The New Team For MusicTechForMe Podcasts -Get Ready!
September 1, 2010 – 6:52 pm | View Comments

Prof. V. Keith Mason from Belmont University and I have officially agreed to team-up and do this year’s podcasts at MusicTechForMe.Com.   I am very excited for the opportunity to work with him and for our new podcast format.   Keith …

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The Rosslyn Motet: The Da Vinci Code Of Medieval Music?
May 8, 2007 – 1:02 am | View Comments

 
Rosslyn Chapel is located in Edinburgh Scotland; it is believed to hold many secrets.  Linked to Freemasonry, the Knights Templar, the Prior de Sion and other legends, many say it holds the secret to the “Holy Grail”. 
Recently, the father …

Go Ahead, Sue Me For Humming! Royalty FREE Minds For Everyone!
April 26, 2007 – 1:09 am | View Comments

I’ve had it with the lunacy and power of the song/music copyright industry.  The all powerful and never ceasing copyright machine recently caused the online web radio sites to be put on the “endangered species” list, Gracenote has found …

The Future Of Audio Formats, Maybe It’s Just More Of The Same
April 20, 2007 – 9:34 am | View Comments

I was intrigued by a well written article by Jack Scofield in the Guardian Unlimited.  In it, he writes about the future of audio formats and what  is to come, in particulary he talks about MP3, …

Music Education and Technology RSS Feeds: Netvibes and Pageflakes
April 17, 2007 – 2:49 pm | View Comments

RSS feeds are changing the web world of today.  In effect, they are making the web easier to navigate and enabling us to easily find “current” information that we are interested in. 
I have become enamoured …

Bloggable Moment: ActivBoard and Jazz
April 16, 2007 – 1:19 pm | View Comments

I am so excited about a lesson that I (literally) just got finished teaching. My second (freshman and sophomore) jazz band was sight-reading and we were having a tough time with some very simple rhythms. …

Replicating, Duplicating, Or Copying The Tab With Internet Explorer (IE7)
April 12, 2007 – 4:50 pm | View Comments

I thought I would post this here because it’s not easy to figure out.  If you use a web browser like Opera, you know how cool and useful the “duplicate tab” feature is for web browsing…  …

HD Radio, Did You Miss Something?: Podcast E5
April 6, 2007 – 4:25 pm | View Comments

HD Radio, Did You Miss Something?: Podcast E5
Original Air Date: 4/07/2007
Podcasting Site: http://mustech.podomatic.com
Website: http://www.mustech.net
Podcasters: Joseph Pisano and Darren Morton
Episode 5’s Show:
Joseph and Darren discuss, the technical points and the not-so technical points of HD Radio. It’s coming, …

Tired Of Logging-In and Registering? Try OpenID
March 16, 2007 – 11:37 pm | View Comments

If you are like me, you might find yourself constantly logging in to a plethora of different sites.  Having to [tag]register[/tag] and re-register and remember all the passwords for the sites is both monotonous and …

DRM And Copyright: Podcast, MUSicTECHnology.net- E2
March 14, 2007 – 11:37 am | View Comments

DRM And Copyright: Podcast, MUSicTECHnology.net- E2
Original Air Date: 3/14/2007
Podcasting Site: Http://mustech.podomatic.com
Podcasters: Joseph Pisano and Darren Morton
Episode 2′s Show:
Digital Rights Managment
Digital Restrictions Managmenet
CD vs. Mp3 Quality
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the News
[RSS] Subscribe to our …

Podcasting…Sonic Excellence Awaits!
March 3, 2007 – 8:13 pm | View Comments

 
Greetings [tag]bloggers[/tag] and surfers! Welcome to a few minutes of minutia from Mustech’s resident [tag]audio[/tag] [tag]geek[/tag] and tube aficionado. Today’s episode takes us to the scary land of “Webaudiodom”, where we will find many an …

DRM And Copyright Legalities And Ethics
February 25, 2007 – 10:32 am | View Comments

The DRM issue is one that is both frustrating and confusing.  James Frankel has published a number of his thoughts about this subject on his website: Music Technology in Education.  In his latest article: Copyright or Copywrong …

Windows Vista Webmail (OWA) Fix For Internet Explorer 7- Five Step Fix
February 20, 2007 – 11:18 pm | View Comments

UPDATE: Some of you are telling me that although the 
MIME upgrade fixes some of the problems but you are still experiencing
difficulty when sending messages.
This is most likely due to your service (company, etc.) not updating their
exchange server with the ”hotfix”.
“The cause of the problem is due to Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista no longer include support for Dynamic HTML Editing ActiveX control, and thus missing a functionality …

Vista Premium Installation- The ~Play By Play~
February 4, 2007 – 6:24 pm | View Comments

Note: Sorry, Some of the  Pictures were lost for this post at one of the transfers of the site 10/2008..
I knew it wouldn’t be long before I installed [tag]Windows[/tag] Vista.   I’m obliged to install it; …

SafetyAlertNetwork.org: Every Parent, Teacher And School Administrator Should Take Note Of This Free Resource
January 27, 2007 – 2:51 am | View Comments

How would you like to be notified when an [tag]AMBER[/tag] [tag]alert[/tag] is activated for your area; even better, how would you like to be instantly notified when a known [tag]child[/tag]-[tag]molester[/tag] moves within 10 miles of …

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

Free Software Office Suite? You Betcha, And It’s Great To Boot!
November 19, 2006 – 11:22 pm | View Comments

If you haven’t found out about one of the webs best free offerings (and it has been around awhile!), get ready to be enlightened… Openoffice.org has a complete line of [tag]Microsoft[/tag] “knock-offs” that, quite frankly, …

Finale Notepad, 10 Reasons It Should Be On Your Computer or In Your School
October 23, 2006 – 10:15 pm | View Comments

 
[tag]Coda[/tag] [tag]Music[/tag] has done something wonderful for the music world and you should take full advantage of their generosity. Finale Notepad [tag]2007[/tag] has been released and once again it is totally free. Finale Notepad is …

IE7, Quick Guide to What’s New With Internet Explorer 7 and Handy Shortcuts
October 21, 2006 – 10:31 pm | View Comments

With the new release of [tag]Microsoft[/tag]‘s [tag]Internet Explorer[/tag], people are asking what is [tag]new[/tag] with the [tag]IE7[/tag] release? I have put together a list of the latest features listed in two categories: Immediately Noticeable and …

Am I Listed? Getting the News Out About Your New (or newly changed) Web Site and Domain
October 15, 2006 – 6:49 pm | View Comments

As you may or may not know. I have been in the process of changing the domain names of my music and technology site. Because many of my readers may not know too much about …