OK boys and girls…. This is NOT a drill… Dorico has the introduction video to their new Dorico for iPad app live on their YouTube! Not the first notation app on iOS but this is the second of what I’d call the big four companies with desktop notation apps to release a companion iPad app! There are a couple of items to call your attention … Continue reading Dorico Big News Today – Dorico for iPad
You know this past year there just has not been much exciting in the world of iOS and music Apps. As my last post was music notation based I WOULD like to offer a couple thoughts on what I feel are some exciting times and big changes coming for us in music notation. Changes we will welcome as music teachers, music performers and people who … Continue reading Music Notation Current Thoughts as of July 24, 2021
StaffPad on the App Store StaffPad is one of the music notation apps you have available to you on iPadOS. If you are not familiar with this app here is the short version…. The developer, David has designed this app to help him as he composes and arranges musical scores for video. He wanted an app that would just kind of get out of the … Continue reading StaffPad SALE! (And the sample libraries too!)
Currently EventTide apps are on a massive sale until June 2! Their EFX apps are amazing! BlackHole, Crystals Harmonizer, Shimmer Verb – all are top notch! iceWorks apps are also on sale! Their have some very unique and useful instrument apps! Get them while they are priced like they are now! Soon school will be out and we will put this crazy year behind us! … Continue reading App Sales for your music making Happiness
So yeah, I know…. long time no see! I AM still around – and today…. well, today there is news so I shall point you in the correct direction! Actually this is news from a couple of days ago. MusicFirst and Newzik are now partners! Very cool! But…. Even more exciting is the news that Newzik will very soon (as in May 2021) allow you … Continue reading {Newzik and Scanning PDF Files
Fellow Music Educator and friend Chris Russell and I catch up after another year away from the podcast, discussing the challenges of the past year and what education looks like in times of the pandemic, as well as the tools they are using at this time to teach their students. An interesting look into current trends in music ed from two veteran teachers. Our official … Continue reading Music Education & Technology Podcast has a new Podcast that is live!
Wow – 15 years on WordPress! My English teachers from high school would be proud! Think I can get extra credit? I mean I know this MIGHT be considered “late work” but come on….. I could sure use the extra credit! Continue reading WordPress Anniversary
If you have never seen or heard of Notion’s nTempo feature then you are missing something pretty special! Once you have a piece of music created in Notion you can use the file to perform with. Nothing outstanding yet…. but I am not talking about simple ‘ol Karaoke stuff here! Notion allows you to conduct your piece while it plays back, giving you complete control … Continue reading Notion nTempo Feature Quick Video
NoteFlight, MatchMySound, and Hal Leonard have partnered up to bring the music world SoundCheck. I just got a sneak peek and boy is this exciting stuff! What is even more exciting is that SoundCheck is going to work seamlessly with Google Classroom! So what is SoundCheck? Well you know those Red and Green note programs that have been around for awhile? It takes that concept … Continue reading SoundCheck with NoteFlight Webinar Coming – SignUp So You Don’t Miss This!
NodeBeat just got updated with Ableton Link which makes it a perfect app for students to download and get to making music collaboratively! NodeBeat is one of those apps that gets us away from the constraints put on us by being too worried about those pesky black dots and lines that some call “music”. Start dragging Nodes around and tweaking their position and parameters all … Continue reading NodeBeat Gets Collaborative and FREE (For a moment – so hurry!)
