Free Music Friday 11/1

by Amy Macgowan | Nov 1, 2013 | Instructor Training, Music

Happy November! Today's Free Music Friday started out in the normal fashion: -Hear a tune I like -Find it in Spotify -Use it in a class profile; if it works well,  check  SoundCloud to see if there is a decent free download for you to use in your class. If there is,...

Smooth like Butta and They Liked It!

by John | Oct 31, 2013 | Music

As an experiment this morning, I taught Dennis Mellon's ICI/PRO Podcast 287 A little Bit of Everything Audio Class PROfile and used his harmonically mixed playlist. They appeared to like it and two members asked for the playlist after class. I realize that it's a...

ICI/PRO Podcast 287 A Little Bit of Everything Audio Class PROfile

by John | Oct 27, 2013 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Music

Instructor Dennis Mellon presents his A little Bit of Everything profile as our 60th Audio Class PROfile! What has me most excited is Dennis has included a Harmonically Mixed playlist he created with Mixed In Key software on his Mac. Dennis exemplifies exactly what I...

Free Music Friday – Shazam Says…

by John | Oct 25, 2013 | Music

I love Shazam... have I said that before? Well I do. It's one of the few Apps I've used more than once on my iPhone. I'm using the premium version which connects the track to Spotify - makes it easy to then add to one of my "fun to use" playlists for future addition...

Free Music Friday 10/18

by Amy Macgowan | Oct 18, 2013 | Instructor Training, Music

  Good things do happen on Craigslist! The original two that formed this group met there in 2011 , enabling them to quit writing jingles and go viral online instead :). This 3:43, 90 rpm happy tune has my class working out of warm up and into a more serious flat...

Spotify Playlist timer is back and better than before

by John | Oct 13, 2013 | Instructor Tech Help, Latest News, Spotify

Chris Hawthorne just sent me a note: Hi John!  Have you heard the news?  Apparently the Spotify timer is back. I have yet to receive the update but many instructors are already enjoying it! Chris Sent from my iPhone It's about time 🙂 If you joined Spotify recently,...