Category: Podcast Episode

Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 95 – Dr. Evan Tobias

Robby chats with Evan Tobias (Associate Professor of Music Education at Arizona State University) about imagining new possibilities for music teaching in a rapidly shifting digital landscape–from rethinking what curriculum even means, to the everyday tools that power his research, writing, and thinking.

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Chapters and Notes

00:00:00 Greetings first

00:08:41 Introductions second

Evan Tobias, Arizona State University

YouTube

TikTok

Instagram

Podcast

AT Protocol

Cory Doctorow’s Book

00:26:04 What possibilities that exist when music teachers use technology in different ways

Obsidian

Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures

00:54:38 What is curriculum?

Podcast Episode 4: Music Curriculum Perspectives with Brian Laakso

Hal Leonard Modern Band Series

littleBits

01:11:25 Research and writing tools: writing, interviews, reading…lots! Connecting ideas across many mediums…

Scite.AI – used to scan across databases, answer questions

Hazel – file management

DEVONthink – store, organize, work

zotero – collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research

PDF Expert – PDF editing

TextSniper – extract text from images

01:26:07 Surveys

Qualtrics – creating surveys

Calendly – scheduler that integrates with calendars

TextExpander – type a keystroke that fills in email body or other text

Keyboard Maestro – automate applications or websites

Fantastical – give your calendar superpowers

Craft – you know it, you love it

01:42:35 Interviews

Descript – record, edit, transcribe

Snipd – AI-powered podcast app

Airtable – database to help keep track of where people are in the project

Notion – database in place of Google Doc

OmniFocus – Task management

ClickUp – Task and project management

Readwise

Reader – PDF reader

Raindrop.io

Speechify – listen to text/PDF files

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Podcast Episode 92 – Hamburgers All the Way Down, with Will Kuhn and Jaye Mateyko

Will and Jaye join the show to review 2025 and look forward.

Show Notes:

00:00:00 Welcome, Intros, and a TI:ME Feature

00:10:25 Listener Question – what sources do you follow to stay afloat on tech tools and ongoings in and outside the field of music education?

RobbyBurns.com

cdm

The Verge

Techmeme

Six Colors

Daring Fireball

Mac Stories

Off the Beaten Path

00:16:55 Chart-Topping AI Country Song

Using Suno* to make demos

00:27:03 Automation Station

Craft – a PKM that’s hot

Drafts – working with Craft

Loop – Nice lookin’ Google Doc

00:33:20 Segue: Tahoe Issues, iOS 26 Issues, System Issues

00:35:47 Favorites of 2025

01:14:15 Predictions! No show note spoilers…

01:20:48 Tired/Wired Lightening Round

Unpressable Buttons

Marco Polo

METT 91 – Theresa Returns!

Happy New Year!

In this episode of Music Ed Tech Talk, Robby sits down with Theresa Hoover to discuss AI guidance in music education, creativity in the classroom, task management for educators, and what’s new in their professional lives. Topics include NAfME guidance on AI, next-gen Siri, automation workflows, and listener questions about sustaining creativity in a distracted world.

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Show Notes & Links

Intro & Community

  • 00:00:00 — Hello and welcome
  • 00:00:30 — Thanks to new Patreon supporter, Drew Ross

News, Blogs, and AI Updates

AI Guidance in Music Education

  • 00:16:15 — Released guidance in the music education world
  • Yamaha: AI in the Music Classroom
  • NAfME: Guiding Principles, Frameworks, and Applications for AI in Music Education
    • Classroom policy framing
    • Alignment language for administrators
    • Practical classroom use cases
  • Moises AI Studio — AI-generated, tempo- and harmony-aware accompaniment stems for student compositions and arranging

Higher Ed & Classroom Practice

  • 00:24:15 — What is emerging from Theresa’s undergraduate classes?

Automation Station

Ask METT

  • 00:32:21 — Listener question from Kate Bateman
  • How do you manage teaching creativity and having opinions about music in a world where kids won’t concentrate on anything for longer than a minute?
  • Reference: Drive by Daniel Pink
  • 00:41:51 — What is music for for kids?

What’s Up With Theresa

  • 00:45:18 — New job update
  • Wrapping up the doctorate
  • 00:52:08 — Is it finally time for forScore and an Apple Pencil?

What’s Up With Robby

  • 01:00:14 — New OS and first impressions of Apple Vision Pro
  • The “wow factor” is actually wow

Music Picks

  • 01:13:38
  • Robby: The New Tango — Gary Burton & Astor Piazzolla
  • Theresa: Afterglow — Saint Motel (Oct. 2025)

Wrap-Up

Chapters

  • 00:00:00 — Welcome & Intro
  • 00:00:30 — Patreon Shout-Out
  • 00:01:23 — COPPA, FERPA, and Blogs
  • 00:10:30 — What’s New in AI
  • 00:16:15 — AI Guidance in Music Education
  • 00:24:15 — Undergraduate Teaching Insights
  • 00:26:34 — Automation Station
  • 00:32:21 — Ask METT
  • 00:41:51 — What Is Music For?
  • 00:45:18 — What’s Up With Theresa
  • 00:52:08 — forScore & Apple Pencil
  • 01:00:14 — What’s Up With Robby
  • 01:13:38 — Music Picks
  • 01:20:20 — Final Q&A & Farewell

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METT 90 – New Hardware! Lockscreens! Homescreens! Tech Workflows! with Jaye Mateyko

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/

METT Podcast Episode #87 – School Music License, with Brenna C. Horn-Cronin

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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Show Notes and Links

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

Chapters

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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Apple Report Card, with Will Kuhn

Check out the latest episode of Music Ed Tech Talk.

Websites are back! Robby redid his blog and Stream Deck setups. The Metallica concert in Vision Pro is awesome. AI tools for musicians have always been useful, and we do some music picks. Big topic: Will and I grade Apple.

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Chapters

00:00:28 – Thanks again, Molly!

00:00:52 – RobbyBurns.com, WordPress!

00:03:48 – Blog Highlights & Websites Are Back

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

Show Notes

Intro

Thanks to our supporters and a special shoutout to Molly.

News and Mini Topics

AI

Automation Corner

Big Topics

Music Picks

Where to Find Us

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Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 85 – Roast My Homescreen, with Jaye Mateyko

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Jaye joins the show to discuss how our homescreens reflect our tech setups and most-used apps.

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Chapters

  • 00:00:00 – Welcome to the show, Jaye, and the new Music Ed Tech Team
  • 00:02:25 – Thank you, Molly!
  • 00:03:41 – I…moved…my blog…to WordPress
  • 00:07:11 – Tradeshow Talk
  • 00:12:50 – What a shock, we’re back on stationary
  • 00:20:00 – Desks, The Series
  • 00:22:50 – The Very First “Roast My Home Screen”
  • 00:28:25 – Quick Pivot back to Tradeshows, but really it’s a rant about Contacts
  • 00:37:07 – Focus Settings and “Roast My Home Screen”
  • 01:06:16 – Health Apps
  • 01:17:30 – The Pump, by Arnold
  • 01:23:30 – Music and Media Recommendations

Show Notes

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Will Kuhn and I talk changes to the podcast, automation, apps of the year, tech we’re thankful for, and some of our recent favorite music

Check out the latest episode of Music Ed Tech Talk!

Will is here! We discuss forthcoming changes to the show, automation, apps of the year, tech we’re thankful for, and some of our favorite media we’ve been engaging with.

This episode was recorded in late December 2024.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Here he goes taking about Dark Souls again

00:08:15 MCU (Muppet Cinematic Universe)

00:15:14 Introducing…Will Kuhn, now a METT Regular! And Jaye, podcast editor!

00:20:23 2025 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year Robby Burns – acknowledgments and thank yous.

00:27:04 Thank you Patreon Supporter Susan!

00:27:46 MacStories’ App of the Year: Delta Emulator

00:40:31 Siri Shortcuts App

00:43:32 Current AI uses – productivity, creativity, philosophy

00:51:31 Robby’s National Board Certification Application and NotebookLM

00:57:51 What are we really trying to do [with AI and our students]?

01:02:58 Three Holiday Topic Blitz – Tech We’re Thankful For; Tech We’re Thankful For In the Workplace; Gifts and Gift Cards

01:16:54 How about music?!

Show Notes and Links

Where to Find Us

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