Was sitting here mulling this over and thought I'd ask the question
I've used several that I can REALLY recommend
1. One of the themes from "300". Awesome big drum beat!
2. A song from Blade which starts with "Blade. You ready to die? To which Wesley Snipes replies in his inimitable style, "I was born ready, motherf$%er" And then a great beat!
I know Heavy Metal/Rock stuff is big these days, or at least it was at the last show I went to for my best friend last year. But the very first show I went to that the same pal was in back around 1990, he asked me to help him with the music for his routine. Trying to be creative, keep with time limits and allow for smooth pose transitioning.....I chose Black Magic Woman by Santana. It's graceful, yet very powerful. I thought it was very effective.
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It was weird in Pittsburgh seeing 60+ men posing to Insane Clown Posse.
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Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
It was weird in Pittsburgh seeing 60+ men posing to Insane Clown Posse.
I have no idea who they are (ICP), but if it's anything like what I heard at my friend's last show then I understand. It probably shows my age, but each guy came out and seemed to be doing his routine to the same damn song (though I'm sure it just sounded the same). There was little, if any, originality.
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"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."
"Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it."
I have no idea who they are (ICP), but if it's anything like what I heard at my friend's last show then I understand. It probably shows my age, but each guy came out and seemed to be doing his routine to the same damn song (though I'm sure it just sounded the same). There was little, if any, originality.
think heavy tom tom drums in a native American sort of beat for a few bars, then a really grinding loud 3 chord guitar progression layered in over top. for the entire 60 seconds.
That's what almost everyone posed to.
The only thing different was that the black gentlemen seemed to all pose to soft R&B which praised their lover, etc.
What a contrast. Neither style music suited them men posing, IMO
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Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
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Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
I think if I would have heard Bad to The Bone one more time at the Pittsburgh show, I may have gone BH...
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Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
I think if I would have heard Bad to The Bone one more time at the Pittsburgh show, I may have gone BH...
I hear ya . I've only been to 3 (or maybe it was 4) comps, and only because my best friend competing, because I have no interest in these events. IOW, my experience with the music end is limited, but it's probably the one aspect that made it tolerable for me (when it was done well and matched routine). So, I don't know how out of mainstream or maybe even passe this is, but I find stuff like this "serenely powerful":
This is why I chose Santana's, Black Magic Woman (Intro only, no lyrics). It strikes me as the same as 2001 Space Odyssey... from a musical standpoint, where the poser has time to focus, turn, twist, etc., while hitting their pose immediately following the crescendo. My pal placed 3rd that year, but the audience's response to the routine was notably more audible than any of the other routines. The other choice I had for him was the Scorpion's, Rock you like a Hurricane, but I think the intro (or the part I chose) was too short....can't recall.
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Sheesh, I have an "Enhancement Performance Trainer", and he is currently recording Classical music for me. he says it helps with focus, consentration, and imagery.
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Tell me Yak....not being familiar with Bodybuilding shows in Oz....do you have two presentations:1) pre judging if you will where judges put you thru mandantories, compare and place you for a later 'evening' show. 2) Evening show or 'finals' where the athlete and his friends do not know the outcome yet and must do a second mock line up then do a 60-90 second posing routine for the audience?? And then only if there are pose downs for an overall title the posing to music could be at best a tie breaker?
Or....like we have in the States with some outdoor public events (Mr. Muscle Beach or Mr. Jones Beach) and some smaller shows where there is but one presentation and the musical posing does come into play?
My shows except for the Muscle Beach were of the first type I mentioned. Some competitors want to make a fantastic presentation for their friends and audience in the evening show. They spend countless hours picking and coregraphing their music/posing.
Myself I work the mandantories.....hard, spend maybe an hour total on the music thing. I want the the First place trophy not the Best Poser award. But....that's just me.
Baldie
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Well, if you're going to stick with the current trend (as this vid represents, imo), you've chosen a clever track. I like it. I think it will play well with a routine. My ONLY misgiving might be the short section that starts approx 48 sec into it. Even then, it leaves it quickly thereafter.
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I'm certainly no expert at all... but I would think "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence would be a good song to pose to... lots of power sections and lots of slower sections... some heavy beats and some lighter... lots of transitions...
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I used Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top - if I had to do it again I would choose something with a slower beat so as not to feel an urge to rush through the poses.
Posing routines only make a difference if you are competing for the overall title. Your weight class placing is already determined before the judges see your routine. If you have a memorable routine the judges may spend more time looking at you during the pose down.
Tell me Yak....not being familiar with Bodybuilding shows in Oz....do you have two presentations:1) pre judging if you will where judges put you thru mandantories, compare and place you for a later 'evening' show. 2) Evening show or 'finals' where the athlete and his friends do not know the outcome yet and must do a second mock line up then do a 60-90 second posing routine for the audience?? And then only if there are pose downs for an overall title the posing to music could be at best a tie breaker?
Or....like we have in the States with some outdoor public events (Mr. Muscle Beach or Mr. Jones Beach) and some smaller shows where there is but one presentation and the musical posing does come into play?
My shows except for the Muscle Beach were of the first type I mentioned. Some competitors want to make a fantastic presentation for their friends and audience in the evening show. They spend countless hours picking and coregraphing their music/posing.
Myself I work the mandantories.....hard, spend maybe an hour total on the music thing. I want the the First place trophy not the Best Poser award. But....that's just me.
Baldie
Good ?, baldie
Over here...the format is a split show in AM and PM. AM is mandatories and symmetry rounds and the judging is done then. Crowd is good but nothing like the night time
In the PM the routines are the go. After all the guys have done theirs, the group is brought out and rarely are they taken thru their mandatories etc unless the judges still need info. Then the pose-down. Then the awards
Thing is....the routines count for ZERO. But they are there to entertain the crowd who love it. Also gives the individual a chance to express him/herself in their own way and have some fun.
The thinking over here was that when the routines were in the mix (I think upwards of 30%) the "dancers" in the mix seemed to do better than their physiques musculature and conditioning suggested they should have. I can see why they eliminated it from the assessment. But also can see an argument for its inclusion as an assessable measure.
DBX - re the comments on the aspects of the song. We have a 1 min30sec window for the routine so the song needs chopping/pasting/mixing. Yet another thing to get done. That "quiet" bit or slower bit will be gooonnnneeee!
The worst part of a show is the posing routine. You have to keep the crowd alive. and entertained the show is over at that point try to enjoy it. Pic something up beat dance like so people get into it classic 80's dance can't tough that! Sounds cheesey but sitting through some long crappy pose routines it's refreshing.
YOU guys, (especially) YAK AND BALDIE have helped me so much to get ready for my contest, just by reading your post,s, now you give something else to worry about=========what music i will need ===lol.
YOU guys, (especially) YAK AND BALDIE have helped me so much to get ready for my contest, just by reading your post,s, now you give something else to worry about=========what music i will need ===lol.
I use a fair bit of the intro and then paste from about 2:15 then again at the 3:15 section
The opening line gets the audience into it form the gitgo.
FWIW - from watching heaps of routines there is enormous diversity in the music used but at the end of the day the best routines - the most enjoyable routines for me (and we're all different...) and therefore the most standout routines are the ones that you can readily see that the athlete has CONNECTED to the music - on some level.
Just what that connection is, who knows. DOESN'T MATTER.
What does though is that - together with the work he/she puts in - makes for a memorable performance!
. I've only been to 3 (or maybe it was 4) comps, and only because my best friend competing, because I have no interest in these events. IOW, my experience with the music end is limited, but it's probably the one aspect that made it tolerable for me (when it was done well and matched routine). So, I don't know how out of mainstream or maybe even passe this is, but I find stuff like this "serenely powerful":
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