Here is some information about downloading music:

Music Sources:
Limewire - get Limewire Pro http://www.limewire.com/ - Make sure you are connected when you do a search on Limewire.  Search for Audio only - if you don't you might get offensive content.  Order your list of results descending by number of sources (highest number at the top.)  Then make sure that all the sources have around the same file size - this is how you will know you are downloading a song and not an advertisement.  Also - make sure you are downloading from someone with a high speed connection.

Make sure you run a virus scan each time you download music using Limewire.  Although it says that there is no bundled malware with that comes with that software, something is up.  My computer always runs slower after I use Limewire until I run the scan. 

After you are done downloading all the songs you need go to your Windows Media Player.  Go to the library and make sure you are looking at all of your songs.  Press F3 to tell Windows Media Player to search for the new music files you downloaded from Limewire (or whatever other source you use.)  The new files will show up at the bottom of the list.  Make sure you rename your new songs so that the song column contains the name of the song and the artist column contains the name of the artist.  This way when you go to search for the song later you can find it.  You do this by clicking the song title or artist space on the song twice so it becomes editable.

Other Tools:
Mixmeister - tool you can use to measure BPMs in songs (free) - http://www.mixmeister.com/ - go to 'Downloads' > BPM analyzer at the bottom of the page.

Music Ideas:
http://www.promoonly.com/ > 'Music On CD' > 'Radio Series' - lists songs that came out each month by month.  Once you are on the page for a selected month hit 'Print Friendly Details.'  This will give a printable page listing all the details about each song INCLUDING beats per minute.  You will not be able to download from the site, but it may give you ideas on songs you would like to download from other sources.

Please see http://www.fitclasses.com/kelly_s_blog/view/2458/kickbox_playlist for more.

1.  warm up: (Born to Bounce, Artist not known) - intro fighting stance, walking lunges with class in teams while talking about kick form and demonstrating hip action and proper front kick form.  Last couple of passes across the room participants perform lunge with front kick (including pushing hip forward)
2.  jump rope: (Can't Stop the Rain, Cascada) - 3 rounds of jump rope (on chorus) - alternate movement would be jab with foot action and hip movement
3.  jab/cross combinations: (Tap That, Megan McAuley) punching work with weight shift on chorus (lead arm jabs to front and out to side while lead leg pushes forward and out to side.  Weight shifts working abs.)  last part of song in speed bag alternating with jumping jacks.
4.  speed work: (Voodo People, Prodigy) - 4 rounds with music (follow the music) alternating speedbag, speedbag with jog, jog with arms up, jumping jacks - 4.  side kicks:
5.  uppercuts:
6.  knees:
7.  front kicks: (Whine Up, Kat DeLuna) front kicks fundamentals, side/front/knee combo on chorus
8.  pushups: (Freeze Frame, J. Guiles Band) see choreography section on this site for printable choreography for this track
9.  lower body speed work:
10. torso:
11: stretch: (Proud, Heather Smalls)

Watch for new articles coming in the February and March issues of Fitness Management Magazine.  I just finished the March issue - it's a pro's vs. con's look at pre-choreographed vs. freestyle fitness programming.

This article was so much fun to write.  I emailed every group fitness director I know and got them to weigh in.  Then I interviewed David Spence, a national trainer for Les Mills and a 30 year instructor.  David is great.  He does a lot of team teaching with his instructing partner, Jan.  When you put them together it's like watching a morning show.  They are both true professionals.

David talked about his reaction to the pre-choreographed concept when he first heard of it.  Like most established freestyle instructors, he was against it.  Until he did it a few times and realized how freeing it is.  Now he trains instructors on how to teach pre-choreographed through Les Mills.

We also talked about the role of the individual instructor in a pre-choregraphed program.  Like me, he sees the need for the group fitness director to be fully on board and enthusiastic in order for a program like Les Mills to succeed in a club.

So that article will be out in March.  The February article is about online resources for your facility.  If you don't subscribe to Fitness Management it's a free publication.  Go to http://www.fitnessmanagement.com/.