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 The Me Blogger Campaign Hits 80!   Please welcome the following ME Bloggers to our campaign! 

77.  Andrew Spang  -MusicTech4Ed
http://musictech4ed.edublogs.org

78.  Jon Ensminger -Pedaplus
Click this link.   (A very log blog URL…)

79. Richard McCready - Tech Toys and Tunes
http://techtoysandtunes.blogspot.com

80. Derek  -Downpressup
http://downpressup.wordpress.com

Please take a moment to visit these folks and say hello!  

ME BLOGGERS TAKE NOTE: I am now current on sending the ME Bloggers their NAXOS Library codes, if you haven’t received yours please contact me via the contact tab above. 

Want to read more about the Naxos Library and Mustech.nets Partnership?  Check out this post and podcast!

• http://mustech.net/2008/03/31/free-naxos-online-music-subscriptions-for-the-hard-working-me-bloggers
• http://mustech.net/2008/03/25/podcast-naxos-online-streaming-library

Also, as stated in previous posts, especially now since we’re back in school, I will be checking to make sure if we’re all still keeping our ME Blogger Pledge.  If you haven’t posted in a while and/or commented start today by saying hello here and getting your next post ready for the October Music Education Carnival which is being held by Travis J. Weller at tjweller.wordpress.com.

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Well, I’ve been getting back into a little bit of a normal schedule again and have had some time to “tie” up some of the loose ends with the ME Bloggers Campaign.  Here are a couple of housekeeping items:

• If you haven’t been following the latest ME Blogger informational updates, please check it out:
  http://www.mustech.net/100-me-bloggers
• I have sent out all of the FREE NAXOS account information for the ME Bloggers, if you have not received an email from me with your subscription codes, please contact me ASAP (up to 54):
  http://www.mustech.net/contact-us
• If you haven’t added mustech.net (or any other ME Blogger) to your blogroll, please consider doing so as it will spread the word about all of us.
• If you haven’t posted or commented recently, why not do so today?
• We are only 46 away from reaching our goal of 100 Music Education Bloggers!   Let’s keep pushing forward!
• Get ready for the 1st annual Music Education Blogging conference…  (Yep, I’m serious about this and will be putting together the details over the summer!)
• Joel (over at http://soyouwanttoteach.com) and I will be starting a Music Education blog carnival June 1st.   I will be posting about this by the end of this week (Joel’s got it all down, now I have to catch up to where he is on all of this!)

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The list continues to grow and apparently April Showers brings ME Blogger Power!  (You know that was funny err.. lame!)  Please say hello and take the time to visit the following new ME Bloggers!  I will be posting the complete compiled list in the next few days!

37. Roger Whaley, http://rogerwhaley.blogspot.com-The BandEdToolShed
38. Martha Grondin, http://mgrondin.edublogs.org-Artful, Tuneful, Beatful
39. Kevin Tuck, http://percussioneducationonline.com -Percussion Education Online
40. Janice Tuck, http://www.musicteachersblog.com -The Music Teachers Blog
41. Steve Raybould, http://pmsbnc.blogspot.com-Band and Chours and PMS/PJHS
42.  Matthew Beresik, http://mdberesik.wordpress.com -Music, Life, Education, Technology (M-LET)

Please take the time to visit these new ME Bloggers and welcome them to our campaign!  I have a few more to post, but I’m still waiting on some data from them.   If you want to join our campaign, Now’s The Time! (To use a name from one of my favorite jazz tunes).

I will be getting the new ME Bloggers their FREE NAXOS CODE information in the next few days.  I have sent emails out to the first 36 already, if you did not get them, please email me at info[at]mustech.net your email information.

I’m doing the best I can to keep up with all of this… expect more related ME posts in the near future!

Hear Ye!   Hear Ye!  Year Ye!   I have a number of announcements that have started to pile up and I’ve decided to condense them all into this Grand Announcement post:

TI:ME PA Conference at West Chester, Pa on April 5th, 2008:

If you are a PA person or live remotely close to West Chester, PA you will want to make it over to West Chester PA for the FIRST annual PA TI:ME conference.  A number of great presenters will be there, including ME Blogger Dr. Tom Rudolph and the keynote presentation will be given by our good Friend, and ALSO ME Blogger, Dr. James Frankel.

Unfortunately, I will not be able to make this VERY CLOSE TO ME and SEMINAL conference because I’m conducting the college Jazz Ensemble that very day, here, in Grove City.  

PMEA State Conference at Hershey, PA between April 16th and 19th, 2008:

If you live near Hershey, PA, and you love music and chocolate, you need to come to the PA state conference at Hershey.   Like last year, it will be held at the Hershey/Grand Lodge Convention Center located in downtown Hershey, PA.  

I will be hosting the Grove City College Music booth along with Dr. Edwin Arnold and other distinguished folks from Grove City.   Please feel free to stop by and chat, grab a pin, and learn about all the things that I’ve “got up my sleeve”!

Like any state conference there will be dozens of things to see, hear, and do.  You can find the full list here: http://pmea.net/conference.html   Again, good friend and colleague, Dr. Tom Rudolph will be performing a number of technology related clinics. 

If you are a ME blogger and are hosting something at the PA conference, please let us know!  If you are hosting something at the PA conference and not a ME Blogger, PLEASE JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN TODAY!  Seriously, where else can you get this kind of press so easily?
MusicEdTech & Barbara Freedman Will Present a LIVE broadcast featuring Grammy/Emmy/Clio Award Winner: Robin Batteau on April, 2, 2008 at 2:45 AM 10:45 AM EST:

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