January 24, 2012 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, Video Tutorials •
by John
John is it possible to add the BPM to all the songs in my iTunes library? The short answer for most of us is yes, with the exception of any tracks you purchased directly from iTunes back when much of their music carried DRM – Digital Rights Management. What follows is a complete video tutorial… 
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November 30, 2011 •
Categories: Instructor Training, iTunes & Spotify Training, Spotify •
by John
I learned something really important about Spotify this past Saturday morning. If your iPhone battery goes dead you will need to log in again before it works. Not a big problem… unless it’s 3 minutes until your class is supposed to start and you can’t remember your user name and password Enter the rescue CD… 
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August 22, 2011 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training •
by John
A member called to my attention that per their Terms and Conditions, Spotify is only permitted for personal use. Meaning that you agree not to use it in commercial applications. “That’s not good” I thought and I immediately went to read what he was referring to. Here’s the T&C page that includes this from Spotify: 3. Grant of… 
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August 21, 2011 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training •
by John
Click the title for full post: Another question about Spotify: I was off to teach a class on Friday and always listen to my playlist on the drive over and all the songs were skipping. I tried rebooting my iPhone and still no luck. Luckily I had my iTunes playlist on my phone and did… 
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August 20, 2011 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training •
by John
In this post about transferring Spotify music and PRO/Playlists to your iPod – Droid or other wireless enabled device, I explained that there is no other option to move music from Spotify, other than through a shared wireless connection. Your USB cord won’t work with Spotify – except to move your existing music to a conventional iPod.… 
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August 17, 2011 •
Categories: Instructor Training, iTunes & Spotify Training •
by John
ICI/PRO member Joanne asks: I did get the link to download onto my iPod…..and the damn thing downloaded all my songs on my computer, so I now have all my playlists on the iPod, which is now totally maxed. It seems like whenever I plug in, I automatically hook up to both itunes and Spotify, so there… 
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August 14, 2011 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training, Product Reviews •
by John
With all this talk about PRO/Playlists and Spotify I can’t forget my friends with iTunes I received an email today from Richard, who’s an ICI/PRO member, asking if I could help him… Over a year ago I had to restore my computer and I used a back up drive to restore my music, actually I… 
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August 13, 2011 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training, Music •
by John
Crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a “crowd”), through an open call. From Wikipedia. The ICI/PRO Top 210 Indoor Cycling Songs list is an excellent example of crowdsourcing. Over 150 Instructors contributed their favorite songs. We compiled them into one big list that’s been enjoyed… 
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August 10, 2011 •
Categories: iTunes & Spotify Training, Music •
by John
I’m excited to hear from all the new and existing ICI/PRO members taking advantage of our new PRO/Playlists by opening premium Spotify accounts. With anything new there is always a bit of a learning curve. A number of you have submitted some great questions. Many I had myself when I first began using Spotify. I thought… 
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August 7, 2011 •
Categories: Instructor Training, iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, PRO/Playlists •
by John
We work hard here at ICI/PRO… so you don’t have to As a special treat for all our ICI/PRO members, we have assembled our Top 210 Indoor Cycling Songs as a One Click PRO/Playlist. Our Top Indoor Cycling Class Music lists was a dream of Barbara Hoots and they have become the most popular free items… 
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