of
your chosen music myself if possible to avoid you having to mail it to
me but that isn't always possible.
Manuel
Göttsching - "Manuel Göttsching: Live At Mt. Fuji"
Testimonials
Thank
you soooooo much for the music. You did an excellent job. I am very
impressed.
Thank
you so much. I really appreciate it.
The
coach LOVES it... Really, she was blown away...Thanks again for all
your hard work. It's awesome.
Very
cool, thanks so much!!!
The
cut is
great!!!! Thank you so much! We couldn't even tell where you made the
cut....you are clearly a pro at this! ... was so excited ....I think
she showed it to everyone at the rink today.
THANKS
for all your work on this music!
Thanks
again for all your work on our music---I love all the programs,
and I feel so good knowing that the cuts are professionally done.
Got
the
music. It is perfect!
It
has been a
pleasure working with you. What you did with ***** made all
the
difference to me. It sounds so professional. It
just didn't
make sense to me to spend so much money and time on a
choreographer, the coach, the dress and have poor sounding
music. I'm kind of a perfectionist and I want my daughter to
have
the whole package to present to the judges. Thanks,
again.
I hope her skating is as good as her music!
The
skater that you did the ***** CD competed this weekend and her music
was perfect!
The
music is great- thanks so much...You are very good at this music
stuff. I appreciate your hard work.
Once
again, great job! Thanks sooo much
Wow...that
was
great! ***** said "HE ROCKS, it's awesome, please tell...I
said
THANKS" ...You have seriously impressed my 13 year old
daughter
who knows this song inside out and backwards. You are very
good
at this! Thank you very much!
This
one sounds
very good also! ...When she was first given this music she
was
very concerned about skating to something so long and very slow but you
have completely fixed it. This is a very doable exhibition
piece
for her now. Thank you so much...
I
absolutely love
the mix! I think it's perfect for what we need. I
didn't
hear any of the cuts at all. Thank you so much!
The
CDs arrived
and they sound great...Thanks again for the quick turn around
time. I'll get back to you shortly with my next idea....
AWESOME!!!!!
You are the best, really...Don't hear cuts this good at our rink,
EVER. Thanks again...
You
recently cut
music for my daughter. I thought you might like some
feedback. We received many compliments on ******'s
music. I
hope that we can use you again. Oh, ****** won first
place. Many thanks.
It
sounds great! You can label the discs *****. If you want to
make the label blue that might be nice, too.
Perfect!
As always- thanks!!!
Hi!
I just finished listening to the three MP3s (a new term for me!), and
they're great - you do fantastic work!
Wow!
That was fast. I like it a lot...
I
love it! That's exactly what I was hoping for -- thank you so much.
Once
again, it's perfect! Thank you very much.
Thank
you SO very much. It is just perfect!!
We like it! It was a little
surprising the first time we heard it, but to us, it is actually a
better ending.
...thanks so much-I'm sure
we'll do business again soon!
***** emailed me
that she really likes what you've done, so let's go with it. Thanks
again! [the coach]
….I
must say that when she put it on her player I could actually hear it
and the quality is superb compared to what she has used in the past...
