Neil D Posted July 22, 2010 Posted July 22, 2010 The other day, as I embarked on a new treadmill exercise regimen, I decided to take advantage of an Internet service called Pandora that claims to provide streaming music based on my musical preferences. My idea was to ask Pandora to play classic rock songs with driving drum beats that could act as a metronome to my walking pace and give me that extra incentive to push through the monotony of a treadmill workout. It’s the same principle used on slave ships in old Hollywood movies where the menacing shirtless guy pounds on a kettle drum to give the galley slaves a rhythmic beat to coordinate the rowing of those giant oars. Interesting how exercise and slave labor can have so much in common, don’t you think? The problem with using a music service like Pandora, however, is that I couldn’t control the pace of the songs it selected for me. The first few rock songs it played did not provide a musical rhythm that matched my stride, and it threw my body off-balance. It wasn’t until the fourth song that I finally heard a perfect beat to coincide with my steps. As the song started its instrumental introduction, I thought, YES! Now we’re talking! Fast drum beat… catchy guitar riff… NOW I can work up a good sweat! Then the lead singer began screaming out the lyrics and I realized I was going to hell… Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Liz Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 ROFL!!! Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes.
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted July 23, 2010 Members Posted July 23, 2010 I don't get it. Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others?
Neil D Posted July 23, 2010 Author Posted July 23, 2010 Rock and Roll has been classified as the devils music, especially by the baptist church..This comes from a baptist minister...... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
SMAN Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 "Interesting how exercise and slave labor can have so much in common, don’t you think?" -------------------------------------------------------------- Does it sound like your wife's "Honey Do List" set to music?? Quote
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted July 24, 2010 Members Posted July 24, 2010 Rock and Roll has been classified as the devils music, especially by the baptist church..This comes from a baptist minister...... Oh. That's odd. I know a Baptist minister who plays in a R&R Band. Must be an anomaly. Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others?
Neil D Posted July 25, 2010 Author Posted July 25, 2010 "Interesting how exercise and slave labor can have so much in common, don’t you think?"------------------------------------------------------ Does it sound like your wife's "Honey Do List" set to music?? Strangely, when I was married, it does....And a few ex-girls friends since then.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw
Dottie Posted July 26, 2010 Posted July 26, 2010 Marches are in 4/4 time, and are it is easy to walk to the beat. Quote
aldona Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 For all the classical music lovers, a lot of stuff by Vivaldi has a nice strong driving beat that you can march or exercise to. AJ Quote www.asrc.org.au (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Melbourne)Helping over 2000 refugees & asylum seekers each monthIMSLP/Petrucci Music LibraryThe Public Domain Music Score Library - Free Sheet Music DownloadsLooking for classical sheet music? Try IMSLP first!
Ellen Posted August 10, 2010 Posted August 10, 2010 I just got a pedometer for my birthday and it has a metronome you can set the pace to. You can turn it off if you want to. Pretty neat. I do most of my walking in my yard and Wal Mart (Home Depot, Lowes - - - - - - Quote
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