Music Ed Tech Talk

Friends of the show join to answer burning questions about music, education, and technology in 2021 (and beyond).

Patreon subscribers get some extra discussion about Dune and Foundation. Thanks to this month's new Patreon supporters, Emmanuel and Kristin!

Thanks to this month's sponsor, Light the Music!

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Show Notes:

• David MacDonald, composer
• Scoring Notes - Will Kuhn
• Will Book 1 - Electronic Music School
• Will Book 2 - Interactive Composition
• The Class Nerd Podcast
• Jon's new song - Another Night
• Obsidian - a second brain for you, forever.
• Craft - Taking notes to the next level
• Craft episode of Music Ed Tech Talk –> (1)(http://www.robbyburns.com/blog/47-craft-for-music-educators-with-dr-david-macdonald)
• OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software)
• OBS Cam app
• How to set up and use a Focus on iPhone and iPad
• DJI Pocket 2 camera
• Slack - a new way to communicate with your team.
• Todoist
• Trello
• Muse meditation headband
• Kirk Franklin
• Robby's book - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers
• Hazel - Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create.
• How to Organize Your Mac's Desktop with Stacks in macOS Mojave
• Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive
• File Not Found, a generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans | The Verge
• I Gave My Mom a Crypto Wallet: A Simple Guide to NFTs, Blockchain and More | The Wall Street Journal
• Dyson cordless vacuum
• Pen Chalet
• iRobot Brava
• How Machines Learn - CPG Grey
• The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
• Google is trying to make its image processing more inclusive
• iPad Mini
• Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone
• Elago Ring Light
• Ableton Push 2
• APC 40
• Instapaper - Save Anything. Read Anywhere.
• AirPods Max
• Tom Bihn Bags
• Tom Bihn Synik 30
• Tom Bihn Road Buddy Duffel 36
• Tom Bihn Parental Unit - Robby's bag for baby stuff
• Peloton Digital
• Headspace for Educators
• Will's car - Fiat Dino Spider (1967)
• Soda Stream Fizzy One Touch
• Matter - smart home alliance
• Teenage Engineering
• Playdate
• Apple VR AR Rumors - Bloomberg
• Soothe2 vocal processer
• Band in a Box
• iReal Pro
• Robby's play along tracks
• Pianoteq 7
• Loopback - cable-free audio routing for Mac
• OP1
• OPZ
• The Dirty Loops and Cory Wong - TURBO
• The Wheels on the Bus - Cocomelon
• Julius Eastman: Stay On It
• Sound Painting
• Animal Collective - My Girls
• One of a Kind | Vivo
• POWRIG 6" Elastic Cable Ties Bungee Cords Adjustable Cable Management Reusable - Red (10-pack)
• DEVONthink - Get Organized – Unleash Your Creativity
• OmniFocus - Accomplish more every day
• The Verge - EMAILS shirt
• Loki
• Foundation
• Only Murders in the Building
• Doom Patrol
• Chillin Island
• The Expanse
• Animal Crossing
• The Breath of the Wild
• Overcooked 2
• Star Wars Squadrons
• Dark Souls
• Fortnight
• League of Legends
• Google Stadia
• The Plot Thickens by Turner Classic Movies
• Hit Parade
• Sound Expertise
• William Robin | musicologist
• Robot or Not
• Do By Friday
• Election Profit Makers
• The 4-Hour Chef - The best steak recipe I have is in this book
• Recent episodes of Music Ed Tech Talk that the guests have been on:
• (2)(http://www.robbyburns.com/blog/20-electronic-music-school-with-will-kuhn)
• (3)(http://www.robbyburns.com/robbyburnsandfriends/bmw9wc09qe3qk7xfyh5l2rrctn6qnw)
• (4)(http://www.robbyburns.com/blog/47-craft-for-music-educators-with-dr-david-macdonald)
• (5)(http://www.robbyburns.com/robbyburnsandfriends/34-new-software-coming-from-apple-and-what-you-can-do-with-it-with-craig-mcclellan)

Album of the Year - Nate Smith: Kinfolk 2 | Stevie Wonder: Talking Book | Magdalena Bay: Murcurial World | John Mayer: Sob Rock | Cory Wong and Dirty Loops: Turbo

App of the Year - Obsidian | Fin Timer | OP-Z App | Pixelmator Photo | Molskine Actions

Tech Tip of the Year - Focus Modes (some discussion about how I am using these on episode 44 of this show) | camelcamelcamel.com | Use OBS for everything | Feedbin | Press and hold the spacebar on iOS to move your cursor around

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1. 47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald ↩
2. 20 - Electronic Music School, with Will Kuhn ↩
3. 1 - The Inner Game of Everything, with Jon Tippens ↩
4. 47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald ↩
5. 34 - New SOftware Coming from Apple (And What You Can Do With It), with Craig McClellan ↩

David rejoins the show to talk about how we use Craft, an extremely versatile, elegant, and powerful app for the web, iOS, and macOS devices.

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Show Notes:

• Example of listener submission, Mr. Ehler's, Resource for All Band Students (created entirely in Craft)
• Audacity 3.1 is out now!
• Fender acquires PreSonus
• Dorico 4, planned for early 2022, will be first Steinberg product to use new licensing system
• Craft
• OmniFocus
• Bear
• Markdown Blog Post
• iA Writer
• Obsidian
• Todoist
• Trello
• Rome Research
• Notion

App of the Week

Robby - Documents

David - GoodReader

Music of the Week

Robby - NPR Top 50 of 2021

David - Silk Sonic

Tech Tip of the Week

Better Touch Tool

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

David - Twitter | Website | Blog

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Christopher Bill joins the show to talk about the musicianship, hardware, software, and creative process behind his viral YouTube channel, Classical Trombone.

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Show Notes:

• Focusrite Control
• TEM240 - episode featuring Christopher Bill
• TBJ133 - featuring Christopher Bill
• Halloween 2021: Don't Fear the Reaper! (Trombone Cover)
• Christopher Bill Guide to Remote Music Education
• Christopher Bill's Multitrack Editing 101
• Shure X2u
• Robby's Virtual Teaching Setup
• Royer R-121 Studio Ribbon Microphone
• Focusrite Scarlet Solo
• Adobe Premiere Elements
• Ableton Live
• Clip Champ - video editing software for Windows
• Davinci Resolve - video editing software
• Izotope
• Loopback
• Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps - Music Ed Tech Talk Episode, featuring Paul Kafasis
• Open Broadacaster Software
• Virtual Audio Cable VAC
• Audio Jack
• Farrago - Soundboard app for Mac
• Audio Hijack
• Automatic Instrument Rental Forms, with Keyboard Maestro
• AutoHotkey (Windows version of KB maestro)

App of the Week

Robby - Keyboard Maestro

Christopher - Flic

Music of the Week

Robby - My Bluegrass Heart - Béla Fleck

Christopher - Don't Lose Sight - Song by Lawrence | Dirty Loops - Rollercoaster | How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful - Florence and the Machine

Tech Tip of the Week

Robby - NFC stickers

Christopher - OVOU Business Card

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

Christopher - Twitter) | Website | YouTube

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

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Show Notes:

• METT #43 - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey with Paul Shimmons
• Scoring Notes - Music notation software, macOS Monterey, and Apple Silicon M1 Macs
• Scoring Notes - Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS | Robby Burns
• Noteflight Blog - Connecting the Strands: Teaching Melody and Harmony Writing with Ukulele, Noteflight, and Soundtrap | Robby Burns
• David's last appearance on this show to talk about smart speakers
• Chris Russell's recent appearance on this show to talk ukuleles
• Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day

Books

• Scott L. Phillips - Beyond Sound
• V.J. Manzo - Foundations of Music Technology
• Will and Ethan episode
• Will Kuhn, Ethan Hein - Electronic Music School
• Jorge Variego - Composing with Restraint
• Peter Perry - Technology Tips for Ensemble Teachers
• Robby Burns - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers
• Ronald Kearns - Recording Tips for Music Educators
• The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy edited by Lee VanHandel
• Kathryn Finch, Theresa Hoover - Pass the Baton
• Sarah Urist Green - You Are An Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation

Hardware

• HomePod mini
• iPad mini
• MacBook Pro
• AirPods
• Elgato Stream Deck

More Hardware

• Scoring Notes Podcast
• Notation Central Stream Deck Profiles
• AT2020
• AKG P 420
• Røde Lavalier Go
• Røde Wireless GO II
• Scarlet Focusrite Audio Interfaces
• Twelve South StayGo | USB-C Hub
• Amazon Basics Studio Headphones

Software

• Rogue Amoeba Apps - Fission | Audio Hijack | Loopback | SoundSource | Farrago - Offers educator discount
• Drafts
• Craft - Offers educator discount
• OmniFocus - Offers educator discount
• Things
• Dorico - Offers educator discount
• StaffPad
• An evening with StaffPad - YouTube

Services

• Headspace for Educators
• Calm Schools
• Peloton Digital Teacher Discount
• Nebula

Misc

• Anker Nebula Capsule Projector
• Whoosh
• Nintendo Switch Online Subscription
• Atoms Shoes
• Bombas socks
• MacSparky Field Guides
• Paperless Field Guide
• Mac Pro Video
• Dorico Course - Leo Nicholson
• Skillshare
• Lamy Safari Fountain Pens
• Lush
• The Four Hour Chef
• Momofuku Cookbook

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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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:

- Dr. Peter Perry's book → Technology Tips for Ensemble Directors

- File Not Found: A generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans

- iOS 15 and macOS Monterey - Music Ed Tech Talk

- Take, Leave, Transform! What Do We Keep from Last School Year? - Robby Burns (NAfME)

- Get Back into the Rehearsal with Technology - Peter Perry (NAfME)

- Shure wireless mic

- TE Tuner

- GoodNotes

- forScore

- iStroboSoft

- Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks

- Focusrite Scarlet Solo

- AT2020 Microphone

- Twelve South StayGo USB Hub

- BandLab

- Soundtrap

- Zoom audio recorders

- Focus Modes

- Rogue Amoeba Apps - Loopback | Soundsource | Audio Hijack | Fission

- Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps with Paul Kafasis | Music Ed Tech Talk

- iReal Pro

- Band in a Box

- AirServer

- Classroom Maestro

- Kahoot

- Black Binder

- Dorico

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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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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Show Notes:

- Dorico for iPad: First Impressions | Music Ed Tech Talk

- Sibelius for iPad, Featuring Joe Plazak | Music Ed Tech Talk

- iOS 15

- macOS Monterey

- OmniFocus

- DEVONthink

- Never Miss a Task, with Project Templates | Music Ed Tech Talk

- The Class Nerd podcast - Craig McClellan and Robby Burns

- AirServer

- Twelve South StayGo | USB-C Hub

- The Breathing Gym

- My Scale Exercise Play Along Tracks

- OmniOutliner

- My blog post about Safari extension on iOS

- Some Monterey Features of Note - MacSparky

App of the Week

Paul - Ultimate Drill Book

Robby - Sofa

Music of the Week

Paul - Powerhouse - White Heart

Robby - Cory Henry - Best of Me

Where to Find Us:

Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book

Paul - Twitter | Website

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Theresa returns to talk about career changing, COVID practices worth bringing into this school year, productivity apps, and empowering student creativity!

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Thanks to my sponsors this month, Blink Session Music.

Show Notes:

• Blink Session Music
• 14 - Empowering Performing Ensembles at a Distance, With Theresa Hoover Ducassoux
• Using Jamboard in the Music Classroom
• Craft
• Obsidian
• Light the Music
• Pass the Baton: Empowering All Music Students (Kathryn Finch, Theresa Hoover)
• Pass the Baton YouTube Channel
• Jodie Blackshaw | Composer
• Alex Shapiro - Putting the E in Ensemble
• Alex Shapiro's appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk

App of the Week: Robby - Instapaper / Readwise Theresa - Kumospace

Album of the Week: Robby - Turbo Theresa - Cory Wong

Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Safari Tab Groups, Sync Safari and Chrome bookmarks with a Windows PC Theresa - Chrome Reading List / Favicons Favorite Bar

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

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Joe Plazak (Principal Software Engineer and Designer) joins the show to talk about Sibelius for Mobile and their new iPad app.

This episode is sponsored by Blink Session Music: Because Virtual Lessons Are More Than a Video Chat.

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Thanks to my sponsors this month, Blink Session Music.

Show Notes:

• Blink Session Music
• Sibelius for Mobile
• Scoring Notes Interview with Joe Plazak and Sam Butler - The history and future of Sibelius for iPad
• SetApp

App of the Week: Robby - CleanShot Joe - Tips

Album of the Week: Robby - Jack & Owane - Part One: Shredemption Joe - Pomplamoose - Impossible à prononcer

Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Make your own custom keyboard shortcuts Joe - Hold the spacebar on iPhone to get a cursor

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Seth Sandler, maker of the poplar mobile tuner app Tunable, joins the show to talk about the process of making a tuning app, developing for iOS/Mac, and more!

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Show Notes:

• Tunable
• Seth's Tweets showing a piano widget
• NodeBeat
• Dr. Betotte
• Greg Pierce, developer of Drafts, on Music Ed Tech Talk
• DEVONthink
• OmniFocus
• Drafts
• GoodNotes

App of the Week: BusyCal

Album of the Week: Chris Thile - Laysongs Acapella Musicals on Spotify

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

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Robby is getting ukuleles to teach general music this year. Chris Russel (tech and ukulele specialist) joins the show to talk about how to get the best use out of them. We also talk about the state of tech in music ed.

Full Topics:

• Ukulele pedagogy
• Where to find ukulele resources online
• How to integrate ukulele and technology
• The state of technology in music education
• Apple's App-centric and native approach to education vs. Google's web-centric approach
• Our favorite apps, albums, and tech tips of the week
• The tools and process Chris uses to make ukulele play-along videos on his iPad (in the post-show for Patreon subscribers)

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Show Notes:

• Teaching Music Through Composition - Barbara Freedman
• Dr. Jill Reese ukulele Videos on YouTube
• Dr. A ukulele Videos
• UkeStuff YouTube Page
• Rachel Webley - ukulele Play Alongs and Resources
• Andy Ramos - Stum Alongs
• Kris Gilbert Uke YouTube Channel
• Dr. Uke
• Joe Weiss - UkeAbility - type in chords you know and get a links to ukulele play alongs using those chords
• Chris Russel and Paul Shimmons appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk to talk about StaffPad
• UkeHunt.com
• Dr. Robin Giebelhausen - YouTube Channel
• Jowoom T2 Smart Tuner
• Kids Strings
• Leather picks - Stones Music
• Chris Russel's appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk about Apple's education event
• Jamf
• WeVideo
• Neural Mix Pro
• LALAL.AI
• Spleeter - for removing vocals and instruments
• What the Forecast?!!
• Nano - Reddit for Apple Watch

App of the Week: Robby - Carrot Weather Chris - PDF Expert / TikTok / Vegas Bowling Apple Watch App

Album of the Week: Robby - Squint - Julian Lage Chris - Safe Haven - Ruth B / The Show - Lenka

Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Chris - Twitter | Websites - Techinmusiced.com / Ukestuff.info / Youtube.com/ukestuff / youtube.com/ukeplayalongs

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