Music Technology 101 - Conversation with Heath Jones

Heath Jones (author of Music Technology 101 / Executive Editor and Founder of MuTechTeacherNet) joins the show to talk about teaching music technology, apps we love, and formative musical experiences.

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Show Notes:

• Music Technology 101: The Basics of Music Production in the Technology Lab or Home Studio by Heath Jones | Hal Leonard
• Mutechteachernet.com
• Theresa Hoover
• Theresa’s most recent appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk
• Acapella app
• Jacktrip soundcheck with Christian McBride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmAJNmUb0Ig
• Dawn of the Daw, by Chris Bell

App of the Week:

Robby - Readdle / MacPaw

Heath - PlayScore 2 / JackTrip

Tech Tip of the Week:

Robby - Time Tracking: Toggl / Timery

Heath - Tidal / Novation Launchpad

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

Heath - Twitter | Website

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How I Manage My Private Teaching Studio

The latest episode of Music Ed Tech Talk is an overview of how I manage my private teaching studio and the tools that assist me.

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Show Notes:

• David MacDonald Unboxes the Odla Music Notation Controller
• What’s On My Desk?
• Soundsource Adds Shortcuts Support
• Automating My Rehearsal Tech Setup
• Wix
• Weebly
• Squarespace
• WordPress
• RobbyBurns.com
• Robby Burns Lessons Page
• Craft
• Craft for Music Educators - podcast episode w/ David MacDonald
• Evernote
• Timery
• TextExpander
• Calendly
• Fantastical
• Acuity
• IDAGIO
• Downie
• AnyTune
• Vidimote Safari Extension for slowing down and speeding up audio on websites
• Transpose pitch speed loop for videos - Chrome Extension
• Tonal Energy Tuner
• Teaching Intonation with Tonal Energy - podcast episode and blog post
• forScore
• forScore for Mac: Review
• Create a forScore Index
• DEVONthink
• Schlage Smart Locks
• Logitech Circle Doorbell
• Starling io
• Stream Deck
• QuickBooks
• MyMusicStaff
• Alfred app - automation friendly replacement for the Spotlight on Mac

App of the Week: Timery** | Toggl

Music of the Week: Beyoncé - Renaissance

Where to Find Me:

• Robby Burns - Twitter | Blog | Book

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Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain, with Dr. Cory Meals

Dr. Cory Meals joins the show to talk about building a second brain, personal knowledge management apps, and how to keep it all together!

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Show Notes:

• Slide deck from Cory's Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain Session at TMEA

• A Second (Music Teacher Brain) - Resources from the "Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain" Session | TMEA 2022

• Book: Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

• Evernote
• Notion
• Readwise
• Airr - Podcast App
• Craft
• Roam Research
• Obsidian
• Athens
• Drafts
• DEVONthink
• Craft for Music Educators - podcast episode with Dr. David MacDonald
• Get Organized Digitally! - podcast episode with Dr. Frank Buck
• Pass the Baton - podcast episode featuring Theresa Hoover
• Apps for Research and Remembering - podcast episode with Dr. David MacDonald
• Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students With Filemaker - podcast episode with Ben Denne
• Communication and Collaboration Apps for Music Teams - podcast episode with Ben Denne
• Articles from MacStories.net to help get set up with Obsidian:
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings
  • Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)
  • MacStories Starter Pack: Introducing Obsidian Shortcut Launcher, A Free Plugin to Trigger Shortcuts from Obsidian
• Overcast - Free, simple, award-winning podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
• Eliminating Canvas Stress by Writing Content in Markdown - my blog post that explains Markdown
• Deckset - app that designs your slides, so you can focus on your ideas
• Obsidian - Discord community and forum
• Taking Notes with Drafts - podcast episode featuring developer Greg Pierce
  • Institute for Composer Diversity
• Steinberg Summer Sale
• Poolsuite.fm
• Playdate

Other Recommendations from Cory, not mentioned in the episode:

• Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind
• Tiago Forte Interviews Dan Charnas

App of the Week:

• Robby - OnTheWay
• Cory - Carrot Weather

Music of the Week:

• Robby - Poolsuite Mix Tapes | Poolside - Low Season
• Cory - MUETE - Slow Loris | Ak Dan Chil (ADG7) - Yeong Jeong Geo Ri (Live on KEXP)

Where to Find Us:

• Robby Burns - Twitter | Blog | Book
• Dr. Cory Meals - Twitter) | Website | University Link

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Talking StaffPad, with David William Hearn

David William Hearn (composer, arranger, producer and creator of StaffPad) joins the show to talk about StaffPad, how teachers can use it, and the thought process behind designing great iPad software.

Patreon supporters get bonus discussion about recent tv, movies, and music we have been engaging with. Thanks to my sponsors this month, Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks.

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Show Notes:

• StaffPad
• File Not Found - a generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans | The Verge
• Procreate
• GoodNotes
• Playscore podcast episode featuring Anthony Wilkes
• Dorico
• Noteflight
• MuseClass podcast episode featuring Bob Chreste
• Keyboard Maestro
• Audio Hijack

App of the Week:

Robby - Default Folder X

DWH - Soulver

Music of the Week:
Robby - Button Masher - Origin Story

DWH - Prince

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby - Universal Clipboard

DWH - Automate stuff

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
David William Hearn - Twitter | Website

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New Software Coming from Apple

Tim Chaten, host of the iPad Pros podcast, joins the show to talk about Apple's announcements at their WWDC Keynote this month.

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Show Notes:

• iPad Pros - A podcast about getting work done on iOS
• iPad Pros Episode 121 – Dorico and Sibelius with Robby Burns
• iPad Pros Episode 130 – Teaching Music with Robby Burns
• Canvas podcast
• Dorico for iPad 2.3 introduces one-off purchase Lifetime Unlock option
• Home+ app)
• Hook app
• HOOBS
• Starling io
• NapBot)
• EDU Apple Store
• Spark Mail)
• Small Cubed Mail Plugins)
• Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card

• Broadcasts app)

• Malibu - Anderson .Paak

• Presumed Innocent - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

• Black Patch / The Man Re-Recording

• Home Widget

• Outcast Apple Watch App)

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

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#55 - MuseClass, with Bob Chreste

New podcast episode!!!

Bob Chreste joins the show to talk about MuseClass, a free musical assessment management platform from MuseGroup.

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Show Notes:

• MuseClass
• MuseGroup)

App of the Week:
Robby - Overcast

Album of the Week:
Robby - Black Radio III - Robert Glasper) Bob - Via Havana walking horsley

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby - Make a keyboard shortcut for any menu item on macOS Bob - Chrome tab groups

Where to Find Me:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

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PlayScore, with Anthony Wilkes

Anthony Wilkes joins the show to talk about PlayScore 2, a sheet music scanning app. Anthony is the CEO of PlayScore, and in the conversation we talked all about what it can do, the challenges of developing music scanning software, and practical uses for teachers and students.

Patreon supporters receive bonus conversation about machine learning, the future of score scanning software, and automation.

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Show Notes:

• PlayScore 2
• ReadScoreLib
• Dorico 2.2
• An interview with PlayScore creator Anthony Wilkes | Dorico Blog
• Scanner Pro
• PDF Expert
• Documents by Readdle
• Spark Mail
• forScore
• Sheet Music Scanner
• Michael Good, inventor of MusicXML | Scoring Notes podcast interview
• Music XML
• Apple Shortcuts User Guide
• OmniGroup JavaScript Automation
• My Audio Hijack blog post - Audio Hijack 4, Shortcuts, Podcasting Automation
• What's New in Audio Hijack 4

App of the Week:
Robby - Audio Hijack 4
Anthony - Dorico

Music of the Week:
Robby - Listen to This - Audio Guide Anthony - On BBC's first ever live broadcast of Beatrice Harrison, featuring cellist Clare Deniz

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby - Universal Control
Anthony - iPad multitasking

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

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#53 - Get Organized Digitally! with Dr. Frank Buck

Dr. Frank Buck returns to the show to talk about digital productivity and his new book Get Organized Digitally!

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Show Notes:

• Recent Dorico episode of Music Ed Tech Talk with Daniel Spreadbury
• musescore 4 Alpha
• Craft update
• Craft episode of Music Ed Tech Talk with Dr. David MacDonald
• Ableton Microtuner Blog Post
• Scala Files
• Audio Hijack 4
• Rogue Amoeba episode of Music Ed Tech Talk with Paul Kafasis
• Dr. Frank Buck's new book: Get Organized Digitally!
• Dr. Frank Buck's other books
• Todoist
• Craft extension for Todoist
• Evernote
• Remember the Milk
• Hook
• Blog post: Never Miss a Task, with OmniFocus Project Templates
• Task apps:
  • Asana
  • Tick Tick
  • Google Tasks
• Spark mail app
• DEVONthink
• OneNote
• TaskClone
• Calendly
• Fantastical
• Cardhop
• TextExpander
• Text Blaze
• Doodle
• Clipboard apps - Alfred / Pastebot / Yoink
• Peek-a-View - app for sharing a limited part of your camera roll with others

App of the Week:
Robby - MaskerAide Dr. Frank Buck - Google Lens

Music of the Week:
Robby - Gabriel Kahane: Magnificent Bird
Dr. Frank Buck - US Marine Band YouTube Channel

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby - Quick Gif with Cleanshot
Dr. Frank Buck - Windows Clipboard History

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

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Music Ed Tech Talk #52 - Dorico Updates! with Daniel Spreadbury

Daniel returns to the show to discuss the release of Dorico 4 for desktop, Dorico 2 for iPad, Steinberg licensing, and other updates!

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Show Notes:

• Dorico 4
• Dorico 2 for iPad
• Dorico YouTube Channel
• Introducing Steinberg Licensing
• Scoring Notes Review of Dorico 4
• Dorico 4 | Music Ed Tech Talk
• Previous Appearances on this show from Daniel - Dorico | Dorico for iPad
• Club MacStories

Album of the Week:
Robby - Dilla Time Book | Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Jay Dilla Essentials | J Dilla Influences | Inspired by J Dilla
Daniel - Horizon Forbidden West Soundtrack Volume 1

App of the Week:
Robby - Audible
Daniel - Raycast

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby - Whispersync
Daniel - Pi-hole

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

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Teacher Spotlight! - Krystal Williams

Krystal Williams joins the show to talk about all of the diverse tools, instructional, and organization strategies she uses to teach a variety of content areas ranging from band to music theory.

Krystal teaches at North Western High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, and is the Technology Chair for the Maryland Music Educators Association.

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Show Notes:

At about the 30 minute mark, Krystal shared her screen and showed off some examples of how she is using the Google Suite to engage her students and organize her classroom materials. See a video excerpt of that part of the conversation here:

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Links to things mentioned in the show:

• MMEA Tech Page
• YouTube Embed
• Craft
• Craft episode of Music Ed Tech Talk
• Krystal's Tech Three:
  1. Google Classroom/Site/Slides
  2. Smart Music
  3. MusicFirst
• OBS
• Hyper-Charging Online Classes with Open Broadcaster Software
• Classroom Maestro
• AirServer
• Lightspeed
• Getting Young Performers to Compose, Putting the E in Ensemble (And Much More) with Alex Shapiro
• Markdown
• Cory Henry
• Snarky Puppy
• DuPont Brass Band

App of the Week: Robby - Deckset Krystal - Perfect Ear

Album of the Week:
Robby - Aoife O'Donovan - Age of Apathy Krystal - Thundercat - This is Thundercat

Tech Tip of the Week:
Robby - Noir - Dark Mode for Safari Krystal - Repurpose old phones!

Where to Find Us:
Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book
Krystal - Band Director Toolbox Facebook Group | Diary of a Lady Band Director | Diary of a Lady Band Director YouTube Page

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