Tag: music

Fast, Faster, Fastest

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If I want to rev’ up and get a bunch of things done around the house, I put on a house-party music mix and crank up the volume. Admit it, so do you. One of my new favorites,  Jog.fm, makes it really easy to find new tunes.

(I know, I know. The name is an instant put-off. I don’t jog, either.)

But this site is for anyone who wants to find music to help keep up or ramp up any kind of exercise, like cleaning or gardening, or walking or dancing in the kitchen.

Sign in and add the name of a favorite song/artist that motivates you to move; the site automatically figures the beats per minute of the selection, say –100 beats. It’s easy to find new music to maintain that pace: select 100 beats, scroll down, preview and choose songs for your brand new playlist. One click will send you and your playlist to Itunes if you want to buy on the spot.

Up the challenge for yourself by choosing faster paced music. What a painless way to find new music to love. And let’s face it, something about exercise should be painless.

Play it again, boys

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BMI is the performing rights organization in charge of collecting royalties for US songwriters. They put together a list of the top 100 played songs on American radio and television up to 1999.

Get this, the number one song on the list has been played 8 million times. If you started playing it right now, it would take over 45 years to reach 8 million.

Could you stand to listen to this for that long?

BTW, do you want to find new music that sounds like stuff you like? Visit music-map, type in Righteous Brothers and a visual word map will appear showing music groups similar to them.  The closer the groups are, the greater the likelihood if you love one you’ll love the other. This sixties pop group is right next to the Righteous Brothers.