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Great Audio Broadcast With Dr. Pisano And Lee Ann Baber On EdTechTalk
2008-03-21 14:59:00
Just a quick not to let you all know that I was interviewed, LIVE, for over an hour on one of the most successful audio shows on the Internet about Teachers, EdTechTalk and the recording of the show has been posted.  The program is called Teachers Teaching Teachers. This was a great interview and we talked about everything from, music in the classroom to  SEO and the ME Blogger Campaign (Speaking of, I will have a post of some new NEW Bloggers up later today!).  The show can be found archived in it?s entirity along with the CHAT transcript here:         ;      SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Great Audio Broadcast With Dr. Pisano And Lee Ann Baber On EdTechTalk", url: "http://www.mustech.net/2008/03/great-aud io-broadcast-with-dr-pisano-and-lee-ann-b aber-on-edtechtalk/" }); ShareThis Scroll Down To Join our Conversation and Comment! Support Mustech.net -Buy us a cup of "band director's" coffe...

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 Top 25 Music And Education Related Web 2.0 Sites As Selected By My Coll
2008-03-15 18:41:00
One of the last projects that I had my music technology students perform this year was to search http://go2web20.net and find web 2.0 applications that they thought would be beneficial to an educator or musician.  If you haven?t been to Go2Web20?s website, you are in for a real ?shocker? when you finally do.  You will not believe how many online Web 2.0 applications are available to you -the majority for FREE.  Many of them are awesome and some, well, not so awesome? Hopefully this list will shed some light on the more useful programs for music educators! The following are Web 2.0 sites (and their comments) that my students found to be interesting and useful to them in some way: http://songza.comThis website is a music search engine and jukebox, meaning that you can pull up any song that can be found on the site and listen to it.  This is inclusive of major works (motion picture soundtracks, top artists, etc.).  As a music educator, this would be ...
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Calling All Music Directors That Write And Use Program Notes!
2008-03-12 19:46:00
Hello friends,         ; I along with a couple of other co-SAVVY bloggers have started, what will no doubt be the best and most useful, program noteswebsite available to date (how?s that for ambitious!).   I am very excited about the look of the site and the, very real, usefulness factor it provides.         ; I/we have been Alpha testing this site and am ready to have about a dozen new folks try this out and work with me on a closed BETA version of the site.   In particular, I am looking for directors with choral, jazz, and orchestra program note experience/writers to continue the testing, but I?ll take band and wind ensemble directors too!         ; I really would like to publicly have the BETA moved into full production by mid-April.   If you have written notes, and or want to write notes, we could REALLY use your help with this project.  T...
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Top Ten Websites/Programs That Allow Musicians To Jam Or Collaborate Online
2008-03-08 22:54:00
There are a number of websites and programs that allow musicians to ?collaborate live? with each other available online now.  Although the software/sites listed in this post are cutting edge and in some cases, a little rough or BETA versions, this genre of collaborative music/musician sites is steadily increasing and becoming easier to use and implement.  In most cases, I have not had a great deal of experiences with the sites listed here, but can see the benefit that they all offer.  If you are an active user of any of these sites or other related sites/software please share with us your experiences with them and/or how you are using them them in the comment section below! photo credit: johnnyalive Ninjam: ?NINJAM is a program to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available...
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PA Intercollegiate Band At West Chester University This Sunday
2008-03-07 23:08:00
I?m excited to be a part of the PA intercollegiate band festival this year as I have been for the past decade.  This year the festival is being held at the newly finished Swope Auditorium at West Chester University .  This is the 61st Annual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band festival and is the longest running state band festival of its kind.   This year Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York is the conductor of the festival band.  The concert is being hosted by Dr. John Villella and Dr. Andrew Yozviak of West Chester University. The concert is open to the public and will be held within Swope Hall, at West Chester Unviersity, on Sunday March 9th at 2:30 p.m.  The concert program is as follows: The Star Spangled Banner  -John Smith/James Swearingen Salute to P.M.E.A. - A.D. Davenport Celebration Fanfare  -Steven Reinecke Symphonies of Gaia -Jayce Orgen Vigils Keep- Julie Giroux British Eighth Mar...

Catch Dr. Joseph Pisano Live Tonight And Join In The Conversation At EdTech
2008-03-05 19:47:00
Please join me tonight for a joinable conversation about  the very latest ideas, innovations, and topics concerning music, education, and technology.  The discussion will start promptly at 9:00 p.m. EST and will last for an entire hour.  Lee Ann Baber will be leading the conversation as the host.   Please join this live and join in our conversation!  To join us live open the following address in your browser:http://edtechtalk.com/live Then, will see a screen that states LOGIN.  You can choose any name (use one that I might recognize) and click the Login button.  YOU WILL NOT NEED TO ENTER THE PASSWORD. From there you will be in the live chat room and you will have three options available for this immersive experience.  You will be able to text chat from the chat room screen that will appear after you login.  You will be able to choose an audio stream (One of three formats), and you will be able to visually see what is pre...
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Nine Inch Nails Hammer A Spike Into Record Industry, A Bone For The Pirates
2008-03-05 15:08:00
Nine Inch Nails (NIN) released their latest Album, Ghosts I-IV via the web this week.   Much of the album is being offered for free and a number of options for purchasing it are available at their website.   photo credit: Film Colourist  So what is their news selling/purchasing business model? Download the whole album for $5.00 with a 40 page pdf Get a deluxe 2 CD Set with a 16 Page booklet for $10 Download for FREE the first 9 tracks in DRM free MP3 format Order the $75.00 Deluxe Edition Package that contains numerous goodies? Order the $300.00 Ultra-Deluxe limited edition package  SOLD OUT! Is this working?  Yes indeedy! NIN has alread sold out of the 2500 units allocated for the $300.00 Deluxe edition and it?s only been available for a number of hours, due to the site crashing because of all the ?hits? and traffic. Radiohead made this type of move back in October of 2007 and sales we?re very good for them.  They we?re ...
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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-blogge rs 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...
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Dr. Joseph Pisano?s Recent Podcasting Venues About Education And Music
2008-03-01 16:13:00
Hello all,        It?s been busy this month.  We?re in the ?thick? of things at the college here in Grove City, PA.  Snow has been coming down for weeks like water over Niagra.   It?s been hard to keep up with mustech.net (and all the snow shoveling!)  and the great questions, tips, and ideas we?ve been getting here!   I have not even been able to keep up with the finishing of many of the half written articles that have been in the ?works? for weeks!  Wow? it?s good to vent!       Despite the hectic schedule, I?ve been doing a lot of podcasts on others sites over the last month and wanted to let you know where you can find these great informative audio informational gems.  I also have one coming up on this Wednesday the 5th that you?ll want to catch live and even?participate with!        Kieth Mason and I had a great conversation...
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ME Blogger Update, The February Edition. More SEO Tips.
2008-02-27 04:37:00
Six brave, fearless, and expert music bloggers have joined the ME Blogger Campaign and are off and running with their new blogs.  If you haven?t noticed the really COOL java graphic in the upper corner of the mustech.net site that says ?click me?, click it and you will see an awesome JAVA effect that entices people to join our campaign.  If you?re a current ME blogger, I encourage you to check out the new ME bloggers and add them and anyone else in the ME blogger campaign (don?t forget us!) to your blogrolls.  It?s a great way to give others your support and build our growing network of music education experts! For this post, I?m going to only list the site author and their new blog site.  I plan on posting the official list of ME Bloggers on March 1st.  The updated list will include your name (if I have it), your site, and your site title.   I also plan on writing an official letter of invitation to the ME blogger campaign for everyone to dis...
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Quizlet.com And My Conducting Mastery Group Flashcards
2008-02-26 16:49:00
I?ve decided to go ?high-tech? (like that?s a new one!) and put a number of the terms that I require my instrumental conducting students to know, by rote, on the super-cool site, Quizlet.  Quizlet is a free to use site that boasts: ?The End of Flashcards?.  Quite candidly, it really is an amazing learning tool that more people need to become aware of and utilize. Quizlet pokes fun at vocabulary learning by stating there are 5 ways to learn vocabulary: Brain injection Quizlet Flashcards Reading a list a gajillion times Praying Screenshot:  I?ve had a quizlet account since I became aware of it last year, but had not done anything ?officially? with it until this morning after I promised my conducting class a new way to help them learn the enormity of vocabulary that I require of them.  Quizlet offers a number of great and fun ways to learn your ?list?.  You can: View one sided (flip type) flashcards View two sided flash cards (term and answer) Take tru...
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Mustech.net?s 2nd Season Of Music And Technology Podcasts Have Begun
2008-02-25 05:13:00
Darren and I have started our 2nd season of podcasts!  This season we plan on increasing the number of guests on our show from both here in the United States and outside the country!  I?ve also added a flash player in the left sidebar of mustech.net so that you can quickly listen to any episode of our show.   In addition, I will continue to refine ways to get the ?word out? about our show and make access to it easier. Darren and I do not keep a ?release? schedule like our good friend Keith Mason who puts out his great podcasts on the 1st and 15th of each month.  We usually do two per month and they are posted as soon as we have the time to get them up?  at some point we might actually get it on a real schedule.  No promises! You can find our first podcast of the new season here: Blogging, Blu-Ray, HD-Radio and RSS! You can also find the entirety of our podcasts by visiting our podcast category on mustech.net. You may also find our podca...
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Blogging, Blu-ray, HD-Radio, And RSS: Podcast E11
2008-02-21 22:28:00
Blogging, Blu-Ray, HD-Radio , And RSS, Podcast E11 Darren and Joseph are back on the air and kicking it hard! In this episode they talk about getting their new campaign to get 100 music educators blogging by 2009 among other great topics! Original Air Date: 2/21/2008 Website: http://www.mustech.net Podcasters: Dr. Joseph Pisano and Mr. Darren Morton Episode 11?s Show: Joseph Makes a public apology for missing a podcast DATE! Mustech.net exceeds bandwidth and has to upgrade to 20 Gig a month! How about comments -don?t be afraid to comment on a blog! The campaing to get 100 Music Education Bloggers by 2009!Learn more about our campaign! Darren upgrades to HD-Radio for his FM station Blu-ray becomes the winner of the format wars What are RSS feeds and OPML feeds? What?s coming up in the next few podcasts? Find out. [RSS] Subscribe to our Podcasts with Feedburner[RSS] Subscribe to our latest news and articles Music provided by Jason Davis:Jason Davis Music PLAY this podcast...
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Unbelievably Crazy Music Series: #6: Windows Sounds Sequenced In Song
2008-02-21 06:54:00
Unbelievably Crazy Music Video Series #6: Source: http://youtube.com/ Post Date: 3/21/2008    Archives: See all our series Viewing Rating: G-For Everyone Hat-tip: Thanks to Alex Frazier for pointing this one out to us! Comment: Some people just have too much time on their hands AND too much fun!  This song is an amalgamation of sounds found on a Windows XP or 98 machine.  It?s hysterical, especially when you hear the Windows Shutdown sound?well., crash!  This song was created using the very popular and FREE MODplug tracker software.  The concept of this video/song is pretty clever.  How about a MAC one?anyone? [You cannot watch this video in RSS, please visit the site!] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Unbelievably Crazy Music Series: #6: Windows Sounds Sequenced In Song ", url: "http://www.mustech.net/2008/02/new-unbel ievably-crazy-music-series-1-windows-soun ds/" }); ShareThis Scroll Down To Join our Conversation and Comment! Support Must...

The End Of The High Definition Format War: Blu-ray Is The Champion
2008-02-20 19:52:00
Toshiba has ?called it quits? and Sony?s Blu-ray format has become the undisputed ?winner? of the high definition wars.  Quite frankly, I?m glad the war has ended. I decided that I was going to wait until Christmas season this year to decide on which format that I wanted to support/own and now I don?t have to make that decision.   As an owner of an XBOX 360, the temptation was there to buy the HD-DVD player but, looking through my ?future goggles?, I thought that the format might have a problem ?catching on? with the public for various reasons. The one sticking point that I always came back to with regard to the specificities of the formats was that Blu-ray, from the outset, could hold 20GB of more data that the HD-DVD for its dual layer type media and the theoretical limit for Blu-Ray is 200GB and HD-DVD is only 60GB.  This is a major consideration when you consider how fast we are ?chewing up? data allocations with our media storag...
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Tutorial: Using Blogbridge As A Feedreader And Importing RSS And OPML Feeds
2008-02-19 20:04:00
I?ve created a ten minute tutorial to help you understand the very versatile feed-reader, BlogBridge.  This tutorial covers the following topics: Adding RSS feeds Sorting Articles Importing an OPML feed Exporting an OPML feed Creating a smart feed Changing View Sizes I highly recommend blogbridge to become your favorite RSS reader.  It is free, open source, cross-platform and extremely powerful.  If you are not using a feed reader currently, it?s a great program to begin with. I?ve uploaded two files to my eSnips folder.  This folder can be found here:http://www.esnips.com/web/mebloggers AVI BlogBridge Tutorial Info:The AVI file, although smaller in size is of a much better quality.  This file can be downloaded by clicking this link.   Flash BlogBridge Tutorial Info:To view the flash file online, without downloading it, click this link.  The flash tutorial is not quite the quality as the AVI one, but it is still passable. You may ...
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Best Music Freeware: Mixxx Open Source DJ Software
2008-02-18 06:36:00
Music Educator?s Freeware Toolkit (Currently- filling our toolbox) Title: Mixxx Category: Open Source DJ Software Description: Mixxx allows you to DJ live events using state of the art DJ software. Screen SnapShot: Tested On Which System (before posting): VISTA Teaching Ideas: This software allows you to teach students about the fine art of DJ?ing and live audio track mixing/playing.  Using this software you are able to introduce concepts like beat matching, pitch matching, and tempo matching.  This is easily accomplished due to the innovative controls and usage of audio waveform analyzers for each track.  Your students will love this software if not for anything else than the cool factor it will bring to their parties (No, I?m not going into a copyright de-briefing at this point!).  The software is open-source. Home Page: www.mixxx.org Download Links: DIRECT: http://mixxx.org/download.php  Mustech.net?s BESTMUSICFREEWARE @ esnips.com: Direct from Mustech.n...
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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...
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ME Bloggers: The OPML File Containing The Compiled List Of ME Blogger RSS F
2008-02-14 06:38:00
Here ye, Here ye: I?ve compiled an OPML file that you will allow you to be able to easily import all the ME Blogger feeds into your favorite RSS reader AT ONE TIME.  If you?re not sure what a RSS reader is? stay tuned to the next post from mustech.net where I will show you how to upload OPML file into various RSS feed readers.   Note: almost all RSS readers have the ability import OPML files, you may have to look around a little for the option.   By the way,  if you are looking for a WAY COOL offline/online RSS reader I highly recommend the one by blogbridge.  This can be found at http://www.blogbridge.com.  It is crossplatform and open-source. This file contains 22 RSS feeds of the official ME bloggers.  And can be found by clicking this sentence!I will be updating this OPML file every time I post the official list of ME bloggers.   If you are a ME blogger and have not been keeping up on the latest ME B...
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Budding Bloggers: Tips To Help You Become Known Among Your Colleagues And P
2008-02-12 06:08:00
I?m writing this post to the new ME bloggers, but it?s relevant to any new blogger starting out.  In the beginning blogging can be a little confusing, exciting, depressing, and overwhelming.   Here are a 10 tips to help you get the word out about your blog among other bloggers and friends: Comment on other sites!  This is the fastest way for you to become noticed by others in your ?circle?.  If somebody comments on your site, moderate it quickly (if so required) and comment back to the commentator as soon as you can (Why not after you moderate it?).  Add as many sites/people with related topics or topics you think your readership (future readership?) will be interested to your BLOGROLL. Write a post linking to another bloggers post (make sure you include the link to the other blogger?s post in the body of your post).  This will create a trackback on the other blogger's post linking back to your site and notify the other blogger about you...
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The Best Free Web Hosting Site I?ve Found So Far?
2008-02-11 18:01:00
I?m sure as soon as I post this, I?m going to get a lot of feedback from others suggesting other great free hosting sites?and I welcome the feedback!  I?ve been looking for a free hosting site that allows me to have a ?work lab? for a number of experiments that I?m currently working with that involve the Internet.  Because I want to leave my bandwidth at a maximum for the readers and subscribers of MusTech.net, I don?t want to do some of experiments at this site and reduce the experience of the users here. I came across one of the fastest and full functioning cluster based web hosting service I?ve found to date a couple of weeks ago: http://freehostia.com.  If you are a looking for a feature rich, free host that doesn?t bombard you with advertisements or banners (bannerless) and provides you with REAL tools such as Perl, PHP, and MySql databases this might be a host solution for you.   If you are person that doesn?t need a whole lot of customization cap...
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Powerpoint Presentation About Syndicating, R.S.S. And Web 2.0 From Grand Ra
2008-02-10 15:57:00
Hey all,        I?ve taken a tip from Will and am going to embed the PowerPoint presentation I spoke about in a previous post into this post.  If you are interested in the ?power? of R.S.S. or even ?what it is?.  This PowerPoint is a good start. [Can't show This in R.S.S., Please visit this site] To find this PowerPoint directly and/or view it in a larger format visit this link:http://www.authorstream.com/User-Pre sentations/pisanojm/  You may also, email this and find other ways to share it at authorstream.com.  Please let me know if you have any comments. Scroll Down To Join our Conversation and Comment! Support Mustech.net -Buy us a cup of "band director's" coffee (it's not Starbucks)! Other Great Related Articles From Mustech.net!:*RSS Presentation From TI:ME/MMC Now Online   *Getting Ready To Post The Official First List Of ME Bloggers!   *Mustech.net Welcomes John Wilborn To The Blogosphere!   *Google 101, lea...
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Best Music Freeware: Bryant McGill?s English Dictionary Of Rhyme With Verse
2008-02-08 06:58:00
Music Educator?s Freeware /Open-Source Toolkit (Currently- filling our toolbox) Title: English Dictionary of Rhyme  -With Verse Perfect Category: Lyrics, Writing Description: A freeware title that will help you to create music lyrics easily.   This title will allow you to easily write any type of verse and includes extensive an extensive feature set that make this the best software in this category regardless of price. Screen SnapShot: Tested On Which System (before posting): XP Teaching Ideas: Again, it?s hard to believe this one is FREE -it is!  This software will allow you to easily come up with lyrics for any composition by helping with rhyming, verse, definitions, thesaurus functions, and more.  This is a great tool for use in language classes as well, especially for use with poetry.  A perfect adjunct for your composition software. Home Page: Bryant McGill Download Links: DIRECT:http://www.bryantmcgill.com/Free_R hyming_Dictiona...
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RSS Presentation From TI:ME/MMC Now Online
2008-02-07 16:29:00
I?ve had a large number of requests for the PowerPoint that I performed in Grand Rapids, Michigan to be made available for people to use within the classroom, etc.  I have just finished modifying the presentation for web publication and have released it here: http://www.authorstream.com/User-Presenta tions/pisanojm/ I am currently testing the usage of Author Streamas a viable entity for hosting my Powerpoints.  There are a number of solutions out there; I?ve looked at quite a few of them.   I like the features of this one the best? so far.  Although, I may be publishing these elsewhere as well.  The reason I do not publish them here at mustech.net is that I only have a limited amount of bandwidth per month and thinks like PowerPoint take up an awful lot of  that amount.  Please let me know what you if you have any comments about the presentation.     SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "RSS Presentation From TI:ME/MMC Now Onl...
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Phi Beta Mu -International Bandmasters? Fraternity
2008-02-06 21:14:00
When I arrived at home today, I had a letter from the Nu chapter of Phi Beta Mu stating that I had been approved for inclusion into their prestigious bandmasters group and would be inducted along with others at the 2008 PMEA conference in Hershey, PA.  I am very excited to be given this honor and to become a part of such a rich tradition.   The mission of Phi Beta Mu is this: Phi Beta Mu is a non-political, non-profit fraternity organized to promote fellowship among its members, to encourage the building of better bands and the development of better musicians in schools throughout the world, to foster a deeper appreciation for quality wind literature, and to encourage widespread interest in band performance. What a fantastic mission and a global one at that.  To find out more about Phi Beta Mu, click this link.   I?m curious to know if any of you ME bloggers, Music bloggers, or blog readers are members as well?   ...
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New Pagecast Of All The ME Bloggers RSS Feeds At Pageflakes.com
2008-02-06 03:22:00
I?ve modified my pagecast on pageflakesto include all the RSS feeds of all the ME bloggers. This was my first simple (read non-time consuming) step to provide an aggregate of all our feeds and a place for all of you ME blogger newbies to go to keep track of everyone else?s posts.   This is an online resource and can be read from anywhere you have an active internet connection. I will be adding new ME Bloggers to the pagecast as I have time.  I also intend on modifying musicednews.com to become an online aggregate RSS feed generator of all the ME blogger feeds into ONE single RSS feed that anyone can use on their sites or sidebars.  If you haven?t checked out musicednews.com, it?s worth a look. For those of you power-users, I will have an OPML file of all of our sites up soon for you to grab and import into your favorite RSS Readers like blogbridge.  IMHO there is no better open-source Feed Reader than blogbridge.  I also am an expert guide ...
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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...
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NASA Beams Song ?Across The Universe? To Other Worlds?Intergalactic Royalti
2008-02-05 05:50:00
If you didn?t hear, NASA is beaming the Beatles tune ?Across the Universe ? today to the North Star region of space?. You can learn more about this here:http://www.acrosstheuniverseday.com/ Now, the joke is really on the would-be alien listeners, as they only have one chance to hear this ?broadcast? as it speeds by them? If they miss it as it passes over their heads (maybe even multiple heads per alien), they will be out of interstellar luck as the duplicating and re-distributing of this message is prohibited by Earth?s, soon to be announced, Intergalactic Copyright Policy.  Rumor has it a new division of R.I.A.A., ?Cosmic R.I.A.A.? or possibly, ?R.I.A.A. in Space?, will be formed and their lawyers are already pounding out remuneration scenarios for the various unknown species of sentient life that might be found space-pirating away this precious sonic material? some of these scenarios are speculated to include, but not limited to, heavenly sums of ...
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Mustech.net Welcomes John Wilborn To The Blogosphere!
2008-02-05 05:50:00
I met John Wilborn in Grand Rapids last week.   Along with our good friend, Keith Mason, we spent a lot of time talking over the issues facing music education and education in general. John is a master music educator and has taught general and choral music education for over 25 years in Georgia.  Look for great posts from John in the future and stop by and say hello! You can find his site here: http://johnwilborn.wordpress.com.  His first post was about his ?moving sidewalk analogy?.  He told me about this at the TI:ME conference and it is a good analogy to use for teachers.       SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mustech.net Welcomes John Wilborn To The Blogosphere !", url: "http://www.mustech.net/2008/02/mustechne t-welcomes-john-wilborn-to-the-blogospher e/" }); ShareThis Scroll Down To Join our Conversation and Comment! Support Mustech.net -Buy us a cup of "band director's" coffee (it's not Starbucks)! Other Great Related ...