(if I designed it) along with a 3-page
article with tips to practice your freestyle.
From your point of view, what is
the biggest difference in the music
you would put together for a regional level Grand Prix vs a national or international one?
Some international riders want a music product unique to their freestyle
without the risk of other riders using
the same music. I have the ability
and education to personally create
a reference score translating every
step the horse takes in a choreography video into a format that studio
recording musicians can understand.
I surround myself with the best musicians in the business for these projects. I’m well connected with A-list
studio musicians in Austin, Texas to
produce the same quality popular
songs you might hear on the radio.
overall volume of each segment makes sense
in relation to the rest of the freestyle. Finally, he
uses mastering software on the recording and
renders it to a soundfile that can be burned to a
CD or other media. I do the initial editing in Samplitude and David does all the finishing work in
ProTools software.
The last step I take is critical to learning your
freestyle and a service my clients rave about.
I write a script, stride for stride, of the entire
choreography. I narrate the choreography with
the mastered music to give you the placement
of each movement and turn, as well as cues to
know the movement is coming up. Because I’m
educated in music, I can narrate right on the beat
and help keep you working in sync. I burn a narrated CD to send to the rider along with practice
and competition CDs. In the package with CDs,
you’ll receive finalized choreography diagrams
For original music, I work with the
Musikvergnuegen studio in Hollywood, California to create a soundtrack second to none.
Musikvergnuegen has composed trailer music
for some of the biggest films of our time, such as
Spiderman and National Treasure, and they also
produce music for important advertising accounts
like Ford Mo tors. Dr. David Durant taught one of
their leading composers and now this composer
is available to us to produce soundtracks. David
says that his former student could always write
like John Williams and the proof is heard in his
freestyle music.
If studio band and original music don’t fit into
your budget, I can produce popular songs at
much lower cost to create a uni