Last week was the inaugural launch of the weekly Music Education Twitter Chat.  If you participated, you witnessed and were involved with one of the most significant Music Education Web 2.0 Events to ever take place to …

Hello friends,
        I along with a couple of other co-SAVVY bloggers have started, what will no doubt be the best and most useful, program noteswebsite available to date (how’s that for ambitious!).   I am very …

I’m excited to be a part of the PA intercollegiate band festival this year as I have been for the past decade.  This year the festival is being held at the newly finished Swope Auditorium …

I’ve begun to survey the “blogosphere” for the best examples of music industry blogs and wanted to share some of the better blog sites I’ve found thus far.  Sites in this category include bloggers who write …

I found this great service today when a number of my students were looking for current Web 2.0 sites.  This online free service called Click For Lessons allows you to look for music lessons, dance …

Owen Bradley posted a very thought provoking article about what he experienced as a music educator after seeing the movie August Rush.   His questions and statments made me think quite a bit about the future and …

Unbelievably Crazy Music Video Series 5: Revenge of the CANON
-Funtwo Amazing Guitar Solo!
Source: http://youtube.com
Post Date: 11/16/2007 by J. Pisano
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Viewing Rating: G- For EveryoneComment:
This guy is amazing. I certainly do not believe …

The following is a great educational idea from Travis J. Weller… Let’s play! 
Here are the rules… you have to respond to Weller’s hypothetical situation by posting a post (or comment here) with the above title …

The following article is by Scott Ditullio.  Scott has written a couple of articles for us before and I have asked him to become a contributing author here at mustech.net!  I welcome him into our fold and into our global conversation about …

Ruckus has made available all of the music tracks of their online service free to all college students providing they have a valid .edu account.  As of this year they have made agreements with all of their …

Great news!  Mustech.net has gone mobile! 
Thanks to a plugin by Andy Moore, mustech.net is now easily readable on your mobile phones and gadgets.  Additionally,  you may want to get the Opera mini-browser for an even better …

When I was browsing the contents of the Pittsburgh’s most famous big-little music store this summer, Pianos -n- Stuff, I came across this little gem of a tuner:

It’s called the Qwik Tune GP1 Guitar Professor …

About three years ago I attended a Jazz Ambassador’s concert in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic. At it, the director spoke of a number of resources that they make available free to the public. …

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 …

As a music educator, I find Guitar Hero II to be a particularly interesting piece of software/hardware.  I recently purchased this game and  was able to get some “hands on” experience with it. Here are my first …

 
When I was at Binghamton University in 1996, I was introduced to a very curious musical tome that was a directory for finding music by knowing whether the next sequenced note of a composition (or syllable of …

AN URGENT CALL: HELP ME COMPLETE THIS LIST! 
Well, I have to tell you I honestly tried to put together this list but… we’re awful as music educators getting the word out about our blogs.   There are only …

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 …

Guest Author Series #1: Why Do I Teach?
Author: Scott DiTullio
Profession: Director of Bands, Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District, PA
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I recently co-wrote an article with Dr. Susan Creasap from Morehead State University, for the NBA Journal. As …

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. …