At the 2021 Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Drew has the pleasure to speak with Heath Jones, professional educator for 28 years. After 15 years teaching high school band he transitioned to middle school and saw a shortfall in music technology education at the middle school level. He now teaches music technology and authored the book MUSIC TECHNOLOGY 101

The Basics of Music Production in the Technology Lab or Home Studio. Heath also serves as the Music Technology Chair for the Georgia Music Educators Association.

In Part 1 of our conversation, we talk about Georgia as a top 5 filmmaking location and the careers in entertainment that creates. We also touched upon Heath’s approach of teaching music technology as another instrument of creation, the purpose of music notation and its applications traditionally versus today’s digital world, and the power of music to inspire the audience to listen to your story. Throughout the conversation he stresses the importance of process over product when teaching not just music technology but music in general.

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Just a few of the careers in music, many of which do not involve performing!

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