Wednesday 4/22/15.  I called the playlist "Be A Hero".  Here are the songs.

• Memories - Romeofoxtrott
• The Woods - Hollow Coves (Rami & Mitchell Southam Remix)
• Khrónos - Nhyx
• Sea Of Dreams - Lady Ocean & Invece
• Can’t Get Better Than This (Radio Edit) - Parachute Youth
• Black Sheep - Gin Wigmore
• I'm Taking Off - Nick Carter
• Heroes (we could be) [feat. Tove Lo] - Alesso
• Deeper - Ella Eyre
• Confusion - Little Boots
• Best I Ever Had - Gavin DeGraw
• What I Want (RÆVE Remix) - KarlK & Ofenbach
• Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab) - Parra for Cuva
• White Elephant - Ladytron

Thanks again for coming to class and also thanks for checking out my blog.  As always if you have any suggestions please leave them in the comment.

See you in class,

Brian

On Sunday 4/1/2/2015 we did a class called Touch.  The name comes from song #10 in the playlist, Pata Pata, which means Touch Touch.

1. Another Love (Zwette Edit) - Tom Odell
2. Am I Wrong (Dj Dark & Dj Vianu Remix) - Nico & Vinz
3. She Moves (Far Away) [feat. Graham Candy] - Alle Farben
4. I Forget Where We Were - Boehm X George Ogilvie
5. Froot - Marina and The Diamonds
6. If I Lose Myself - OneRepublic
7. What I Want (RÆVE Remix) - KarlK & Ofenbach
8. Mr. Saxobeat (Radio Edit) - Alexandra Stan
9. Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) - Clean Bandit
10. Pata Pata - Ofenbach Remix
    (this is a remix of a well known song from the 1950's by the South African singer Miriam Makeba.  A video of the original version can be seen here)
11. Rainbow - Dyrigent ft. Julian Easily
12. Ignite - Starling Glow
13. Amor Fati - Washed Out
14. Begging - Lions Head

I hope you had fun in class.  As always, feel free to leave any suggestions or feedback in the comments.

See ya in class.

Brian

On Sunday 3/29/15 we did a class called No Mas.  This playlist includes songs from a variety of musical genres including House, 80's dance, recent Pop, an Motown.  I picked these songs because I hadn't used several of them in a while and they have good energy.  I hope they hang together.  Here is the playlist.

1. High Hopes - Kodaline (filous Remix)
2. Fade (Beatsession Remix) - Lilly Ahlberg
3. Birds Flying High - MÖWE
4. Build You A Castle (Mokoa Remix) - Wolfskind
5. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
6. Domino - Jessie J
7. Vamos A Bailar - Gipsy Kings
8. Hit the road Jack - Ray Charles
9. Young Love (Aerokind Remix) - BUNT. ft. Emma Carn
10. Winter Kills Me (feat. Lady V) - Markus Schulz
11. One Love (feat. Estelle) - David Guetta
12. More - Usher

Got a favorite workout song?  Let me know what it is and I will try to work it in.  And, as always, leave any feedback you might have in the comments.

See you in class.

Brian

Wednesday 3/25/15 - Pyramids

On Wednesday 2/25/15 we did a class called Pyramids.  Here is the playlist...

1. Running To the Sea (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Röyksopp
2. Happy Endings - Faul
3. Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit) - Lilly Wood & The Prick & Robin Schulz
4. Hey Brother - Avicii
5. Runaway - Parachute Youth
6. Safe and Sound - Capital Cities
7. Paper In Fire - John Cougar Mellencamp
8. Ooh La La - Goldfrapp
9. Zumba - Don Omar
10. No Diggity (Minimatic Remix) - Minimatic
11. I'm Taking Off - Nick Carter
12. Fuera De Mí ( Ya No Quiero Tu Querer) -Versión Remix- - José El Francés
13. Out of My Mind - The Madden Brothers

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions please post them in the comments.

See you in class...

Brian

Spring has sprung - Sunday 3/22/15

On Sunday 3/22/15 the class was titled Sprung in honor of the first full day of spring.  The playlist included a fair number of new songs.  I hope you liked them.  Here is the playlist...

• Save Me - Listenbee, Naz Tokio
• Overload - Life of Dillon
• Waiting Here (filous Remix) - Jake Isaac
• Seve - Tez Cadey
• Wash My Hands - Kormac
• Rivers (Sometimes) [Radio Edit] - Peer Kusiv & Martin Jondo
• We Are One (Deep Chill Version) - DJ Assad & Greg Parys
• Who's Got Ya Love (Radio Edit) - Dank
• Push (feat. Andrew Wyatt) - A-Trak
• Love Too Deep - Radio Edit - Ferreck Dawn & Redondo
• White Elephant - Ladytron
• My Love (feat. Jess Glynne) - Route 94
• Burn - Ellie Goulding
• I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
• Begging - Lions Head

As always, leave any thoughts or suggestions you might have in the comments.  I'd love to hear from you.

See you in class.

Brian

On Wednesday 3/18/15 we did a class called Here Be Dragons.  Spotify has apparently taken away the embedded playlist feature I have used in other posts.  Most of these links are to Spotify but a couple of them are to Soundcloud or YouTube.  Some of the versions of the song I play in class are not available on Spotify.  Here is the playlist.

1. Love Too Deep - Ferreck Dawn & Redondo
2. RIVA (Restart The Game) - Klingande feat. Broken Back
3. Take Me - RÜFÜS DU SOL
4. Wrong (Radio Mix) - Robin Schulz
5. Under The Sun (Ofenbach Remix) - Andreas Moe (Soundcloud link)
6. Headlock (feat. Imogen Heap) [Radio Edit] - Ron van den Beuken
7. I Stand Alone - Theophilus London
8. Inside All the People - Planet Funk
9. All I Want - Jehro
10. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye - Train
11. I've Been Thinking About You - London Beat (YouTube link)
12. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
13. Love Me Again - John Newman

I hope you enjoyed the class.  As always if you have any comments please leave them in the comments below.

Thanks,

Brian

On Sunday 3/1/15 we did a ride called "Mental Toughness".  The ride features 4 long-ish steady state efforts punctuated with shorter intervals.

Here is the playlist: (here is a direct link)


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Thanks for coming to class.  I'll be off next week.  I'll see you when I get back.

If you have any comments of a general nature, please feel free to leave them in the comments.