Music Ed Tech Talk

Dorico is out for iPad! Daniel Spreadbury (Product Marketing Manager) joins me to talk about it. Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Show Notes: Dorico, featuring Daniel Spreadbury (Season 3, Episode 2) Dorico website My blog post–> Dorico for iPad: First Impressions Video demo of Dorico for iPad

Robby and David compare smart speakers, their assistants, and their smart home ecosystems. This episode covers the HomePod, Google Nest, Amazon Echo, Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Sonos speakers, and the various quirks that result from trying to use them in combination. Backstage Access Patreon supporters get extended conversation about Apple Notes, DEVONthink, Standard Music Font Layout compatibility, FileMaker databases, student motivation, grading (and ungrading), and sticker charts. Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Show Notes: Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) Zach Gage apps Apple Arcade Scoring Notes: Learning how to use music notation software Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 34 - WWDC 2021 Soro- Sonos Siri Shortcuts app Scary Pockets vinyl Patreon  _DavidSmith apps–> Watchsmith and Widgetsmith Stream Deck My appearance on the MusicFirst podcast My podcast featuring Rogue Amoeba CEO Paul Kafasis App of the Week:  Robby - HomeRun 2 David MacDonald - Letterpress Album of the Week: Robby - Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant David MacDonald - Frederic Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated - Ursula Oppens | The People United Will Never Be Defeated - Kaj Schumacher | Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Use a clipboard manager David MacDonald - New stream deck store! Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David MacDonald - Twitter | Website Please don’t forget to rate the show and share it with others! 

Composer Alex Shapiro joins the show to talk about a little bit of everything!--> getting young students to compose, the importance of composing repertoire for young musicians, writing electro-acoustic music, her curriculum Putting the E in Ensemble, the social implications of modern and future technology, her amazing studio space, and more. Join Patreon for extended conversation about technology and overcoming blocks in the creative process. Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Putting the E in Ensemble Links Curriculum: - https://www.alexshapiro.org/Shapiro-E-ensemble_Syllabus.html Wind Band music: - https://www.alexshapiro.org/ASWindBand.html Show Notes: The Great Hack - Netflix The Social Dilemma - Netflix  Christopher Cicconi appearance on Music Ed Tech Talk Off the Edge - Alex Shapiro Tight Squeeze - Alex Shapiro Rock Music - Alex Shapiro Count to Ten - Alex Shapiro Toothpaste privacy Tweet thread Apple WWDC 2021 My Scale Play-Along Tracks App of the Week:  Robby - Magnet Alex - Two Dots / SpellTower Album of the Week: Robby - Sarah Jarosz - Blue Heron Suite Alex - O Seguinte é Esse / Howling, featuring RY X and Frank Wiedemann: Sacred Ground Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Try widgets! Alex - Back up your stuff! / Let other people beta test Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Alex - Twitter | Website Please don’t forget to rate the show and share it with others! 

Robby and Craig break down the announcements from Apple’s Word Wide Developer Conference and discuss how teachers might use the upcoming features to their latest software updates. Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Show Notes: The Class Nerd podcast Support the show on Patreon WWDC Keynote iOS 15 Preview | iPadOS 15 Preview | macOS Monterey Preview | watchOS 8 Preview Apps for Research and Remembering, with David MacDonald Overcast Dark Noise Apple Watch In the Classroom (The Class Nerd podcast episode) The Social Dilemma on Netflix Album of the Week:  Robby - Bones by Michael Mayo Craig McClellan - Sour by Olivia Rodrigo App of the Week: Robby - Timery for the Mac Craig McClellan - Music Harbor Tech Tip of the Week: Robby - Transpose Chrome Extension Craig McClellan - Feedbin Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Craig McClellan - Twitter Please don’t forget to rate the show and share it with others! 

Thanks to this week’s sponsor, the DMV Percussion Academy. Learn more and register here. Description Robby overviews his three most successful Soundtrap projects in 2021. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:14 - Sponsor: DMV Percussion Academy 00:01:24 - About this Episode 00:03:51 - YAY SUMMER 00:05:11 - 1: Melody Composition / Loop Accompaniment 00:14:35 - 1: Student Examples 00:16:15 - 2: Row Your Boat Multi-Track 00:22:19 - 2: Student Examples 00:24:27 - 3: All Star Remix 00:34:38 - 3: Student Examples 00:36:00 - Grading for Mastery Not Creativity 00:37:47 - Tech Tip of the Week 00:39:20 - App of the Week 00:40:00 - Album of the Week 00:42:44 - Conclusion Show Notes: Noteflight Soundtrap MusicFirst How to Make a Song Remix Project in Soundtrap (Blog Post and YouTube Video) Reddit: Isolated Vocals Neural Mix Pro Lalal.ai  App of the Week:  Reeder 5 Album of the Week: Alison Balsom - Paris Where to Find Us: 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

Authors Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein discuss their book Electronic Music School, teaching creative concepts in music, overcoming traditional pedagogical barriers, anti-racism in music education, writing apps, future of iPads with M1 chip, and music recommendations in a fun and engaging podcast.

Robby and David talk about forScore for the Mac and its new syncing feature. But also, lots of music theory. Also included: Loop-based music theory GoodNotes for the Mac Transcribe Apps Tech podcasts we like Music YouTubers we like Our favorite music, tech tips, and albums of the week Show Notes: David's other appearances on this show: #30 - Apps for Research and Remembering | #16 - Master Your Virtual Teaching Tech | #6 - Paperless iPad Workflows for Teaching Music Adam Neely 12tone What Key is Sweet Home Alabama In? What Key is Hey Joe In? Philip Tagg Robby’s Tweet Thread about teaching music theory to middle school students Megan Lavengood Twitter Megan Lavengood appearance on Sound Expertise Will Robin Twitter forScore for the Mac Daring Fireball The Talk Show John Gruber and Ben Thompson on what makes the iPad the iPad Indexing a forScore Real Book Mac Catalyst David MacDonald Scoring Notes iPad score reader blog post AirServer GoodNotes Broadcasts app Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 23 - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis Fission audio editor DJay app Neural Mix Pro Anytune Transcribe! Transcribe+ The Amazing Slow Downer Darcy James Argue Darcy James Argue Secret Society - Brooklyn Babylon Score Filmic Pro Final Cut Pro Adobe Premiere Setapp Loopback OmniGraffle App of the Week:  Robby - Soro for Sonos David MacDonald - Diagrams Album of the Week: Robby - Lettuce - Elevate David MacDonald - Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - Brooklyn Babalyon  Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David MacDonald - 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

Composer and teacher, David MacDonald, returns for a discussion about the apps we use for notes, research, writing, and clipping data to find later. Other topics: What kinds of work goes in which kinds of apps Digital research tools Kindle Paperwhite Streaming / virtual teaching tools Music theory YouTubers Zooming in to your Mac screen Quickly taking a screenshot with the Apple Pencil Our favorite music and apps of the week Show Notes: Craft app Logic Audio Hijack Descript Evernote MarginNote DEVONthink Pinboard Bear Notes Drafts Greg Pierce, developer of Drafts - Guest appearance on this show Ulysses NAfME Blog Post 1 - Digital Organization Tools for Music Educators NAfME Blog Post 2 - Apps to Help With Time Management and Planning GoodNotes Paperless iPad Workflows for Teaching Music, with David MacDonald (the one where we talk about GoodNotes) Master Your Virtual Teaching Tech, with David MacDonald (the one where we talk about streaming) Kindle Paperwhite Susan Blum - Ungrading Instapaper Readwise MindNode OBS blog post - Hypercharging Online Classes with Open Broadcaster Software Stream Deck Philip Ewell Adam Neely - Music Theory and White Supremacy 12tone on YouTube App of the Week:  Robby - Stream Deck Mobile App David MacDonald - Reincubate Camo & FiLMiC Pro Album of the Week: Robby - Owane | Yolo EP Vol. 1 David MacDonald - Scary Pockets YouTube channel Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David MacDonald - 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

Robby explains how he uses Noteflight, Soundtrap, and Flipgrid to create engaging, asynchronous, assignments for students in his performing ensembles. Show Notes Develop Performance Skills Remotely with Cloud Software - Video and Blog Post TMEA Session Notes Noteflight Soundtrap Flipgrid Scanner Pro Scanbot Sheet Music Scanner App METT Episode 28 - Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely Learn more about Noteflight on METT #13 - Exploring Noteflight Learn, with John Mlynczak Learn more about Soundtrap on METT #12 - Making Music and Podcasts Using Soundtrap, with Meredith Allen Learn more about Flipgrid on METT #14 - Empowering Performing Ensembles at a Distance, with Theresa Hoover Ducassoux Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Robby explains the software, hardware, and teaching strategies he uses to run engaging and effective music rehearsals in a remote or hybrid environment. This information was presented earlier this month at the Maryland Music Educators Association conference. The notes and links below are from the session notes of that presentation. Learn More From Me About Technology Website - robbyburns.com Blog - Music Ed Tech Talk (musicedtechtalk.com) Subscribe to the Music Ed Tech Talk podcast - Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Subscribe to my email newsletter, here Buy my book, Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers, here Buy my Scale Play Along Tracks here Abstract Learn the strategies and technologies to run engaging synchronous rehearsals. Engage students visually and speed up your flow using Open Broadcasting Software. Pump the sound video/music/play-along tracks directly through Zoom or Google Meet for a lag-free experience. Explore play along with resources, student reflection with Google Docs, effective camera/mic practices, and have students working collaboratively in synchronous chamber ensembles with Soundtrap! Software discussed includes: Keynote, Google Slides, Loopback, Soundsource, Farrago, AnyTune, Soundtrap, Smartmusic! Links Broadcasting Software Open Broadcaster Software Blog Post: Hyper-Charging Online Classes with OBS AirServer Stream Deck Teaching Tech: Live keyboard overlay in Zoom (This Page Left Intentionally Useless - David MacDonald’s blog) Virtual Camera Plug-in Instructions for setting up AirServer as a scene in OBS Streamlabs OBS Tip! - In order to zoom in on your screen on a Mac while presenting, you can do the following: Go to System Preferences—>Accessibility—>Zoom and check on “Use scroll gesture with moifier keys to zoom.” I set up my modifier key as Control so that when I hold Control and scroll up, my screen zooms in. Audio Routing Loopback Blog Post: Routing Audio From Your Apps Directly Into Your Zoom or Google Meet with Loopback Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps - Interview with CEO Paul Kafasis Black Hole Soundsource VB-Audio Presonus Revelator Mic (comes with Loopback-like software and Studio One recording software) Soundboard apps Making Play-Along Tracks Audio Hijack Pietzo Farrago AnyTune Amazing Slow Downer Transcribe! Smart Music Mainstage Apple Pro Apps Bundle - Educator Discount Visual Presentation forScore GoodNotes Classroom Maestro VMPK Jamboard Recommended Hardware Scarlet Solo (audio interface) Audio Technica AT2020 (microphone) External monitor Twelve South StayGo USB Hub Elago Stream Deck Stream Deck app - turns your mobile device into a stream deck for a small subscription price Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS