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If you have not been following along here at MusTech.Net…it’s time to catch up!   Travis Weller and I, decided to test some of the educational “outer limits” of using SKYPE in the classroom at a performance in May of 2008.   What we accomplished was nothing short of “ground breaking” in the music education/performance and related arenas.  At Travis’ Spring Instrumental Concert we SKYPED three of the composers of pieces being performed that night, LIVE via VIDEO, into the concert to talk with the performers, conductor, and audience that were present that evening.  The composers SKYPED in were, Dr. Andrew Boysen, Dr. Scott Watson, and Mr. Brian Balmages.

Today, on the front page of Campus Technology, is an article by Linda L. Briggs, about our project entitled: Bringing Composers into Classrooms Through Skype.   Travis and I have been interviewing with a number of folks about our usage of SKYPE in the educational setting and this is one of the articles that has resulted from that collaboration with the SKYPE folks and others.

I have started a 4-part series about our SKYPE CONCERT and have finished the first two parts; you may find those articles here:

Part I, Out of the Box, Connecting the Audience, Performers, and Composers through Skype
Part II, Connecting the Audience, Performers, and Composers

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This is the second post in a series about an “Out of the Box” experiment by myself and Travis Weller about using SKYPE as a bridge to connect the audience, performers, and composers, together, during a concert.   This post will contain a flash video of the highlights of that concert.  The video is over 20 minutes long and will allow you to see the process which we used to make this hybrid concert a reality.

The video was created using Pinnacle Studio 10. and an incredible freeware flash converter that makes embedding video, like this, into a website with playback controls a breeze, Free Video to Flash Converter.  This  video is hosted here at mustech.net; please let me know if you would like a copy of it to use for educational purposes. 

The Bridging the Gap Between the Composers and Audience Video in Brief:

1. 0:00 Color Bars
2. 0:10 Title Sequence
3. 0:20 Brief Introduction and description
4. 0:46 Part I, Concert Introduction
5. 3:22 Part II, Composer, Mr. Brian Balmages
6. 8:04 Part III, Composer, Dr. Andrew Boysen
7. 15:06 Part IV, Composer, Dr. Scott Watson
8. 19:40 Part V, Ending Text, Wrap up
9. 20:24 END

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Even though I can’t post here as I normally do due to the problem with PodPress.  I’ve went ahead and put our new podcast up at at our Podomatic Host Site.  With this episode we have begun offering two versions of our podcast: A Standard mp3 based podcast and an ENHANCED podcast that is in the wma format.

The ENHANCED podcast will allow anyone who has downloaded the file to not only have a great audio of our show, but also have referenced websites automatically be opened, in time, as the podcast plays.  It actually is a totally cool and more educational way to experience a podcast.

Until I get them “up” here, you can find our latest podcast, entitled HD Radio, Earsets, RIS and More!, at our Podomatic host site:

For the Standard Podcast follow this link:
http://mustech.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-08-03T21_22_04-07_00

For the Enhanced Podcast, follow this link (make sure you check the notes within the post at Podomatic so that you can have the full experience of the enhancements!):
http://mustech.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2008-08-03T21_35_18-07_00

I’ll be posting these epidosdes at MusTech.net as I normally do when all the kinks are worked out with WordPress and PodPress…

NAXOS Online Music Library, Podcast E12

It’s the second episode of season two and Darren and Joseph are redefining the acronym SOB and bringing you the latest and greatest information about the NAXOS Online Music Library.

Special guest and music industry expert, Randall Foster, is LIVE and on the scene talking about how NAXOS is affecting the music education scene and providing an inexpensive way to access literally, hundreds of thousands of tracks of music. Don’t miss this episode as Darren and Joseph explore this exciting service and provide full blown bantering humor as they interview Randall…or is it Randy…you decide!

Original Air Date: 3/24/2008

Website: http://www.mustech.net

Podcasters :Dr. Joseph M. Pisano, Mr. Darren J. Morton 
                         and special guest, Randall Foster

Episode 12’s Show:

• NAXOS Music Online Library
• Ethnomusicology
• Bitrate and sound quality
• Marching band labels and the Grover Shuffle?
• Wind band literature
• Using playlists with NAXOS
• Dialup Support from NAXOS
• Free Hand Music- Digital Sheet Music
• An Exclusive Peek into new services coming up by NAXOS
• An Exclusive Incentive (not yet announced on this airdate) for the ME Bloggers! 
• The campaign to get 100 Music Education Bloggers by 2009!
  Learn more about our campaign!

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