Greatest Hits: Add Your Favorites of 2011

by Barbara | Dec 16, 2011 | Music

ICI/PRO”™s annual GIFT OF MUSIC is being created RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW and we need your help! Simply post the best songs you taught in 2011. List as many as you wish…there are no rules, no limits, no boundaries. Everyone on the email newsletter will receive an...

Free Music Friday – 12/9

by Amy Macgowan | Dec 9, 2011 | Music

Today”™s Friday Favorite might feel a bit “risky” in that it is edgier and heavier than things suggested in the past. It is great for a mid-class flat road push at AT. What is really different is that this 81 rpm flat starts out intense and then mellows out at :30....

Have you seen the iDJ App from MixMeister?

by John | Dec 6, 2011 | Instructor Training, Music, Product Reviews

Tuesday has been reserved as Technology day here at ICI/PRO and this new iDJ - Numark app for iphones and iPads certainly fits this category. I've been playing with this new app from the MixMeister folks for a while and thought I would give you my initial thoughts on...

Free Music Friday – 12/2

by Amy Macgowan | Dec 2, 2011 | Music

John saw this track recommended by Keith Skowron Skowron over at the Team Spinning Facebook page. He knew instantly that I would love it... and he was right! A 64 rpm climb with a mellow piano opening, (but adequate drums) and this Scottish singer-song writer”™s...

Everything Spotify on one page :)

by John | Nov 30, 2011 | Instructor Training, iTunes & Spotify Training, Spotify

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...

Wireless connection between your iPhone / Android and Club Sound System

by John | Nov 29, 2011 | Instructor Training, Music, Product Reviews

Here's a great idea from ICI/PRO Member Instructor Chuck Gauran that has me smacking my forehead; "why did I think of that?" With all the excellent, structured Virtual Ride videos available, I'm to the point where it's rare to teach a class without one. I teach to the...