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Competitive Cheerleading Music Producer Patrick Avard (CheerMusicPro) Congratulates Teams of the 2021 USASF Worlds Competition

Patrick Avard – competitive cheer’s most sought-after music producer and the artist behind CheerMusicPro – is happy to congratulate all participants and winning teams in the 2021 USASF Cheerleading Worlds. Working to produce his signature custom-mixed tracks for team showcasings, Avard helped contribute to 24 medals for this season’s ultimate cheerleading competition, with his production company New Level Music producing a total of 41 medaling tracks.

Music producer Patrick Avard, known as cheerleading’s top production artist CheerMusicPro, extends his congratulations to all of the participating and medaling teams at this year’s USASF Cheerleading Worlds competition.

The Cheerleading Worlds competition is the final and most anticipated competition of the season for the world’s premier competitive cheer programs. The competition took place over three days in Orlando, Florida, with 63 teams taking home medals for incredible performances in gold, silver or bronze.

Producing high-energy mix tracks that are custom designed and scored along to routines of individual programs, CheerMusicPro contributed to 24 separate medals across a broad range of divisions, including gold winnings such as:

  • Small Senior 6: Cheer Extreme SSX
  • Large Senior Coed 6: TGLC
  • International Open 6: Fame Super Seniors
  • International All-Girl NT: CCS Lady Aurora
  • Medium Coed 6: Woodlands Extreme Black Ops
  • Senior Small Open Coed 6: Rockstar Beatles
  • IOC 6: Top Gun OO

Adding to the impressive lists of medaling tracks are music production companies Cheer Freqs and Royal Custom Music, who create custom mixes for cheerleading programs through Patrick Avard’s music production company New Level Music. Combined, Avard, and his company produced tracks for 41 medaling teams, a groundbreaking record for New Level Music.

“After the cancellation of last year’s Worlds due to public safety concerns, it was inspiring to see all of these teams return with such renewed passion and incredible skill – we were all very impressed,” said music producer Patrick Avard (CheerMusicPro).

“I am especially proud of the work that Andy, Teighlyr and the rest of the New Level Music team have contributed to get such amazing results at this year’s competition. Working with these dedicated and talented music producers is a true joy and I am appreciative for all that they bring to this genre of music,” Patrick Avard added.

Entering music production in 2004 under the signature name of CheerMusicPro, Avard is known for producing premium custom mixes for cheer programs and having pioneered cheer music to become its own distinct genre. Patrick Avard has cultivated a large following of music fans by consistently producing new releases, working with many of the world’s top level cheer teams, and with his work appearing on the popular Netflix docuseries “Cheer.”

Characterized by fast tempos, trap interludes, and a steady beat appropriate for the cadence and pace of cheer routines, New Level Music has become the leading production company for custom cheer tracks.

To learn more about the unique sound and work of Patrick Avard, please visit his website.

To keep up to date on all-things-CheerMusicPro, visitors can also visit the producer’s official page.

About Patrick Avard

Patrick Avard is an entrepreneur and top music producer for the competitive cheerleading industry. Known by his producer name, CheerMusicPro Avard has helped establish cheer music as its own genre and has popularized the music of the sport to an outside market. With his team at New Level Music in Atlanta, Georgia, Patrick Avard continues to expand the footprint of music production in the cheer industry and crafts custom-tailored mix tracks for the largest cheer programs in the United States.

2020 Slingshot Grand Touring LE illustrated by Mina Tocalini for 360 MAGAZINE.

Grand Touring LE

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The all-new, custom-inspired Slingshot Grand Touring LE takes your driving adventure to a whole new level and turns heads like no other — allowing anyone to get in and turn the ordinary into extraordinary.

The newest model is part of the 2020 lineup and delivers luxurious comfort, style and design. Along with a host of amenities, the Grand Touring LE is highlighted by Slingshot’s new 2020 AutoDrive transmission, an automatic-like driving experience without the need for clutching or shifting.

The 2020 Grand Touring LE stands out from the crowd by featuring an exclusive Fairway Green paint with bronze accents and special-edition bronze wheels. See below.

Additional Features:

  • Slingshot’s Quilted Comfort Seats provide all-day comfort for drivers and passengers, while a tall Ripper Series Wind Deflector adds protection from the elements.
  • Slingshot’s seven-inch Ride Command infotainment system with built-in GPS navigation and turn-by-turn directions is perfect for any adventure.
  • Finishing off the limited-edition, custom-inspired design is a color-matched Slingshade top, color-matched Rear Fender and interior accent lighting. 
  • Drivers can also personalize their Grand Touring LE with the new Heated and Cooled Seats and Stage 1 Tune upgrade to deliver up to 203 horsepower.

With less than 300 being made, The Grand Touring LE is shipping to dealers now starting at an MSRP of $33,999.

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CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

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Catfish and the Bottlemen’s third album,The Balance, will be out Friday, April 26 via Capitol Records. The album is now available for preorder HERE.
In the breaks between electrifying outdoor and festival shows in 2018, Van McCann (vocals, guitars), Johnny Bond (guitars), Robert Bob Hall (drums), and Benji Blakeway (bass) retreated with Irish producer Jacknife Lee (U2, The Killers) to carefully craft The Balance over a 12-month period. Recorded in seclusion at two locations Grouse Lodge in Moate, Republic of Ireland, and The Chapel in the countryside of East Lincolnshire the band lived and breathed the album while residing together in rural isolation. The album was mixed by Craig Silvey (Florence + the Machine, Arcade Fire).
We loved living in the same place, says McCann. We were staying there the whole time, so we were waking up around each other and working until we needed to go to bed. Jacknife was always up. He was the first up and the last awake. It’s good when you’re completely engulfed in recording in a place like that, living together, because every day and all day it was about the songs. We had fun too; they were the funniest album sessions we’ve done.
The eleven-track album features the new single Longshot, which has amassed over 6 million global streams since its January 8 release, as well as the live fan-favorite Fluctuate. Fans will be able to hear these new songs live on the band’s upcoming U.S. headline tour which kicks off March 12 and will hit the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA on March 22 and Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn, NY on April 3. All tour dates along with the full album track listing can be found below. Tickets are available HERE.
In addition to the album name and familiar one-word song titles, the creative bridge between 2014’s platinum-certified debut, The Balcony and its gold-certified follow up, The Ride, has been reinforced by the band returning to San Francisco-based graphic artist Tim Lahan to provide cover artwork for a third time.
Practically of no fixed abode, Catfish and the Bottlemen have toured constantly since their formation, now over a decade ago. The past eighteen months have seen the band claim their place as a bona fide arena band at home, adding a sold-out UK arena tour in February 2019 to an impressive list of already conquered stages. Significantly, it also invited more quality time with global fans on tours to South America, Australia, Japan, and the United States, culminating in an electrifying main-stage performance at Lollapalooza in 2018. Long shot hints that the band’s rapid ascent to big hall players has crossed over to influence their time in the studio.

Jeff Goldblum #1 record on Billboard

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Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra garnered a #1 position on Billboard’s Current Jazz Chart and Billboard’s Traditional Jazz Chart, as well as hitting #4 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart. Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra’s The Capitol Studios Sessions was released on November 9, 2018 on Decca/Verve Label Group. This is Jeff Goldblum’s debut album.

Goldblum, who has been playing the piano since he was a child, has performed with his jazz band at venues in Los Angeles and New York City over the past few decades. When he’s not filming, the actor hosts a weekly jazz variety show at LA’s Rockwell Table and Stage. Frequented by locals and A-listers alike, the show intersperses Goldblum’s love of jazz with his passion and skills at improvised comedy.

The atmosphere and energy of these shows is captured perfectly on this album, which Jeff credits to producer Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock, Madeleine Peyroux). For the recording, Larry recreated the buzz of The Rockwell at the legendary Capitol Studios. The studio was transformed into a jazz club food and drink was served to an invited live studio audience of Rockwell regulars, friends and family.

This album lives in that magical area where artists and audiences meet. There is a joyful sense of anything-can-happen and a spirit of creative generosity in how Jeff speaks to his fans, how he accompanies guest singers and soloists, and especially in how Jeff comps. To Jeff, his role within the context of a jazz band is a seamless connection with his acting:

I love improvising and that feeling of communication and interplay. It’s one of the cornerstones of my acting technique. I see my music in the same way.

Jeff Goldblum the Capitol Studios Sessions is the realization of this idea: jazz and standards presented in a manner that dares to be high-spirited and to make you feel good. The repertoire includes favorite 60’s jazz numbers Cantaloupe Island and I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free), the 1940s classic Straighten Up & Fly Right with guest vocals from Irish superstar singer and songwriter Imelda May, My Baby Just Cares For Me from 1930, featuring American songstress Haley Reinhart and the 1920s song Me And My Shadow sung by comedian and actress, Sarah Silverman. The band is joined by the extraordinary Grammy-nominated trumpeter Till Brönner.

Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra deliver the feel and the swing, and they make it fun, funny, and familiar. Those are words not often associated with jazz, though they still can be, and with this album we are reminded of that.

 

 

OLYMPICS x LIVE STREAM

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The Winter Olympics in South Korea may be 14 time zones removed from the Eastern Time Zone of the US — but 43% of Americans say they plan to watch NBC’s live streaming content during the Games, with only 48% saying they did not have such plans.

A big chunk of the country — 63% — say they will watch at least some coverage of the Games, which begin Friday, February 8.  That is double those who said “no” (31%) to watching any coverage.

“That is a healthy number of people turning to devices other than television,” noted Rick Gentile, director of the poll, which is sponsored by the Sharkey Institute.   “You might call this the breakthrough year for streaming coverage making a big impact.”