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  terri 10:51 pm on 2010/06/29 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: nikeplus (8), tunes   

  Roll With It, Baby 

  I’ve been meaning to post a “power song” for every run that I do. I think it’s good to share songs that I like to jog to since I’m always open to discovering good running songs.

  When you think about it hard enough, Steve Winwood songs are pretty awesome; I can’t think of a song of his I don’t like. For me, “Roll With It” is one of those songs that invokes childhood memories because of its heavy radio rotation back in 1988. Somehow I ended up putting it in my running playlist, and it has turned out to be a really great song to move to with a steady beat and rather motivating lyrics.

  I had a fairly good run today. Went about 2 and a half times around my block, which equated to about 6 miles in about 1 hour: http://nikerunning.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikeplus/en_US/plus/#//runs/detail/807837932/5185814/all/allRuns/

   

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  terri 10:26 pm on 2010/04/07 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: internets (2), ryuichi, tunes   

  Another Night Wasted to YouTube 

  Instead of going for a run, I decided to stay home because I was feeling tired and I figured I’d catch up on my sleep. I didn’t even get to do that because I was cracking out on YouTube. A lot of my time on YouTube is spent looking up classic LUNA SEA clips like this one. I’m inspired to revamp my LUNA SEA translation site (which currently uses frames…how 1997!) Working on that certainly would have been more productive than just watching YouTube clips all night.

  My translation site has been live for years, but with its archaic design it was never announced to the world when I got a domain name for it. You can figure out how to get to the “index” page *snark* by starting at the page I created for “SLAVE,” my most favorite “c/w” song from LUNA SEA. This song is awesome.

   
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  terri 9:39 am on 2010/03/21 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: nikeplus (8), tunes   

  Cowbell Bebop 

  This evening I went through my iTunes trying to figure out my running playlist for the month. For me to actually enjoy running, I have to have a fairly well thought out playlist of songs. I have found that it has been one of the keys to my Nike+ success. After a while, songs that once got me pumped up end up having a less potent effect on me. I am constantly perusing the web and iTunes Essentials for ideas on what to download and use. It’s getting more and more challenging to find something, because as I mentioned, I’m not so much into new music anymore.

  I recently discovered one track that I had in my iTunes for about 3 years. It was quite a pleasant surprise, because it was something that I had put together in GarageBand back when I was learning how to use it. I have absolutely no sense or understanding of how to compose music, and so this result is just a testament to how awesome GarageBand is. I call the track “Cowbell Bebop” because of the use of the one Cowbell loop in GarageBand (and yes, they are ALL loops in this 1 minute “song.”)

  Just thought I’d share. I’ve never made another one since. I’d say it’s a pretty good fluke, considering it makes for one effective Nike+ power song…for now.