Music

[Faithnveggies]

What kind of music would you wish for? I love Top 40 remake fitness music /power mixes, am I the only one? I especially like music from BM2, LIC Cardio Hits, 4DS.

When filming, does Cathe have music or is that layered in later? How do we end up with the no music option?

It is so personal, too bad there is no way to make everyone happy. I am so motivated when there is music I like but have a dread factor when I actively dislike the music (which isn't often).

[SNM Videos]

When we film Cathe usually has music playing in the background so she and the crew can stay on beat. There are exceptions to this for workouts like STS which don't follow a beat. In cases like this the workouts are filmed without music and then the music is added in during editing.

Cathe's voice is recorded through the microphone she wears onto a separate audio track. The mike Cathe wears only picks up sound within a few inches of her mouth, so the background music is not picked up by her mike. Instead, music is recorded on a separate track directly from the source which is just a high end cd player.

The vocal and music tracks are then mixed together with the video for the normal play mode. Since these are all perfectly synced when they are recorded the vocals, music and video will match perfectly.

For vocals only option we just play the unmixed vocals only track instead of the mixed tracks.

[mini-natty]

I am one of those people that really does not get affected by what kind of music is playing. I mean, yes I love recognizable popular music, but it's not a deal breaker for me to like/dislike the w/o.

I have no special music request for Cathe's new workouts. All I care about is getting my butt kicked


Natasha

[stephaniein29]

Very interesting! I was wondering that myself. :-)

[mjd]

Originally Posted by Faithnveggies

What kind of music would you wish for? I love Top 40 remake fitness music /power mixes, am I the only one? I especially like music from BM2, LIC Cardio Hits, 4DS.

It is so personal, too bad there is no way to make everyone happy. I am so motivated when there is music I like but have a dread factor when I actively dislike the music (which isn't often).

Faithnveggies, ITA on the bolded bits - there are so many great workouts that I don't do cos I don't like the music! I use the one device to play my workout dvds and music so I can't listen to different music and use the "music off" option unless I put earphones on and that ain't gonna work!

I absolutely love the music in LICircuit, BM2, Imax 2/C&W, SJP, KPC, Low Max etc but totally understand that with the change in legal requirements, using "real" songs has become a very complex and extremely costly process these days. Have to confess I'm not a big fan of the "soundalikes" although I know they are extremely popular with many of you out there - yeah I know, you can't please us all, can you Cathe! Personally I'd much rather hear some original "pumping" motivating music (such as in 4DS) than "soundalikes" (ok put the tomatoes down people). One thing I really miss though is the "Music Louder" option and would like to put a special request in for a return of this option in the new workouts.

[MelanieC]

I love the music in 4DS. It never gets old, and it is so much fun.

[cammie-cam]

The Intensity/Lower Body Blast/High Reps music was fabulous. I actually did Afterburn this morning and I could have sworn I heard one of the songs again in an instrumental without the lyrics.

[fargomom]

I usually skip the cooldown, but when I did "step blast" last week I was so motivated to do it simply because I love the Tracy Chapman song - "Fast Car" - that plays during the cooldown. It's not actually Tracy singing, but I think the artist sounds pretty similar.

There are definitely some of Cathe's workouts that have better music than others, in my opinion. But, having said that, it's not a deal breaker for me. I pick a workout based on the workout itself, never on the music. It is a sweet bonus, though, when there's a motivating song playing!!

I hope the two new DVDs are sweat inducing, fun, invigorating and butt-kicking workouts. I'm sure Cathe will not disappoint!

[missyt]

I also agree with Natasha! The music doesnt bother me either! I just focus on Cathe and the crew and push through the workouts!!!!

[Faithnveggies]

Thanks SNM for sharing about how the workouts are filmed.

I didn't think music I dislike was a deal breaker either until I actually ran into some that I really disliked; but what I dislike may get someone else jazzed up- so who's to say.

Anyway, that was why I was wondering what others particularly enjoy.

I also wondered how much legality and cost impact the final music choices, too.