by James Harding | Jan 16, 2020 |
As a music industry professional, clinician, and national trades columnist, one of my great passions is sharing new techniques and teaching tools with progressive educators all over the world. Since we all share the same goal (making more music makers), we are all...
by Gary Gordon | Jan 2, 2020 |
As a salesperson who works a ton of outside sales events, I often have the opportunity to hear people of all ages play the piano and it’s never a surprise when someone tells me “I taught myself.” I took many years of “formal” piano...
by James Harding | Oct 1, 2019 |
Audio files are exactly what you think they might be: a collection of sounds. For example, if you purchase a song from iTunes and play it on your phone, your phone will produce sound. Songs from iTunes, Pandora, Spotify and similar services are stored as audio files....
by James Harding | Sep 1, 2019 |
Just like people, computers are capable of speaking to each other in different languages. MIDI (short for Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is one of those languages. …and, like all languages, MIDI has a number of different variations. Luckily, two organizations...
by Sonja Lynne | Aug 15, 2019 |
It’s no secret that technology is quickly becoming a music teacher’s best friend. Especially with today’s shrinking budgets and increasing workloads, more and more music teachers are relying on technology and software just to get through the day. As times change,...
by Gary Gordon | Jul 22, 2019 |
Okay, first off, I know many of you are saying to yourself – a pianist is a musician. While that is technically correct, I’m talking about a well-rounded musician who can sit down with a group of other musicians and just “jam”. Let me share something that might make...
