Monday, January 31, 2011

Track List - Saturday, January 29, 2011

1. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
3. Dancing Queen (remix) - ABBA
4. When I Love You Oughta Know (mashup) - DJ Maya Jakobson featuring Alanis Morissette, David Guetta & Justin Timberlake
5. Body Shots - Kaci Battaglia featuring Ludacris
6. Closer vs. In Da Club (mashup) - Nine Inch Nails vs. 50 Cent
7. Patron Tequila - Paradiso Girls featuring Lil Jon
8. Hold It Against Me (remix) - Britney Spears
9. Proud Mary - Tina Turner
10. I'm Leavin' Nadeya Ward

Sorry I posted this one late. I almost always post track lists within a few hours of class, but on Saturday, I instead took my first Anti-Gravity Yoga class at Crunch taught by the amazing Sahara Ali. Wow! I loved it! If you get the chance to try it, I highly recommend it!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, January 27, 2011

1. On The Floor - Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
2. Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) - Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris
3. Hold It Against Me (remix) - Britney Spears
4. Yeah 3x - Chris Brown
5. Louder (Put Your Hands Up) - David Guetta featuring Chris Willis
6. Higher - Taio Cruz featuring Kylie Minogue & Travie McCoy
7. F*#kin Perfect - Pink
8. You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me (remix) - Cher
9. When I Love You Oughta Know (mashup) - DJ Maya Jakobson featuring Alanis Morissette, David Guetta & Justin Timberlake
10. (Find Myself) A Heap Of Love (mashup) - DJ LeeDM101 featuring Florence & The Machine, Depeche Mode & Imogen Heap
11. Quit Playing Names With My Heart (mashup) - Global Mashup Crew featuring The Backstreet Boys & Rihanna

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Track List - Wednesday, January 24, 2011

1. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
3. Dancing Queen (remix) - ABBA
4. Whip My Hair - Willow Smith featuring Nicki Minaj
5. Body Shots - Kaci Battaglia featuring Ludacris
6. Closer vs. In Da Club (mashup) - Nine Inch Nails vs. 50 cent
7. Patron Tequila - Paradiso Girls featuring Lil' Jon
8. Firework (remix) - Katy Perry
9. Proud Mary - Tina Turner
10. I'm Leavin - Nedaya Ward
11. Not Like A Queen (mashup) - DJ Sergio featuring Katy Perry & 30 Seconds To Mars

This morning's class was in celebration of Katie's birthday last week...and as I found out today, the other Katie as well! So a great big happy birthday shout out goes to both Katies!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Thanks to Ryan for subbing my class at last minute!

As most of you that showed up this morning know, I was unable to teach this morning's Red Line Ride at 9:30. I had a family emergency at 9:00 that prevented me from doing so. Everything is fine now. Thanks to everyone that asked, texted, emailed and messaged me.

And I have to give a great big thanks to Ryan for subbing at the very last minute (as she has done for me before!) Fortunately for everyone that showed up for class, Ryan is an amazing instructor and everyone got a great class. So for that, I am relieved and grateful!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Track List - Saturday, January 22, 2011

1. Like A G6 - Far East Movement
2. Like, OMG, Baby! (mashup) - DJ Earworm featuring Usher & Justin Bieber
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World (remix) - Steven Lee & Granite featuring Xander Bleck
4. Feels Like A Prayer (mashup) - Meck featuring Dino & Madonna
5. Rude Boy Resort (mashup) - DJ Schmolli featuring Rihanna & Papa Roach
6. Waiting For The End - Linkin Park
7. Secrets (remix) - OneRepublic
8. Raise Your Glass (remix) - Pink
9. Dirty Picture - Taio Cruz featuring Kesha
10. Not Like A Queen (mashup) - DJ Sergio featuring Katy Perry & 30 Seconds To Mars

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, January 20, 2011

1. Ghosts Can't Handle Me (mashup) - Global Mashup Crew featuring Flo Rida, David Guetta & Michael Cassette
2. If Madonna Calls 2010 (remix) - Junior Vasquez featuring Fisher & Fiebak
3. Love Train (remix) - IDMC Gospel Choir
4. Tender Umbrella (mashup) - DJ Party Ben featuring Rihanna & General Public
5. Come Together - The Beatles
6. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
7. Barbra Streisand Is Dynamite (mashup) - DJs From Mars featuring Taio Cruz & Duck Sauce
8. Raise Your Glass (remix) - Pink
9. Not Like A Queen (mashup) - DJ Sergio featuring Katy Perry & 30 Seconds To Mars
10. You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me - Cher

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Track List - Saturday, January 15, 2011

1. I Like That - Richard Vission & Static Revenger featuring Luciana
2. Magic - B.o.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo
3. Airplanes (remix) - B.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams & Eminem
4. OMG (remix) - Usher
5. Behind These Russian Roulette Eyes (mashup) - DJ Dan Mei featuring Kelly Clarkson & Rihanna
6. Imma Stop Loving Drugs (mashup) - DJ Titus Jones featuring Kesha, Glee Cast, LaRoux, The Black Eyed Peas
7. Ridin' Clocks (mashup) - DJ Martinn featuring Jason DeRulo & Coldplay
8. Teenage Dream (remix) - Katy Perry
9. Empire State Of Mind (remix) - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
10. Just A Dream - Nelly

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, January 13, 2011

1. Hot Tottie - Usher featuring Jay-Z & Ester Dean
2. Get This Celebration Started (mashup) - DJ Dan Mei featuring Pink & Madonna
3. Naturally (remix) - Selena Gomez & The Scene
4. I Like It (remix) - Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull & Lionel Richie
5. Bizzare Light Triangle (mashup) - Party Ben/New Donna featuring Madonna & New Order
6. Memories (remix) - David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi
7. Just The Way You Are (remix) - Bruno Mars
8. Just A Dream - Nelly
9. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars

I'm back! And for good now! At least for the foreseeable future. Thanks so much to all the amazing instructors who subbed for me, and most of all, thanks so much to everyone for staying committed to their workout routines and/or to those who are just including the Ride with Tommy! as part of their new year resolutions!

In good health,

tommy

Thursday, January 06, 2011

More Subs for this weekend, January 7-10, 2011!

And as if I haven't been gone enough lately, I will be out of town this weekend and then on Jury Duty Monday! I can't wait til things get back to "normal"! Here are my amazing subs:

Friday January 7, 2011 9:30am Red Line Ride - Ryan Taylor
Saturday, January 8, 2011 9:30am Ride - John Terlingo (2nd half of a double!)
Monday, January 10, 2011 9:30am Red Line Ride - Guy B

Thanks to everyone subbing for me and for everyone who continues to support me and my classes for the Ride with Tommy!

In good health,

tommy

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, January 5, 2011

1. United State Of Pop (Don't Stop The Pop)(mashup) - DJ Earworm featuring the top 25 songs of 2010 as ranked by Billboard
2. Dirty Girl (mashup) - Global Mashup Crew featuring Rihanna & Black Eyed Peas
3. I Wanna Bulletproof Dancer (mashup) - DJ Titus Jones featuring La Roux, Robyn, Whitney Houston & Taylor Swift
4. Untouched - The Veronicas
5. Express - Christina Aguilera
6. Get Teenager Outta DJ Way (mashup) - DJ Ryson featuring Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, Usher, Mr. Hudson & Madonna
7. Teenage Dream (remix) - Katy Perry
8. Just The Way You Are (remix) - Bruno Mars
9. Not Like A Queen (mashup) - DJ Sergio featuring Katy Perry & 30 Seconds To Mars

For the fourth year in a row, we kick off the new year looking back at the previous year...or listening to it...with DJ Earworm's mashup of the top 25 songs of the year 2010 according to Billboard. DJ Earworm was one of the first deejays to lead me into the world of "mashups" and I now wholeheartedly embrace their use in class as a way to make classes more fun and high energy. DJ Earworm has an amazing talent for "blending" different songs - even genres! - together into a seamless soundtrack to inspire and motivate riders to the next level, a higher level, where they are giving more than they thought they were going to, more than they thought they could! That's what I like to see! And I'm including DJ Earworm's amazing video of the United State Of Pop (Don't Stop The Pop) here so you can see it and enjoy it, too!



And here is what DJ Earworm has to say about this year's mashup on his website, www.djearworm.com (which you should visit to hear more of his work!)

"Yet another installment in what has become an annual New Year’s tradition. It’s the United State of Pop, which mashes up the Top 25 songs of the year, according to Billboard magazine.

In 2010, pop has gone into serious all-out party mode. In 2009 the music was encouraging us to pick ourselves back up after being knocked down again, and to rock out to some great dance music while you’re at it. This year’s music tells us to keep going now that we’re up and having fun. In fact, the fun seems to be in such overdrive that it borders on recklessness. Usher urges us to ‘dance like it’s the last night of your life”, and Katy Perry wants us to “run away and don’t ever look back”. Even the songs that aren’t about parties have parties in their videos, like this year’s entries from Mike Posner and Lady Antebellum.

It’s a great thing about music that you can leave your worries and lose yourself in the moment. In our current world of dance pop culture fantasy, this takes place at a club, where you can drink, meet the most amazing person you’ve ever met, and where as Ke$ha says, “the party don’t stop”.

Personally, as a DJ performing mostly at raging party-ish events, I can relate. My career path has been crazy lately, and I’m definitely not ready for the party to stop!

So with that in mind I urge you all please……

DON’T STOP THE POP

•Ke$ha - Tik Tok
•Lady Antebellum - Need You Now
•Train - Hey, Soul Sister
•Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg - California Gurls
•Usher Featuring will.i.am - OMG
•B.O.B. Featuring Hayley Williams - Airplanes
•Eminem Featuring Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie
•Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
•Taio Cruz - Dynamite
•Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris - Break Your Heart
•B.O.B. Featuring Bruno Mars - Nothin’ On You
•Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull - I Like It
•Young Money Featuring Lloyd - Bedrock
•Jason Derulo - In My Head
•Rihanna - Rude Boy
•Lady Gaga Featuring Beyonce - Telephone
•Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
•Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are
•Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me
•The Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be
•Jay-Z + Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
•Usher Featuring Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love
•Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars - Billionaire
•Eminem - Not Afraid
•Iyaz - Replay

To support these artists, buy some of their music!"

I'd also like to highlight one of my new favorite songs of any kind! Yes, it is a mashup, but it is really hard to tell that it is. Yes, it is a ballad, but is an absolutely beautiful cool down. And yes, it comes from a somewhat surprising source...one of the hottest pop stars of the year and a rock band with a former teen hearthrob as the lead singer. I'm talking about DJ Sergio's mashup, "Not Like A Queen" featuring Katy Perry and 30 Second to Mars. The blend of Katy Perry's "Not Like The Movies" and the 30 Second to Mars single "Kings & Queens" is more like a haunting, smooth, soulful, beautiful duet than it is a mashup. And yes, the lead singer of 30 Second to Mars is Jared Leto, formerly the teen hearthrob and Claire Dane's crush in the critically lauded, poorly rated and thusly short-lived TV series, "My So-Called Life" also starring former Crunch member, Wilson Cruz in a ground breaking role. I'd also like to include that for you here:

Katy Perry vs. 30 Seconds to Mars - Not Like a Queen (Sergio's Mashups) by Mixes and Mashups #15

So I'd like to take this time to say thank you to everyone who has been riding with me throughout the past year (and/or years!). Thanks to everyone who has just joined the Ride with Tommy! as part of a New Year's resolution! I am honored with your trust to work you out, motivate you and help you obtain results. Thank you! And Happy New Year! Here's to seeing more (and less) of you in 2011!

In good health,

tommy