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NAMM's "Believe in Music" Virtual and Free Gathering -- Register Now!

I’m excited to be presenting at NAMM’s Believe in Music gathering on January 20-21, in collaboration with TI:ME. It’s virtual and free!

My session is called “What Do We Keep? Integrating New Tech Into In-Person Teaching” and is largely based on this blog post/podcast episode.

You can register here and read more about my session here.

The Music Ed Tech Talk Holiday Gift Guide, featuring Dr. David MacDonald

David MacDonald joins Robby to share their favorite books, hardware, apps, services, and musical gift ideas.

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Show Notes:

Books

Hardware

More Hardware

Software

Services

Misc

Music of the Week

Robby - Sarah Jarosz

David - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Tech Tip of the Week

Robby - Focus Modes

David - CopyChar.cc

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

David - Twitter | Website | Blog

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METT Episode 44 - Rehearsal Tech

Check out the latest episode of Music Ed Tech Talk!

Dr. Peter Perry joins the show to talk about the software and hardware we use in rehearsals, his book Technology Tips for Ensemble Directors, and our recent favorite music, apps, and tech tips.

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Show Notes:

Music of the Week

Robby - Astor Piazzolla and Gary Burton - The New Tango

Peter - Tony Benett and Lady Gaga - Love for Sale)

App of the Week:

Robby - Craft

Peter - Izotope RX9

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

Peter - Twitter | Website

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#43 - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with Paul Shimmons

Paul Shimmons returns to the show to talk about the features in Apple’s new operating system updates, and how we plan to use them.

Patreon subscribers get a bootleg version of the recording, without the ads, and including bonus conversation about notation apps on iPad.

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App of the Week

Paul - Ultimate Drill Book

Robby - Sofa

Music of the Week

Paul - Powerhouse - White Heart

Robby - Cory Henry - Best of Me

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Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

Paul - Twitter | Website

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The Prime Directive, featuring Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein (Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast #32)

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Ethan and Will join the show to talk about their book Electronic Music School, the Prime Directive, writing apps, and the future of the iPad.

Thanks to this week's sponsor, the DMV Percussion Academy. Leran more and registere here.

Chapters:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro
  • 00:01:25 - Sponsor: DMV Percussion Academy
  • 00:02:03 - Star Trek
  • 00:04:18 - Electronic Music School
  • 00:10:09 - Teaching Underlying Musical Concepts of Electronic Music Styles
  • 00:18:33 - Perceived Threat by Traditional Performing Arts Teachers
  • 00:24:28 - Teaching Songwriting
  • 00:27:23 - Scaffolding
  • 00:37:15 - Fighting Racism with Music Education
  • 00:48:37 - The Prime Directive
  • 00:52:34 - Staying Relevant?
  • 01:07:15 - We Live on Twitter
  • 01:07:15 - Writing Apps
  • 01:13:21 - Bedtime
  • 01:16:07 - The M1 iPad Pro
  • 01:35:51 - Tech Tip of the Week
  • 01:38:14 - Album of the Week
  • 01:41:07 - App of the Week
  • 01:43:24 - Closing

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby - Tot
Will - In Haler Radio
Ethan - Figure

Album of the Week:
Robby - Tauk - Shapeshifter II: Outbreak
Will - Suburban Lawns - Janitor (Original Video)
Ethan - Clipping - The Deep

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Will - Twitter | Website
Ethan - Twitter | Website

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🎙 forScore for the Mac, featuring David MacDonald (Music Ed Tech Talk #31)

Robby and David talk about forScore for the Mac and its new syncing feature. But also, lots of music theory.

Also included:

  • Loop-based music theory

  • GoodNotes for the Mac

  • Transcribe Apps

  • Lots of music apps and utility apps

  • Tech podcasts we like

  • Music YouTubers we like

  • Our favorite music, tech tips, and albums of the week

Show Notes:

App of the Week: 

Robby - Soro for Sonos
David MacDonald - Diagrams

Album of the Week:

Robby - Lettuce - Elevate
David MacDonald - Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - Brooklyn Babylon 

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
David MacDonald - Twitter | Website

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🎙 Music Ed Tech Talk #27 - Catching Up With Shawna Longo, with Shawna Longo

Shawna Longo joins the show to talk about our hybrid teaching gear, social emotional learning, cloud-based music tools, and our favorite apps/albums/tech tips of the week.

Topics include:

  • COVID hybrid teaching strategies
  • Teaching hardware (on a cart!)
  • Teaching performance virtually
  • social emotional learning
  • music tools in the cloud
  • the Canvas mastery grade book

Show Notes:

Tech Tips of the Week:
Robby - Command+K (or Control+K) will create a hyperlink
Shawna - Mute All for Google Meet | Use AirPod mic as input in Google Meet

App of the Week:
Robby - TIDAL Shawna - Scannable

Album of the Week:
Robby - Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa Shawna - Happiness Begins - The Jonas Brothers

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Shawna - Twitter | Website

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🎙 METT Episode #26 - Featuring Katie Wardrobe

Technology trainer and speaker, Katie Wardrobe, joins the show to talk about producing technology training and resources for music teachers. (And way more)

Topics include:

  • Katie's exceptional website: Midnight Music
  • Free vs. paid software
  • Teaching facing / student facing software
  • M1 and Intel Macs
  • Tools Katie uses to make content
  • Canva
  • File Management on iPad
  • Podcasting
  • Managing big projects
  • Our recent favorite tech tips, albums, and apps

Show Notes:

Katie's Home Screen

Robby's Homescreen

App of the Week:
Robby - CalZones
Katie - DaVinci Resolve

Album of the Week:
Robby - Tye Tribbett Apple Music Essentials Playlist
Katie - The Arcadian Wild | Cory Wong & Metropole Orkest

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Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Katie - Twitter | Website

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METT Episode #25 - Mastering the Practice Process, with Rob Knopper

Rob Knopper (Metropolitan Opera, auditionhacker, percussionhacker) joins the show to talk about mastering practice, improving the audition process, and using technology to support his multifaceted efforts as a performing percussionist, teacher, and creator of web resources for musicians.

Other topics include:

  • How to Practice With Technology
  • Technology for Making Content
  • Developing Diverse Skills/Remaining Teachable
  • Finding Generalized vs. Specialist Mentors
  • Comprehensively Studying Masterworks and Making Practice Resources for Them
  • Acquiring Phrasing Language
  • Teaching Students to Recognize Mastery
  • Embracing Failure/Auditions Are Process Not Product
  • Our album and app picks of the week

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby - SoundSource
Rob Knopper - Anki

Album of the Week:
Robby - An Oscar Petersen Christmas
Rob Knopper - Pictures at an Exhibition | Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Rob Knopper - Twitter | Website

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METT Episode #23 - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis

Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba, joins Robby to talk about the stellar audio apps they make and how Robby is using them in the music classroom both before and during COVID.

Show Notes:

Rogue Amoeba Website: Macaudio.com

Robby's Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks
Stream Deck

Rogue Amoeba Apps:

Audio Hijack
Loopback
Sound Source
Piezo
Farrago
Fission
Airfoil
Ultimate Podcast Bundle
Educator Discount and Volume Pricing

My blog post on Audio Hijack
My blog post on Loopback

Mimeo Photos Extension for the Mac | Make premium printed photo projects right on your Mac

Acorn | Full Featured Photo Editor for the Mac

App of the Week:
Robby - Pixelmator Pro
Paul - Tot

Album of the Week:
Robby - Charlie XCX | How I'm Feeling Now
Paul - The Colour and the Shape | Foo Fighters

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Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Paul - Twitter | Website

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