Melinda

The WCS world meets the football world:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP88SX1hW/

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I am now also seeing Instagram and Threads mute certain songs on their WCS videos.

Meanwhile, here’s a fun kind of alteration: AI animations of WCS videos. This one was done with the dancers’ cooperation.

(On Instagram:)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1XWoynJpoJ/?igsh=bTM4dXp0b3prZ3Vu

(Or on YouTube:)

https://youtube.com/shorts/xyHwSI1-Pc0?si=F1Alx9q2nlPoCPPo

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12 Oct 10:41

Thank you :)

Thank you.

Oh, sorry, I wasn’t clear; by “artists” I meant the dancers.

I haven’t run across WCS set to classical!  I look forward to seeing that!

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08 Oct 12:13

How does everyone feel about acting out the lyrics in WCS or other dances?  I think it’s called “miming.”  It can certainly be entertaining.

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07 Oct 11:53

Thank you for your input.  Yes, it’s strange how various dances and music can match up—I guess because there is a lot of universality to music structure.  I have even listened to classical music while watching WCS videos, and am often amazed at the alignment!   But I do find these same few pop song substitutes tiring, so yes, I mute. ;)

And I still can only guess how the artists* must feel about this, plus I don’t think it’s helpful in attracting new folks to WCS.

*Edit:  Sorry, by “artists” I meant dancers.

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05 Oct 18:56

Does anyone else have this pet peeve?

The music from dancers’ videos on TikTok sometimes gets removed for copyright reasons, and sometimes the music is later restored.  But the worst part is when the song is replaced by another one, generally one of a small handful of songs (such as “Shivers,” “Ice Ice Baby” or “Cheap Thrills”).  I assume they are used because of their more open licensing agreement, if not public domain.  Sometimes you’ll even find both the original and altered video versions, posted by different sources.

I don’t know who is doing the song substitutions, but isn’t this disrespectful to the dancers and their videos?  Unless they have somehow given permission.  Non-dancer viewers who don’t know about this process must notice the dance doesn't necessarily match the song.  (Not to mention what they must think of how limited the WCS song playlist is.)  Seems it would be more honest to just leave the dances silent with the “This music isn’t available” note, as awful as that is.

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Interesting.  Thanks for your perspective!