TI:ME Welcomes Three New Board Members:
TI:ME is pleased to announce the appointment of three outstanding educators to their Board of Directors: Robby Burns, Gillian Kellar, and Kevin Longwill. Each brings unique and complimentary musicianship, instructional experience, and technological leadership that strengthens TI:ME’s mission to support meaningful, forward-thinking integration of technology in music education.
Happy to be working with TI:ME in this capacity.
New podcast episode! Jaye Mateyko, editor of the show, joins to talk all about how we are utilizing our lockscreens and home creens for maximum productivity. Robby shares some recent ways he is using technology in the classroom.
Show Notes:
00:00:00 Cold Open Cold Open: Marvel Slop & Anniversary Release of TMNT
Holiday Curtain Lights https://twinkly.com/
A small diversion into…bars!
Aloha Bars https://aloha.com/
David Protein Bars https://davidprotein.com/
00:10:10 Brand (clap) New (clap) Apple (clap) Products
Robby: New AirPods, New iPhone, New Watch
Pro 17: Used as computer-away-from-desk, really good pictures
Apple Watch Ultra: Much more computery. Stacked with
information. Alarm for when to end classes, water, and more!
Working on myself using my watch!
Jaye: New iPhone
Sweet Baby Air – becoming computer-away-from-desk
Tech in Schools: Digital Cameras on the Rise
Check in and Track Places https://swarmapp.com/
Fantastical Calendar https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-calendar/id718043190
00:28:03 Lock Screens/Home Screens
Jaye wants to customize MORE!
Referenced Throughout: The Demon Dogs
Agile Tortoise https://agiletortoise.com/
Drafts
Simple Scan
Taking Notes with Draft, ft. Greg Pierce https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taking-notes-with-drafts-featuring-greg-pierce-season/id1078105776?i=1000411001646
Marco Polo https://www.marcopolo.me/
Focus Friend https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016
One Sec https://one-sec.app/
00:47:20 Robby teachers Jaye how to use new buttons! First, Camera!
00:49:04 Action Button
00:51:08 Control Center
00:53:30 Liquid Glass
00:54.53 Three Quick Workflows (put him on the clock folks)
Notion https://www.notion.com/
01:08:33 Music Picks!
Robby: D’Angelo, rest in peace ❤
Dilla Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilla_Time
Jaye: IAM – L’école du micro d’argent https://open.spotify.com/album/3atPIVCVIIgak6KeB1ANnK?si=vpaAN3RmSkSHcw-V38zheA
Jaye’s Buddy: https://www.raminamirarjomand.com/
Craft’s Thanksgiving release is a substantial one. Posted to their subreddit on Thursday
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A few things that stand out:
• API/MCP integration. This is the big one. I’ve already linked my Craft workspace to ChatGPT via MCP, and it has really interesting potential. The chatbot inside Craft is also very powerful, and it’s fascinating to have it tell me things about my notes and act upon them. The API will allow it to talk to a ton of other apps in my lineup. I can’t wait to experiment with it more.
• Whiteboard improvements. I haven’t been using Whiteboards much, but these improvements make me want to give them a try.
• Improved tabs. Tabs have been a big pain for me on Mac, but having them appear vertically in the sidebar is a small change that dramatically improves usability.
My main issue with Craft is still the speed of the Mac app, which is sluggish. Putting more stuff in it is surely not the answer, but it’s going to be hard not to with this update.
Marcos Tanaka’s apps are currently on sale. They’re all clever, tightly focused, and each one uniquely solves a specific problem without unnecessary complexity.
Play is my favorite: a “watch later” app for web video. I use it kind of like how I use Readwise Reader as a “read later” tool for written content. I like to queue up videos throughout the day and then watch them on my Apple TV at night, when I am in a mode more appropriate for long term video.
Several of his apps are music-focused as well. MusicBox, MusicHarbor, and MusicSmart are all worthy additions to a music educator’s collection.
In this episode, Brenna C. Horn-Cronin, Executive General Manager at School Music License, joins us to discuss how the service empowers music educators to navigate performance licensing ethically and efficiently. We cover administrative advocacy, the future of licensing in education, pricing structures, and more.
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School Music License Resources
– School Music License Website
– News and Announcements
– Options & Prices
– Email: info@schoolmusiclicense.com
– Promo Code: TechTalk10 – 10% off your first purchase!
Referenced Podcast
– The Brass Junkies Podcast
00:00:00 – School Music License Overview
00:06:20 – Working for and with teachers, and calming the fears of “gotchas”
00:08:27 – How the service has positively affected teachers
00:12:10 – What’s coming next?
00:13:35 – Pricing Tiers
00:16:20 – Administrative Advocacy
00:17:58 – Small Scale Licenses
00:20:40 – The importance of educating educators and keeping up with technology
00:22:00 – Visions for other areas of Music Education
00:30:10 – BREAK! Podcasting About Podcasting
00:35:10 – Encouraging LESS technology use (during performances) – how and why
00:42:45 – School Culture and giving credit where credit is due
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00:13:19 – Ableton Updates
00:17:50 – Yamaha SEQTRAK
00:19:35 – Vision Pro + Metallica
00:24:36 – AI Tools for Musicians
00:34:03 – Automation Corner
00:43:15 – Apple Report Card
00:58:37 – Music Picks and Media Recs
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This a pretty cool tool I was recently turned on to. I’m looking forward to giving it a try.
Sessions | Audio Unit (AU) Plug-in Host for Studio and Stage:
Sessions is a performance-oriented plug-in host that puts all your virtual instruments and effects at your fingertips. With powerful features and a streamlined workflow, musicians can enjoy ultimate freedom to explore, create, play and perform without a DAW.
Keep reading here…
All I can say is “wow!” It’s rare and thrilling to see an app that quickly demonstrates how immediately it could transform the way I use my computer.
This is, to me, a demonstration of where learning language models should fit into computing.
For the past two weeks, I’ve been able to use Sky, the new app from the people behind Shortcuts who left Apple two years ago. As soon as I saw a demo, I felt the same way I did about Editorial, Workflow, and Shortcuts: I knew Sky was going to fundamentally change how I think about my macOS workflow and the role of automation in my everyday tasks.
Keep reading here…
Edit: I have been informed that this page is very old and that the iOS version of this app has been out since 2015 and has not received updates since. Hard to recommend a 10 dollar app with that in mind.
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A colleague turned me on to Harmony Cloud earlier in the month. It’s a new ear training tool from vibraphonist Stefon Harris, and it seems really neat.
I attended a masterclass featuring Stefon Harris back in the early 2000s, and something I distinctly remember about his teaching was how well he could communicate complex harmonic ideas in jazz through much more musical and emotive language. For example, he described the sound of a dominant chord with a b9 and 13 in it was like “a warm hug” or “rocking a baby to sleep.” He perfectly bridged the complexity of improv with concepts any listener can relate to. I’m really curious to see how his musicianship and teaching skill translate into this app.
harmony-cloud-app — Stefon Harris:
Harmony Cloud™ helps you hear, practice, and create music in ways you never thought possible. Harmony Cloud™ is a revolutionary step forward in the world of ear training, created by world-renowned jazz musician and educator Stefon Harris. The app is designed to help serious musicians at all levels expand their understanding of harmony, feel music on a deeper level, and fearlessly explore the world of improvisation. Its underlying (patent-pending) algorithm stitches together chords you select into an unending source of unpredictable, yet musical, chord progressions. Try our Beta Version today! Be on the lookout for an official iOS release coming soon!
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Logic Pro has some new updates. Some of them are novel and cool, but a new feature that captures performance data before the user presses record is exactly the kind of iterative workflow improvement that I love to see.
Logic Pro amplifies beat making on Mac and iPad with advanced new capabilities – Apple:
Flashback Capture allows artists to recover unforgettable performances, even if they forgot to hit record.2 Users can quickly restore MIDI and audio performances using a key command or a custom control bar button. By enabling Cycle mode, musicians can improvise multiple takes, and Flashback Capture will automatically organize each pass into a take folder.
Keep reading here…
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