Best Workout Music

Apparently the Repacer software and this site have been mentioned on the WSJ on Tuesday in an article titled “Finding Good Workout Music”

Two things surprised me the past couple of days. The first is that the human comment authentication does not filter out all the spam comments. That’s really interesting - either the crap peddlers hire people to type in their “comments” or they make use of smart OCR software that can detect the digits that need to be entered. Interesting - I’ll play around a bit more to see if I can tighten the spam openings…

The second thing is regarding the BeatScanner version 1.4 freeware that now can be downloaded from my site. This last version contains a special bonus where you only need to submit information for 100 music files that have been scanned and create 3 workout play lists and you can immediately get a personal registration code for the Repacer product (Repacer can convert the beat of any music file you have to the rate of your workout and costs $24.95 to register). The reason I added this bonus was to expedite the growth of the workout music database and thought many people would jump at the offer. To my surprise people just continued purchasing Repacer and as of yet, not one person has submitted enough information that would get them a free registration code (which really isn’t much, considering most people have over 100 titles of audio files on their disk).

I have some theories regarding why this is so - one is that this bonus simply isn’t stated clear enough, another is that people are wary of submitting anything (although all that is sent is the beats per minute information of the music files - not the files themselves) - whatever the reason, I’ll continue with this bonus until it sinks in since this database will really help anyone interested in workout music and I intend to make it completely available to anyone who wishes to have access to it.

Well, BeatScanner 1.4 is finally out. This version, as promised, focuses on improving the accuracy of the automatic BPM detection so that you can have more confidence that the beat that was detected matches the workout pace you intended. There are some additional improvements such as the ability to play the tracks while you are sorting out your play list to make it easier to find the right “flow” for your workout.

There’s another bonus I’ve bundled with this version and that is the option to get a free registration code for Repacer (which is currently sold for $24.95). The songs and workout play lists database has been building up over the last few weeks but I wanted to give it a real boost before I make it openly available for everyone to enjoy. To that effect I’ve added this incentive - so make use of it while its available (This bonus will be available for at least until May) .

The amount of spam I’ve been receiving on this blog is more than I ever imagined would arrive - although by the amount of spam mail I receive it shouldn’t come as a surprise. I’ve always wondered, why do they bother ? Obviously because someone is making money out of it, but seriously - does anybody actually read that crap ? Are there actually people who still believe that you can easily make Millions of dollars by corresponding with a Nigerian official ? or that you have been fortunate enough to have an email that won $250M in the email Lotto ?

The blog spam is more oriented to showing you how to get all the pills you need to be the manliest man in the neighborhood, or the best porn sites, but wouldn’t someone interested in that stuff look for it in a place that has more credibility than a sleazy link in a non related blog ? Perhaps its just the law of large numbers - you eventually catch enough fish if you throw a net that is large enough.

Anyway - I’ve had enough of these blog spams so I set up a captcha verification to make sure a human is entering the comment. Its the easiest installation for a captcha plugin for WordPress that I’ve seen. If you want to use it in your own blog you can download it here .