Music for the Solar Eclipse: Playlist is Available on August 20

On August 21, 2017, the Great American Solar Eclipse will cast its shadow and darken the skies across much of the U.S.A, and serve up a spectacular sight for observers all over North America.

What better way to take in this big event at your Bowling Center than with the perfect solar eclipse background music?

“Dark Side of the Tune” is a new playlist created by our music experts just for the event, and will be available in your player on August 20 in the Seasonal playlists section.

The playlist is 2 hours and 15 minutes of sun and moon-themed music, such as “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by Elton John, “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers, “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen, and of course, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler.

Click here to learn more about our Signature Programs.

New Years Eve Day

Create an all-day celebration with your music, music video and digital signage system. 

Why limit the New Years Eve countdown to ten seconds? With the Bowling Music Network, your twelve-hour countdown automatically starts at noon! Countdown’s can also start at 6:00 PM or 8:00 PM.

Every half hour, your screens will light up with a notification of how long until the New Year.

At 11pm, the frequency increases, right up to the Bowling Music Network signature New Year’s Eve ten second countdown with Auld Lang Syne and a megamix of party hits to turn the party up.

Your screens will come to life with fireworks and you can add your own Video Text messages to create your branded experience.

Hosting daytime parties? No problem, we have pre-formatted countdowns. This is a ten-minute program including announcements to build up the countdown, countdown, and Auld Lang Syne.

Be sure to utilize our New Years Eve Infotainment to let your customers know you are the New Year Eve Celebration Headquarters!

Please contact us if you would like our Subscriber Success Manager help you create your custom New Year Party!

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Bowling Music Network introduces 3 Adult Fun Leagues to Fill Your Second Shift

Your first shift leagues are thriving and you’ve got your basic competitive league night rituals down-pat. But what about those holes of time during the week that could use a little energy? Those dead hours don’t have to stay that way Bowling Music Network can help! With a little creativity, networking within your community and thinking beyond bowling you can transform quiet times into one of your most fun, profitable and desired hours.

Where to start?

1. Your first step is to think beyond bowling. Are there any fun trends or popular attractions in your community that you could piggy-back on by incorporating into theme night?
2. Try a new demographic. You’ve got your bowling center's target audience covered, but what about setting something up that interests a younger, older or different type of crowd?
3. Partner with your community. Is there another business or organization that might be interested in co-hosting a new league, theme or event? Talk to neighboring businesses and brainstorm ideas that can elevate your marketing efforts and boost your bottom line.

Looking for more in-depth ideas and tips to help breathe life into your second shift? Search no further! Our friend and Bowling Music Network Subscriber Collin Kerschner knows what it takes to create a successful league. Collin was kind enough to share his secrets to success and three tried-and-true league themes in the free guide: 3 Adult Fun Leagues to Fill Your Second Shift

Taking care of business means taking care of people!

The holiday season is a time to fill our lives with music, fellowship, family and cheer. The reality is, this is not the case for all the members of communities.

Taking part in the Business Cares food drive has become a holiday tradition at Bowling Music Network. We believe that taking care of business means taking care of people.

We're very fortunate to be part of a growing company in our vibrant community. As a successful organization, we believe it is our responsibility to assist those in our community that need a helping hand over the holidays.

It's staggering to learn that over 40% of our community's food bank clients are children. Our entire team is committed to do our part to help families in our community.

We're grateful for the dedicated subscribers to our networks and our incredible team that consistently contribute to our success. They make it possible for us to be part of Business Cares.

Happy holidays from us all at Bowling Music Network.  We ask that you also consider those in your community that could benefit from your generosity this holiday season.

Promote your Holiday Specials with the Bowling Music Network!

Bowling Music Network is the digital signage solution designed for the business of bowling.

When it comes to holiday season, we make it easy to promote your gift cards, holiday parties and say thank you to your customers during the festive time of year.

Utilize our stock digital signage, design your own or have our in house graphics department custom design your signage that sells.

Having effective graphics is half the solution to sales success. You also need to make the right offers at the right time. Our easy to use scheduling software will play your digital signage offers when they are most effective. Our Subscriber Success Specialists will show you how to use our scheduling tool or they can create your marketing schedules for you.
Bowling Music Network’s digital signage is your easiest way to entertain, engage and influence. Put the Bowling Music Network to work for you today!

Summer Sizzler Programs

This weekend kicked off the official start to the summer season, and we have the soundtrack to summers past and present! check out our brand new Summer Sizzler and Summer Retro Sizzler programs, now available on your player!

Summer Sizzler:

Our SUMMER SIZZLER program compiles the biggest summer hits of the last 15 years (and will include this year's summer jams), as well as tracks from the last few years that remind you of good times at the beach and backyard BBQs, not having to worry about going to school or taking a week off work and just relaxing. You'll hear club tracks and hot favourites from The Black Eyed Peas, Ariana Grande, Destiny's Child, Usher, Rihanna, LMFAO, Katy Perry, and a whole lot more!

Summer Retro Sizzler:

Taking you back to the summers of the 80s and 90s with our SUMMER RETRO SIZZLERS program, these were the songs you were blasting from your boombox, spinning on your turntables, and listening to on mix tapes in your Walkman during summers gone by! The biggest summer jams, and songs with a seasonal theme including tracks from Ace of Base, Bryan Adams, Van Halen, TLC, Poison, Joan Jett, Gary Numan, New Kids on the Block, Michael Jackson, and so many more!

12 Songs For Mom This Mother’s Day!

One of the biggest advantages of the Bowling Music Network music and music video systems is that we make it easy to create special event playlists. Mother’s Day is as special as it gets in our opinion. Our programmers have put together a list of rated songs dedicated to Mom for your Mother’s Day playlists.

This one is for you Mom!

12 Songs For Mom This Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day, we take a look at a dozen tracks that are available in your player that celebrate moms everywhere!

Madness – Our House
Player rating: Mom Approved

This 80’s classic pays homage to the hard working mother, with the lyrics recalling a childhood where mom kept order in the family, among other happy memories of days gone by.

Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
Player rating: Mom Approved

The Motown legend penned this song in the mid-70s about the birth of his daughter, and the woman who brought her into this world. Remember, Mother’s Day isn’t just about your mom, but appreciating all mothers!

Miranda Lambert – Mama’s Broken Heart
Player rating: Adult (Lyric Video rating: Mom Approved)

Sometimes mom doesn’t tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. Miranda Lambert’s country-rock song about mom basically telling her to “walk it off” is one that everyone can relate to. Of course, this ain’t Mama’s Broken Heart, but every kid thinks they’ve got it tougher than their parents.

Taylor Swift – The Best Day
Player rating: Mom Approved

Before Taylor was shaking it off and singing about blank spaces to write her ex’s names in, she performed this song about fond childhood memories with her mom. The video includes home movie footage of the Swifts, featuring Taylor spending “the best day” with mommy.

Carrie Underwood – Mama’s Song
Player rating: Mom Approved

The job of mom is to do her best to teach her children right from wrong and then send them off into the world and hope for the best. Carrie Underwood penned this track about cutting the apron strings and telling mommy dearest not to worry, that everything’s going to work out just fine.

Spice Girls – Mama
Player rating: Mom Approved

A classic look at the mother-daughter relationship: teenage adolescence and rebellion giving way to the realization that mom was right all along. This song may be from the late 90s, but the theme certainly hasn’t gone out of style. Moms and adult daughters everywhere know this story, always have, and always will!

Boyz II Men – A Song For Mama
Player rating: PG

Boyz II Men proclaim that mom will always be “the girl in my life”. A love song to mothers everywhere, as the Boyz credit their mothers as the “driving force” behind them, thanking mom for everything she’s done. Isn’t that what Mother’s Day is all about?!

Backstreet Boys – The Perfect Fan
Player rating: Mom Approved

The Backstreet Boys named the perfect fan in 1999. No, it wasn’t Cindy from school with the BSB trapper keeper, pencil case and shirt that had seen them in concert 3 times this year already… it was mom! The Backstreet Boys know that the one fan that will always cheer for you is good ol’ mom.

Beyoncé – Ring Off
Player rating: PG

Beyoncé sings a song for all the mothers who put up with dad for too long. The theme doesn’t make for the peppiest of tracks, but it’s a musically upbeat song for all those single moms out there who had the courage to get themselves out of an abusive relationship.

LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
Player rating: Adult

Most moms are usually quick to tell kids to not resolve their problems with violence. LL Cool J’s mom apparently isn’t “most moms”, as we find out in this early 90s rap anthem.

2 Pac – Dear Mama
Player rating: Adult

An adult Tupac Shakur looks back on his childhood and stands in awe of how his mother managed to do it all. The details are probably a little different between your life and 2 Pac’s, but the theme is still the same, when you have that moment where you realize “wow, my mom did a LOT!” 2 Pac knows what’s up!

Danzig – Mother
Player rating: Adult

The Misfits founder performed this… alternative… look at Moms, warning them to not let her children “walk my way”. Probably a good idea, not everyone can pull off the mesh shirt and leather pants look. A 90’s classic for that rockin’ mom in your life.

Valentine's Day

This is one the biggest revenue days for your business. Are you utilizing your music and music video system to creating a memorable experience?

Valentine’s Day is less than two weeks away and Bowling Music Network makes it easy to create a love-inspired atmosphere with music, music videos and digital signage!

Whether you are hosting a romantic evening for couples or featuring food & drink specials, your customers will fall head over heels with your Bowling Music Network Valentines playlist.

Let your customers know that you are spreading the love with Bowling Music Network digital signage. Schedule your promotional content to automatically start playing now. Go for the heart and tune into our “Classic Love Songs” & “Valentine’s Day” playlists or create your own custom playlists to help set the romantic mood.

This also creates a great opportunity to promote other events plus your food and beverage specials. Our scheduling software will automatically play your promotional content when you want it to play.

Put the Bowling Music Network to work for your Business!

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Get Social with the Bowling Music Network

Put interaction technology in play with the Bowling Music Network music, music video and digital signage system for bowling centers.

New research from the National Restaurant Association found more than a third of consumers say they are more likely to use technology-related option than they were two years ago. Overall 70% of those surveyed said they own or regularly use a smartphone or tablet.

Over 89% of 18 – 44 year olds surveyed had a mobile device. 32% said they would use a smartphone app to pay their check instead of using cash or debit if offered. This trend will continue to grow.

Click here to see how easy it is to engage your mobile enabled customers with the Bowling Music Network music, music video and digital signage system combined with MYJAM.

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See the Bowling Music Network at the BCAO Convention and Trade Show 2014!

As the bowling industry's leading Music, Music-Video and Marketing Service provider, we make it a top priority to network, maintain connections and stay on top of industry trends.

Next month, we're heading to Dublin, OH, for the Bowling Centers Association of Ohio's Convention and Trade Show at the Crowne Plaza, May 19-21. We're looking forward to the opportunity to demonstrate our Version 10 Software which features enhanced Music and Music-Video playlist capabilities, our powerful Scheduling Tool, Smart Marketing Template technology and much more.

This year, the show has an exciting lineup of Educational Seminars including 'Selling Educational Field Trips' presented by TrainerTainment's Beth Standlee and 'Promoting Sales within your four Walls' with Kelly Bednar.

Stop by and say hello to the Bowling Music Team and let's discuss putting our Entertainment and Marketing service to work for your business.

Fore more information on the Bowling Centers Association of Ohio's Convention and Trade Show, please visit http://bowlohio.com/AdvHTML_Upload/documents/WEB%20Registration%20Information.pdf

Are you ready to Power up your Playlist?

Bowling Music Player Version 10 is launching and we're providing you with the ability to control your Music, Music-Video and Marketing like never before! 

With v10, Bowling Music Network Subscribers can look forward to exciting industry-leading features including:

• Music-Only Playlists: take control of tens of thousands of songs with full Playlist functionality
• Play-ANYTHING Playlists: Designed to play anything that you throw at them! Including Song Categories/Genres, Video Texts, Infotainment Categories and Player Commands 
• Enhanced Playlist Functionality: Multi-Select capability, 'Move to Top' & 'Move to Bottom' commands and more!
• Enhanced Player Controls: Pause and Replay songs easily in your Now Playing bar 

We hope that you will be as excited about Bowling Music Player Version 10 as we are. Please don't hesitate to contact us with your questions or comments as this exciting upgrade completes its launch over the next few weeks. 

Power Up Your Playlist!

The Bowling Music Network is launching a new Audio on Demand service. This provides your business with new options to create your custom branded experience.

Key features include:

• Exclusive MOM-Approved Programming
• Exclusive industry-specific Themed,
  Genre, Signature and Essential Programming
• Custom Playlist and "Smart Marketing Template" tools
• Instant access to tens of thousands of
  songs from multiple genres and decades
• Automated weekly content updates
• Day-parted scheduling to automate
  Playlist Programming
• Drag and Drop Management
• Remote Management of Playlists and Schedules from any connected PC
• Pause, Replay and Next functions

We are now booking demos for April to secure the introductory advance pricing of $59.00/month. Book your demo today to Power up your Playlist!

Get started here: Online Demo 

LOVE CLASSICS: Your Valentine's Day Entertainment Go-To

Today's consumers have higher expectations than ever before!

Are you using your Music Video System to create a unique entertainment experience this Valentine's Day?

Bowling Music programmers have just created the 'LOVE CLASSICS' Music-Video channel specifically for February 14th. Subscribers can also utilize Infotainment content to promote their Valentine's Day specials as well as the Video Text function to create unique Valentine's Day messages.



Our goal is to help you maximize your TV real estate with creative Entertainment and Infotainment content. Put the power of the playlist to work for your center with the Bowling Music Network!

3 Quick & Easy Solutions to Increasing Open Play Revenues

Most bowling proprietors spend a great deal of time and effort addressing the question 'How do I increase my Open Play Revenue?' They are often met with a lack of results and feel as though drastic structural changes are needed. 

As the only Music, Music-Video and Digital Signage service dedicated to the bowling industry, we strive to continually assist our subscribers in improving their businesses. We recently created a Whitepaper '3 Quick and Easy Solutions to Increasing Open Play Revenues' which provides key strategies to enhancing the revenue-boosting power of your packages, coupons and more.

We hope that this will allow you to take a step back and with a few simple changes, start getting the results you've been hoping for.

Download your free copy today: Open Play Revenues Whitepaper

TEEN-ZONE: Your Teen and Pre-Teen Entertainment Solution

If you've been looking for edgier, MOM-Approved Programming to appeal to bowlers ages 10-16, we've got the solution for you. Introducing the 'TEEN-ZONE': our newest Music Video channel featuring Top 40 Hits and Classics geared towards teens and pre-teens.

Our MOM-Approved Programming has an industry-leading reputation for providing quality, family-friendly entertainment that allows Moms to rest easy and saves you from spending hours reviewing lyrics and visual content. Our TEEN-ZONE turns up the edge and serves as a single-click solution for your School Events, Teen Birthday Parties, Youth Leagues and more.

It's KidZone all grown up. It's the TEEN-ZONE.

Bowling Music Network San Diego-bound for Bowl Summit 2014!

Every January, we look forward to attending the BPAA's Bowl Summit, a strategic conference intended to prepare bowling center managers, proprietors and industry leaders for the upcoming year. As a Music, Music Video and Marketing service designed to build the business of bowling, conferences like these aid us in bettering our services for our subscribers through educational seminars, committee meetings and great networking opportunities with industry figures.

This year, we are looking forward to attending exciting Learning Labs such as an Introduction to the New Youth Membership Model presented by Chad Murphy as well as this year's Thought Leader Keynote Presentation from Founding President of Starbucks International, Howard Behar, based upon his book 'It's Not About the Coffee'.

If you plan on attending Bowl Summit this year at the Omni San Diego Hotel, we encourage you to meet with Partner and New Business & Marketing Director, Jim Juniper, and Sales Director, Adam Melrose, to discuss your bowling business' entertainment and marketing needs. See you there!

For more information on Bowl Summit 2014, please visit http://www.bowlingsummit.com/.

Happy Holidays!

We would like to stop and take the time to thank everyone that was part of our success in 2013!

Thank you to our dedicated team that truly believes in the power of entertainment to engage and influence. Thank you to our subscribers who allow us to be part of their success story. We are truly grateful for your trust.

2014 will involve continued improvements to our digital signage, music and music video systems to help our valued subscribers achieve their business goals. This is our primary goal.

Happy holidays from the entire Bowling Music Network team!!