Digital Manners And Online Implications For Teachers And Students In A Web 2.0 World
March 16, 2010 – 12:55 am | Comments

Life is not so short but that there is always enough for courtesy –Emerson

It’s so easy to become publicly criticized when writing ones’ thoughts about proper conduct and education, whether simply in the schools or …

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If You See This You Are On The New Server At MusTech.net
April 20, 2008 – 12:39 pm | Comments

If you are seeing this you are properly seeing the new server at mustech.net. There have been a whole host of issues with transferring this to the VPS server. Many of the issues were compounded …

Odds And Ends, PMEA 2008 And Mustech.net
April 14, 2008 – 9:32 am | Comments

Hello all,
I have been beyond busy but wanted to write a quick update to let you know a few odds and ends:

Mustech.net is being transferred to a VPS server. This is currently in process …

Let’s Help Make A Musician And Music Educator The Chief Magic Official Of Disney World
April 8, 2008 – 3:13 pm | Comments

Disney is Magic AND Disney is full of Music….   A friend, music educator, and fellow classmate of mine, Justin Muchoney, has made it to the top 3 in the Walt Disney Dream CMO job contest!   I can …

An Anthology Of Important Music Related Annoucements!
March 27, 2008 – 9:49 am | Comments

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Year Ye! I have a number of announcements that have started to pile up and I’ve decided to condense them all into this Grand Announcement post:
TI:ME …

Catch Dr. Joseph Pisano Live Tonight And Join In The Conversation At EdTechTalk.com
March 5, 2008 – 1:46 pm | Comments

Please join me tonight for a joinable conversation about  the very latest ideas, innovations, and topics concerning music, education, and technology.  The discussion will start promptly at 9:00 p.m. EST and will last for an entire hour. 
Lee …

Interesting Music Education Posts From Around The Globe (Feb. 15, 2008):
February 16, 2008 – 10:44 am | Comments

Great posts for music educators from the ME bloggers:
James Frankel posts a great article about getting and utilizing the alternative ensemble in the school.

John Wilborn writes about how he is utilizing technology and music education …

RSS Presentation From TI:ME/MMC Now Online
February 7, 2008 – 1:28 pm | Comments

I’ve had a large number of requests for the PowerPoint that I performed in Grand Rapids, Michigan to be made available for people to use within the classroom, etc.  I have just finished modifying the …

Mustech.net Welcomes John Wilborn To The Blogosphere!
February 5, 2008 – 1:28 am | Comments

I met John Wilborn in Grand Rapids last week.   Along with our good friend, Keith Mason, we spent a lot of time talking over the issues facing music education and education in general. John is a master …

NASA Beams Song “Across The Universe” To Other Worlds…Intergalactic Royalties To Be Collected!
February 4, 2008 – 11:59 pm | Comments

If you didn’t hear, NASA is beaming the Beatles tune “Across the Universe” today to the North Star region of space…. You can learn more about this here:
http://www.acrosstheuniverseday.com/
Now, the joke is really on the would-be …

New Graphics For ME Bloggers! Become A Music Education Blogger Today!
January 18, 2008 – 12:15 am | Comments

Hello all,
          I’ve finished up a couple of graphics and badges that can be used for any ME Blogger!  I’m pretty excited about them and I think they turned out pretty well (pat, pat!). …

Happy New Year 2008! Things To Come…
January 1, 2008 – 4:51 pm | Comments

Happy New Year!
2007 was a great year for me and mustech.net.  I finished my dissertation, gained my Ph.D. and mustech.net reached over 150,000 visitors!    
This year I plan on reaching 300,000+ visitors.  If you blog, you …

Mustech.net Housekeeping Items -December 2007
December 15, 2007 – 1:54 am | Comments

Hello all,
      Just wanted to let you know of a couple of things that are going on here at mustech.net. 

 First off, if you haven’t visited our freeware section page (see above) it was updated recently.
The …

403 Error With WordPress Stating You Are Blacklisted And You Can’t Login: Three Step Fix
December 6, 2007 – 2:14 am | Comments

I was almost in a panic today when I got the following WordPress 403 Error:
Your Internet Protocol address is listed on a blacklist of addresses involved in malicious or illegal activity. See the listing below …

Christmas Comes To Grove City By Way Of The Winter Jazz Concert
December 4, 2007 – 2:53 pm | Comments

The Grove City College Jazz & Stage Ensembles will be performing their 4th Annual Christmas Concert on December 7th, at 8:00 at Grove City College.
Check out our event on eventful:
Short Link, Click IT!
or …

Revisiting Ning, The Free Community Social Network For Anything
December 1, 2007 – 1:56 am | Comments

The trend in information and communication technology is very exciting at this point in time, especially if you’re in the forefront of what’s happening.  I signed up for a Ning account over a year ago, but …

Save Money On Your Cell Phone 411 Calls, Google And Live Search 411 -No Charge
November 26, 2007 – 6:24 am | Comments

These services are just way too cool, work well, and will save you money, so I have to tell you about them!   If you are on the road with cell in hand or anywhere that you have phone service, …

Freeware Ear Training, Solfeggio Program For Windows And Linux
November 8, 2007 – 2:26 pm | Comments

There are a number of great online programs that offer ear training/solfeggio type of exercises.  GNU Solfege allows you to have ear training exercises with you all the time -for FREE and without an active …

Copywronged -International Music Score Library Project, The Latest Victim Of The International Copyright Police
November 6, 2007 – 5:21 pm | Comments

The second Cease and Desist letter from Universal Edition, put a stop to one of the best efforts I’ve seen to put expired copyrighted scores into the hands of those that don’t have the means …

The great Non-Traditional music class experiment
October 25, 2007 – 12:14 am | Comments

Well, time to put my “money where my mouth is”…I have transformed my 2nd block “A” day class into a non-traditional music class.  This was done mostly out of necessity and desperation (the father of …

Promote Your Concert Or Event Online Through Syndication: Eventful, Zvents, Upcoming And Google
October 9, 2007 – 12:30 am | Comments

Sure you can promote your event though the newspaper and local TV add channel, but have you considered a Web 2.0 solution?  Enter:

www.zvents.com
www.eventful.com
www.upcoming.com
www.google.com/calendar

All of these online web sites allow you to promote your concert or …