Ideas for strong, fast, upbeat music?

hopskipjump · January 05, 2013, 04:07:19 PM

Dd had music but I couldn't find a nice cut for a minute and 38 seconds. It just sounded chopped up.

sk8great · January 05, 2013, 04:26:06 PM

Would this be okay?

Plus it like slows down at like 1:38!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZnBLVl_anU

hopskipjump · January 05, 2013, 05:04:31 PM

Maybe more in the line of Sing Sing Sing....(but not that one because a lot of skaters use it).

sk8great · January 05, 2013, 05:54:34 PM

Quote from: hopskipjump on January 05, 2013, 05:04:31 PM
Maybe more in the line of Sing Sing Sing....(but not that one because a lot of skaters use it).

Ohh ok

I'll see if i can find some!

1cesk8er · January 06, 2013, 12:15:16 PM

I'd suggest looking through some movie soundtracks and cirque du soeil soundtracks. I have skated to both and there are tons of options!

sk8great · January 08, 2013, 06:07:47 PM

Do you still need a music?

I think I've found something!

hopskipjump · January 08, 2013, 07:04:09 PM

We are still looking! It has to pass the kid test.

sk8great · January 08, 2013, 07:25:35 PM

Quote from: hopskipjump on January 08, 2013, 07:04:09 PM
We are still looking! It has to pass the kid test.

Is this okay?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWBLE_UgaWQ

Query · January 09, 2013, 02:44:57 PM

A lot of early "quick tempo" Jitterbug / Jive dance music was around 220 or 230 bpm.

Try to skate in rhythm to that!

There are some very fast Dueling Banjos performances out there - but the music doesn't have much dynamic range.

Oh - you didn't mean that fast?

hopskipjump · January 09, 2013, 02:51:27 PM

LOL! I don't think she can pull off banjos. I've been looking for music (no vocals) and still coming up short. I'm going to see if a friend can look at her first choice and see something I'm not seeing to make it work. She would be happy to have last year's music as well, it was her favorite...we'll talk to her coaches more.

Query · January 09, 2013, 03:11:24 PM

You can find Scruggs and Martin's well known Dueling Banjos at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqd7mXvHupU

That's a little slower.

Mairead Nesbitt (a violinist who played the beautiful theme to the Civil War history TV series) did a nice "Contradiction" piece too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6PWf7iqwQ

which goes fairly fast.

platyhiker · January 09, 2013, 04:38:33 PM

Hmmm ... those recent suggestions made me think of River Dance. That music is *definitely* well suited to fast footwork! And the music does have dramatic high points.

Here's a video where the music starts at about 0:36: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W22gpBv00gg (with the sound of the dancers footwork included).

And here's a site with music clips without the footwork sounds: http://www.riverdance.com/music/

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Ideas for strong, fast, upbeat music?