Communication and Collaboration Apps for Music Teams

Communication and Collaboration Apps for Music Teams

This blog post, podcast episode, and presentation were prepared for the Ohio Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference 2022.

This blog post exists to serve as both session notes for conference attendees, show notes for listeners of the podcast episode, and any teacher who wishes to explore the many great collaboration tools available for teams today.

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Links to Things Mentioned in the Session

• Slack

• Microsoft Teams
• Discord

• Todoist

• Trello

• Google Docs
• Dropbox
• iCloud Drive/OneDrive
• iWork
• Microsoft Office
• Evernote/Apple Notes
• Other collaborative tools with web-strengths
  • Airtable

• Notion
• Craft

• Squarespace

• Spark
• Sanebox

NAMM's "Believe in Music" Virtual and Free Gathering -- Register Now!

I’m excited to be presenting at NAMM’s Believe in Music gathering on January 20-21, in collaboration with TI:ME. It’s virtual and free!

My session is called “What Do We Keep? Integrating New Tech Into In-Person Teaching” and is largely based on this blog post/podcast episode.

You can register here and read more about my session here.

🎬 Tech Tips You Can Use Tomorrow

Below you can watch Tech Tips You Can Use Tomorrow, a round table of authors from the Prestissimo Series of music technology books by Oxford University Press. This presentation was given at the Texas Music Educators Association this past Wednesday.

The idea behind this video is that, like our books, you will be able to quickly spend a moment with it and take away at least one thing you could use technology for in your job tomorrow.

****You can currently use coupon code TIMEORG20 for a 20% discount off the books (including mine) at the web site (https://bit.ly/3p5HndG)

The panel was hosted my Richard McCready who you can hear more from on this recent episode of my podcast.

Favorites of 2018 - Albums

These posts will never happen if I don’t make it fuss free. So here is it! With little introduction or fanfare, the ‘stuff’ that made up my year. My favorite albums, live shows, apps, and ‘things’ of 2018.

First up, albums!

Favorite Albums of 2018

Johann Sebastian Bach - Vinkingur Ólafsson

Ólafsson breathes new life into the essentials.

Time - Louis Cole

What a way to close the summer! Addictive, savvy, electro pop from a master technician (both instrumentally and as a producer.)

All Ashore - Punch Brothers

For reasons that will be detailed in a Favorite Live Music of 2018 post, this album will forever be associated with an amazing summer of travel with my wife, including seeing Punch Brothers debut this album in its entirety at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. This is an album made for the political landscape of our current time but that can be enjoyed for the beauty of its timbre, texture, and harmony alone.

Hawktail - Unless

My favorite bluegrass album in a while and my favorite bluegrass band discovery of the year. We have seen these guys a few times live this year and appreciate the relationships we have developed with the band members. If I were doing a favorite songs of 2018, the title track ‘Unless’ would be on it.

Book of Travelers - Gabriele Kahane

Around the time of the 2016 election, Gabriele Kahane took a trip all over the country by train on a search for empathy. This album features the songs inspired by this journey.

Heaven and Earth - Kamasi Washington

It would be easy to characterize this album as excessive but I see it differently. Even though many of the tracks have a similar contour, each one of them is its own epic. In combination, I am never exhausted by the result as I might expect to be, but instead rightly satisfied.

EP - The Fearless Flyers

Members of Vulpeck team up with Nate Smith on drums to create the “too-short-est” record I have ever heard. The dry texture of all three varieties of electric guitar on this record leave nothing to be desired. And Nate Smith can do more with a snare drum, bass drum, and hi hat than most drummers can do with a nine piece kit and plethora of cymbals.

Kids See Ghosts - Kanye West and Kid Cudi

I’d like to file this one under “listen to this if you don’t think hip hop is interesting.”

Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe

If anyone wanted to argue that this is the most profound (and catchy) album of the year, I would hand it to them immediately.

See You Around - I’m With Her

Try to not enjoy listening to these sounds, even if you don’t like folk music.

Sampha - Process

Cerebral, groove centered, and colorful. One of my favorites of the favorites.

🗒 "Going Paperless with iPad" Session Notes, NYSSMA/TI:ME Northeast Regional Conference

I will be presenting at the New York State School Music Association Conference in Rochester, NY this Wednesday, December 2nd at 9:30 am.

Find me in room 100, the Hilton Garden Eggleston.

Click here to view the session notes and save them to Evernote.