Free Music Friday – What I Secretly Swiped from IDEA

by John | Aug 22, 2014 | Music, Spotify

As I was bouncing between Indoor Cycling sessions at IDEA, I kept Shazam qued up on my iPhone. It came in handy for when I heard something fun... and there was a lot of great music at the conference! During Nothing But the HIITS! (a Schwinn Cycling presentation from...

New YouTube Streaming Music Video Service?

by John | Aug 21, 2014 | Big Box Instructor, Deezer, Google Music, Instructor Tech Help, KEEPING IT FUN, Music, Spotify

The word out is that YouTube is planning to launch a streaming service, similar to Spotify and Deezer, for music videos. The premium version would be advertisment free which would be very cool. I realise that in the past we (and others) have pointed out that playing...

Free Music Friday 8/8

by Amy Macgowan | Aug 8, 2014 | Music, Spotify

Turning the tables a little bit this week. The owners of the cycle studio where I teach on Monday's and Friday's: http://cyclequeststudio.com/ are awesome! Patti (Joe's wife) pops into my class whenever she can and loves rock music. In an effort to 'keep the boss...

Spotify’s New Equalizer – I like It :)

by John | Jul 31, 2014 | Instructor Tech Help, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music, Spotify

Spotify has added an Equalizer to their iPhone App in the latest update. NOTE: Spotify triggers software upgrades progressively, to groups of users over time. If you're not seeing the notification (pictured above) - you will soon. This morning I saw the new notice,...

Will Apple Jump Into the Streaming Music Game?

by John | Jul 27, 2014 | Deezer, Instructor Tech Help, Latest News, Music, Spotify

I find it fascinating to watch all the posturing going on in the digital music delivery business. It all started with iTunes - who ruled the legal, digital download space for years. Multiple services (ZUNE, Rhapsody, Napster, etc...)  have tried, and failed to take...

Free Music – Lazify Discoveries

by John | Jul 25, 2014 | Instructor Training, Music, Spotify

I've been having fun with the Lazify music discovery App for Spotify. Here's a few of my recent favorites including a resource for free, hour long DJ mixes: This track Nothing Matters from the artist Tricky makes for a powerful tempo/FTP efforts @ 95RPM. Tricky was an...