Today, Scott Melker announced that he coming back to the world of indoor cycling:
“Hi everyone! For those of you who don't know me, I was the music director for Flywheel Sports for 4 years, and helped to develop their music program. I have since worked with countless studios, and have now teamed up with Legitmix to offer an awesome music service tailored to you. We are presently building a catalogue of songs edited specifically for spin, available legally on the site. I'm even more excited that we are offering customization of ANY SONG you choose for only $3. You can go on the site, request any edits you want, and have the song back to you in a matter of days. We truly believe that this will revolutionize the cycling music world. Please check it out and give us feedback – we did this for you!”
I love Scott's work. You can check out his and the other artists that are part of this incredible music site below.
I put this 3 song mix together today and love it! Two of the songs, Coming Home and Bad Blood vs Iron Man, were given to me by a DJ friend and are not available on iTunes or Spotify.
I used this mix tonight in class and it went over big, they loved it. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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Right Click on the blue underlined link
Select “Download Linked File As”
Select a download location
Once file is completely downloaded, find it in the location you selected
Drag the file into your iTunes or Spotify library OR
Right Click on the file and Select “Open With”
From the drop down menu select “iTunes” or “Spotify”
File should begin playing and is now part of your iTunes or Spotify library
To download the above media on a PC:
Right Click on the blue underlined link
Select “Save Link As”
Select a download location
Once file is completely downloaded, find it in the location you selected
Drag the file into your iTunes or Spotify library OR
Right Click on the file and Select “Open With”
From the drop down menu select “iTunes” or “Spotify”
File should begin playing and is now part of your iTunes or Spotify library Click here to watch a video on how to download media files from ICI/Pro.
DJ Scott Melker playing the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Golden, CO
Time for another Profile Contest!
My friend , professional DJ Scott Melker send me an awesome playlist to use in my 45 minute Evolution Cycle class at Life Time. I had asked Scott for this because quite frankly; there are times when my personal choices of music, aren't exactly what my class wants to hear 🙁
So I occasionally solve that by using OPM (Other Peoples Music) – Amy's music has been heard in my class on occasion, as has Chrispins and others to fabulous effect.
If you don't know him – Scott Melker is the creative genius behind The Melker Project. Beyond rocking clubs and amphitheatres, Scott is a mashup and remix artist. His music is used by some of the hottest Indoor Cycling Studios and Instructors in NYC.
Instead of keeping this playlist all to myself – I thought I should share it – which lead to the idea; why not have another profile contest?
The rules are pretty simple:
Create a fun and entertaining class profile using the playlist as provided > no substitutions or re-ordering please.
Create a .pdf of your completed playlist.
Upload it to the Celebrate Indoor Cycling Facebook group's file section before the end of Saturday February 6th.
Between Scott and myself, we'll pick three as winners on Sunday 2/7. 1st place wins $300, and the top three each receive a one year subscription (or extension) to ICI/PRO! All winners will have the option to be recorded as an official Audio Profile.
Once you've downloaded the file > Extract the files in your download folder or move them into where you keep your other music files. If you have your settings in Spotify correct, you should see all of them in your Local Files.
Once that's done, click ICI/PRO Scott Melker DJ Mix to open the Spotify playlist. This will ensure you have the playlist configured correctly.
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 early member of Massive Attack and I found this track in a Lazify playlist built from a Massive Attack song.
Next up is this track from artist/DJ Morgan Page — Fight For You which is an awesome climb @ 64RPM. The song has some great lyrics that you can incorporate into your cuing. I found this in a lazify playlist I started using another Morgan Page track The Longest Road – Deadmau5 Remix Radio Edit which I've used in the past.
You can download the original here if you don't see the download link in the player.
I'm hearing more and more how studios are bringing in live DJ's to supply the music for special events. If you ever wondered what it would be like to teach where someone else is controlling the music – Morgan Page has hundreds of 60 minute mixed MP3's that you could use for a private class… or maybe you're looking for something completely different. Check out a few and let me know if you'd ever consider using them in a class.
