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Music Education Bloggers Update For May 2008
2008-05-28 04:30:00 Just a quick update to the ME Blogger list. Please visit and say hello to the latest ME Bloggers! If you are a current ME Blogger and have not received your FREE NAXOS ONLINE MUSIC LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION PLEASE LET ME KNOW VIA THE CONTACT TAB ABOVE! It look as if we are over 60 before the halfway point! Congratulations to all! If you haven?t posted for awhile, please consider posting before the end of the school year before you all go on hiatus! :) Also, please check the 100 Music Education Bloggers Status Page for more information about the ME Blogger Campaign and how to get your own ME Blogger Graphic for your site! Drum Roll Please: 55. http://tanbur.wordpress.comDavi-d French -The Music Education Blogspot 56. http://musicteachers911.blogspo-t.comLarry Marra -Music Teachers 911 57. http://www.pianoteacherblog.com-Rebecca Brown -Piano Teacher?s Retreat 58. http://wordtogo.wordpress.comSt-eve Mugglin -Creativity and Songwriting...
New Music Education Bloggers, Early May 2008 Edition And Annoucments
2008-05-12 07:55:00 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/cont-act-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...
And The 50th Music Education Blogger Is?
2008-05-07 17:48:00 Congratulations to Phil Kirkman on becoming the 50th Music Education blogger! Dr. Kirkman has a great Music and Technology blog started and I think you will find the layout very sharp and the articles he is posting very informative. Please join me in welcoming him to the blogosphere. You can find his blog here:http://kirki.co.uk/main Do you want to become one of the ELITE music education bloggers that are writing some of the freshest, newest, and timely music-related content on the web? Many of the ME Bloggers are using their blogs to keep their students, parents, and communities informed of their ?lasting happenings?. You don?t have to post everday, every week, or even couple of weeks? There?s really no hard and fast rules at all regarding posting? What we are looking for is educated music teachers, professors, industry speacilists, to get beyond the confines of their ?four walls? of their buildings and start a global conversation about what we do and who we are. Find out about our...
Two New Music Education (ME) Bloggers To Start Off May -One Away From Fifty
2008-05-05 17:46:00 It?s time for another ME Blogger update. I will be creating a compiled NEW MAY OPML File of all the bloggers by the end of next week. Please look for it. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are one blogger away from Fifty!. 48. http://studiobeemusic.comRich Blenkinsopp - Studiobee Music(His Blog Posts Are hard to find use this link to go to his RSS:http://studiobeemusic.com/w-p-rss2.php?cat=7 49. http://musicmiddleschoolandweb2-0.blogspot.com/Susan Hurst - Music, Middle School and Web 2.0 50. Who will be number fifty? There are a few of you who are on the ?fence? about this, get off and join in today! To find out more about the ME Blogger campaign and the latest updates visit here, bookmark this link!:http://www.mustech.net/10-0-me-bloggers If for some reason I?ve missed you please contact me again. I have been posting changes to blog addresses as I receive them from all of you. May is a great month to check out your other ME Bloggers an...
April Updates, Music Education (ME) Bloggers, MusTech.Net 2.0, And More!
2008-04-27 07:06:00 It may seem like MusTech.Net hasn?t posted in awhile, but I can assure you the site has been very active! We?ve recently completed our transfer and transformation to our new VPS Server (Virtual Private Server) and MusTech.Net 2.0! This site should now be faster and more user-friendly for all intents and purposes! FYI, unless you are a technology genius?don?t upgrade your site to a VPS server by yourself! It might not be rocket science, but it certainly is COMPUTER SCIENCE! I?ve learned more about back-end APACHE, PHP, and cPANEL than I thought I would have ever wanted to know (P.S. you should be able to double click on any word here to get definitions)! Here is what has been fixed with the site: EVERYTHING. Everything at mustech.net should now be functioning; if you notice something that is not working, please use our contact page and let us know about it. There was a problem with the forums, but I h...
New ME Bloggers (Music Education) Added For April 2008!
2008-04-02 04:33:00 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 BandEdToolShed38. Martha Grondin, http://mgrondin.edublogs.org-Ar-tful, Tuneful, Beatful39. Kevin Tuck, http://percussioneducationonlin-e.com -Percussion Education Online40. Janice Tuck, http://www.musicteachersblog.co-m -The Music Teachers Blog41. Steve Raybould, http://pmsbnc.blogspot.com-Band- and Chours and PMS/PJHS42. 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...
An Anthology Of Important Music Related Annoucements!
2008-03-27 15:50:00 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...
Call For Music Education Bloggers
2008-03-20 18:22:00 The following post is an official call for MUSIC EDUCATION BLOGGERS. Not unlike a call for papers, this post announces a call for the submission of bloggers to become part of our ME Blogger Campaign. Please feel free to use any or all of this post in any way possible to promote this IMPORTANT campaign. - You may also download a PDF of the Call for Music Education Bloggers directly from our eSnips account for including in any electronic dispersion of this campaign. Below starts the announcement of the CALL FOR MUSIC EDUCATION BLOGGERS: 2008-2009 Mustech.Net?s International Initiative: Call For Music Education Bloggers Dr. Joseph M. Pisano and Mr. Owen S. Bradley began/announced an initiative at the Florida Music Educator?s Conference (FMEA), in January of this year, asking music educators to create 100 new music education related weblogs (blogs) by January of 2009. The goal of these new blogs would be to become part of the music education inform...
The Official List Of The ME Bloggers (Music Education)- February 2008
2008-03-04 06:06:00 o all, The second month of the ME Blogger campaign is newly finished! I am pleased to announce that we now have 30 OFFICIAL ME Bloggers! That?s 30% of our goal for 2009! Please keep spreading the word about our campaign and consider joining us with a new blog or if you have already been an established music education blogger that we are not currently aware of! There is no better way to get exposure about your music education related site than joining in with us! To find out what our campaign is all about check the following link:http://www.mustech.net/100--me-bloggers If you are a ME blogger and haven?t checked the above link out, please do so as we regularly update the information on that static page! Please join me in welcoming all the official Me Bloggers today! Visit them and say hello and don?t forget to say hell here as well! Drum Roll Please.. http://www.mustech.net Dr.- Joseph M. Pisano- MusTech.net http://d...
Ten most valuable teaching secrets of a Ph.D. in music education
2008-03-03 07:58:00 This post is brought to you by John Jinright, aka Dr J. from jinright.edublogs.org. John is Ph.D. in music education and currently teaches music theory, applied oboe and bassoon, audio production at TROY University. Before that, John worked in the music business, started a music store and finally decided that teaching fits him best. Dr. J played vibes in a Dixieland band (Jack Marshall and the Alabama Dixiecats), and piano in a big band (Tony Marino and The Checkmates) plus filled in on percussion with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, studied mixing with Charles Dye, Ed Seay and Roger Nichols, three Grammy-winning engineers/producers and film/tv scoring with composer/sound designer Michael Wynne. Quite an impressive history, reason for which I am more than happy to introduce Dr. J to you. So, here we go: Howdy, Ya’ll. I’m honored to guest blog on GuitarFlame.com. Frankly, I don’t think of myself as a great guitarist, but I’d like to share my best tips on p...
Interesting Music Education Posts From Around The Globe (Feb. 15, 2008):
2008-02-16 16:45:00 Great posts for music educators from the ME bloggers: James Frankel posts a great article about getting and utilizing the alternative ensemble in the school. John Wilborn writes about how he is utilizing technology and music education in the classroom and how his students and administrators are reacting to him. Carol Broos writes about podcasting and how to do it! She gives great tips about content, podcast length and more. Miikka Salavuo on the Horizon Report II: Collaboration Webs Miikka writes about collaboration Webs in the work and learning environment and includes information about related tools for musicians and music educators. Evan Tobias asks about the feasibility of free academic journals online. Paul Draper discusses an article in the New York Times called ?Hard to be an Audiophile in an iPod World? Keith Mason and Joseph Pisano podcast about music educators becoming bloggers and the importance of the new blogging medium in the educational environment. Travis Welle...
More ME bloggers Added To Our Growing List Of Music Education Bloggers!
2008-02-05 15:34:00 Well? I?m not sure how often I am going to update the list, certainly once per month, but I am going to make note of new ME bloggers every time I a few become known to me. This is important so that we can become aware of the new ME bloggers and support each other though blogroll links, comments, and encouragement. I am so excited to see the recent ?flurry? of activity in the Music Education ?Blog World? due to the impact of our 100 ME Blogger campaign? it is so nice to see real, well though, helpful, and insightful comments on others blogs other than Travis, James, Owen, a few others, and myself! If you are a ME blogger, I encourage you to comment on others sites as often as you can. Join our conversation and become part of the ?global conversation? about all things music, education, and technology. If you?ve been thinking about jumping in to our ME blogger campaign?don?t wait. We have promised to help you get started and get on your wa...
Harris Music Education Poll Results -Music Education Means Success
2008-02-01 16:21:00 Harris Interactive released the results of their Music Education Poll mid-November of last year. Here?s a summary: Music education is associated with those that go on to higher education. Music education is also associated with higher incomes. Music education has some influence on people?s personal level of fulfillment. Music education is important in giving people the ability to strive for individual excellence. Music education is important for providing a disciplined approach to solving problems. Music education is very important in teaching how to work toward common goals. Music education is very important in creative problem solving and helping people to be flexible in work situations. Music education equips people to be team players in their working environment. Music education provides a sense of organization to people. There is much more in this report. To view the whole report click here. Although, I?m not one to say music does this and music does that&...
Music Performance and Music Education - Can I perform and teach?
2008-01-30 21:31:00 You went to school to be a ?band director? not a ?performer.? You mean I have to do both? Well, yes you do. Well first and foremost, you went to college to become a music educator. A few months back someone asked about how they will stay active as a performer once they start to teach. Well, its difficult at times, but it is possible. For me, I arrive at school an hour early, just to do my daily trumpet warm-ups. It does seem to make for a better day, as I really do enjoy playing. After my hour warm-up, students are already in my room ready for first period. So I get a solid warm-up daily. I play every lesson period that I can (keeps the endurance going) and then try to work on something everyday after school. I try to get a good two hours of practice a day, most days I can do this, but sometimes its not possible. I?m active in my area as a musician, but where I am located??..there?s not always many playing opportu...
The Official List Of The ME Bloggers (Music Education) - Still Growing!
2008-01-29 17:03:00 The first month of the ME Blogger campaign is off and running?and almost over already! I am pleased to announce that we now have 18 OFFICIAL ME Bloggers! That?s almost 20% of our goal for 2009! Many of the NEW ME Bloggers have announced their intentions to join and are still in the process of getting their web logs up and running? I will continue to post new members additions as they make themselves aware to me/us here:http://www.mustech.net/100--me-bloggers In addition, I will update the list via a post toward the end of each month. Please join me in welcoming all the official Me Bloggers today! Visit them and say hello! Here we go?. Drum Roll Please.. http://www.mustech.net *Jo-seph M. Pisano http://digitalmusiceducator.wor-dpress.com *Owen Bradley http://etobiasblog.musiced.net&-nbsp;*Evan Tobias http://musiced.about.com/ -*Espie Estrella http://jamesfrankel.musiced.net-/ *James Frankel http://weblog.siba.fi/msalav...-
New Graphics For ME Bloggers! Become A Music Education Blogger Today!
2008-01-18 03:44:00 Hello all, &-nbsp; I?ve finished up a couple of graphics and badges that can be used for any ME Blogger! I?m pretty excited about them and I think they turned out pretty well (pat, pat!). :). I?m going to create a couple different ones in the time to come as well. &-nbsp; Here?s the very simple rules for using the ME Blogger Badges: Your blog must deal with music education, and/or music education technology You agree to openly share your blog information with others and be part of a global conversation with others about our field (comment on others blogs once in a while!!!) You keep the badge the same as I have them, with the exception that you may re-size them to any size you would like and you may change the transparent color if need be. You don?t have to, but? I would appreciate it if you linked the picture (anchor) it back to our 100 ME blogger campaign so we can g...
Join Our Campaign! 100 Music Education Bloggers (ME Bloggers) By January Of
2008-01-07 06:51:00 Insert Trumpet Fanfare Here! 100 Music Education Bloggers by January of 2009 Mustech.net and the DigitalMusicEducator.wordpress.-com have started a campaign to have 100 Music Educators blogging about music, education, and technology by January of 2009. We are inviting you to join our campaign and become an active blogger! This truly is the ground-floor of what IS the next wave of educational communication and thought/idea sharing for our fields (and every other one!). There are a number of reasons that an educator will blog: 1. Reflection, Introspect, & Thought Crystallization 2. Sharing knowledge with their students, peers or the world (global conversations) 3. Contributing to a larger database of information (active research) 4. Writing Practice (There is a tree-ware book in all of us!) 5. Creative Outlet 6. Digital Mentoring 7. Active Sharing of Media (Pictures/Photos/Webcasts/Podca-sts/Vidcasts) 8. Create a network of peers 9. Advertise your concerts, clinics, you...
Music Education Linked to Academic and Income Success
2007-11-17 18:55:00 Parents who consult with me are generally focused on helping their children with language and reading skills. Often though, in the course of conversation, they say something like, "By the way, my son, or daughter, is quite good at music but wants to stop the lessons. What should I do?" As with all questions of teaching and learning, the answers are not simple. Still, all other things being equal, my advice is generally to have the lessons continue. One of my deeply held beliefs is that the development of skills--in all areas--has enormous payoff for a person over the course of his or her life. Many times, students have come back to me to tell me how pleased they are that they did continue--because as adults, they find great pleasure in music and in the competence they have in this realm. Now, via a recent Harris Poll of 2,565 adults, there is evidence to support what I have been encouraging. The study showed that whether it's chorus, band or violin lessons, music impacts Ameri...
Educational Fall Activities
2007-11-07 22:16:00 Fall may be a terrific time of year for fun crafts but you don’t want to be so focused on the fun that you forget about the great educational opportunities that the season presents. Sure, it’s great to carve pumpkins and make Thanksgiving turkeys out of construction paper during ...
Where Has The Time Gone? Reflections Of A Music Teacher
2007-11-05 16:35:00 The following article is by Scott Ditullio. Scott has written a couple of articles for us before and I have asked him to become a contributing author here at mustech.net! I welcome him into our fold and into our global conversation about music, education and technology, and look forward to many great insights and posts from Scott in the future. &nb-sp;The first portion of this article was originally written in June of 2007. &-nbsp; *******************************-*********** Where has the time gone? As I look back over the past twelve years, I have to stop and ask, where have all the hours gone. The summer of 2007 marked the first true summer vacation for me. Sounds crazy, I know, but very true! As a high school band director, my former school was committed to participating in a summer parade (like many of you are doing), that meant teaching ...
Pageflakes: Get Your Custom Music Education And Technology News Fast!
2007-10-23 04:54:00 I thought I would share one of the web resources that I use to keep track of the many music related blogs that I follow. It?s called a pagecast and it?s from http://pageflakes.com and- is brought to you courtesy of mustech.net. You can create your own if you would like by visiting their site and signing up for a free account. Here is a screen shot of the Music, Technology and Education Pagecast: Here are the sites I have included in the pagecast: Music Education Magic Mustech.net Composing Like Mad Catalysts and Connections Audio Lemon James Frankel, Music Technology Glued to the String Making Music Matters Podcasts from Mustech.net MusicEdNews Jason Heath?s Double Bass Blog The Digital Music Educator Music Education in the News (Aggregate from mustech.net) Miikka Salavuo About Music Education (Espie Estrella) Suite 101: Music Education Podcomplex Guitar Teacher?s Lessons I hope you like this and get some REAL use out of it. I ch...
… are three music education programs: 1) The (Meditation music)
2007-10-21 06:15:00 … are three music education programs: 1) The undergraduate music education and teacher … Music Education Curriculum - Instrumental Program (PDF) … Music Education Magic ...
Mustech.net Offers Current Music Education And Music Technology News Throug
2007-10-04 17:25:00 I thought it was time to remind/tell about and announce to the readers of our weblog some of the awesome RSS feeds and NEWS features that are a part of mustech.net. I know that you love our articles, posts and podcasts but there is so much more! If you look down the left sidebar of mustech.net, you will find the latest News and Headlines about Music Education and Music Technology. These are custom feeds that I have either designed or aggregated from thousands of news sources. They include: Asides: News and Announcements that I find particularly interesting, timely or useful. Recent Comments: The latest from people our sites who are linking to mustech.net or commenting Music Education in the News: Aggregated from over 4000 News sources! The latest, most current news related to music and education on the web! Music Technology in the News: Aggregated from over 4000 News sources! The latest, most current news related to music an...
Preschool September Themes
2007-09-28 02:26:00 September is rapidly coming to a close but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late to incorporate some great September themes into your preschool lesson plans. September is a fun month because it’s all about going back to school, meeting new people and getting ready for the ...
How to Make your own Preschool Lesson Plans
2007-09-21 05:13:00 Are you homeschooling your preschooler? Or perhaps your child simply isn’t challenged enough in her preschool class and you’d like to make your own lesson plans to supplement what’s being learned at school? Whatever the case, making your own preschool lesson plans can be a great ...
Music Education Blogging: A Challenge!
2007-09-01 16:48:00 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 post per month. With each school year comes new ideas, new challenges, and a new ?to do? list. Won?t you join me in harnessing the power of a blogging community of music educators? I KNOW this is a great idea. If nothing else, writing clarifies thought and expands your thinking pattern(s). Blogging will do that and so much more for you and your students. Since I started blogging a year ago, I have had almost 100,000 unique hits at mustech.net and over 200 hundred discussion points with people on this blog. I?ve grown tremendously from those conversations and it has sparked further curiosity? In my opinion it?s a win-win for everyone involved in the process. Yes, many times people do not agree with me about a topic but isn?t that the point of an...
Grove City College: First Day Back At The Grove?
2007-08-28 00:14:00 This article is from MUSicTECHnology.net -~Copyright 2007, J. Pisano/mustech.net 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 out them, well?it?s pretty lifeless. I think as teachers we should be excited about school starting, after-all isn?t that why we chose to be teachers? All jobs/careers have their tensions, headaches, and unnecessary ?hoops?? at least we get some time to ?recoup?! In classes today, we had the normal first day of class ?rigaramol?: add/drops, early and lates, books, etc. It?s an exciting time for the students, especially the freshmen. It?s kind of fun to watch the freshmen try to figure out who is an upperclassmen or the ?where? and ?what? of their first few days. Very quickly they assimilate into the ?know?. Wow, has class equipment changed since I was an un...
Connect With Music, FREE Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans For Math, Science A
2007-08-20 22:35:00 This article is from MusTech.net ~Copyright 2007 MusTech.net and J. Pisano 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 NAMM and TI:ME. Connect With Music includes 30 FREE interdisciplinary plans that utilize multimedia, music and technology to aid in the instruction of Language Arts, Mathematics and Science at the middle school level. Again, this tremendous resource is free and both delightful and insightful! Here is a list of it?s project goals from their site: 1. Creation of a Multimedia-based Interdisciplinary lesson plans integrating music into three core subject areas at the secondary level: language arts/reading, mathematics, and science. Each subject area will have ten lesson plans that will integrate music into the subjec...
Help Make Music Education Part Of The National Debate
2007-08-19 22:42:00 This article is from MusTech.net ~Copyright 2007 MusTech.net and J. Pisano MENC has posted this interesting idea/concept in the dusty hollows of their technology bulletin board/discussion forum: Posted by MENC Staff on August 09, 2007 at 16:19:25: Help Make Music Education Part of the National Debateon the Future of America in ?08! MENC is asking all 2008 presidential candidates to tell us what they would do to support music education if elected. The September 17 CNN/YouTube Republican debate gives you a unique opportunity to participate in this effort. Create a video asking the candidates how they would support school music ? and you could see it broadcast and answered on live TV! YouTube encourages original submissions! Use details from your own experience in the classroom or in training, from participating in the World?s Largest Concert, the National Anthem Project, or All-State Festivals, from the many studies about the benefits of music education (www.menc.org/facts) ?...
Preschool Software - Give your Preschooler a Head Start in Education
2007-08-15 17:47:00 Computers are not the wave of the future; they are the way that we operate right here and right now. Because of this, it’s important to make use of computer software as early on as you can in your child’s education. Preschool software is designed to get ...
Preschool Printable Worksheets
2007-08-14 03:08:00 Preschool printable worksheets are practically a staple of the home school education. And even those parents who aren’t homeschooling their kids find that these printable worksheets are good for preschoolers to pass the time while learning new and important skills. They’re great for parents because they’re ...
Lap Books - A Great Tool to Teach Your Child Preschool at Home
2007-08-10 05:24:00 LapBooks are a terrific part of a good home preschool program. Lapbooks combine all of the work done in a single subject area to really pull it together for your child. They can be reviewed at later dates to make sure that learning is cumulatively building itself. ...
Preschool Online ? Using The Internet To Teach Your Child
2007-08-05 03:36:00 The Internet has changed education. It has changed the way that research is done. It has changed the sheer amount of information that both parents and students have access to. And it has changed the way that parents help their children learn. So if you haven’t gotten ...
Preschool Curriculum Kits
2007-08-04 04:31:00 There are a wide variety of different preschool programs to choose from so narrowing down the right one for your child can be a difficult task. You’ll want to make sure that you find a preschool program which has preschool curriculum kits that meet all ...
Classical Homeschooling - Is it the Right Choice?
2007-08-02 00:39:00 If you’ve started to look in to the options for homeschooling your children, you’ve probably already realized that there are many different educational approaches that you can take to homeschooling. One of those choices is to use the “Classical Homeschooling” model. Of all of the homeschooling methods ...
Why Music Is Important In Preschool
2007-07-29 07:36:00 Would you believe that your preschooler inherently knows what is good for her? Maybe that’s not always true (after all, she’ll grab the tater tots over the spinach every single time) but in the case of loving music, she’s automatically right. Although it may be to varying ...
Free Music Education Resources From The U.S. Army and Navy
2007-07-17 03:37:00 This article is from MusTech.net ~Copyright 2007 MusTech.net and J. Pisano About three years ago I attended a Jazz Ambassador?s concert in Chicago at the Midwest Clinic. At it, the director spoke of a number of resources that they make available free to the public. One of their offerings was a complete Jazz chart entitled Porch Swingin; we played it at one of last year?s concert. There are a number of free resources including lesson plans, music charts, articles and other resources that would be of interest to any music educator (not just U.S. music educators!). The U.S. military bands? also offer requestable free CDs of most of their literature. As you may know, these bands ARE the heritage of our own concert band programs in the U.S. and you can be sure that the recordings they offer are of the highest qualities both in musicianship and audio fidelity. The U.S. Army Field Band Resources are found here and here is a list of some of their offerings: The Legacy of Aaron CoplandA reco...
Get your licks and riffs up to speed!
2007-07-15 19:04:00 Whenever I’m learning a new lick, riff or scale, I always find it best to start off slowly then gradually get faster until I can play it faster than actually I need to, then it’s always a relief to play it at the correct speed 8). To help you do this, I’ve put together a ...
Blank Stationary for Guitar / Bass / Mandolin / Banjo
2007-07-10 17:07:00 Here is some handy stationary that you can print off. They are all in Word 2000 (Doc) format and should be ready to go. The examples here are filled in, but the downloads are completely blank.
whatismusicfor
2007-07-10 10:55:00 What is music for? Buckminster Fuller, the acclaimed Canadian scientist who invented the geodesic dome, described the ...
How Music Works part I
2007-07-09 20:58:00 Music is mysterious stuff. It?s completely invisible. You can?t smell it, taste it or feel it in a normal sense, yet it can touch you. Fair enough you can hear it, but what makes music different from anything else you may hear? After all, it uses the same parts of your body you would use ...
Improvisation in Indian music? ?ManoDharma?
2007-06-29 17:49:00 In the two main forms of Indian classical music, improvisation plays a very significant role. In the South Indian variety of classical music, Manodharma comes into the main foray much later into the concert, within a span of 3-4 hours. In the North Indian music, there are two main styles, which can be termed classical. a)Dhrupad ...
The Ten Best Tips I Ever Heard For Being a Great Musician?
2007-06-28 23:07:00 These bits of advice that I’ve heard or read over the years have earned their weight in gold….
The Mandatory Scale To Know For Rock Guitar Lead Playing
2007-06-10 10:01:00 As far as rock guitar lead is concerned, it is the scale of all scales, the mother lode so to speak, the scale used early and often by such lead guitar greats as Jimmy Page, Edward Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash, and Neal Schon, to name a few. If ...
The Top 25 Music Education and Music Technology Blogs As Listed By Technora
2007-05-25 06:13:00 AN URGENT CALL: HELP ME COMPLETE THIS LIST! Well, I have to tell you I honestly tried to put together this list but? we?re awful as music educators getting the word out about our blogs. There are only 133 out of 70+million blogs in the world labeled as ?music education? in Technorati. Of those 133, about half of them are ?fake? blogs or ?splogs? and have nothing to do with music education. So, graciously, taking the the number ?66? for real ?music education blogs?, we find that those listed on Technorati make up a mere .00000008% of the blogs in the world. Woot! Interestingly enough, I started this topic with the idea of only considering Music Education blogs. I couldn?t find enough relevant blogs within the results while searching for the term ?Music Education? so I added ?Music Technology? to the ?mix? and expanded the search. I still couldn?t fill the list! Now? I know that there are a few...
Add A Little Fanfare To Your Commencement
2007-05-19 06:38:00 "Every year I have between five and eight trumpeters play for Baccalaureate and Commencement. The trumpet fanfares add a regal mood and ?air of importance? to the events that not only look and sound nice, but also is a visual boon for the music department. Many high schools and colleges have the traditional concert band or wind ensemble play for commencement. Some areas may have an organ or even a CD (not anyone?s first choice) play. Regardless of what you may do, it is a relatively easy thing to get a cohort of trumpet players together to do this and it adds a special flavor to the event(s). My recipe for the trumpeters at our Commencement and Baccalaureate: First, early on, I stress the importance to the undergraduates of performing for the seniors, creating a seriousness about the importance of the fanfare group. I talk about how they will appreciate the fanfares when it?s their turn to ?walk?. I also have the advantage...
A Bloggable Moment: Visual learners in the Bandroom
2007-05-16 05:48:00 Excerpt about this great article/post from MUSicTECHnology.net: "Today confirmed something that I guess I?ve always known- the vast majority of my students are visual learners (Dunn, Thies, & Honigsfeld, 2001). After 18 years as a high school teacher, I certainly have been through my share of professional development and the study of learning styles, but it is only recently that I have made a concerted effort to bring learning theory into my daily teaching practice. As a band director, I am always focused on my next performance. There have been countless times that I have ?rote taught? rhythms (It goes like this, kids?.) because of time constraints or some other pressing matter. In the past few years, I have dedicated myself to teaching concepts and assessing whether my students have learned the material. More about this in other posts, and I am also considering writing a book on the subject?" [more] VISIT MUSTECH.NET TODAY- Don't miss a beat! Feeds and destinati...
Lennon music education bus still rolling
2007-05-14 11:39:00 Imagine a "dream machine" on wheels. It's easy if you try. But the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is no dream. A state-of-the-art multimedia studio packed in a bus, it's a vehicle for opening the minds of aspiring young musicians. "Swing open the door, step inside, take three short steps into the main cabin and look around," writes Mark Garvey in "Come Together: The Official John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Guide to Music and Video," a recently published history of the bus by Garvey and Yoko Ono Lennon. "You've entered a different world. And whether you're young or old, if you're a person who harbors music, video-editing or any related technical aspirations, you know you've just walked into a candy shop."
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Mustech.net Welcomes V. Kieth Mason To The Music Education Blogosphere
2007-05-14 03:43:00 Excerpt about this great article/post from MUSicTECHnology.net: "While searching Technorati, I recently ran across V. Keith Mason?s informative and very promising new site: Music Tech for Me. The site has only been operating since March of this year and has posted numerous articles and three podcasts. Personally, I am very excited to see the growing number of experts like Keith Mason join the global conversation about topics like those discussed on this site." [more] VISIT MUSTECH.NET TODAY- Don't miss a beat! Feeds and destinations: Articles, Podcasts, Comments, Other Music News, Archives, Forums
Music Education and Technology RSS Feeds: Netvibes and Pageflakes
2007-04-17 18:53:00 Excerpt About This Great Article From MUSicTECHnology.Net An article about using Pageflakes and Netvibes to make your life easier by bringing all your newsfeeds, emails and content information into one EASY TO USE web-based interface. "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 with netvibes and pageflakes. They are enabling me to check all of my email accounts (I have eight, I use constantly), and keep track of all the RSS feeds that are important to me in one place, using one interface." [MORE] at MUSTECH.NET! Feeds: Articles, Podcasts, Comments, Other News Destinations: About, Archives, Forums _______________________________-_______________________________-________ |
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