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Introducing Music4Dance.Net/Blog
I’m an amateur dancer and with some training in music who also happens to be a professional software engineer. I love dancing... [Read more]
The Two Questions that Inspired Music4Dance
As a beginning ballroom dancer there were two questions that kept coming up... [Read more]
Question 1: I’m learning to Cha Cha, where is some great music for practicing?
So how do I do that? Dance generally co-evolves with music, so to get a very traditional song... [Read more]
Question 2: What dance styles can I dance to my favorite song(s)?
One of the things that amazes me about the best dance teachers... [Read more]
The Pink Martini Solution
Not all artists are created equal when it comes to creating dance-able music. For instance... [Read more]
Help: How would you group this dance style?
One of the fun things about learning more about different dance styles is... [Read more]
The “Dancing with the Stars” Solution
I learned to dance in part because Dirty Dancing made me want to be Johnny Castle... [Read more]
Wedding Music Part I: Can we dance the Foxtrot to our song?
When did you first learn to dance? For many people it was so that they could dance at their wedding... [Read more]
Wedding Music Part II: We’re learning to Rumba, help us find a good song for our first dance
What if you are particularly in love with one dance style or are just learning to dance one particular style and are looking for an inspiring first dance song in that style? [Read more]
I'm a competition ballroom dancer, can I find practice songs that are a specific tempo?
The quick answer to this question is yes, definitely!First, many of the songs in our catalog have been tagged with a tempo, so it is easy... [Read more]
What if I want to build a list of songs that are tagged as either Bolero or Rumba?
There are a bunch of different reasons that you might want to build lists of songs that are more sophisticated than just the songs that can be danced to a specific style... [Read more]
Let's tag some songs
The tag editor is the first of a number of features that I'm planning that will enable you to customize your music4dance experience... [Read more]
I am learning the Foxtrot, where can I find some music?
The quick answer is to just click this link where you will find a list of over a thousand songs... [Read more]
Searching for music to dance to just got a whole lot easier
I have been adding capabilities to the music4dance advanced search control as they are suggested and as time permits. And it got a bit out of control, so to speak... [Read more]
Are there songs that you never want to dance to again?
I have been adding capabilities to the music4dance advanced search control as they are suggested and as time permits. And it got a bit out of control, so to speak... [Read more]
Top Songs of 2015 -- And what to dance to them.
hat better than a top 100 list to end the year? I've taken the Spotify top 100 songs of 2015 (for the USA) and ... [Read more]
If you like to dance Cha-Cha to a song does that mean you “like” that song?
I wanted to build a system where dancers could vote on... But then Amanda (the music4dance intern) pointed out... [Read more]
What are Your Favorite Song to Dance Bachata?
Since I’m going to be taking Bachata lessons for the first time starting next week... [Read more]
Quality over Quantity?
One of the things that I’m struggling with ... is the pull between finding lots of recommendations for songs to dance to against the desire that those recommendations being in some sense ‘good.’ [Read more]
EchoNest Integration - Loads of new tempo, meter and other information to help you find music to dance to
I’ve cross indexed the music4dance catalog with the EchoNest database and exposed some new features... [Read more]
What if I just want to search for songs on music4dance like I do on Google?
One of the things that I've had a lot of fun with is building a sophisticated search engine where... [Read more]
Mobile First improvements to the music4dance website
Most of the time that I use music4dance it’s on desktop computer, but I certainly want access to all of what it can do on my phone and tablet... [Read more]
Search like Google Part II: Autocomplete, Filter by Dance Style and Sorting
Auto-complete is something everyone expects when searching... [Read more]
What are your favorite Prince songs for partner dancing?
I, like many, am mourning and listening to Prince's music. Over and over again... [Read more]
Search like Google Part III: Advanced Search - The Best of Both Worlds?
I've just updated the music4dance site with the remaining features for our search beta... [Read more]
“Search like Google” is now the default
I’ve just updated the music4dance site to make the new search engine the default... [Read more]
Content Over Code
As an engineer, I have a rather extreme tendency to dive into code when trying to improve the site... [Read more]
Do Dancers Think in Eights?
I was tickled to hear Nigel Lythgoe talk a little about choreographing tap on a recent episode of So You Think You Can Dance... [Read more]
Farewell to Rio 2016, but we'll always have The Samba
Now that the 2016 Olympics are over and the Paralympics are wrapping up, [Read more]
Dancing With The Stars, Revisited
I use this show and other as a source for new music, but that biases things... [Read more]
Oops, I didn't mean to throw that needle into the haystack…
"Oh, These Dark Eyes" by Tango No. 9 is in the music4dance catalog, but it wasn't even showing up on the first page... [Read more]
Feel the Beat
If you want to be able to enjoy partner dancing and look good while doing it, you have to be able to dance to the music... [Read more]
How do I find the latest music added to music4dance?
I'm adding new music just about every week, so if you're a frequent visitor to music4dance how can you see what is new.. [Read more]
Share Your Favorite Searches
Have you found a particularly useful or exciting way to search for music on the music4dance site? Just for instance... [Read more]
Where did all the Collegiate Shag music go?
When I first started publishing lists of swing music on the music4dance site?... [Read more]