Music Ed Tech Talk

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

Shawna Longo joins the show to talk about our hybrid teaching gear, social emotional learning, cloud-based music tools, and our favorite apps/albums/tech tips of the week. Topics include: COVID hybrid teaching strategies Teaching hardware (on a cart!) Teaching performance virtually social emotional learning music tools in the cloud the Canvas mastery grade book Show Notes: Shawna's Microphone (Presonus Revelator) Shawna's Generic AirPods (Altec Lansing True Evo Air Wireless Earbuds w/ wireless charging case) Universal Control app Loopback Rogue Amoeba Music Ed Tech Talk episode #23 - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis Presonus Studio One Develop Performance Skills Remotely with Cloud Software - My Presentation at the Texas Music Educators Association conference Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely! - My Presentation at the MarylandMEA conference (Session Notes) Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators The Playful Classroom MusicFirst Junior Music Ed Tech Talk Episode #10 - Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students with FileMaker, with Ben Denne Spark Chasers Podcast Brene Brown Podcasts Tech Tips of the Week: Robby - Command+K (or Control+K) will create a hyperlink Shawna - Mute All for Google Meet | Use AirPod mic as input in Google Meet App of the Week: Robby - TIDAL Shawna - Scannable Album of the Week: Robby - Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa Shawna - Happiness Begins - The Jonas Brothers Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Shawna - 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

Technology trainer and speaker, Katie Wardrobe, joins the show to talk about producing technology training and resources for music teachers. (And way more) Topics include: Katie's exceptional website: Midnight Music Free vs. paid software Teaching facing / student facing software M1 and Intel Macs Tools Katie uses to make content Canva File Management on iPad Podcasting Managing big projects Our recent favorite tech tips, albums, and apps Show Notes: Midnight Music: Simplifying technology for music teachers Rogue Amoeba Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 23 - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis Loopback MusicFirst Noteflight Learn Soundtrap M1 Macs Canva Pixelmator Affinity Designer Affinity Photo WeVideo Working with Files on the iPad Syncing a File Between Logic and GarageBand (iOS) Through iCloud Katie's podcast: Music Technology Teacher Podcast Profile Pic Maker Upgrade Podcast Mac Power Users Libsyn Podcast Hosting Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 14 - Empowering Performing Ensembles at a Distance, With Theresa Hoover Ducassoux OmniFocus OmniFocus Project Templates Music Ed Tech Talk: Never Miss a Task, with Project Templates My appearance on LearnOmniFocus.com Asana Trello Todoist Loom Screenflow Screencastify Music Ed Tech Talk: Hyper-Charging Online Classes with Open Broadcaster Software Broadway Is Closed, But Ratatouille the Musical Is Cooking on TikTok | Vulture Ben Thompson: Stratechery World Time Buddy Calendly Doodle @_Davidsmith Widgetsmith Dirty Loops Scary Pockets The Third Story Podcast, with Leo Sidran - Cory Henry Interview Katie's Home Screen Robby's Homescreen App of the Week: Robby - CalZones Katie - DaVinci Resolve Album of the Week: Robby - Tye Tribbett Apple Music Essentials Playlist Katie - The Arcadian Wild | Cory Wong & Metropole Orkest Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Katie - 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

Rob Knopper (Metropolitan Opera, auditionhacker, percussionhacker) joins the show to talk about mastering practice, improving the audition process, and using technology to support his multifaceted efforts as a performing percussionist, teacher, and creator of web resources for musicians. Other topics include: How to Practice With Technology Technology for Making Content Developing Diverse Skills/Remaining Teachable Finding Generalized vs. Specialist Mentors Comprehensively Studying Masterworks and Making Practice Resources for Them Acquiring Phrasing Language Teaching Students to Recognize Mastery Embracing Failure/Auditions Are Process Not Product Our album and app picks of the week Show Notes: Rob Knopper site Rob Knopper on The Entrepreneurial Musician, with Andrew Hitz Evernote Audio-Technica AT4040 Final Cut Pro - Try free for 90 days Adobe Premiere Adam Tan Ben Thompson - Stratechery Music Ed Tech Talk Episode #23 Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis IDAGIO - Classical music streaming service Izotope RX Restoration Noise Plugins App of the Week: Robby - SoundSource Rob Knopper - Anki Album of the Week: Robby - An Oscar Petersen Christmas Rob Knopper - Pictures at an Exhibition | Emerson, Lake & Palmer Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Rob Knopper - 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

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