Fitness Centres were quick to realise the power of the right music. The aerobics craze that swept the 70's taught them that you can set the right mood and even sustain the energy of a class with the pulsing rhythms of dance music. In fact, it was medically proven that you could marginally alter heartbeats by getting them in sync with a music beat. This phenomenon was later picked up by DJs at Rave Parties who would subtly ramp the bpms up and down to control the energy of the room.

A relatively new feature of Gyms has been the Cardio Theatre. Typically, the cardio section of a health club will have a bank of screens showing various channels linked back to headphone jacks on the equipment. A runner, rower or cyclist can tune into whatever suits their workout style.

It is here that Nightlife's HDMS™ has proved invaluable. The ability to program in a list to suit the time of day, and to have those lists fall within the bpm needed has been a real bonus for the operators of some of the country's major Fitness Centres…

Jacque Biddolph, manager of Ashgrove Body Designers in Brisbane says, “Talk about great music! Thanks to Nightlife, we've been able to tailor our music to suit our clients. We have the flexibility to program music to suit the many different types of people who visit our centre, which creates a fantastic atmosphere and allows us to maximise their fitness experience. The support from the tech team at Nightlife is awesome. It makes playing music a breeze”.

According to Joel Robinson of South Pacific Health Club in St Kilda, Melbourne, "Variety and freshness are important aspects of our business, we need to keep our clients and members happy and we find that with such a variety in our music selection we can please most people. We find Nightlife to be fast, efficient and professional when we require any technical support and they are very up-to-date with current trends. With such a diverse range in our members' ages and music tastes, it makes our job a lot easier having a company that caters for all needs."

And the last word goes to Paul Carswell from Everybody Fitness in Launceston. “The HDMS™ makes our life easy. We just press the power button and walk away. The unit plays the right music at the right time; all we have to do is install our monthly DVD-ROM.”

	Kelis first made an impact on the scene while screaming “I hate you so much right now... AAARGH!” at her cheating boyfriend in the 1999 video for Caught Out There. Fast forward five years and she’s still lamenting her man’s bad behaviour on Trick Me, the second single from her remarkable album Tasty. In real life however, Kelis’s love life is a lot more cheerful as she’s happily engaged to rapper Nas. Check out the funky and fiesty Trick Me on CR99 and ED99.
	An indie rock quartet heralded in February 2001 as "Britain's best new band", Starsailor has continued the rich lineage of the likes of Travis and Coldplay. Stealing their name from a 1970 Tim Buckley album, Starsailor’s second LP, Silence Is Easy, has finally hatched an Australian hit single. Four To The Floor is not only a typical radio hit but is also getting a lot of plays on the dancefloors with the awesome White Duke Mix. We’ve released both - the original is on CRX99 and the remix appears on CR99.
	Try to picture Cameo and Roger Troutman hitching a ride in Prince’s Little Red Corvette. You got it? Well, now you’re about halfway to understanding the “unbridled, purple-rain phunk” of the UK breaks duo Freestyler’s new ultra-funky single Push Up. It sees Matt Cantor and Aston Harvey join forces with unknown vocalist Theo, from the band Heist. So, here’s what you probably need to know about the Freestylers - they’ve made over 45 records, sold 350,000 albums, scorched the charts with the hot-footer B-Boy Stance, appeared on Top of the Pops and opened for Lenny Kravitz. They’ve rocked Glastonbury, crisscrossed the world touring with a 12-piece band and now they’re set to drop their third album Raw As F**k. The only thing as funky as this track is the video, and we have it now on CR99.
	There’s always two sides to every story and now 20 year old Staten Island native Frankee sets the record straight with her debut single. Upon first hearing the outright diss song, F**k It (I Don’t Want You Back) by apparent former beau, Eamon, Frankee hit back the only way she knew how - with the pen, paper and microphone. FU Right Back is Frankee's retort with what is, essentially, the same backing track as Eamon's but with her own, equally bitter version of their 'break up'. Titling her album The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, Frankee says that she’s much more than a one hit wonder and not to let her debut single fool you. Check out the explicit version of F.U.R.B. on CR99 and a cleaner edited version on JB83.
	On RD99 this month we feature Slither, the rock-tastic debut single from Velvet Revolver. They aren’t one of your everyday, run of the mill debut artists though... they are the collaboration everyone’s been talking about and are set to blow a hole in the rock world just as the Soundgarden/Rage Against The Machine supergroup Audioslave did back in 2002. The group features the unmistakable ex Guns ‘N’ Roses heroes Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum and joins them with Dave Kushner (Electric Love Hogs) and vocalist Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots). This is not another bloated supergroup. This is a band putting all their history behind them, going back to basics and creating a great band with an awesome raw rock record - Contraband. Buckle up, the boys are back in town and rock is well and truly back!!!

	Author - Ben Preece
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	DJ Mixta - Circuit Niteclub - Geraldton. After DJing with Circuit Niteclub and Hollywood Bar in Geraldton, WA since its beginnings two years ago, Lenroy Trimmer, aka DJ Mixta was pretty excited when Nightlife Music Video came on board around 3 months ago. Lenroy loves the HDMS™, and eagerly awaits his updates each fortnight to see what's what with the latest software developments.

Lenroy, 24, first got hooked on DJing 10 years ago after seeing his mates having a go and was just 17 when he scored his first regular club gig. He studies IT, plays guitar, is an ace programmer, and has a huge interest in setting up lighting rigs.

Fave song of all time is Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team with Usher's Yeah being current favourite. He'd most like to meet his fave artist of all time, Wacko Jacko, who he reckons was 'the man' in his day.

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[F6] Video Switching on your HDMS
This function allows you choose what will appear on your TVs/projectors. This function appears as two menus and can be accessed by using the [F6] key at the top of your keyboard.

Set Video 1 Output and Set Video 2 Output
This allows you to dedicate certain groups of TVs/projectors to display different video outputs. For example, your front bar TVs can play video clips and the back bar TVs can display Billboards. If you want all your TVs/projectors to be uniform, then all video should come from Video 1 Output. The menu for these outputs are as follows:

Computer Switch Video - this function displays the video clip with Billboards appearing at the end of each clip.

Set Video To Clips Only - this function displays the video clip only with no Billboards.

Set Video To Billboards Only - this function displays Billboards only.

Set Video To Input 3 Or 4 Only - this function allows you to use other visual inputs from additional equipment plugged into the system (ie. a video camera).

[Shift] [F6] Toggles Video
This function also allows you to toggle through available video inputs.

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Hope you are enjoying the NZX releases and the wealth of latest release NZ Top 40 - at last count we had 99% of the current Top 40. We would still like to know what songs you are using from this NZ content, and any others you may want.

Team NZ
L to R: Cathy Vickers, Ross Vickers , JoArna Hulse, Tony Wheeler , Brett Skinner, Inset: Matt Bell

You will notice that we have started to add in some of the much wanted music which has no video (audio only tracks) and we have a number of old classics that will be gradually added to this list. For venues that rely on their TVs to “bring their venue to life” our production team has been progressively scanning the relevant album covers to provide some visual interest while these audio tracks are playing.

This month's winner for the DJ Feedback goes to Karen at World of Fitness in Dunedin - she's faxed not one, but three feedback sheets and each one has some great constructive ideas. Please keep the feedback coming in after you receive each update - we love to get your comments and always take good note.