Free Music Friday – Drug Music Addition

by John | Jan 17, 2014 | Music

Any time I play a classic rock song from the 70's, I refer to it as "Drug Music". Let's be honest here. If you're looking out at a sea of 50ish male faces in class, there's a good chance that more than a few "experimented" during their teenage years. A huge part of...

Quickly convert a Spotify playlist into something Deezer can open and play

by John | Jan 10, 2014 | Deezer, iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, Spotify

Spotify is awesome for delivering your class music - at least for those of us teaching in a country where it's available. Seeing so many visitors here from Canada - where Spotify doesn't work, we decided it would be helpful to build a simple, free tool that will...

Free Music Friday 1/10/14

by Amy Macgowan | Jan 10, 2014 | Instructor Training, Music

  I put this flat road into John's and my profile for New Year's Day and caught him by surprise! 🙂 In a good way- I think 🙂 These guys were one of the most influential 'hair metal' bands of the 80's. (I wonder if they still have hair today?) It was fun using this...

Top Indoor Cycling Songs Of 2013

by Christine Hawthorne | Jan 8, 2014 | Deezer, ICI/PRO Team Member Articles, Instructor Training, Music, Spotify

When it comes to choosing music for my classes, I like to include several different genres in my playlists.  Many that I create include a mix of classic rock, electronic, pop, and occasional country song and sometimes even classical.  I always include at least a few...

Free Music Friday 1/3

by Amy Macgowan | Jan 3, 2014 | Instructor Training, Music

  John received this e mail last week: John, My sister is really into spinning and recently became an instructor so I was browsing online to find resources to help her out in developing her mixes. Unfortunately I wasn't able to read all of your content because...

Free Music Friday – last of 2013

by John | Dec 27, 2013 | Instructor Training, Music

Each year ends with a party and I'm not aware of an artist who's more about "The party" than Pitbull! I've actually come to enjoy a little Pitbull in my class, for good reason 🙂 There's never been a more reliable track, that I can add to my playlist, that will have...