April O'Peel - Vancouver Burlesque Performer

Heeeey Kidlets! Soooo... I wuz thinking that I might let you in on some of the things that make my life waaaaay better. Burlesque is essentially DIY which can either be extremely inspiring but transversely can be completely frustrating if you don't have the know how to make your vision into a reality. When I was first starting out, I remember running into some issues when I'd have a swell idea for a switcharoo type number where the change is signaled with music. A switcharoo is an essential archetype for alot of Burlesque numbers and its pretty easy to figure out. You enter as one character or with one certain attitude but then run into a conflict or something that causes a change. A classic example is the nerd into sexy gal sort of thing. I do alot of numbers like this and sometimes the easiest way to demonstrate that an evolution has taken place is with a separate piece of music. This being said, you don't necessarily want to use all of 2 separate songs. Its not necessary to have an 8 minute number to get the idea across so this means MUSIC EDITING! If you don't have a friend who can help you with this, life can get annoying pretty quickly. Luckily for you (and me) there is a super swell program out there called Audacity. Its a FREE music editing program that is pretty straight forward in terms of use and is available for both PC and Apple computers (I've used both. They're the same!). Basically if you can figure out where the copy and paste are on this sucka, you've got it made. There are also lots of youtube tutorials out there if you need some extra help.