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Discover The Art Of Cheerleading Music

If you have ever attended a cheerleading competition, or even a basketball game or high school pep rally, you will quickly learn that there is a certain type of music that each and every cheerleading squad will use for their performances.  Cheerleading music, when simply broken down, has a strong beat that is very apparent to a casual listener as well as a catchy rhythm that will hold a crowd’s attention.  If you are subjected to this cheerleading music for more than a few minutes, it will be ingrained in your head and you will most likely be humming the tunes for weeks to come.

The music used in routines is generally a compilation of three or more different songs spliced together to make one song that lasts approximately three minutes.  Cheerleading music used to be music without words, and just simply dance beats.  However, now that cheerleading popularity has grown, so has the variety of music selections.  You can now see cheerleaders performing to AC/DC songs, country songs that have been sped up, and at times even classical music that has been remixed to sound more like dance tunes.  The variety is huge, and what makes teams stand apart is now the addition of sound effects to the cheerleading music, including voiceovers of the school name and mascot and even sounds and cheers.  Sometimes it sounds as though teams have spent hours in a mixing studio, which they probably have.

Cheerleading music has become so popular that there are now CDs available that contain specific music that is popular among cheerleading teams, which is especially useful for those teams that have a small budget or not much time to compile their own mixes.  These CDs sell for approximately fourteen to twenty dollars, around the cost of a regular CD.  Another advantage to these CDs is that if you are competing in a competition that may be televised, these songs have all been cleared for use through the artists.  If you look for songs on your own, you will have to go through the extra step of filling out paperwork to get your songs released for use.

There are many selections available, and the possibilities are endless.  However, once the songs are mixed together to form a cheerleading music mix, you will certainly be able to tell what its use will be!  Strong beats and sound effects set cheerleading music apart from regular songs and make it easily identifiable.