New Podcast Features Alexx Calise

I just published the latest episode (#42) of the JogTunes Indie Podcast. Here are some details:

Alexx Calise

On this episode, I feature the great music of Alexx Calise. You only have to go the Alexx's website, to learn that she's not only a rising star on the rock music scene, but a consummate user and proponent of new and social media. I first played Alexx's "Out of Sight" on episode #39 but then and there decided to feature her on a future show. So here are 4 tunes by Alexx that will definitely enhance your workouts and bring you pure listening pleasure as well.

Out of Sight - BPM 157

Morning Pill - BPM 169

Good Enough - BPM 175

Give It To Me - BPM 181

Arcompanying Alexx on this episode are two great artists I found via Ariel's CyberPR Promotion Company.

David Packouz - "More Than Anything" -BPM 166

GoundSound - "Get Better" -BPM 150

The fine instrumentals that support the show are by:

B. D. Lenz - "One 11" - BPM 121

Yamasaki - "Soul Patrol" - BPM 111

As always, I welcome your comments. Please send them to comments at jogtunes.com, post them on our JogTunes.com facebook fan page, or send me a tweet.

Best of running,

Dr. Bob

New Running Music and Podcast Episode from JogTunes for Week of May 1, 2009

I just published the latest episode (#32) of the JogTunes Indie Podcast. Ariel Hyatt's digital public relations company CyberPR provide a great listing of superb indie artists and podsafe tunes on their awesome website. I present 8 of these artists on this show and dedicate the entire episode to Ariel's organization. 

Also, I've posted an eclectic mix of new runnables by Depeche Mode, Miranda Lambert, Day26, and Silversun Pickups. Check them out on the home page of JogTunes.com.

JogTunes Additions: New Podcast Episode, Tunes by the Decemberists, Melody Club, and More

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments on my Facebook jogtunes.com page. Your feedback is very encouraging and shows that I'm fulfilling the JogTunes mission.

I just published the latest episode (#31) of the JogTunes Indie Podcast. It features a new genre for the show: New Age. The featured artist is Faith Rivera. Her great music was the inspiration for this episode's theme. Please check out the podcast page on JogTunes.com for details.

I also recently posted an eclectic mix of runnable tunes on JogTunes.com, including 3 by The Decemberists and 2 by Melody Club. The latter group is a Peter's Pick. Also, there's Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Theory of a Deadman (also from Peter), and Jive Bunny and the Mixmasters.

Feel free to follow JogTunes on Twitter.

Meanwhile, best of running, and enjoy the music!

Dr. Bob

JogTunes Additions: New Podcast Episode, Grammy Tunes, Nike+ iPod Links

I just published the latest episode (#30) of the JogTunes Indie Podcast. This is the first time I feature songs by only one artist. Who better to play for 50 minutes of running than the consummate singer/songwriter, keyboardist, music podcaster/blogger, internet geek, and trailblazing music entrepreneur, Matthew Ebel? Check out the podcast page of my website, jogtunes.com, for details.

I also posted tunes by Grammy nominees and winners. You can find them listed in the Tunes List on the home page and the Tunes tab, between and including Sheryl Crow and Coldplay.

Have you tried the Apple Nike + iPod system yet? Knowing what to get can be confusing. I try to make some sense out of it on my new store page.

Best of running to all,

Dr. Bob

New Tunes on JogTunes by Springsteen, The Fray, Dierks Bentley, and Others.

I posted an eclectic collection of new tunes that you can find on the home page and the tunes list of jogtunes.com. Please check out the runnable songs by Springsteen, The Fray, Dierks Bentley, and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. The BPMs range from 141 to 181.

Peter's Picks are also new and heavy on the metal. They follow the above listings on the home and tunes pages and include tunes by Eden's Curse, Edguy, Lordi, Brother Firetribe, and Nickelback. Peter publishes a great website offering an impressive annotated list of his personally tested tunes.

Best of running!

JogTunes Posts Great Tunes from the Inauguration and a Podcast Episode That's Mostly Jazz

I thought it would be fun to find some runnable tunes by the artists who performed at the historic inauguration. It wasn't difficult. Check them out on the home page of jogtunes.com. The performers include Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Usher, Queen Latifah, and Josh Groban. Pretty impressive list, no?

As a jazz drummer, I'm partial to the jazz genre, and my latest podcast episode shows it. Just published yesterday, episode #29 is mostly jazz of several varieties. I really think you'll enjoy matching these tempos with your workout pace. Just click here.

Also, returning visitors will notice a change in the main podcast page format. The episode list is right there for you to find more fun workouts. I'd love some feedback. Send your comments to comments at jogtunes.com.

Meanwhile, best of running!

Dr. Bob

JogTunes presents new running music and a new podcast episode for November, 2008

Hi all,

I just published my latest podcast episode #27. Please check it out at The JogTunes Indie Podcast.

I posted some Motown per a listener's request. You can see the tunes on the JogTunes.com home page tunes list. The artists include Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Shades of Blue, and The Everly Brothers.

Also, check out Peter's Picks on my home page. He's selected some great tunes by Whitney Houston, Vixen, and Street Dogs. They're listed in the tunes list.

Best of running,

Dr. Bob

A New JogTunes Indie Podcast Episode and New Running Music on JogTunes.com

I published another episode of the JogTunes Indie Podcast today. It's our second interval running session. The subtitle is Silver and Serendipitous because it's our 25th show and serendipity played a major role in my search for tunes from several sources.

To subscribe to listen to the show and take it for a run or a spin, please go to the JTIP page on JogTunes.com and scroll down for details.

And, if you get a chance, please help me out by taking the Podtrac survey. It'll take from 5-10 minutes (24 questions) and it'll give me a better idea of the demographic who runs to the show. Here's the link:



This is a 50 minute workout session with variations in BPM punctuated by speed bursts in the 180s. Here’s the breakdown:

On the Podsafe Music Network I found:

# Mayday Parade
# Yamasaki
# Angel
# Mr.427
# Sound and Fury

On the Runners World discussion thread, Good Indie Music, Morrisey suggested and I played:

# The National
# Iron & Wine
# The Dears

Sarathan Records fortunately sent me:

# War Tapes
# Peter Bradley Adams

Una Prosell of After Hours Music, out of Sweden, provided music for the speed segment by:

# doublePark

From Japan and Momo-J’s Far East Peach label comes:

# Amir Khan & Hideo Inai

Please go to the episode's web page for BPM info, links to bands, tune links to iTunes and Amazon, and purchase options.

The new running music on JogTunes.com includes tracks by

Deathcab for Cutie



DJ Khaled



Ne-Yo (New Album)




Pussycat Dolls and

Stereolab

Peter Andersson sent in some great "picks" for this month. I posted 4 tunes by 4 different artists. Check out Peter's fine running music website here.

All Sussed Out (Live) by The Almighty at 152 BPM



From Motorhead's new album, Motorizer, comes
"(Teach You How To) Sing the Blues" at 164.



She Wants Revenge sing "Written In Blood" which runs at 144.



And finally, Tom Petty and "It's Good to Be King" at 147 steps per minute.

I hope you enjoy these additions to our growing tunes list (presently over 1000 tracks) and my latest podcast episode. Please send comments to comments at jogtunes.com.

Meanwhile, the best of running.

Dr. Bob

JogTunes Publishes A New Episode of The JogTunes Indie Podcast

With episode #24, the JTIP goes all pop. It's really a fun run. You can listen to it here.



Better yet, subscribe to the show and take it for a run or a spin. Please go to the JTIP page on JogTunes.com for details.

And, if you get a chance, please help me out by taking the Podtrac survey. It'll take from 5-10 minutes (24 questions) and it'll give me a better idea of the demographic who runs to the show. Here's the link:



Here's a list of the great indie bands on the show:

On the Podsafe Music Network I found

3 Blind Mice

A Band Called Quinn

Common Ground

Curiosity Shop

On IODA's promonet, I came across:

Hot Little Hands

Les Philippes

Jo De La Rosa

Tyler Hilton

Tommy Tutone

elodioO

The outro is by Brett Low

Please send your suggestions and comments to this blog or to comments at jogtunes.com.

Meanwhile, enjoy the music!

Dr. Bob

JogTunes Posts Running Music by Conor Oberst, The Faint, The Ting Tings and More

JogTunes.com presents more great running music rated by BPM from new albums by Conor Oberst, The Faint, and The Ting Tings. Check them out at JogTunes.com. Just scroll down to the Tunes list or use the artist search field.

Peter Andersson, our veteran contributor, sent me a great new list. From it I posted tunes by Gemini Five, Darryl Worley, and Gotthard with a BPM range of 147 to 179. Here's his website for more great tunes and commentary.

Runner's World's discussion thread, What song finished your run today?, provided some fine runnable tunes. GoDaddy posted Tick Tick Boom by The Hives. It rocks at a leisurely jog of 136 BPM. I also found Walk Idiot Walk by the same band on iTunes. It's a faster jog at 147.

Angels & Airwaves is well represented on the thread. Daddy_go_run listed Call to Arms. I had this on jogtunes.com and added runnerdad1's suggestion, Secret Crowds. The BPMs are 182 and 155 respectively.

Thanks to DaniAPotter's passion for Fall Out Boy's album, From Under the Cork Tree, I found 5 perfect running tunes with those fun long names:

Sugar, We're Goin Down (BPM 164)
Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued (BPM 155)
Of All the Gin Joints In All the World (BPM 173)
I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song) (BPM 156)
Champagne for My Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends (BPM 160)

Check the Fall Out Boy tunes and A & A's Secret Crowds here:



My thanks to Peter and Runners'World contributors, for your fine suggestions.

Best of running (and other workouts)!

Dr. Bob

JogTunes posts new music by Cheap Trick, The Hives, and many more artists, for BPM running and other paced workouts

I've been on a 2-week vacation and just got back to adding new tracks to our Tunes List. You'll find an eclectic list of 20 new tunes. Here are the details:

Hypnostep, on the Runner's World forum thread "The Best Running Music EVER", posted a great list of dance and electronic music with BPMs. I listed tunes from the list by Juno Reactor,the Benassi Bros., and the Propellerheads. The BPMs vary from the 120s (great for fast walking to the 140s for easy jogging.

Girlwithcurl, favoring faster paces, posted a great rock/pop/alternative list on the same thread. The tunes, artists, and BPMs include:

• Requiem for a Dying Song--Flogging Molly 172
• She's Tight--Cheap Trick 157
• Bleed It Out--Linkin Park 140 (Was already on our list)
• Devil Inside--INXS 151
• Brand New Cadillac--The Clash 153
• Try It Again--The Hives 156
• Nightrain--Guns N' Roses 155
• Tough It Out--Webb Wilder 161

The latest on iTunes provides 2 tunes for my list.
"West of the Fields (Live)" by R.E.M. in the album Live: From London works out at 164 BPM.
"Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing In the Line for the Bathroom)" by N.E.R.D. from Seeing Sounds is an easy going 141.

Peter Andersson is our veteran contributor. His picks for this week include tunes by Nickelback, The B-52's, and Skew Siskin. You've got to read his comments on Skew Siskin's tune, "Shake Me." It can be found on his website in his top 50 list (it's #24).

My latest JogTunes Indie Podcast episode is up for running and other fitness modes. It's #22 and entitled "Rockin' in the 150s." Check it out on our Podcast Page. You can subscribe to my podcast on iTunes and many other podcast players. I would greatly appreciate your impressions of this episode. For a change of pace, all the tunes are rock with BPMs between 150 and 159. Please send your comments to comments at jogtunes.com.

Many thanks to listeners who've purchased the talk-free Special Edition tracks from my website store. Please consider supporting the show by purchasing this offer (just $5.00).

Meanwhile, enjoy the music and and your favorite BPM paced fitness workouts.

--Dr. Bob

New Running Music on JogTunes.com by Metric, Europe, Satriani, and More

Peter Andersson, our veteran contributor, wowed us with a new long list of great running tunes. I posted tunes by Metric, Europe, Heavens, Berlin, Something Corporate, and Joe Satriani with BPMs from 140 to 170. Check out his website for more tunes and commentary.

A new contributor sent some kind words about my site and a fine list of tunes. I'm grateful for the tunes by The Wreckers and Shania Twain running at 164 and 158 respectively.

Please check out all the new tunes on our home page or by searching on the artists' names.

We hit a record number of downloads of The JogTunes Indie Podcast for the past month. Thanks to everyone for your support. And if you're so inclined, please consider helping out with a donation. Just click the Donate button on our home page.

Don't forget to take JogTunes for a spin. You can find hints on indoor cycling to the beat on our cycling info page.

Best of running (and biking),

Dr. Bob

New Running Music by Creed, Alter Bridge and More and a New Podcast Episode From JogTunes

Runners and other exercisers who enjoy working out to the exact tempos of their music will enjoy the new music postings on JogTunes.com and my latest episode (#18) of The JogTunes Indie Podcast.

Please check out the tunes by Creed, Alter Bridge, Default, Filter, and Godsmack on my home page. I wish to thank Bulldog64 for the tunes by these artists that he suggested on Feb. 1, on the Runner's World Discussion thread, The Best Running Playlist Ever.

Thanks also goes to our veteran contributor, Peter Andersson. His pick for this week is Joe Satriani's Motorcycle Driver. Please check out his fine website for a great list of runnable tunes and commentary.

If you like indie music and BPM-paced fitness workouts, you'll enjoy my latest podcast episode #18. You can play it and subscribe at JogTunesIndie.com.

Please enter your comments here or send them to comments at jogtunes.com.

Best of workouts,

Dr. Bob

The JogTunes Group posts a new podcast episode and new running music

This is the week for the alternative genre at JogTunes. My latest episode (#17) accentuates the alternative with more that the usual tunes of that ilk. Check it out in iTunes or on my podcast site's home page.

After the holidays, downloads of the podcast accelerated to a whopping 4600 per month. I guess everyone's resolved to stay in shape this year.

Alternative's the word on JogTunes.com. I listed tunes by Silverstein and Ween with BPMs from 150 to 160 for some easy-going fun runs and other workouts. Other new bands on the list are Slipknot, The Gap Band, and Bullet for My Valentine. I also added 2 more tunes by Angels and Airwaves from their latest album, I-Empire.

Thanks go to jparkerc and mcdunn34 from the Runner's World Discussion Group, Best Running Playlist EVER, for their suggestions of the Silverstein and The Gap Band tunes respectively.

Peter's pick is The Illusionist by Scar Symmetry. This is one hard driving metal tune that's sure to motivate the laziest runner. Please check out Peter's great comment on this tune on his website. When you go there, scroll down to tune #44.

Don't forget, all of the music, podcasts, and playlists can be used for indoor cycling, aquarunning, stairmaster, elliptical, and even minitrampoline. If you have waterproof audio gear (e.g. http://h2oaudio.com/products.php), try the tunes for swimming.

I'm working on an upgrade of the JogTunes Group's set of websites. Any suggestions would be most welcome. Please send them to comment at jogtunes.com.

And, by the way, I put a Donate button on the podcast site, jogtunesindie.com. Please consider supporting my efforts to promote working out to the exact beat of great music and indie artists. You don't need a PayPal account to use their service. If you're interested, I do get affiliate marketing commissions for tunes that are purchased via links from my websites. That's the good news. The bad news is that Apple only pays 5 cents per tune. Granted, the small income from commissions helps a little, but considering the time I spend, it's minimal.

Meanwhile, best of ruuning.

Dr. Bob

JogTunes Group Formed and Posts New Running Music and Podcast Episode

I'm happy to announce the formation of the The JogTunes Group, a DBA licensed by the State of Utah and operating under B & G Business Services LLC. The JTG is dedicated to providing resources for working out exactly to the tempos (BPMs) of great signed and indie artists' music. The flagship website is JogTunes.com which lists runnable songs and playlists by signed artists. Associated websites are JogTunesIndie.com, our primary site for our podcast, The JogTunesIndie Podcast, and our most recent JTG addition, BikeToTheBeat.com. The latter is designed for stationary cyclists who enjoy working out to music and pedaling to the beat.

I'm endeavoring to combine these sites into one site to allow more interaction and accessibility. I welcome your comments at comments@jogtunes.com.

I just added more tunes to our Tunes List. Jeff sent in a fine list of runnable songs, all BPM rated. From his list I picked Aerosmith's Pink and Some Unholy War by Amy Winehouse, both in the 170s BPM. Here's his personal website.

Susan's extensive BPM rated list provided me with 2 songs by Blues Traveler and 2 by John Mellencamp with BPMs ranging in the 150s to 180s. Susan's an active aquarunner. Here's her website.

I found KT Tunstall's new album Drastic Fantastic on the iTunes Music Store's new music list. You'll find 3 songs by her on our list. The BPMs are 122, 142, and 155.

Peter, our veteran contributor, pointed me to The Donnas' new album, Bitchin'. You can practically BPM-pace walk and run to the entire album. I selected 5 runnable songs ranging in BPMs from 143 to 170.

Another Peter's Pick on the list is *NSYNC's Bye, Bye, Bye. It runs at 173.

Thanks Jeff, Susan, and Peter, for your generous contributions.

I also just added the single, Radio Nowhere, from Bruce Springsteen's new album, Magic, coming out soon. The BPM is a leisurely 140.

I encourage you to go to Peter's great website for his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings and commentary.

My 13th episode of the JogTunesIndie Podcast is up for running. Please check it out at jogtunesindie.com.

Most of the songs are by artists who have been featured on the Association of Music Podcasting members' shows. Please see the above website for details.

It's my first 1 hour episode. It's divided into a 45 minute segment followed by a 15 minute segment.

It's also the first time that I invite stationary cyclists to try pedaling to the podcast songs. The more recent shows have walking tunes in addition to the running segments. This wider range of BPMs lends itself well to cycling. Please see more about cycling to the beat on BikeToTheBeat.com. Please note that I strongly discourage biking to music on the road. The risks are just too great. So please keep it "stationary."

I hope you enjoy the new additions, expanded podcast, and biking perspective. Meanwhile, happy music-paced running (and biking).

Dr. Bob

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JogTunes posts new runnable songs and a podcast episode

At jogtunes.com we posted new songs from a great article about running to music. It was published on line in Runner's World. Here's the article link. Almost all of the songs on the first page of the article are runnable. I haven't yet checked the BPMs of the songs on page 2. Thanks, Runner's World, for this great playlist. You can find our list of the songs on our home page. They're songs 2 through 11 in the preview list in the middle column.

Peter's Pick for this week is Animals by Nickelback. You'll really enjoy Peter's review of this song. Please go to Peter's great website for the review (song #11) and his fine list of running songs with BPM ratings.

Please check out our latest episode of The JogTunesIndie Podcast. I dedicated it to Adam Christianson and the Maccast. Adam is the consummate Mac geek and he loves his music. We found 3 great songs for running to the beat on his podcast.

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New Running Music and Podcast Episodes From JogTunes

Music-paced runners are invitied to check out the new running music and new podcast episodes that we posted our websites jogTunes.com and JogTunesIndie.com.

Please go to http://jogtunes.com - left column of home page - for more details about the sites and songs mentioned in this post.

We published The JogTunesIndie Podcast episodes #7 and #8 back-to-back over the past 2 days. #8 is a 45-minute expanded version of #7. We've received requests for longer podcasts and hope this fills the bill. Please send us some feedback at comments@jogtunes.com.

Geoff's list continues to offer great running songs. Today we added Melissa by the Allman Brothers.

From Steve's list we added Collective Soul's Shine.

On a blog from Italy, we found Basement Jaxx and, on iTunes, we found Good Luck by Basement Jaxx & Kekaula. The BPM is 156.

Peter's Picks for this week are I Had an Angel by Nightwish and Push It by Static-X. See Peter's website for his comments about other great music-paced running songs.

We're grateful to Geoff, Steve, Peter, and all of the other contributors who have sent BPM-rated running tunes to our site.

Want to be a contributor to jogtunes.com? Please send your BPM-rated song list to comments@jogtunes.com. We'll only post your name with your permission. See our privacy policy for more details.

Happy music-paced running!

Bob
PS Here's the location for the podcast feed



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JogTunes posts new podcast and songs by R.E.M., Blondie, ZZ Top, and more

Music-paced runners will enjoy the new songs from the 70s and 80s that we posted on our website, jogTunes.com. We also added songs by Scooter, Razed in Black, Melissa Etheridge, and Jet. Check them out on the home page Tunes List.

We welcome Geoff White, from Atlanta, as a new contributor to jogTunes.com. Some of the new songs are from his extensive list of BPM-rated songs.

We also published the latest episode of The JogTunesIndie Podcast.

In this episode we consulted the websites of RubyFruitRadio.com and mostlytunes.com and found some great artists. On the Podshow Music Network we found perfect runnable songs by these performers.

Here are the artists and the podcast sources:

From RubyFruitRadio.com:

The Dents - Here He Comes
Adrienne Pierce - Absinthe Minded
Rebecca Haviland - Play the fool
Girls Stuff - Big Deal
Laura Clapp - Gotta Be Me

From mostlytunes.com:

Berman - No One Understands
The Eisenhowers - Let's Not Talk About Me and Jigsaw

And our featured instrumentalist and instrumental, straight from the PMN:

Jonny Wells - Autobahn Owl

You can find the playlist and other details in the podcast show notes at jogtunesindie.com. We can be reached by email at comments@jogtunes.com.



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New Running Music by Korn, Rose Tattoo, and More

JogTunes.com has found great runnables in iTunes by Korn, Rose Tattoo, and Bon Jovi, some of the bands from Peter Andersson's latest master list of his favorite music-paced running songs. See his Top 50 List with great reviews (some in English) on his website.

Last month, Andy, from Illinois, sent a great list of songs from his running playlist. He's become a solid contributor to our site. This week we just posted Bring em Out by T.I., another of Andy's favorites, and a song by another band on his master list, (Hed) P.E.

We finished redesigning our playlist page with links to a new playlist details page. Tell us what you think at comments@jogtunes.com.

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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Our 400th running music song and our 4th podcast from jogTunes.com and JogTunesIndie.com

JogTunes.com just added some great runnable songs to our list of songs for music-paced running. See the songs and links to the iTunes Music Store on our home page. This puts us over 400 songs on the site and counting.

The songs by Razed in Black and Disturbed are from Peter Andersson's top 50 music-paced running picks. See his list with great reviews (some in English) on his website.

Andy, from Illinois, sent a great list of songs from his running playlist. Two are straight from his list (Slow Motion by Nickelback and Evil Angel by Breaking Benjamin). A third, Sugar, We're Goin' Down, is by Fall Out Boy, another band on his list.

Keane and John Mellencamp have new albums on iTunes. We found two runnable tunes from each. See their new covers with links to the albums on the top of our home page.

Dr. Bob just published the 4th JogTunesIndie Podcast episode. It's got some great new songs by bands found on the fine indie music podcasting network, Insomnia Radio. So if you want to match your running pace for 30 minutes to fine indie music, come on over to JogTunesIndie.com. Got iTunes? You'll find the podcast here.

We're doing some mild redesign of the websites. Tell us what you think at comments@jogtunes.com

Happy running, and enjoy the music!

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