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Sandra Bezic retweeted
Model merging lets you combine fine-tuned models via simple parameter arithmetic (no extra training). I tried to demystify model merging with a theory-backed overview: why just parameter averaging can work.
data-processing.club/merge/
Ava and Yoni are the sweetest - so fun and hard working, Bev. So happy for them!
What a beautiful program to win a world junior championship title: Clair de Lune. Canadians Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov came from 2nd after the SP to win today at #WorldJFigure with 167.90, winning the free with 105.68.They weren't perfect but they were spellbinding.
Congratulations Ava and Yoni!!!
🩵💙 🌙
Ava Kemp & Yohnatan Elizarov make history for Canada 🇨🇦✨
Canada’s first Junior World Pairs title since 1978, and they did it in style.
Flying high! 🚀
#WorldJFigure #FigureSkating
Sandra Bezic retweeted
Former U.S. competitive ice dancer Jordan Cowan is the first camera operator on figure skating ice in Olympic history, capturing intimate moments that the overhead or sideboard cameras cannot.
This is also cyclical - has happened time and time again when technical boundaries are pushed. Then a season comes along when they all hit their jumps. The tension between artistry and technical prowess is the heartbeat of figure skating. The balance is our ideal we must protect
This tells us a lot about what's wrong with men's figure skating today. These programs (each with multiple major errors and falls) can be considered "good" because we're so desensitized to everyone falling all over.
#FigureSkating #MilanoCortina2026
One more note - my experience producing TV productions requiring music clearance has been in North America. I’m sharing what I understand from this practical experience only.
Yes it has - but a caution - over the years tracks not registered on a PRO have slipped through on the blanket coverage. Now there is more awareness and scrutiny.
An artist might share the stem files - the separate tracks - and give permission to use as skaters wish, or the skater might have new parts written and recorded. That could get problematic without permission if it is too layered or intermixed with original track.
A music rights question for anyone interested or knowledgeable enough to answer:
One thing I've always wondered about is how skaters/coaches occasionally get their hands on a custom recording/version of a commercially-available musical piece.
E.g. The very first time I noticed this was Kerrigan's 1993 Free Skate had a custom final segment of the BATB soundtrack with the chorus vocals removed that is not available on the commercially-available soundtrack (that was necessary back then since lyrics were not allowed in Figure Skating at the time).
I've also noticed this as recently as Malinin's FS last year: I believe he used instrumental-only sections of his "Falling in Reverse" track with the vocals removed (presumably bc they were explicit) that are not commercially available.
Do skaters and coaches simply reach out to the artists or recording studios and ask nicely for access to these paired-down custom recordings?
Are these two examples just instances of the artist/studio taking pity on the skater/coach and handing over some custom musical recordings for them to work with?
Finally (for today) it has been my experience that artists are usually thrilled their music is being used for skating. (They don’t always hold all copyrights). The artists who decline usually make that choice on principle, and that is to be respected. There are few “bad guys”.
It may be legal from the music industry’s POV but not the IOC’s if they are asking for commercial clearance. Which is the IOC’s right I suppose. In my world it’s the producer’s responsibility to clear with a PRO blanket fee for a live event or full commercial use for taped. 2/2
Sandra said the track is fine for a live performance. He didn’t edit it. He just played the song he owns and skated to it. He’ll be fine.
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I THINK - I don’t know for sure. But if you go to Songview.com you can check. Hunting down a track to see if it’s registered is also a challenge. They may not be posted on the site. If it’s not there, it could still be register. At that point use a professional 1/
Sandra said the track is fine for a live performance. He didn’t edit it. He just played the song he owns and skated to it. He’ll be fine.
xitter.cf/sandrabezic/status/202…
Editing - music registered on a PRO - allows for edits “within reason” such as shortening to time, building an ending etc. This is expected. Commercially - a complicated layered edit usually requires the copyright holders to sign off.
I would not use ClicknClear.
