stretch mix (originally posted 09.25.06)

i have a short stretch program i do at the gym.


before i ride the bicycle.

there are 15 stretches, some right/left or this way/that way make the total more like 25.

i try to hold each stretch for around 30 seconds.

i figured out that a 20-40 second playlist, with some editing, worked pretty well.



computers can be user friendly for organizing music.

my stretch list tells me how long to hold a particular pose.


when to move to the next one.


it operates as a personal counter.


"i am not wearing any underwear today," from the avenue q soundtrack, does not fail to humor or to cause me to feel devious.


(view the 10 photo stretchslideshow?)

and, i need more. you want to engage in the project and tell me (in comments here) what you found, don't you? cause, see, that way together we can build a better stretch mix.

operating instructions for stretch mix
0. open itunes (or whatever digital music software program you use)
1. create a new playlist named stretch (file - new playlist)
2. sort your library by time;
3. select all songs with length between 18 and 42 seconds (or thereabouts);
4. drag and drop the songs into your stretch playlist
5. open stretch playlist
6. delete books on tape, voice memos, heavy metal or whatever does not work for you in 20-40 seconds of stretching
7. you are left with a stretch mix.

or something like that. you get the idea.

for me, the "requiem for a dream" soundtrack is the best provider - eight songs performed by kronos quartet.

badly drawn boy gave me three in "about a boy".

peterson's field guide provided "larks and pipits," "gulls," "hummingbirds and kingfishers," and "shrikes and waxwings."

i need to rip more soundtracks. i need to add craig's (and other) field recordings. kyle's gotta have something he can hook me up with (there must be 30 second bay area improvisers pieces, right?). lara?. and, they have to have some 30 second outtakes of their own work. i need to make my own field recordings. i could also engage a digital scapel to get some 30 second pieces.

i need more quick glen gould or other classical piano and/or whatnot.

help a boy out with some tips? comment.