Music Ed Tech Talk
Music Ed Tech Talk (previously Robby Burns + Friends) is a podcast exploring music, education, technology, and the intersections between them.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 88 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
#48 - Holiday Special 2022, featuring Will Kuhn, Craig McClellan, David MacDonald, and Jon Tippens
Friends of the show join to answer burning questions about music, education, and technology in 2021 (and beyond).
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#47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald
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#46 - Christopher Bill
Christopher Bill joins the show to talk about the musicianship, hardware, software, and creative process behind his viral YouTube channel, Classical Trombone.
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#45 - Music Tech Holiday Gift Guide, with Dr. David MacDonald
David MacDonald joins Robby to share their favorite books, hardware, apps, services, and musical gift ideas.
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#44 - Rehearsal Tech, with Dr. Peter Perry
Dr. Peter Perry joins the show to talk about the software and hardware we use in rehearsals, his book Technology Tips for Ensemble Directors, and our recent favorite music, apps, and tech tips.
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#43 - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, with Paul Shimmons
Paul Shimmons returns to the show to talk about the features in Apple’s new operating system updates, and how we plan to use them.
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#42 - Pass the Baton, with Theresa Hoover
Theresa returns to talk about career changing, COVID practices worth bringing into this school year, productivity apps, and empowering student creativity!
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#41 - Sibelius for iPad, with Joe Plazak
This episode is sponsored by Blink Session Music: Because Virtual Less…
#40 - Making Tunable, with Seth Sandler
Seth Sandler, maker of the poplar mobile tuner app Tunable, joins the show to talk about the process of making a tuning app, developing for iOS/Mac, and more!
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#39 - Ukulele Makeover, with Chris Russell
Robby is getting ukuleles to teach general music this year. Chris Russel (tech and ukulele specialist) joins the show to talk about how to get the best use out of them. We also talk about the state o…
#38 - What Do We Keep?
Robby discusses the practices and technology we should TAKE, LEAVE, and use to TRANSFORM teaching next year.
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#37 - Dorico for iPad, with Daniel Spreadbury
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#36 - Smart Speakers and Their Assistants, with David MacDonald
#35 - It’s a Floor Wax. It’s a Dessert Topping. Stop! You’re Both Right! ...with Alex Shapiro
Composer Alex Shapiro joins the show to talk about a little bit of everything!--> getting young students to compose, the importance of composing repertoire for young musicians, writing electro-acoust…
#34 - New Software Coming from Apple (And What You Can Do With It), with Craig McClellan
Robby and Craig break down the announcements from Apple’s Word Wide Developer Conference and discuss how teachers might use the upcoming features to their latest software updates.
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#33 - 3 Soundtrap Projects Your Students Will Love
Thanks to this week’s sponsor, the DMV Percussion Academy. Learn more and register here.
Description
Robby overviews his three most successful Soundtrap projects in 2021.
Chapters:
- 00:00:00 - Intro …
#32 - The Prime Directive, featuring Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein
Ethan and Will join the show to talk about their book Electronic Music School, the Prime Directive, writing apps, and the future of the iPad.
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- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:01:25 - Sponsor: DMV Percu…
#31 - forScore for the Mac, with David MacDonald
Robby and David talk about forScore for the Mac and its new syncing feature. But also, lots of music theory.
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- Loop-based music theory
- GoodNotes for the Mac
- Transcribe Apps
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#30 - Apps for Research and Remembering, with David MacDonald
Composer and teacher, David MacDonald, returns for a discussion about the apps we use for notes, research, writing, and clipping data to find later.
Other topics:
- What kinds of work goes in which ki…
#29 - Develop Performance Skills with Cloud Software
Robby explains how he uses Noteflight, Soundtrap, and Flipgrid to create engaging, asynchronous, assignments for students in his performing ensembles.
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