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Podcast Episode

🎙 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

Where to Find Us:
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 #24 - Bringing in the New Year, with Richard McCready

Richard McCready returns to the show to bring in the new year. We reflect on what we learned over the past year and discuss how music teachers can challenge their perception of tradition, creativity, and learning process, moving forward. Of course we also share our app and album picks of the week.

Show Notes:

METT Season 2, Episode 1 - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers with Guest Richard McCready (Richard’s last appearance on this show)

Maggie Shorb on Twitter

Essential Music Technology: The Prestissimo Series (Oxford University Press)

RiverHillMusicTech.com

Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller

App of the Week:
Robby - Apollo
Richard - Jamzone

Album of the Week:
Robby - Christmas with Travelin Light
Richard - Classic Delta and Deep South Blues from Smithsonian Folkways

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Richard - 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

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

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METT Episode #22 - Teaching Hybrid, Composing Music, and Finding Balance, with Tyler S. Grant

METT Episode #21 - Music and Technology We're Thankful For, with Craig McClellan

Robby's cohost from The Class Nerd podcast, Craig McClellan, returns to talk about recent smart home and Apple purchases, speakers with digital assistants, technology and music we are thankful for.

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Show Notes:

The Class Nerd Podcast - Listen to Craig and I talk about using technology in the classroom
Philips Hue Bulbs
Lutron Caseta Light Switches
MyQ Garage Door Opener
Netatmo HomeKit Doorbell
Nest Hello Doorbell
Starling.io
Eero
Sonos One
Craig's Guitar:
Cory Wong
Vulfpeck
Robby's Viral TikTok:

@_robbyburns

#duet with @_robbyburns I added the percussion. #sleighride #concertband #bandmusic #fyp #foryou #christmasmusic #percussion #babiesoftiktok

♬ original sound - Flute Dude Music
Robby's Way More Viral (But Less Good) TikTok:

@_robbyburns

#duet with @_robbyburns

♬ original sound - Flute Dude Music

Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride Arrangement
@flutedudemusic on TikTok
Star Wars Themes on Guitar During Worship Songs - TikTok Robby's We Wish You A Merry Christmas Meme TikTok:

@_robbyburns

#duet with @simplyaleah_ #christmasmusic #musictheory #musicnotation #vibraphone #percussion #fyp #foryou #accidentaljazz

♬ original sound - Aleah Vassell

Tech We're Thankful For

HomeRun App
Kemper Amp
TikTok
TextExpander
forScore for Mac
Apple Pay

Music We're Thankful For

Brahms Symphonies - George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra

Ruston Kelly - Shape & Destroy

Painted - Lucky Daye

NEEDTOBREATHE - Out of Body

Boston Brass - Rewired

Thad Cockrell - If In Case You Feel The Same

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

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#20 - Electronic Music School, with Will Kuhn

Will Kuhn joins the show to talk about Apple's new Macs, teaching electronic music, home automation, and his forthcoming book, Electronic Music School.

Show Notes:

We recorded this episode right after last weeks Apple event! People have now used and reviewed these machines! I recommend this one, this one, and this one.

Other topics include:

  • Apple in education
  • M1 chip implications for audio software
  • Other Apple Fall announcements and products
  • Ableton Live 11

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Stuff mentioned:

App of the Week:
Robby - Neural Mix Pro
Will - Ableton Live 11

Album of the Week:
Robby - Vulfpeck | The Joy of Music The Job of Real Estate
Will - Machinedrum - A View of U | beabadoobee

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

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METT Episode #19 - Productivity Boot Camp (Part 2): Email and Calendars, with Dr. Frank Buck

Thanks to my sponsor this month, Flat for Education.

Dr. Frank Buck returns to the show for Part 2 of the Productivity Boot Camp mini-series to talk all about managing calendars, handling email, time tracking, and automation!

Dr. Frank Buck is a productivity master with a background in band directing and administration. I share my knowledge of Apple products and native third-party apps, and he shares his experience with web-based, cross-platform apps.

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby - Reeder 5
Frank Buck - Snipboard.io

Album of the Week:
Robby - Palo Alto | Thelonious Monk
Frank Buck - Christmas Portrait | The Carpenters

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

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METT Episode #18 - Productivity Boot Camp (Part I): Notes and Tasks, with Dr. Frank Buck

Thanks to my sponsors this month, Flat for Education.

Dr. Frank Buck returns to the show for the kick-off of my mini-series, Productivity Boot Camp! Dr. Frank Buck is a productivity master with a background in band directing and administration. I share my knowledge of Apple products and native third-party apps, and he shares his experience with web-based, cross-platform apps. We bounce back and forth about good digital task and note management and share our favorite apps!

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby - Sticky Widgets
Frank Buck - Feedly

Album of the Week:
Robby - The Lost Art of Longing | BT
Frank Buck - Handel Flute Sonata V - Recording of Dr. Frank Buck Performing

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

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Thanks to this week's sponsor, Flat for Education:

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Flat for Education offers an advanced system of assignments allowing you to create playful and stunning music activities with your students.

Create a template for all your students to start working from, or simplify the toolbar to have them only working with eighth and quarter notes. The only limit is your imagination.

Save a lot of time by generating worksheets and quizzes in just a few clicks for your students to practice music theory.

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