Category: Software-Hardware
The Orchestra: The most beautiful music app I have ever seen
This is my first iOS App review for MusTech.net, and I have started with what I think is the most beautiful music app I have ever seen, The Orchestra. Created by an amazing team of partners including TouchPress, The Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen, The Music Sales Group, and Rite Digital; The Orchestra [...]
The iPad in the Music Classroom: Useful Tool or Expensive Toy?
Let me preface this post by stating that I have never taught in the K-12 music classroom with iPads and that I am not trying to be inflammatory by asking this question. As much as I love the device for my own personal use and music making, I simply do not know the answer to [...]
Get Your Head In The Clouds!
Cloud computing still seems to be a mysterious word in education – specifically music education. I’m not sure why. All cloud computing means is that instead of the old-fashioned method of purchasing software in a box and installing it on your personal computer, the software instead lives online and you access it and utilize it [...]
eMedia Music Announces Piano & Keyboard Method Educational Edition Version 3.0
[PR: For Immediate Release] eMedia Music Announces Piano & Keyboard Method Educational Edition Version 3.0 The easiest way to teach piano and keyboard in your music classroom! Seattle, WA – August 14, 2012, eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world’s best-selling and award-winning series of music tutorial CD-ROMs, announces the release of Version 3.0 of [...]
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 [...]
The Definitive List Of BuddyPress Plugins (70 Listed)
I’ve been using BuddyPress for almost five months now and I’ve been an active WordPress User for over 5 years. I am very excited about the use of BuddyPress as an Educational Platform and have recently made public the Music Education Professional Learning Network based on the BuddyPress, bbPress, and WordPress engine(s). While I [...]
