Message from Levels Music Group and Free Download
The premiere episode of SYTYCD Season 8 included 5 songs by Levels Music Group and they’ve had three more in the episodes that have aired since. None of them were available when the shows aired, so I thought it would be a good idea to get in contact with these guys.
Since then, several of the songs have been made available and I’ll include links at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out this message from Dylan Berry of Levels Music Group.
Hello Everyone.
THANK YOU for your overwhelming support of the Levels Music Groups songs featured in So You Think You Can Dance!!! We are an independent group of song writers, artists and composers here in Hollywood California creating work for these fine shows. We hear you loud and clear about making our music available on i-Tunes and are on it. You can now find “Brother Brother” and “We Ride On The Wind” by Darnel Alexander, Joe Alley from the season Premier of SYTYCD and episode two. Tomorrow, “So You Think You Can Dubstep” by Dinglesalad from the episode two will be up as well. Also, we are posting the version of “Shake It Low” for free download here (it is short as we have yet to finish full length).Shake it low by John O, (lyrics – Dylan Berry), Vocals by DwreckAlso, we will let you know when our music appears in the show each week, so stay posted to this blog and join our twitter if you would be so kind. ALL of our music is independent, unreleased and premiered exclusively on So You Think You Can Dance, so thank you for being the first to pioneer it for us and enjoy it!!!Best Regards,Dylan Berry
Atlanta/Oakland Auditions:
Darnel Alexander’s “Brother Brother” – (Deon Lewsa and Damon Bellmon’s audition)
Kenny Wesley’s “The Window” – (Timothy Joseph’s audition)
Salt Lake City/NYC Auditions:
JC Flow ft. Mr. E’s “Get Some” – (Brian “Hollow Dreams” Henry’s audition)
L.A. Auditions:
Dinglesalad’s “So You Think You Can Dance Dubstep” – (Hero McRae’s audition)
Darnel Alexander’s “We Ride on the Wind” – (Sasha & Natalia Mallory’s audition)
If all their music is unreleased, how did the contestants have it to audition to? Or was it substituted? Thanks for the info.
@Bonita: The dancers didn’t dance to the Levels Music Group music when they auditioned. They danced to music that couldn’t be licensed for the episode, for one reason or another. Licensing for movies and t.v. is a complicated process and there are a lot of layers. The audition episodes contain more music than any other part of the season and sometimes licensing a particular song is impossible, but the producers still want to include the performance. When that happens, composers are often hired to compose new music that fits the performance. It’s a tough job and the popularity of the songs LMG had in the first three episodes is a good indication they’re doing a seamless job creating new music for the show.