Ballroom Soundtracks
Practice.
Perform.
Tell your story.
Ballroom-ready music with steady tempos and graceful style — soundtracks for the floor, the stage, and the moments only you know.
What is step&story?
Music made for the way you move — and the story only you can tell.
step&story creates ballroom-ready music built on precise tempos and graceful style — albums designed for the practice floor, the competition stage, and every moment in between.
But the heart of the project is something more personal. You can commission a song that is entirely, unmistakably yours — shaped around your dance style, your story, and the feeling you want to carry onto the floor. A piece of music that lives on long after the performance ends.
Practice Albums
Tempo-sequenced albums spanning the full BPM range of each dance — ideal for lessons, drills, and solo practice.
Commission a Song
A bespoke composition built around your dance style and personal story. Three samples, one mastered track — yours forever.
Publish Your Music
By invite, your commissioned song can be released to Spotify, Apple Music, and all major platforms under our label.
The Music
Built for the
ballroom floor
Every track is crafted with precise, reliable BPM — the steady heartbeat that lets dancers focus on artistry, not counting. Ten styles, competition-accurate tempos, and arrangements that breathe with the dance.
Waltz
American or International
Sweeping rise and fall, romantic and flowing — the dance that defines elegance.
Tango
American or International
Sharp, staccato drama and intense connection. Every step a statement.
Foxtrot
American or International
Smooth, gliding elegance across the floor — timeless and effortlessly refined.
Viennese Waltz
American or International
Brilliant speed, effortless rotation. The waltz at full flight.
East Coast Swing
Triple Time
Infectious bounce and joyful energy — the social swing at its most spirited.
Argentine Tango
Slow, searching, deeply expressive. A conversation between two bodies and the music.
Hustle
Sleek, syncopated, and endlessly stylish. The dance floor's most sophisticated groove.
West Coast Swing
Smooth and slotted, with room to interpret. A dancer's dance, through and through.
Country Waltz
Warm and unhurried, with a gentle sway. The waltz with a story to tell.
Foxy
Foxtrot's playful, free-spirited cousin — all the elegance, with a little more ease.
All tracks are crafted to serve both the practice studio and the performance stage — clean tempos, graceful arrangements, music that works as hard as you do.
The Albums
Music built on
reliable rhythm
Waltz Vol. I
American · International
A tempo-sequenced journey through the waltz — opening with the slower, more contemplative end of the range and building gracefully toward competition pace. Ideal for playing through a lesson or practice session from warm-up to full expression.
Tango Vol. I
American · International
Sharp, deliberate, and dramatically alive. This collection moves through the tango's full competitive tempo range — each track a study in precision and intensity, sequenced to build a dancer's confidence from the first step to the last.
Foxtrot Vol. I
American · International
Smooth and gliding, with an easy sophistication that never loses its edge. Sequenced from the unhurried lower tempos to the full sweep of competition pace — a perfect arc for any studio session.
Arriving on all major streaming platforms Spring 2026. Pressed vinyl editions available upon request.
Listen
Hear the
difference
A few sample tracks from the step&story catalog — each built on competition-accurate tempo and arranged to serve the dance, not just fill the silence.
The step&story practice albums arrive Spring 2026. In the meantime, you can hear more of our production quality through our house artists — music that isn't dance-timed, but demonstrates the same craft and care that goes into every step&story track.
Our House Artists on Spotify
Note: these tracks are not dance-timed, but they showcase the same production quality and artistry behind every step&story album.
Sample Tracks
Whispers on the Breeze
87 BPMWaltz
Crimson Pulse
120 BPMTango
In This Dress
131 BPMFoxtrot
Full step&story practice albums arriving Spring 2026.
Commission
Music that becomes
yours alone
The albums are where step&story begins. The commission is where it becomes personal. Each commissioned piece is composed around your dance, your story, and the specific moment you want to capture — whether that's a competition piece, a showcase, a wedding first dance, or simply a track that finally sounds like you.
You'll receive three samples — three distinct interpretations of your brief. You choose the one that moves you. That's the track we take to mastering. A song built for you, and only you.
A commissioned song is an investment in something permanent. Music lives on long after the performance — and so does the story it tells.
"Movement and meaning, blended into music that becomes your own."
20+
Dance Styles Studied & Taught
WCS
World Champion Dance Team
∞
Years Obsessed with Music
The Artisan
The music and
the movement
step&story is the work of a seasoned producer and musician who is also, at heart, a dancer. With over 20 styles studied and taught — and a place on a world champion West Coast Swing team — the understanding of what dancers need from their music is not theoretical. It is lived.
The production behind step&story blends physical and digital instruments, live voices, and a range of modern tools to create music that feels organic, intentional, and worthy of the floor. Every BPM is chosen with purpose. Every arrangement is built to breathe with the dance.
Music and dance have been the thread through every chapter of life — the celebrations, the challenges, the moments that define who we are. That's why the commission program exists: because some stories deserve their own soundtrack.
"Music and dance have carried me through everything — the celebrations, the hard chapters, and all the quiet moments in between. I simply can't imagine life without either one."
Get to know Christie:
Designed for
Dancers & Studios
About
Where step
meets story
step&story was designed for ballroom dancers and studios who need more than a metronome. It offers albums built on reliable BPM and elegant flow — music that respects the craft of dance and honors the hours spent on the floor.
The project was born from a simple conviction: the music dancers practice and perform to shapes how they feel, how they move, and what story they tell. That music deserves the same care and intention as the dance itself.
Beyond the albums, the commission program invites dancers to go further — to have music composed specifically for them, blending movement and meaning into something entirely their own. A song that lives on long after the performance ends.
"Ballroom soundtracks: practice, perform, and share your story in step."
Reliable Tempo
Every track is built on a steady, competition-accurate BPM — the foundation that lets dancers focus on expression, not counting.
Graceful Style
Arrangements that breathe with the dance — not just metronomic backing tracks, but music with flow, phrasing, and genuine feeling.
Your Story
The commission program exists because every dancer has a story that no existing track can tell. step&story was built to tell yours.