[bogomipz]

>"Anyways, the employees at my gym just play Spotify Premium and are friendly enough to take requests. Maybe you can ask your gym to play some music you like?"

Does this strike you as a viable solution? Everyone goes to the front desk and requests that the gym play music to suit their personal taste? How does that work out for the rest of the people in the gym that have different musical tastes?

Also wearing earbuds doesn't mean someone doesn't value "awareness." I can listen to my music and not compromise my visual awareness in the least.

[jimmaswell]

99% don't care, so the one person who does doing so is viable, yes.

[bogomipz]

>"99% don't care"

Do you have some data supporting this statistic?

Just an exercise I suggest you approach the staff at your local gym and ask them to play personal DJ for you. I'm fairly confident what the outcome of that interaction will be.

[jimmaswell]

I meant 99% of patrons aren't bothered by the music, if you were taking that differently. In that person's situation, apparently yes, they changed the music for him.

[Fenrisulfr]

I didn't say that people who wear earbuds don't value awareness. I was just describing my particular preferences. Also, yes it is a viable solution. I've seen it work at a handful of gyms. Those who don't like it wear earbuds or leave the gym.

[jxramos]

A jukebox app for a phone could be an interesting thing for a gym. Maybe only on certain days/times.

[lemcoe9]

You would need to pay Muzak or SiriusXM or another vetted provider of public music. Businesses (bars, hair salons, gyms, etc) cannot simply play Spotify or Pandora in their business, unless they plan on getting sued by BMI and/or ASCAP.

Muzak and SiriusXM have ready-made solutions for exactly what these sorts of businesses are looking for.

[acct1771]

AMI Music?

[dpcx]

iTunes used to have this. You could vote from your phone for a song playing on a PC. It was pretty neat when DJing for kids parties.