The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Music Sets – Slow and Steady!

by Dennis Mellon | Jul 21, 2015 | Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Instructor Training, Music

  I'm a big fan of controlling the energy of a class or set through music.  I often look for high energy fast beats per minute songs to help push my riders to higher and higher intensities, but sometimes I like to use lower energy, yet powerful, slower beats per...

Free Music Friday – The Cars Mashups & Remixes

by John | Jul 17, 2015 | Instructor Training, iTunes, KEEPING IT FUN, Spotify

I've been a Cars fan forever - they were the soundtrack of my senior year in highschool. Yes I know that dates me, but these we cassettes - not 8 tracks 🙁 Turns out I have a bunch of Cars fans in my Thursday class (we're all of similar vintage) so I thought it would...

The Power of 3 – Keep it Simple and Progress – Profile (July 2015 Week 2)

by Dennis Mellon | Jul 15, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Music, PRO/Playlists

Below you'll find Week 2 of July's Keep it Simple and Progress indoor cycling profile. In order to keep it simple and progress I have kept the same series of intervals as last week but reduced the rest to just 45 seconds.  Due to the reduced rest there's extra time,...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Music Sets – Zac Brown Band and Peter G ReWeRks mix so nicely!

by Dennis Mellon | Jul 9, 2015 | Dennis Mellon, Harmonic Mixing, Music

On July 3rd my family and I were lucky enough to see the very first concert at Coors Field in Denver Colorado.  The headliner was the Zac Brown Band and the warmup band was a Big Head Todd and the Monsters.  Big Head Todd and the Monsters is a local band and have a...

Are you paying too much for Spotify? How do I stop Apple Music payments?

by John | Jul 9, 2015 | Instructor Tech Help, Instructor Training, iTunes, iTunes & Spotify Training, Latest News, Music, Spotify

Both of these questions have pretty much the same solution... Spotify is jumping in Apple's face with this and I find it kind of funny 🙂 Turns out that if you're paying your monthly Spotify subscription through iTunes, you are paying an extra $3.00 a month. Why?...

ICI Podcast 345 – Profile Out-Takes with Christine Hawthorne AKA Chrispins

by John | Jul 8, 2015 | Free Podcasts, iTunes, Music, Spotify

It's common to have a little "chit-chat" warmup with Podcast guests. This time is for catching up with past contributors (or to calm first timers) before we record the actual Audio Profile or dive into the episode's topic. I'll occasionally have the recorder running...