Category: Freeware
Mid-week Listening: Finding New Music
I am always on the lookout (or listen-out, maybe) for new music to inspire my students and give them some direction in their explorations. Music is an organic art form, and that’s a blessing. New music is being recorded every day, as well as new interpretations of music that’s been around a while. Keeping pace [...]
iPad/iPhone Alternative To iTunes For Transferring Music
I thought I would do a quick post about a program that I’ve been using for awhile now that I’m using as a substitute for iTunes when I transfer music to my iDevices (iPad2 and iPhone4). The program is amazing and it’s free; it’s called CopyTrans Manger. CopyTrans Manager has worked seamlessly for me. There are [...]
Integrated Social Networking Comes To BuddyPress Via BuddyStream (Beta Now Available)
Peter Hofman and I are PLEASED to announce the official launch of the NEW BuddyStream BuddyPress/WordPress plugin. You may start using this plugin today! This plugin goes a long way to “minimize” and “close the gap” of communication between and among various Social Networks and WordPress/Buddypress. Officially released as the BuddyStream plugin ver 1.0.1 , you may find it directly here:
Music iPad App Review #3: DoReMemory
Music iPad App Review #3: DoReMemory Screen-Shot: (Scroll Down to Watch the Video Review) Developer Description: mDoReMemory is a music educational app created to teach early pianists where notes belong on the treble and bass clef staffs. This app takes a unique approach. You are given the name of a note. Then you tap where [...]
Monday Morning Mix, Blog Carnival, And Other Updates
As we move to the end of the school year some of the monthly/weekly features on MusTech.net will be moving to a less frequent schedule over the summer months. This will mainly effect the Monday Morning Mix and the Monthly Music Education Blog Carnival. The Monday Morning Mix will be posted on: June 7th July [...]
Two-Track Recording Session From NJMEA-TI-ME Conference -The Definitive Collection
The following is the definitive collection of resources for one of my sessions at the New Jersey Music Educators State Conference and the the Technology Institute for Music Educator’s National Conference held in February of 2010. The session was titled: “Great Two-Track Recordings -A Low-Cost, “Cookie-Cutter” Solution Using A Hand-Held Digital Recorder and Audacity”. This [...]
Quite Possibly, The FASTEST Way To Set Up A Meeting Time For Busy People
On Friday, I was teaching my Music Technology class where the students present their annual findings with regard to EASY-TO-OPERATE and USABLE Web 2.0 applications. This assignment deals with them going through the site http://go2web20.net and sifting through hundreds of Web 2.0 applications to find ones that might be useful to them for their future career paths or as a student. One of [...]
