This week's podcast is a short introduction to single reeds, specifically saxophone and clarinet. Gannon and Stephen talk about what a reed is, what the numbers mean, and how different brands compare.

This week Gannon and Stephen explore their experience from when they were music majors in college. They discuss degree requirements, what "hours" of course work mean, the advantages of small/large schools, and share general advice on how to be successful.

This week Stephen and Gannon discuss the kind of person it takes to be a music major, what possible outcomes there are for the degree, and how to get ready for it! Look for more music major tips in the next episode.

For today's special edition of the Free Music Ed Podcast, we interviewed Thomas Bonte. He is the CEO of Musescore, the open source music notation software as well as the founder of wikifonia.org

What an amazing interview! We were impressed with Bonte's musical and technological vision. Our conversation's included his background, the history and features of Musescore, the revolution that is happening in the sheet music business, and the Open Golberg Variations.

In this week's podcast we talk to Lance Beaumont, director of the music department at Northwest Christian University and distance adjunct professor for Howard Payne University. In this interview we talked about their unique program, teaching lessons through video conferencing, the future of the music business as well as general practicing techniques and the benefits of class guitar in a public school setting.

For this weeks podcast we interviewed marching band arranger Luke McMillan and discussed arranging techniques and concerns for marching bands.

You can visit his website here:LukeMcMillanMusic.com

This week we have an interview with Dillon Phillips. Dillon is a private lesson instructor in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for guitar and drum set. Dillon is also co-host Gannon's twin brother. In this interview we discuss being a private lesson instructor and the techniques he uses with his students.

We interviewed Yigal Kaminka, Principle Oboist with the Jerusalem Symphony and co-founder of Joytunes. We talk about the music and music education scene in Israel. We also talk about the future of music education technology and the work Joytunes is doing with Gamification for the recorder, piano, and soon many other instruments.

Go download their FREE apps:

Piano Dust Buster for ios

Recorder Master

Recorder Express

And these websites:

http://www.joytunes.com/

http://www.jso.co.il/en/

Today is an extra special episode of the Free Music Ed Podcast. We have the web comic artist named Josh Wells who is the creator and illustrator of Oddquartet.com.

His web comic is all about music and musicians. In this podcast we talk all about his comic, musical influences, and his favorite comic strip artist. We also go super nerdy and discuss Dr. Who and Star Trek.

In this podcast Stephen and Gannon explore five technologies that have transformed music and the role of the musician including recorded sound, the player piano, radio transmission, Midi and the Internet, This podcast is about 33 minutes long.