Technology

  • Mastering Organization in Rehearsal Using iPads

    Mike Lawson | August 30, 2018

    Chances are likely that you have heard of a few iPad apps for use in the classroom. Like me, you may have heard about so many of them that you can’t even remember them all — or you have made it so far as to download them and now hundreds of little icons have been left untouched in a folder called “Music,” sitting on your home screen.

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  • ASSR Session Files: An SBO Best Tools for Schools 2018 Award Winner

    Mike Lawson | May 11, 2018

    Wandering around the NAMM show is an experience in cacophony. Between product demos, artist presentations, and the thousands of attendees trying out the latest gear, it’s hard to hear yourself think.

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  • WaveLab 9.5 Dedicated Mastering and Audio Editing Suite

    Mike Lawson | January 8, 2018

    It wasn’t that long ago when there were quite a few dedicated audio editing and mastering programs available, but over the years, one by one, most have gone by the wayside.

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  • OWC Thunderbolt Dock

    Mike Lawson | December 6, 2017

    It was with great regret that I found myself giving up my early 2009 MacBook Pro 17” machine.

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  • Cubase 9: An Educated View

    Mike Lawson | November 6, 2017

    Of all the types of music software available, digital audio workstations (DAW) are the most fun. They allow anyone to record and edit their music with unbelievably powerful tools that would have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars not that long ago.

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  • The New SmartMusic

    Mike Lawson | August 11, 2017

    Most teachers would agree, there’s no more important aspect to learning to sing or play an instrument than regular structured practice.

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  • Truly Drill-ceptional: The Two Women Who Are Making Music Theory a Breeze

    Mike Lawson | July 14, 2017

    No matter how many times stores and programs frame learning music as a “fun” thing, learning music theory has never been inherently exciting (and for many, not even remotely enjoyable).

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  • London Contemporary Orchestra Strings: Cutting Edge Sample Library Spitfire Audio

    Mike Lawson | June 19, 2017

    There are extended techniques, and then there are extended techniques.

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  • How to Choose a PA System for Your Marching Program

    Mike Lawson | May 12, 2017

    Band directors need to communicate with their students on the field, in the stands, and sometimes even in the rehearsal hall.

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  • Finale 25 Reviewed

    Mike Lawson | April 7, 2017

    Few software programs have had the staying power of Finale. When it was released it immediately became the standard by which all other notation programs were measured.

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  • DORICO – Steinberg’s Next Generation Notation Program

    Mike Lawson | March 20, 2017

    Rarely has a software program been as anticipated as Steinberg’s new notation program. If you don’t know the story, a few years back, Avid decided to let go of the Sibelius development team and Steinberg hired the core team to develop Dorico.

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  • Notion 6

    Mike Lawson | November 11, 2016

    Handles are used to adjust staves, systems and other entries.

    With this new version, Notion enters the realm of professional notation programs.

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