Enthusiasm and Energy Important for Cheerleading Cheers

When doing cheerleading cheers or chants always stay very enthusiasthic and energetic. "Hit" your motions very tight and keep a big smile on your face. There is no such thing as a tired cheerleader. Staying pumped up will win the crowd and the judges.

Project your voice loudly when doing Cheerleading Cheers

Don´t "sing" you cheerleading cheer or chant. Project your voice loudly, but don´t scream or squeak.

Clean routine is the key to success

Judges want to see clean, creative, well-executed routines. It is far more important to nail your routine than to attempt harder skills that you execute poorly. If you cannot hit it 9 times out of ten in practice, do not bring it to competition. The judges will have a field day with you. Don´t give them any areas to take deductions.

Avoid Overplayed Songs for your Cheer Routine

Avoid overplayed songs for your cheerleading music mix that you know every team will have in their routine at competition. Put yourself in the judges position. By the time they have heard "toxic" 5 times in a row they are ready to beat their heads against a wall. Be creative, but be fresh with the songs you pick. Let a professional produce your cheer music mix. The cheerleading-music-mix website mixes musoc for squads all over the country at affordable fees!

Song length in cheerleading music mixes

DO NOT use any one song for more than 6 eight counts in the routine. I would normally use a remix of a song between 3-6 eight counts.

How to Mix your Own Cheerleading Music

If you are going to attempt mixing your own cheerleading music mix, use a loop based software program like Acid Pro 4.0. This is the program that all of the professional cheerleading mixers are using. You will also need another piece of software to cut your samples with before you import them into Acid Pro 4.0. Unless you are computer savvy, have tons of time on your hands and are willing to train yourself for a couple of years, I would use the services of a professional cheerleading music mixer. You can visit my site by clicking the link below.

Cheer routines are all about the energy

Cheerleading routines are all about energy. Make sure your music has energy. There is a huge difference between the speed of a song and its energy. A professional cheerleading music mixer can take a normally boring song and re-mix it into something that will add energy to your cheerleading routine.

Using Sound Effects

Use sound effects in your cheerleading music mix selectively. It sounds really weird to have a ton of sound effects happening that do not match your choreography. It screams to the judges, "we ripped off someone else´s music!" A well placed sound effect when a stunt, jump or pyramid is hitting makes your music really "pop" and add great energy.

Don´t Buy Cheerleading Music CDs

DO NOT buy cheerleading music cds and use them for your cheerleading music routine. This is very lazy and you will probably have the same cheerleading music as another team at competition. You want to separate your team from the crowd with unique music.

Get a Custom Voice Over

Having a custom voice-over of your team name included over top of your cheerleading music shows that your cheer music has been professionally mixed and gives your routine a personal touch. A good cheerleading music service will provide this for free. I do!

Flow of cheerleading music important

The songs that you use in your cheerleading music mix should flow together with smooth transitions. There should be not weird abrupt transitions from one song/section to another. Your "eight counts" should match up perfectly. If you cannot count music, you should not attempt to make a cheerleading music mix.

Your Cheerleading Music speed and tempo

When mixing your cheerleading music, never use songs at their normal speed. Try to use a cheerleading music mix that is between 138 beats per minute (bpm) and 145 bpm. This will make for an upbeat, high energy routine that will not put the judges and the crowd to sleep. You can listen to free sample cheerleading music mixes by clicking the link below.

Style of music is important

Style is a factor when choosing a professional cheerleading music mix service. Mixing music is an art and each person will have their own unique style when they mix their cheerleading music. My style has a fresh, up-to-date, hip-hop, in-your-face kind of feel to it. Someone else´s style may be more 80´s, or broadway. I do not like to use "old" stuff. It just does not excite me except for rare occaisions. Make sure the service provides you with free samples so that you can hear theur style and determine if it is compatable.

Music at Cheerleading Competitions

When preparing to take your cheerleading team to competition you should get your music done professionally. The judges can easily tell the differnce between a home-grown cheerleading mix and a professional custom mix. By getting a professional to do your music you will save time, allowing you to focus on more important areas. You can now get an original routine done for your squad for less than $5 per cheerleader! See the link to the website below.

Use warm up wisely at cheerleading competition

When at cheerleading competition, use your warm-up wisely. Make sure your team is focused on the task at hand and not on other teams.

Themes in cheerleading music

Themes in cheerleading music are tough to make work effectively. Unless you can make the theme of your music very clear, do not attempt to do a theme. In order to achieve this you will have to get every piece of your music to line up with this theme and that will require a purely custom made cheerleading music mix. It also forces you to find wierd songs that you normally would not use in a cheerleading music mix.

Tape recorders and Cheer Mixes don´t Mix well

DO NOT use a tape recorder to mix your music. It will come out with awful abrupt transitions. You will be outclassed and embarrassed by your competition.

Bring Music Back-Ups

When you go to a cheer competition make sure you have at least two CDs of your music burned on two different brands of CDs. Sometimes certain CD players cannot read certain CD-Rs. Never, ever burn your music onto a CD-RW. Bring a tape back-up in case the CD player crashes. Never bring only a tape of your music. many cheerleading competition companies don´t even offer tape decks. Plus, you look like your are still in the stone ages if you are using a tape.

To cheer or not to cheer? Avoid it if possible

Cheers are old school. If you are a high school or recreation league cheerleading squad, then you are normally required to do a cheer in your routine. It is a fact that when a team starts the cheer portion of their routine, the energy of the routine drops off tremendously. Try to keep your cheer upbeat and exciting to minimize this effect. Do not put a cheer or chant into your routine unless you are required to do so. If you can put a beat behind your cheer it will increase the energy of the routine.