Heading To Washington D.C. To Discuss Music Education And Technology Issues At The National MENC Conference This Weekend
June 18, 2009 – 3:51 pm | Comments

On June 20th, Saturday Morning at 10:00 a.m., I along with Profs. Brian Moore (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Stefani Langol (Berklee College of Music), and Dr. James Frankel (SoundTree/Korg) will be holding an open plenary that …

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Progression Guitar Composition Software: Review And Thoughts
October 21, 2007 – 10:49 pm | Comments

I was sent a copy of the guitar software Progression to evaluate a couple of weeks ago.  This software is made by Notion Music and hopes to gain the acceptance of guitar composer hopefuls.  I …

What’s New With Finale 2008?
July 7, 2007 – 3:02 pm | Comments

MakeMusic has released Finale 2008, complete with a host of new features, including an exclusive Audio Recording feature.  The new Garritan sounds are a welcome and much needed addition in my opinion.  Here are the …

8notes.com, Noteworthy Site #4
May 20, 2007 – 11:02 pm | Comments

Noteworthy Music Site #4: 8notes.com
8notes.com is a wonderful site that offers free sheet music, lessons and tools for musicians. From the main page you can access various tabs that link you to their offerings.  The …

Great Music Related Websites Recommended By My Students
May 13, 2007 – 11:35 am | Comments

One of the last assignments in Music Technology 221, for the year, was to perform a presentation about a website that the college students felt was useful to them or one that they visited frequently. …

Classical Archives Music Site, 10 Things You’ve Never Done With It
March 20, 2007 – 7:41 pm | Comments

If you consider yourself “tech” savvy and are a musician/composer/educator and haven’t heard of www.classicalarchives.com then maybe you need to re-evaluate the state of your “savvyness”.  The Classical Archives, incorporated in 2000, is the largest classical …

Three Major Streaming/Network Issues With The Xbox 360 That Really Bugged Me And How I Fixed Them
January 5, 2007 – 1:04 am | Comments

 As you may or may not know, I have an Xbox 360. For the most part I am really impressed by it. I grew up a part of the “arcade” generation. I can remember songs …

Happy New Year! Great Things This Planned For This Year!
January 3, 2007 – 2:38 am | Comments

Hello all and Happy New Year!!!
I Know I have been slow to post lately… With all of the Holiday events and finishing of the college year coupled with the “end of the tunnel” of my …