Free Music
Teaching In a world where nothing is permitted
A member called to my attention that per their Terms and Conditions, Spotify is only permitted for personal use. Meaning that you agree not to use it in commercial applications. "That's not good" I thought and I immediately went to read what he was referring to. Here's the T&C page that includes this from Spotify: 3. Grant of license You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, revocable license to make personal non-commercial use of the Spotify Software Application (including a right to download said application) and the Spotify Service and to receive by stream (and, where you have purchased the Premium Service or the Mobile Service, by conditional download), and in the case of the purchase of A-La Carte Downloads or Download Bundles, to receive Permanent Downloads of the media content...
Tech Tuesday – Shazam Encore is worth $5.00 to me
I'm a big Shazamer (not sure if that's a real word) cause I'm constantly Shazaming music I hear throughout my day. Watching TV, in the car, during other Instructor's class - pretty much anywhere. I've even looked into finding a way to create a "hot button" on my...
The Power of 3 (Video) – The Triple Crown
After 37 years of waiting we finally have another Triple Crown Winner. I love horse racing, the beauty, the grace and the power of these animals is intoxicating. Over the last 37 years there have been many horses that have won 2 of the 3 Triple Crown races, but they...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0018 – 100818 Drills And Skills Ride Delivered by Amy
“This weeks ride is from Amy! - This is a copy of one of the rides that Amy does during the Cycling Fusion Certifications to show the new instructors a sampling of various drills that they can use to build their rider’s skills.” Joey Short version of...
The Power of 3 – Keep it Simple and Progress – Profile (Sept 2015 Week 1.1 @ Threshold) Do You FTP?
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Over the last 2 years I've been performing a FTP (Functional Threshold Power) test on the first Thursday and Friday of every month in every facility I teach in that has bikes with power. I have yet to have anyone complain or comment...
The Great Spotify Enigma Survey
e·nig·ma [uh-nig-muh] noun, a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation: Spotify is such an awesome service for Indoor Cycling Instructors, it's an enigma to me... why so few Instructors are actually using it. Or maybe it just looks that way. I'm basing my...
Using Spotify Off Line
Click the title for full post: Another question about Spotify: I was off to teach a class on Friday and always listen to my playlist on the drive over and all the songs were skipping. I tried rebooting my iPhone and still no luck. Luckily I had my iTunes playlist on...
Why Try Spotify?
As an indoor cycling instructor, you already know that music plays an important part in creating an exceptionally motivating class. But sometimes, searching for new music and developing playlists can be time consuming and costly. Since iTunes came out with its...
Tech Tuesday – Free Trial From Spotify
I love Spotify! It's hands down the most convenient service on earth for discovering, sampling and sharing music. I use Spotify every day and enthusiasticly promote it to anyone who will listen. If you're privileged to live in an area where it's available, you can try...
Memorial Day – Never Forget
I grew up in a small town about 50 miles north of New York city on the banks of the Hudson River named Highland Falls. One of the unique aspects of my hometown, besides the unparalleled beauty of the Hudson Valley, is the fact that it borders the United States...
Rise by Katy Perry – The Official Olympics Video
This video gives me goosebumps every time I watch it! Premium Members can download this Video for free by following the links below: [wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day...
The Roadless Ride My Ride with Kiel Reijnen
One of the highlights of this year's Roadless Ride was being able to share the stage with 2015 USA Pro Challenge Stage 3 winner, United Health Care's, Kiel Reijnen. Kiel was incredibly gracious and seemed to truly enjoy spending this hour with the fund raising...
Spotify Troubles?
"The trouble with becoming dependent on technology... we're then completely at the mercy of something we have near zero little control over." Anonymous I learned a valuable lesson this past Thursday night > check your device to ensure your...
ICI Podcast 286 Is Harmonic Mixing the secret to the perfect Indoor Cycling class playlist?
Have you ever had someone say something so revolutionary, that it smacks you hard in the face and knocks you completely off balance? It happened to me today and I'm still reeling with the potential of this exciting new method of creating great class playlists. Let me...
The Spirit of Vail Video
With ski season upon us I thought I would share a video from one of my most favorite places on earth, Vail Colorado. [wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0015 – 082018 70s Endurance Ride Delivered
This weeks ride is from me, Joey! - “In all honesty, I was dreading putting together this week’s ride. My classes have been after me to put together a few theme rides, which I almost never do. This weeks ride is focused on music from the 1970s. I am in the...
People are Awesome “Free Ski Video” with I Can, Something Big and Once A Day mixed in.
As the ski season out here in Colorado winds down I thought I would put together one more People are Awesome ski video. Non-Premium members can find this video, audio free, on my YouTube Channel by Clicking Here Below, Premium Members can download...
Tech Wednesday – New iTunes Podcast App
Wasn't I just saying; if it wasn't for Podcasts, I would rarely (if ever) use iTunes? Well I now iPhone/iPad users can access The Indoor Cycle Instructor Podcast through a new Podcast App, completely bypassing iTunes. IMPORTANT NOTE! This new Podcast App changes how...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0011 – 071618 Increasing Tension Ride Delivered
This ride is from Joey!! - “This was a fun ride to create. This is one of my favorite types of classes. I love the increasing tension class because it builds endurance, builds strength, and teaches the riders how to manage their tension Short version of the...
Important Setting In iTunes
A new ICI/PRO member emailed asking me this question: Just joined ICI and haven't had a chance to navigate the whole site yet but did go right for the Free Music Downloads. They appear in my itunes but when I go to listen to them itunes tells me that it cannot play...
Where did Spotify's Playlist Timer Go?
What the @#$%^& was Spotify thinking by removing the total playlist time in the latest update? The number of followers has zero value to me when I'm building a playlist. Last week my Spotify displayed this message offering to update, which I regrettably did. Now I...
Doing the Spotify Shuffle – but only when you want it
There was a question over on a Facebook page asking about Spotify and a mysterious shuffling of the playlist - when it appears that the shuffle is turned off. Chrispins beat me to the answer, but I wanted to add some screen shots to make it easier for you to...
Just relax and do what you normally do… Cycle Sculpt Profile #3
With 40°f and rain scheduled for this past Sunday, I agreed to sub the 9:00am Cycle Sculpt class at the Life Time Fitness where I have scheduled classes. This was my third chance to teach this LTF branded format that combines Indoor Cycling and Resistance...
ICI Podcast 26 Indoor Cycling Class Music Playlists with Cadence Revolution
This Podcast is was originally published on December 30, 2008, I have updated it with our new Podcast host information and I am representing it now. I hope you enjoy it, Joey Interview with Keith Burnage, AKA Keifer as he is known on the Indoor Cycling Forums. Keith...
Simple and Progress Profile for May #2 – “How Far Can You Go?”
Below, Premium Members can view and download a printable Class Profile that can be used in class, read a detailed description of the Power Based Training Zones and download a printable Power Postcard. Right Click to Download or Print this Class Profile [/wlm_private]...
Silent indoor cycling classes?
Do you have noise problems / complaints from neighboring businesses? Have you changed class times or cancelled classes to keep the peace with another class in your club? This maybe a solution... Message from Facebook this morning: Hi there! My name is Naomi and I have...
How do I add a Soundcloud track into Spotify or Deezer?
I'm still getting asked (and see questions on Facebook) about integrating music MP3's from multiple sources (Soundcloud's the most popular) into a Spotify or Deezer playlist. We'll use Spotify for this tutorial as Deezer is nearly identical and Spotify is more popular...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0021 – 2018 Holiday Ride Podcast
This week features the 2018 Holiday ride from Joey. The ride is primarily focused towards strength, but there is a fair mix of cadence work. Good luck and have fun. Joey Get all of the ride details HERE. Get all of the ride details HERE. Joey's "2018 Holiday...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week!
Happy Christmas! Due to the holiday I'm a bit late with the post this week, but I hope you find something here you can file away and use next Christmas season. First of all, I couldn't be more excited about the fact the The Beatles are now streaming on nine different...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0020 – 120718 2017 Holiday Ride Podcast
This weeks ride is from Joey. It is a recording of the 2017 Holiday ride as a warmup to this year's 2018 Holiday ride. Good luck and have fun. Joey Get all of the ride details HERE. Get all of the ride details HERE. Joey's "121817 Holiday 60" Playlist 1: "Linus...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0019 – 111218 High Hopes Ride Delivered by Dave Norfleet
This weeks ride is from Dave Norfleet, the creator of My Fitness DJ! - This is Dave’s first ride with us, but we hope there will be many more on the way. Good luck and have fun. Joey Full version of the ride PDF is available HERE. Get all of the ride details...
Jumps – 5 possible reasons you aren't offering them… even though your riders will appreciate you adding them to your classes Pt 2
In Jumps — 5 Reasons Riders Might Appreciate You Adding Them To Your Classes Pt 1 I feel I offered 5 pretty substantial reasons why your participants would appreciate you adding Jumps as a regular feature in your classes. So if you're not including jumps in...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0017 – 100118 80s Endurance Ride Delivered
This weeks ride is from Joey! - “This ride was fun to put together. You will recognize all of the music, and be tempted to sing along with most of it. This is a really hard ride. Normally, we structure endurance rides to begin with a higher cadence so that it...
Favorite Track of The Week
Ready to try out some brand new music in your next class? This week's favorite track is a climb at around 65 RPM from "dark pop" girl band MUNA. From their just released album titled About U, Around U has a steady beat with a few slow-downs in the music at :44 and...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0014 – 080618 Boombayah Ride Delivered
This ride is from Gene!! - “PLEASE: Listen to the podcast of Gene delivering this ride at www.indoorcycleinstructor.com (ICI/Pro). This class is a mixed class that was pretty hard. I hope you enjoy this ride as much as I enjoyed riding and recording it.” Joey...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0013 – 073018 Explosive Strength Ride Delivered
This ride is from Joey!! - “PLEASE: Listen to the podcast of Joey (me) delivering this ride at www.indoorcycleinstructor.com (ICI/Pro). This class is focused on explosive power with some seated and standing strength that is primarily used to pre-exhaust the...
ICI/PRO Podcast 0012 – 072318 Interval Heaven Ride Delivered
This ride is from Gene Nacey!! - “This week’s episode of The Weekly Ride was an amazing pleasure for me; I was able to take, and record, Gene Nacey delivering this weeks ride, which he authored. As an instructor, I find that I have very little time to get out...
ICI Podcast 290 – Understanding Harmonic Mixing from Professional DJ Andy Schneider with MixedInKey
ICI/PRO Member Dennis Mellon introduced us to the concept of Harmonic Mixing our playlists. A technique used by many of the top DJ's, Harmonic Mixing involves sequencing your music tracks in the same or a complimentary musical key, to avoid clashing Keys and harsh...
I Love Taking Classes
I lead a fairly busy life. Amy and I own both Cycling Fusion and ICI/Pro which keeps us pretty busy and I am on staff at Carnegie Mellon University in the Athletics Department and their Triathlon Coach. Add to that teaching a few classes a week to keep my edge and I...
Free Music Friday – Down Dirty
This week's ride focused on cadence work.....I absolutely love cadence work. While I think the hardest work we do is speed work (that is next week), I find cadence work to be the most satisfying. I love working on the control and building the leg's ability to...
Using Music – An Instructional Series
This is post one in a multi-post series that will explain how to use and select music to compliment your class. As the series progresses, I will be sure to include the links to the previous posts so that the entire series can be found in the latest post. As an...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Sprints, speed work, accelerations, cadence building drills-whatever you call them, we all use them in our classes. I love collecting songs that have a natural pick up (usually on the chorus) to use for this purpose. Today I'm sharing two of my favorites along with...
The Loud Ones – Class Work Set Profile using the Stages Sprint Shift
Ride Name: The Loud Ones Work Set Length: 13:44 + 7:17 recovery [21 minutes] The Sprint Shift on the new Stages SC3 bike is your interval training solution. Left position for easy, Center position for medium, Right position for hard. Make micro-adjustments with the...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Have you ever watched a commercial and wondered, “What’s that song?”. I’ve seen this Diet Coke commercial dozens of times and every time I see it, I find myself humming this song for hours. I googled it, but could just have easily Shazamed it if I’d had my phone...
The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Music Sets, Let's Go Country!
I'm not embarrassed to say that I like country music. Country is a genre that many indoor cycling instructor avoid, but I embrace it. I get more complements about playing country music than any other genre. Country music IS popular and has a HUGE following. I live...
I Don't Got Time For Pain… Awesome track at the beginning and again somewhere near the end.
This AM at around 6:23, I dripped sweat onto my iPhone's screen and accidentally switched on Shuffle. Of course I didn't realize my error until this great new track I'm using for openers comes on, for the second time. Wait... didn't we already do this song? Oh, Crap!...
ICI/PRO Podcast 305 – A Playlist Technique I Never Considered
I've taught Indoor Cycling classes for about 15 years and thought I understood all of the Do's and Don'ts of delivering music to my classes. Based on the technique offered in this podcast, I'm realizing I still have a lot to learn... Dennis Mellon is one of those...
The Great Spotify Debate: Renting Vs. Buying
I get a lot of questions about Spotify, but the one question that I get over and over from people that are interested switching from iTunes is: "Do you own the music?", or “Can I sync music from Spotify to my iPod or burn it to CD? “ And my answer is always the...
The Weekly Ride – Week 8
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
Music to Mention
Welcome to week six of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is one of my favorite songs for muscular endurance work: Pump It by The Black Eyed Peas. Muscular endurance is always a challenge for the instructor as there are 3-4 minute sections of the ride,...
The Weekly Ride – Week 7
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
The Weekly Ride – Week 6
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
Music to Mention Week 5
Welcome to week five of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is a strenght song that makes groove as I sit here and write this: Treble To The Bass by Swanky Tunes. I use this song for strength work, characterized by a lower cadence (the beat is 128 or 64...
The Weekly Ride – Week 5
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Sets
Have you ever felt the “Power of 3”? If you were to do a quick web search you would see that 3 is a very special number. It’s a favorite of storytellers; the three pigs, the the three blind mice, Goldilocks and the three bears and the Three Musketeers. It’s used...
Music to Mention
Welcome to week four of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is one of my newest favorite songs for muscular endurance work: Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man. Muscular endurance is always a challenge for the instructor as there are 3-4 minute sections of...
The Weekly Ride – Week 4
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
The Weekly Ride – Week 3
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
Music to Mention
Welcome to week three of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is one of my standby songs for cadence work: Devil Drums by Scooter. We primarily do cadence work for two reasons: 1) To build our cadence (foot speed); and 2) To build muscular coordination. I...
Favorite Track of The Week
This week's Favorite Track makes a great "finisher". Clocking in at around 6 minutes, it lends itself really well to 90 second interval sets and will take an already great class over the top! Here's how my class likes to use this one: 30 seconds-easy pedal (this is...
The Weekly Ride – Week 2
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
Music to Mention
Welcome to week two of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is my new favorite finish. It incoporates cadence work, speed and we go both in the saddle and out of the saddle. The key to making this work is to have your riders add enough resistence to keep it...
Favorite Track of The Week
This new tune from Thirty Seconds to Mars is their first single in four years and it was definitely worth the wait. The lyrics and beautiful choruses combined will beg your riders to climb straight to the top. This song is quite versatile and I can see using it...
The Weekly Ride – Week 1
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your...
Music to Mention
This week's music to mention is one of my favorite tracks. I often use it as a finisher and I love that it has two passes at the same "type" of drill that I love to run differently. I like to run the first half as a hilltop race finish, then take advantage of the...
Favorite Track of The Week
This week's favorite track has a tribal/trance sound that will have your riders entranced by the beat. They won't want to give up until the finish line. It's Great Spirit by Armin van Buuren, Vini Vici and it's pretty amazing. Here's what one online review had to...
Favorite Track of The Week
Your classes will love this climbing song from Indie Rocker Coleman Hell. You can ride seated or standing at around 60 rpm. (bpm 120) and I promise you the tune will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day! I first heard it when I was taking a Pound class and...
The Video for – DJ Joe Talbert's 16 minute mix
Here's the video to go along with DJ Joe Talbert's 16 minute mix. [wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day PRO|Stages-Instructor|Schwinn-Instructor|Instructor-Bonus|28 Day...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Here's an fun and educational drill to try with your riders and three killer songs to kick it up a notch! It's important that your riders get a feel for what different rpm's feel like and that they have some time to play with the resistance at each rpm, especially if...
Favorite Track Of The Week
Here's a simple yet effective 4-minute drill you can use in your class today. Sprints, surges, accelerations: whatever you like to call them-you're going to be doing four of them. This song is perfect for 30 second work efforts followed by 30 seconds of recovery....
Favorite Track of The Week
Movie soundtracks are great places to find fresh new tunes for your cycling classes. If you want to incorporate this type of music into your classes but you're not sure where to start, Hans Zimmer is your guy. He has composed music for over 150 films and he's one...
Favorite Track Of The Week
Use this classic song when you're keeping the work in the saddle to take your riders from a hill, to a flat road to an all-out sprint! Just like the lyrics suggest, "....we never ever do nothing nice and easy. We always do it nice and rough. " That's right, we're...
Favorite Track of The Week
Today I'm taking you way back with some covers of classic songs that will feel new again in your next class. Well....almost new-even the covers go quite a few years back but they're definitely worth revisiting. Both of these songs work well as faster flat roads....
Favorite Track of The Week
Summer is in full swing and with Independence Day coming up, you may want to consider a theme ride for your next class. While it may be difficult to collect enough themed songs for a Fourth of July playlist, you could definitely include some summer themed songs as...
Class Builder now using Spotify Music Playlists!
Chrispins sent me a note earlier this week about how the iPhone/iPad Class Builder App will now work with Spotify playlists. Fantastic! I've been waiting for someone to create an Instructor App that uses Spotify. I have a sort of love-hate relationship with the...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Instructors: It's been one of those weeks for new music. Some really great tracks that you'll want to use in your classes right away have dropped and I'm going to share them along with how I'll be using them in this post! To start, Imagine Dragons album Evolve is now...
iTunes Help – Removing Duplicate Song Listings
2/2014 UPDATE: This software is no longer available. With all this talk about PRO/Playlists and Spotify I can't forget my friends with iTunes 🙂 I received an email today from Richard, who's an ICI/PRO member, asking if I could help him... Over a year ago I had to...
This could be trouble
I was greeted by another Spotify update this morning and see they've added a new way to accidentally screw up your class 🙁 Forgive me if you have already experienced this Spotify update. I might be a few days late reporting the change - I've been using the new...
Favorite Track Of The Week
This week's track will bring your class up a slow, steep hill as the rpm remains the same, but the gear becomes more intense with each minute. Bishop Briggs' song, River is one that will get stuck in your head long after this hill is over and you'll want to use it...
Video of 2012 Tour de France Team Sky Stage Win
This is a video of my all time favorite Tour de France Stage and it includes my all time favorite indoor cycling song, O'Fortuna. [wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day...
Favorite Track of The Week
This new release from Harry Styles' self named album makes a great faster hill at around 74 rpm. It's a totally different sound than you're used to hearing from the One Direction star, and it will definitely rock your next class. Here is Kiwi:...
Spotify Refresh Tips + How full is my iPhone?
ICI/PRO member Dr. Marc Schlosberg is one of those Early Adopters you've no doubt heard discussed in the media. This group is quick to experiment with and embrace new technology. Marc was one of the first Instructors to use Spotify in his classes and he joined me on...
Favorite Track of The Week
Every instructor needs to have songs like this week's favorite track in their library. Keep this one in your flat road folder and take it out when you are looking for a longer flat road to ride on. Though they've been around for quite a while, I've just recently...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Here are two new songs that will have your riders sprinting like they mean it. Sprinting songs are sometimes the hardest to find, so you will definitely want to tuck these away and keep them to use time after time. If you're looking for a shorter original or a...
Favorite Track(s) Of The Week
Your class will love these two new releases for climbing. The first is a seated, heavy climb and the second is more of a fun standing climb. Try them both out and treat your riders to some great new music! Dig Down is Muse's newest release. Tune into the lyrics...
What new with iTunes 11?
Not much of anything. Really. There's no changes that I can see that would be of any value to you, as a Fitness Instructor. The preferences section is exactly the same - OK, not exactly; they've removed the option for gap-less playback, but kept the cross-fade....
Favorite Track of The Week
Check out the new remixes of Cake by Flo-Rida and 99 Percent if you're looking for a faster-than-the-original version of the feel-good track that will rock your next class. The original version is fun, but pretty slow. Luckily, these new remixes have been released...
New Week, New You! Profile from Cycling Fusion
Cycling Fusion Master Trainer Zack Hawthorne has published a new class profile: New Week, New You! We have been hitting you guys with some higher rate rides. Well this is what I would consider a "fun" ride around town. We are getting a lot of base miles. Base miles...
Harmonically Mixed Music Videos Mix – Keith Urban, P!nk, Calvin Harris and JT
I've been sharing my Power of 3 Harmonically Mixed Music Sets with you all for a while. Now I'm going to take a shot at harmonically mixing videos. I hope you like it. These videos on YouTube. https://youtu.be/PMqUat-Oqsk https://youtu.be/5Nrv5teMc9Y...
Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers
I don't own an iPad (my birthday is soon Amy - in case you need an idea) but if I did I would want to use it in my class now that Spotify has an official iPad App! The biggest reason I would prefer it, over my iPhone, is the font size. The "Time Remaining" is nearly...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Seven minutes of climbing is just what your class needs this week and LCD Soundsystem's newest track will help you and your riders make the most of it. After getting back together, the band has come out with two new releases. Many of their songs are on the longer...
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
These two just released tunes will give your riders the opportunity to climb to new heights with a fresh new sound. Check out some brand new One Republic and Imagine Dragons for flat roads and X Ambassadors for a hill. No Vacancy by OneRepublic iTunes link (100 rpm)...
Tech Tuesday – Spotify Legal Issues?
I love answering questions from Instructors 🙂 Hi John, Since you are a Spotify guru, I thought you might know the answer to this question: Spotify says their music is for non-commercial use and that you can't use it to play at even a school. I haven't found anything...
Favorite Track of The Week
This week's favorite track (Hey Ya by Outkast) can be used as a seated flat road or a climb. It's around 80 beats per minute, so depending on how much gear you're riding with, you can really take it either way. I especially like songs like this to do what I call...
Free Music Friday 8/23
I have a confession to make: Unlike John, I am terrible at using OPM (other people's music) or other people's playlists. See his post here. It just doesn't ever seem to feel right to me and I can't make it my own. Enter Spotify...I have become a 'creeper' as my kids...
The Power of 3 Mashups – Foo Fighters
With the rumors swirling of the imminent breakup of the Foo Fighters I decided to put together a mix of some of my favorite Foo Fighters songs. Walk by Foo Fighters Learn To Fly by Foo Fighters My Hero by Foo Fighters Non-Premium Members can listen and...
Free Music Friday 3/7
Some call it 'house', others call it trance...however you want to categorize this 70 rpm moderate climb- it ebbs and flows beautifully allowing for surges and recovery within its 4:48 duration. You can actually feel the surges coming with the vocals at 1:52 and again...
Favorite Track of The Week
There's nothing like a good steady beat to get your legs spinning and these two songs will give you and your riders what they need when the going gets tough. Shawn Mendes recently released the Deluxe version of his album Illuminate and I revisited this tune as...
Favorite Track of The Week
Take your pick from this playlist of "Grand Finale" songs to end your class with a bang. All are high energy and will require your riders to move way beyond their comfort zone to the big finish. Whether you choose to end with sprints or a climb, any of these songs...
Favorite Track of The Week
Try these remixes in your next class and your class will be pumping. Scared To Be Lonely (LOOPERS Remix), at around 65 rpm can work as a seated or standing climb. Listen for a slowdown from 1:47-2:18-a great opportunity to throw in some cueing....
Favorite Track(s) of The Week
Whether you are looking for a climb or a flat road for your next class, you'll find both of them here. Check out these two new releases that are ready to be added to your next ride profile. The first is a new release from one of my favorites, ZZ Ward. She has some...