This year I’ve got over 300 great Halloween songs and albums. If you’re a new member this is an invaluable resource. If you have last year’s list, it’s been updated with over 50 additional songs and 8 albums for your Halloween pleasure. You can teach dozens of classes this weekRead more…
Yes, it’s that time of the year: Labor Day and Back to School! Here are a total of 85 songs you can use in your end-of-summer themed playlists.Read more…
Special thanks to ICA member Davide Camerini for sending me this free music download. It’s an album called Ethnoscapes and has eight downtempo tracks.Read more…
Next week is the summer solstice. It might be time to put together a fun playlist of songs that reflect the joy and happiness that summer brings. Here is a playlist of 81 songs that you can choose from. I recommend an intervals class! Read more…
Bill Roach has had students request Christian music for his playlists, and Jennifer Sage has had instructors who have requested Christian music suggestions for ICA. Have you had these requests from your students? What have you done? Bill gives you some ideas for how to approach this kind of request, with input from Jennifer Sage, Gene Nacey, and Tom Scotto. We provide you with some song suggestions from this genre, and welcome all of your own. Please give us your input on this potentially touchy subject!Read more…
A few additions to last year’s Saint Paddy’s Day playlist. Many thanks to Brian Greene for rounding out this entertaining song list!Read more…
I know it’s not Friday Favorites or Wednesday Classics day, but here’s some free music anyway! In May of 2011 I wrote about a great free legal downloading source for electronic music (trance, psy-tran, downtempo, etc.). I want to remind members about this site, but because there is so much music it can be a little overwhelming to search through it, so here’s a tip about a group I just discovered. Many of these songs are excellent for fast flat cadence work, in the 90–100 bpm/rpm range. Perfect for endurance and mind-body classes!Read more…
It’s holiday playlist time! Last year’s list has been edited, some new songs added and some songs removed, so it’s easier to choose your perfect holiday playlist.Read more…
The Thanksgiving Song Playlist has been updated with 60 new songs, for a total of 155 songs! A wide variety of genres to chose from with themes from gratitude to food to Black Friday… Sprinkle these throughout your Thanksgiving playlist for an entertaining ride!Read more…
While searching for a Halloween song I saw suggested on Twitter, I hit pay dirt. I unearthed a slew of eerily awesome songs that work perfectly for cycling classes. Yes, they actually have a great beat, not just shrieks and screams. You can now say to your students (as I did in my Halloween newsletter), “I promise not to play Monster Mash and Thriller this year!”Read more…