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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Looking For Office Freeware From A Corporate Giant? IBM Presents: Lotus Symphony
September 21, 2007 – 2:59 am | View Comments

Fresh off the press: IBM announces “killer”office software for free.  It includes Word Processing, Presentation and Spreadsheet applications.  Free for all; individual, educational and business. 
With a name like IBM, I wonder what this will do …

Vic Firth Percussion: Setting The Example Of How A Music Industry Manufacturer Can Help Educate The World
September 21, 2007 – 1:56 am | View Comments

Of all the great music industry sites that are available on the web, very few can compare to what Vic Firth offers in the way of educating those who use their products (and for that …

How Do We Define The Success Of Our Educational Programs?
September 19, 2007 – 5:39 pm | View Comments

The following was a collaborative effort and appeared in the program of the 12th Annual Mercer Mustang Band Show on Saturday, September 8, 2007.  The article was written by Travis J. Weller (Band Director, Mercer …

Crazy Cool! Make Your Own Custom Flash Slideshows With Animoto
September 18, 2007 – 1:27 pm | View Comments

I just learned about this software about 30 minutes ago while reading Pete Whitfields’s Blog.  I have to admit it’s cool, easy and pretty amazing software.  You can make 30 second clips and share them with …

Spiral Frog: Ad-Supported Music Comes Of Age, An In-depth Review
September 18, 2007 – 2:37 am | View Comments

3/2009: Trying to figure out what happend to Spiral Frog? 
Read This Post at MusTech.Net:
http://mustech.net/2009/03/23/the-death-of-the-free-online-music
Orignal Post follows:
 
Spiral Frog provides an “almost free” online music service… 
The registration was quick, the download for the manager took 7 seconds, …

Running my Marching Band rehearsal with Bluetooth!
September 16, 2007 – 10:45 pm | View Comments

It had to happen…Bluetooth meets Marching Band!  Over the summer, I went a little gadget crazy and purchased a Motorola DC800 stereo bluetooth gateway and a NaviPlay stereo bluetooth adapter.  When you clicked on the …

Bloggers: A New Way To Get A Rush Of Blog Traffic Through Syndication Or Just Hype?
September 16, 2007 – 10:10 pm | View Comments

 
I’ve found a great new way to syndicate your blog and help drive targeted traffic to your site.  You can see it in action on the right side of my site http://www.mustech.net. It’s called Blog …

GREEN Portable Media Lovers Take Note: Hand-Cranked Media Players Now Shipping!
September 13, 2007 – 11:47 am | View Comments

Wow, here is an electronic gadget that I would have never thought… The wind-up, portable, super duper, EMP-MX71 Eco Media Player:

This little guy has 2GB (or 1 GB, reports vary) of Ram built in and a slot …

Sharing Photos With Flickr And Our Marching Band
September 9, 2007 – 1:41 am | View Comments

I’ve been using Flickr quite a bit lately. I’ve decided to use it as the core online photo service for distributing our marching band photos to everyone who wants them. Flickr allows you …

Alternate Music Ensembles, Reaching The Other 80% : Podcast E10
September 7, 2007 – 1:08 pm | View Comments

Alternate Music Ensembles, Reaching The Other 80% : Podcast E10
Original Air Date: 9/06/2007
Podcasting Site: http://mustech.podomatic.com
Website: http://www.mustech.net
Podcasters: Joseph Pisano and Darren Morton
Episode 10’s Show:
The non-traditional musician
The role of today’s music teacher
Garage Bands
What is good music?
Classroom education for non-musicians
Alternate Ensembles
What …

Brad Volek On Being The GCC Band President
September 6, 2007 – 6:05 pm | View Comments

I asked our current marching band president, Brad Volek, to write a little bit about his experience this year as the college band president. One thing you will notice while reading this article is …

New Unbelievably Crazy Music Series #4: Bottled Music, In-line Skater
September 2, 2007 – 2:13 am | View Comments

Unbelievably Crazy Music Video Series #4: Bottled Music In-line Skating
Source: http://youtube.com/
Post Date: 9/02/2007
Archives: See all our series
Viewing Rating: G- For Everyone!
Comment:
This guy is unbelievable! He is using in-line skates and has arranged a series …

Music Education Blogging: A Challenge!
September 1, 2007 – 12:47 pm | View Comments

 
The great folks at the Music Educator’s Network have issued a challenge:
In light of this I invite every reader to join me in my challenge to myself: I WILL BLOG! I will write at least one …

Mustech.net On Your Cell Phone- Mustech.net Goes Mobile!
August 31, 2007 – 7:45 pm | View Comments

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 …

Guitar Tuner With Chord Finder And A Pitch Pipe: Qwik Tune GP1
August 29, 2007 – 9:42 pm | View Comments

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 …

Fanfares And Academic Regalia
August 28, 2007 – 1:08 pm | View Comments

Today’s opening convocation , at Grove City College, started off with a FANFARE…trumpet fanfare that is (did you notice the bold print…). Every year we start the opening convocation with a 7 trumpet …

Grove City College: First Day Back At The Grove…
August 27, 2007 – 8:11 pm | View Comments

College officially started today and I can say it went pretty well.  I don’t dread the start of school, I actually look forward to it.  The students are the lifeblood of any school and with …

Marching Band: Kennywood Park Or Bust!
August 26, 2007 – 12:47 pm | View Comments

 
Marching Band has it’s perks…   Today we take the band to Kennywood Park , a well known amusement park in Pittsburgh, PA.  This year the Mighty Grove City Wolverines are marching 171 strong, including 30 …

Free Music Score Library: International Music Score Library
August 23, 2007 – 4:28 pm | View Comments

 
Known in short as IMSLP, the International Music Score Library contains over 11,000 musical scores and annotations!  This website is formatted as a WIKI page. A WIKI page is a collaborative informational website that stores information in …

Connect With Music, FREE Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans For Math, Science And Language Arts
August 20, 2007 – 6:33 pm | View Comments

Middle School Educators take note:
 
Our good friend James Frankel along with master music educator’s  Tom Rudolph and Stef Langol have produced an invaluable music resource with the launching of http://www.connectwithmusic.org.  This website is supported by both …