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Episode 39 - Tech Company - Musicopoulos w/Con Eliopoulos

12/10/2013

This week we interview the music education technology company Musicopoulos with their founder Con Eliopoulos. This company is responsible for excellent music education apps including a metronome, ear training application, an innovative vocal warm up app, and a music theory ipad training course.

Links:
Musicopoulos Web site
Ear Training Course
Music Theory and Practice
Vocal Warm Up
Metronome
Musicopoulos On Twitter
Musicopoulos on Facebook

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Episode 34 - The Well Tempered Clavier Ba©h to Bach w/Robert Douglass

9/20/2013

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Back in 2012 the Open Goldberg Variations sought to "Set Bach free." Now, the team behind the ground breaking project are continuing that quest with The Well Tempered Clavier - Ba©h to Bach. Robert Douglass, MuseScore, and Kimiko Ishizaka return to take Bach's masterpiece - The Well Tempered Clavier, and release it to the world with copyright free recordings, typesetting, and a digital score.

In this interview Douglass shares the vision, history, and motivations behind this 2nd project as they do a major part to preserve and share one of the most significant works in the world's musical heritage.

If you would like to contribute to this undertaking, please consider donating to the kick starter and visiting the following links:

Well Tempered Clavier - Ba©h to Bach Kickstarter
Open Goldberg Variations Homepage
Open Goldberg Variations on Twitter
Open Goldberg Variations Facebook
MuseScore
DaveConservatoire
Robert Douglass on Twitter

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Episode 32 - Joytunes Returns w/Yigal Kaminka

9/5/2013

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This week we have the pleasure of a return visit from Yigal Kaminka from Joytunes. Yigal is the Oboist for the Jerusalem Symphony and the music arranger and consultant for Joyutnes.

We talked about arranging for the applications, their new application PianoMania, and working in a music technology start up. We also played a few of Yigals arrangements.

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Episode 30 - Cloud Based Music Education Software w/ Dr. Jim Frankel

8/16/2013

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Cloud based software allows you to use a tool on any computer that can access the internet. Dr. Jim Frankel from Music First tells us all about the best cloud based music education software in this weeks episode of the FreeMusicEd Podcast.

Dr Frankel is a graduate of Montclair State Univeristy and Teachers College Columbia University where he is currently an adjunct professor. An author of several music education books as well as an active member of TI-ME, Dr. Frankel is one of the leading experts in Music Education Technology.

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Episode 28 - iOS Apps for Music Education and Musicians

8/4/2013

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This week Stephen shares his iOS application recommendations for musician's and music educators. Apps mentioned in this podcast include:

Cleartune
Tonal energy
Metronome (Tempo)
iReal b
Session Band
Symphony Pro
Notion
PianoMania
PianoDustBuster
Midi Studio
Charms Office
Smart Music
Finale Reader

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Episode 26 - Finale and Make Music w/Justin Phillips

7/11/2013

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This week we spoke with Justin Phillips the Senior Product Manager at Make Music. Justin oversees the development of Finale, one of the most popular and established music notation applications available.

During this interview we address finale versions, features, and uses as well as discuss working in the field of music technology.

Find out more about Finale and Make Music at:

http://www.makemusic.com/

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Episode 23 - Gregory Dell'Era From Weezic - Augmented Sheet Music

6/20/2013

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This week we have an interview with Gregory Dell'Era from the company Weezic which is based in Paris, France. Gregory is a Bassonist and recorder player with both music and engineering degrees. He is one of the founders of Weezic.

Weezic is a platform for augmented sheet music. This platform plays accompaniments with the performer and gives instant assessment. Weezic has both a web based application and an iPad app.