Music Ed Tech Talk

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 Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

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 Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Show Notes: Tyler S. Grant Brian Balmages Sibelius Dorico StaffPad for iPad Copy and paste from StaffPad with finger gestures Logic Pro Ableton Live OmniFocus Freedom app My Store | robbyburns.com/store Robby's Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks Sponsor Music Ed Tech Talk Last Episode's Show Notes (complete with TikTok concerning the recent "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" Decoration Meme" Disney Gallery - Star Wars: The Mandalorian Ludwig Göransson Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love" Black Panther (Original Score) Lianne La Havas - Self Titled Album App of the Week: Robby - Christmas Time Shortcut Tyler - UCLA Music Theory App Album of the Week: Robby - NPR The 50 Best Albums of 2020 - An Apple Music Playlist Tyler - West Side Story - 1984 Recording (Documentary) Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Tyler - Instagram | Website Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

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. Sponsor Music Ed Tech Talk! Do you have a product or service related to music or technology that you would love to get in front of music educators? Reach out to me on my Contact page to learn more about advertising on my site and this podcast. Use code THANKFUL at checkout to buy anything on my Store for $10 off! This puts my Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks at only $5! 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 Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

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 week's 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 Do you have a product or service you would like to promote to music educators? Sponsor Music Ed Tech Talk! Stuff mentioned: Neural Mix Pro METT Season 2, Episode 8 - Will's Last appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk (previously, Robby Burns and Friends) My Book: Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers My Scale Play Along Tracks METT Season 4, Episode 2 - Hop-Hop in Music Education, Music Education in Hip-Hop, with Ethan Hein The Ethan Hein Blog Will's book - Interactive Composition: Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live Apple Silicon, Macs in Education, and App-Centric Learning | Music Ed Tech Talk – Robby Burns Making the Grade: What will Apple Silicon mean for Apple's education strategy? | 9to5Mac – Bradley Chambers ClassKit | Apple Classroom API Ikea Smart Lighting Philips Hue Smart Lights Nest Hello Doorbell Netatmo HomeKit Doorbell Starling Home Hub - connect Nest to Apple HomeKit Homebridge Dyson hot+cool Air Purifier homebridge-dyson-link | Homebridge Plugin for Dyson hot+cool Hue Sync Lights for TV BT - The Lost Art of Longing Poolside.fm FOR SALE: TRACK 10 ON VULFPECK'S NEW RECORD 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 Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Sponsor Music Ed Tech Talk!

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: Google Calendar Fantastical If This Than That Get IFTTT Pro on sale until October 31! Zapier Toggl Timery Evernote If This Then That: My Dozen Most Powerful Applets | Frankbuck.org How to Use Evernote to Track Your Time | Frankbuck.org Screen Snips with 1 Key: My New Favorite Shortcut | Frankbuck.org Spark Email App Outlook Email App Save to Google Drive Extension OmniFocus DEVONthink SaneBox Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome TextEpander Tapes - Screen recorder for Mac. Share screencasts fast. Feedly Feedbin Apollo: Reddit Client for iOS 52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It. | NTY 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 Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

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: SSO stands for "Single Sign-On" Dr. Frank Buck's latest appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk (then called Robby Burns + Friends) METT #15 - Double the Burns, Double the Fun!... With Amy Burns METT #16 - Master Your Virtual Teaching Tech, with David MacDonald David Allen - Getting Things Done Steven Covey - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Charles Hobbs - Time Power Robby's Use of OmniFocus Project Templates, including concert planning OmniFocus Workflows with Robby Burns | LearnOmniFocus.com My blog post on Staying on Top of Teaching Responsibilities With Omnifocus Perspectives Remember the Milk Toodledoo OmniFocus Todoist Things Evernote If This Than That Drafts App - Where Text Starts DEVONthink Flute Resources for Home Practice | Dr. Frank Buck OneNote TaskClone Feedly Feedbin Reeder iOS Widgets New Software Updates from Apple: Exploring Widgets! | Music Ed Tech Talk 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 Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Thanks to this week's sponsor, Flat for Education: Flat for Education offers music educators and their students the most affordable cloud-based music notation software on the market. Empowering teachers to create playful and engaging music activities, creations, assessments on any device at any time. The platform integrates with every well-known learning management system available: Google Classroom, Microsoft 365, Canvas, Schoology, and MusicFirst to name a few. Everything will be synchronized with your existing setup to avoid any time loss. 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. Finally, Bands directors and choirs conductors can have their students directly recording their performance from home for review. Whether you are teaching remotely or in-person, Flat for Education will support you in creating playful and engaging music activities in no time. Try it free for 90 days on flat.io/edu

Dr. Christopher Cicconi, Assistant Professor of Music Education, and Director of Bands and Orchestra at Towson University, joins the show to talk about selecting meaningful repertoire for your ensemble. We also talk about score study with iPad Pro apps, involving yourself in your music teaching community, and yes, I go on a tangent about my favorite new weather app. Show Notes: My Favorite Tech page forScore LumaFusion Tonal Energy Tuner GoodNotes Alex Shapiro Putting the E- in E-nsemble Composer Diversity Database Kaitlin Bove - Dr. Bove's Virtual Courses App of the Week: Robby - Weather Line and Carrot Weather Chris - Fidelity Album of the Week: Robby - Trust in the Life-force of the Deep Mystery - The Comet Is Coming Chris - Game of Thrones Highlights - Spotify Playlist | Mad Max: Fury Road Soundtrack Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Chris - Towson University Profile Page Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Thanks to my sponsor this month, MusicFirst.

Thanks to my sponsor this month, MusicFirst David MacDonald returns to the show to talk about the hardware and software in our virtual teaching setups. Then we speculate about touchscreen Macs and consider how Apple's recent App Store policies might impact the future of creative professional software on iOS. Topics include: New Zoom features for musicians and teachers David and Philip Rothman's new podcast, Scoring Notes Using Open Broadcaster Software to level up your virtual teaching Routing audio from your apps into Zoom and Google Meet calls Teaching with Auralia LMS integration with third-party music education apps Using MainStage and Logic for performing instruments into virtual classrooms Touchscreen Macs Apple's App Store Policy Show Notes: Optimize Your Zoom Settings for Music Teaching and Performing! | Music Ed Tech Talk Better music experiences come to Zoom with high fidelity audio | Scoring Notes My Online Teaching Setup (High-Tech Edition) | Music Ed Tech Talk My Very Straightforward and Very Successful Setup for Teaching Virtual Private Lessons Will Kuhn Electronic Music School on Twitch... with Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein Open Broadcaster Softwarehttps://obsproject.com/ Virtual Cam for Mac AirServer How can I use AirServer for Mac with OBS Reflector Hyper-Charging Online Classes with Open Broadcaster Software | Music Ed Tech Talk Teaching Tech: Live keyboard overlay in Zoom | This Page Left Intentionally Useless Loopback Virtual Midi Piano Keyboard app (Free) Rogue Amoeba's amazing audio apps for Mac Farrago soundboard app Fission audio editing app IDAGIO Izotope RX Plugins Mac Power Users - #531: Teaching with GoodNotes, with David MacDonald East West Composer Cloud - subscribe to plugins Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast - #5 - Yours In Quarantine, featuring Julianna Mateyko, Director of Support and Training with MusicFirst Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast - #13 - Exploring Noteflight Learn, with John Mlynczak Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast - #12 - Making Music and Podcasts Using Soundtrap, with Meredith Allen, Sales Enablement Manager at Soundtrap Auralia - Ear Training with Real Music OBS Camera App Logitech C920 Pro Webcam Use iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch to sketch in or mark up Mac documents On Stage CM01 Video Camera/Digital Recorder Adapter Elago Stream Deck Keyboard Maestro Philip Rothman's Stream Deck Profiles for Dorico/Sibelius/Musescore MainStage Apple Pro Apps for Education Accidental Tech Podcast forScore forScore for Mac GoodNotes Collaboration in GoodNotes PDF Expert Alfred Clipboard Manager StaffPad Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David MacDonald - Twitter | Website | Blog Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Today's episode is sponsored by MusicFirst: MusicFirst offers music educators and their students easy-to-use, affordable, cloud-based software that enables music learning, creation, assessment, sharing, and exploration on any device, anywhere, at any time. MusicFirst Classroom is the only learning management system designed specifically for K-12 music education. It combines the flexibility of an LMS with engaging content and powerful software integrations to help manage your students' progress, make lesson plans, and create assignments. And for younger students, MusicFirst Junior is the perfect online system for teaching elementary general music. It includes a comprehensive K-5 curriculum, hundreds of lessons & songs, and kid-friendly graphics to making learning and creating music fun! Whether you're teaching remotely, in-person, or in a blended learning environment, MusicFirst will work with you to find a solution that fits your program's unique needs. Try it free for 30 days at musicfirst.com.

Elementary music educator, Amy Burns, joins the show! We talk about Seesaw, using tech in the elementary general music classroom, and her new book: Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches!!! Show Notes: Noteflight Soundtrap MusicFirst Seesaw Dr. Barbara Freedman Flipgrid METT Episode #14 with Theresa Hoover Ducassoux Katie Wardrobe | Midnight Music StreamYard Teaching Music Online During the Pandemic - Recent Facebook Live panel I participated in My YouTube page (Subscribe to it!) FiLMiC Pro Camera app that shoots in multiple camera angles at once on the iPhone 11 - Video from the Apple Keynote Download FiLMic Pro Loopback app by Rogue Amoeba My blog post on using Loopback Stuff Amy is doing: Amy's forthcoming book: Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches Learn more here Buy here Writing for MusTech.net Collaborators on her new book: Cherie Herring Missy Strong Ardith Collins Glennis Patterson App of the Week: Robby - SoundSource by Rogue Amoeba Amy - Tripple Feature! - Timestamp Camera | MixCam app | Focos Album of the Week: Robby - Clear Line | Jacob Garchik Amy - In the Heights | Lin-Manuel Miranda Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Amy - Twitter | Website Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS