All the credit goes to John for finding this great tune. Although he gets to use it at the club (where we have many of the same people taking our classes), it's definitely going in my playlist for Jamaica- we'll be teaching cycle classes at the new Jewel Paradise Cove in Runaway Bay next week. At 4:45 and 68 rpm's, it makes a great climb with interesting ebbs and flows.
She looks a bit like Amy Winehouse (RIP), but her sound is more raw. We hope you enjoy Belgian born, soul/ funk fusion singer-songwriter Selah Sue and ‘This World ‘:
Happy (Black) Friday! To all our friends in The States, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
John and I had the opportunity to teach a 90 minute ‘pre-burn the bird' class yesterday. He came up with a loose profile, I added the music, we shared a microphone back and forth and the class went well! It might have even looked like we practiced once or twice (we'll not reveal whether we did or not). Everyone left the studio very sweaty, ready for a great meal and knowing their personal power threshold.
It was 15 degrees (F) here in MN yesterday, so we started our ride with two flat roads to help everyone properly warm up, brrrrrr. Three roads in, we introduced a 72 bpm, 3:30 moderate climb (right before our power threshold assessment)- and that's today's free music: One Day by Matisyahu:
Music streaming service Deezer will launch in the US in 2014. French company Deezer currently has 5 million paying subscribers in 80 countries worldwide, a figure that puts it close behind the similar service Spotify – based in Sweden – which boasts more than 6 million paying users. Deezer will join a crowded market of subscription-based streaming music services that also includes Rdio, Google Play Music, and MOG.
Except this rumor is a bit distressing…
US networks such as Verizon and AT&T are obvious targets for a partnership as Deezer expands, but TechCrunch reports the company would also consider joining with a firm outside the telecoms industry. According to Digital Music News, that partnership could even become a takeover. Its sources say Microsoft is considering acquiring the service outright to gain traction in an industry where it has failed to make an impact in the past.
Let's hope for Deezer's sake that Microsoft (if they are involved) doesn't turn Deezer into a Windows 8 like disaster.
Sometimes a girl needs a little inspiration! And when I do, I simply run back to the dock at Nordstrom. Honestly, Tony (yes, his real name!), has the best music jamming at all times as he keeps things copacetic at the Mall of America ! In his own words, today he was on a roll!
Quincy Jones hired this group of brothers (and one cousin) in the 70's. Please, don't let that discourage you from reading on and using this ‘record', as Cee Lo Green calls them…. Your class will recognize it and love it. Having heard this again today and recalling how much I love it, I'm using it for the first time in class on Saturday, as a 91 rpm flat road locking in at 5:00 early in.
I'm anxious to hear you and your class's reaction to The Brothers Johnson ‘Strawberry 23'. I don't think I've ever introduced a tune I've not used and pre-approved in class before, but most will recognize this and the beat is wonderfully strong for a flat road.
Question…can you direct me to the profiles/playlist that are more pop music? Or is there a way for me to search vs. going through each one? Thank you!
My response was: Most of our 60 Audio Class PROfiles are an eclectic composition of music, from many different genres. So there's no easy way to sort/search for playlists that are primarily pop songs. Unfortunately you will need to sample each playlist to learn if the music is to your taste.
I enjoy sampling music – what I do is:
NOTE: This all applies to Deezer as well.
I subscribe to a bunch of playlists > and set them as Available Offline.
Listen to each as I'm driving, working or some other activity when I'm alone.
When I hear one I like I click the little circle with the three dots —
That opens the sharing options:
Add to Playlist > and I add it to a special playlist I've created “Future to Use” – I keep at the top of my playlist column so it's easy to find. That's my go-to list (along with my Shazam Tags) when I'm ready to build a new class.
Or you can “Star” the track > which adds it to your starred list > left hand sidebar has a “Starred” display option.
Or if you swipe left, you'll see an option to; Go To Album, Go To Artist and Start Radio.
I enjoy the Radio feature a lot. Spotify will begin playing songs that are similar to the one you started with.
We were just learning (and getting excited) about Spotify in the Fall of 2011. The promise of another similar service gave me hope that competitive pressure between these two would lead to continuously improving service = a better product for us to use in class.
I have to admit that until I received an alert about this, I had forgotten all about Google music. Spotify, now that the playlist timer is back, has been working very well for me.
So today there are a bunch of articles excitedly talking about the new Google Music All Access iPhone App. So right after my FTP class this morning, I downloaded the new App to my iPhone. Because I have a Google ID, my phone recognized me right away and…
then the confusion began 🙁
The App didn't work. It would show songs, but trying to play them, I kept getting an error message; unable to stream.
I must need to log in to the actual All Access service or something, I thought. Searching through every button or link I could find on the App relieved nothing. So I did a search on my computer (using Google) for Google Music All Access, which brought me to this page for Google Play Music. This is a big deal, so I figured they would have a large banner saying “Click Here to make your new App work”, but they didn't. You need to scroll way down the page to find anything – I had actually scrolled past it at first, left the page, then came back and then found the mauve banner that finally linked to where I could subscribe.
Why isn't there a way to subscribe right on your phone? Or at least a “this won't work without an All Access subscription, silly” notification. It would have prevented me wasting 20 minutes of my life.
Thankfully it's free for the first 30 days – then $9.95 a month. All Access offers a way to download a playlist for off-line use, which is good, but that's it for the functionality important to us. There's no option to change the order of songs on your iPhone – only on the desktop. There's no crossfade, or gapless playback options.
It may be that Google Music All Access was designed specifically to go against iTunes Radio. Unfortunately it has a long way to go before it will be of any value to me.
NOTE: If you found this looking for help with Spotify, we have lots of tutorials and informational articles here.
All the credit goes to John for finding this great tune. Although he gets to use it at the club (where we have many of the same people taking our classes), it's definitely going in my playlist for Jamaica- we'll be teaching cycle classes at the new Jewel Paradise Cove in Runaway Bay next week. At 4:45 and 68 rpm's, it makes a great climb with interesting ebbs and flows.
