July 2011
4 posts
SoundTree, MENC, And Finale Related Resources →
Pulling in to MENC HQ today! I’m having a great time teaching teachers at the SoundTree Institute that is being held in Reston, VA at MENC Headquarters. At the Institute, I…
Jul 22nd
New BuddyStream WordPress/BuddyPress Plugin... →
I’ve just finished a new “quick video overview” of the BuddyStream plugin that is available for WordPress/BuddyPress-enabled sites. This plugin is an exceptional plugin that…
Jul 21st
New BuddyStream WordPress/BuddyPress Plugin... →
I’ve just finished a new “quick video overview” of the BuddyStream plugin that is available for WordPress/BuddyPress-enabled sites. This plugin is an exceptional plugin that…
Jul 20th
Google Plus, Serious Potential For Education →
I have been using Google Plus (g+, G+, or Google+) for some time now ( find me directly on G+ here). It is quite impressive for a start-up social network and is already…
Jul 13th
January 2011
1 post
Another Year – Revolution/Evolution – Join Our... →
Well, Happy New Year to all of you! It is hard to believe how time does seem to “fly” as you get older. It’s been a while since I’ve posed any type of “roadmap” or…
Jan 3rd
December 2010
1 post
Monday Morning Music Mix – December 27th, 2010 →
*Wikimedia Commons Monday’s Music Quote: Heinrich Heine ~ When words leave off, music begins. ~Heinrich Heine MusTech.Net provides you with the most interesting news…
Dec 29th
June 2010
9 posts
Major Update To The PO-EM Project (Music Educator... →
I’ve finished a major update to the PO-EM Project today. Please check out the PO-EM homepage for more information and the latest downloadable OPML of Music Educators’ RSS…
Jun 19th
MusicPLN BETA Users Announced Now! →
Wow, my head is spinning with trying to get all of this together and be just “perfect”… but as musician’s we know “perfect” is the enemy of “excellence”… Things are coming…
Jun 18th
Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted →
RT @MusicEdConsult: #MusicEd R U waiting 2 find out more about the MusicPLN? Check out new preview images while u wait: http://musicpln.org # I’m exited to have been…
Jun 17th
Beta Requests For The Music PLN Closed -Additional... →
Well, I’m excited to say that we are NO LONGER accepting anymore BETA INVITE REQUESTS for the MUSICPLN.org BETA stage of the site. Truthfully, responses came in so fast we…
Jun 14th
Beta Requests For The Music PLN Closed -Additional... →
Well, I’m excited to say that we are NO LONGER accepting anymore BETA INVITE REQUESTS for the MUSICPLN.org BETA stage of the site. Truthfully, responses came in so fast we…
Jun 14th
Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted →
RT @brandtschneider: hoping to get over 200 followers tomorrow|Help brandt get over 200 followers! Great Music Education Tweeter! #musedchat # Looks, like Twitter has been…
Jun 11th
Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted →
RT @brandtschneider: hoping to get over 200 followers tomorrow|Help brandt get over 200 followers! Great Music Education Tweeter! #musedchat # Looks, like Twitter has been…
Jun 10th
Introducing The Music PLN Launch Team! →
I’m excited to bring public, for the first time, the list of the Launch Team Directing Members for the upcoming Music PLN Website ( http://musicpln.org). Literally,…
Jun 10th
Introducing The Music PLN Launch Team! →
I’m excited to bring public, for the first time, the list of the Launch Team Directing Members for the upcoming Music PLN Website ( http://musicpln.org). Literally,…
Jun 10th
November 2009
1 post
The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From... →
*freefoto.com Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”): Monday’s Music Quote, Leo Tolstoy: “Music is the…
Nov 2nd
October 2009
2 posts
The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From... →
*photos8.com Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”): Monday’s Music Quote, Gustav Mahler: “If a composer could say…
Oct 26th
Microsoft 7, The Upgrade Play by Play, Expanding... →
*Windows 7 Bootup I put myself through yet another Microsoft Upgrade Process as an “early adopter”  just so that I could understand better what everyone will be…
Oct 24th
January 2009
3 posts
MusTech.Net To Upgrade Plugins And WordPress To...
Notice: There may be some bumps in the the service of MusTech.Net tomorrow as I migrate the site to WordPress 2.7 and upgrade all of the plugins.  If you experience any difficulties please check back at a later time.
Jan 4th
The First Music Education Blog Carnival Of 2009
Theresa White over at the Music Education Blog has posted the 7th Music Education Blog Carnival.  Make sure you visit her carnival to acquire some great information and music tips from the great music education bloggers.   Anyone maysubmit an entry to the music education blog carnival.  Just visit this link to find out more information about it: http://mustech.net/muscarn Also,...
Jan 2nd
A Bold New Year, The Official List Of The 100...
[caption id=”attachment_960” align=”aligncenter” width=”273” caption=”Me Blogger 2009!”][/caption]   Welcome to 2009 and the Official List of the 100 Music Education Bloggers (ME Bloggers)!  When I first announced that I would be setting a goal to have 100 Music Education Experts Blogging by January 1st of 2009 back in December of 2007, some...
Jan 1st
December 2008
14 posts
FJH Publishers, Naxos Music Library, And BandFind
Just a quick update about three items I was pretty excited about while attending the Midwest Band clinic this year.   First, my good friend and fellow ME Blogger Travis J. Weller (The “Big Dog”), was in attendance greeting folks at his first year as a composer with FJH Music at the FJH booth in Chicago.   I have to tell you it was pretty cool to see him “working” the...
Dec 29th
January Music Education Blog Carnival...Looks Like...
Hello all.  It looks like I’ll be the default host for the January Blog Carnival.  I’ve lined up hosts for February, March, and April of 2009 but the host for this month fell through.  If you would like to submit an article for this month’s carnival/journal please do so ASAP. I’ll be posting the upcoming hosts and more information on my next post.  Stay tuned… To...
Dec 22nd
FJH Publishers, Naxos Music Library, And BandFind
Just a quick update about three items I was pretty excited about while attending the Midwest Band clinic this year.   First, my good friend and fellow ME Blogger Travis J. Weller (The “Big Dog”), was in attendance greeting folks at his first year as a composer with FJH Music at the FJH booth in Chicago.   I have to tell you it was pretty cool to see him “working” the...
Dec 20th
FJH Publishers, Naxos Music Library, And BandFind
Just a quick update about three items I was pretty excited about while attending the Midwest Band clinic this year.   First, my good friend and fellow ME Blogger Travis J. Weller (The “Big Dog”), was in attendance greeting folks at his first year as a composer with FJH Music at the FJH booth in Chicago.   I have to tell you it was pretty cool to see him “working” the...
Dec 19th
FJH Publishers, Naxos Music Library, And BandFind
Just a quick update about three items I was pretty excited about while attending the Midwest Band clinic this year.   First, my good friend and fellow ME Blogger Travis J. Weller (The “Big Dog”), was in attendance greeting folks at his first year as a composer with FJH Music at the FJH booth in Chicago.   I have to tell you it was pretty cool to see him “working” the...
Dec 19th
Announcing The (Almost) Official List Of The 100...
Well, it’s been long and hard but we did it!   We were able to introduce 100, serious, Music Education Bloggers to the Internet world through the ME Blogger campaign in 1 year’s time!  Congratulations to all of you and to all of us for making our campaign goal! Please note that I say this is the “Almost” Official list because I am still waiting to hear back from a couple...
Dec 17th
Announcing The (Almost) Official List Of The 100...
Well, it’s been long and hard but we did it!   We were able to introduce 100, serious, Music Education Bloggers to the Internet world through the ME Blogger campaign in 1 year’s time!  Congratulations to all of you and to all of us for making our campaign goal! Please note that I say this is the “Almost” Official list because I am still waiting to hear back from a couple...
Dec 17th
SoundTree And The Korg Nano Bundle...News From...
Well in at least one of two updates that I’m going to post from the Mid-West Clinic this year, I ran into our good friends Dr. James Frankel and Brad Smith at the SoundTree both and they introduced me to the Korg Nano series of USB Midi devices.   Wow, was I impressed.  So much so that I bought the entire bundle on the spot which consists of three USB MIDI controller products and a USB hub. ...
Dec 17th
Announcing The (Almost) Official List Of The 100...
Well, it’s been long and hard but we did it!   We were able to introduce 100, serious, Music Education Bloggers to the Internet world through the ME Blogger campaign in 1 year’s time!  Congratulations to all of you and to all of us for making our campaign goal! Please note that I say this is the “Almost” Official list because I am still waiting to hear back from a couple...
Dec 16th
Announcing The (Almost) Official List Of The 100...
Well, it’s been long and hard but we did it!   We were able to introduce 100, serious, Music Education Bloggers to the Internet world through the ME Blogger campaign in 1 year’s time!  Congratulations to all of you and to all of us for making our campaign goal! Please note that I say this is the “Almost” Official list because I am still waiting to hear back from a couple...
Dec 16th
Announcing The (Almost) Official List Of The 100...
Well, it’s been long and hard but we did it!   We were able to introduce 100, serious, Music Education Bloggers to the Internet world through the ME Blogger campaign in 1 year’s time!  Congratulations to all of you and to all of us for making our campaign goal! Please note that I say this is the “Almost” Official list because I am still waiting to hear back from a couple...
Dec 16th
December 2008 Music Education Bloggers Named......
Note: Blog Submission for the 100 ME Bloggers is officially closed!  Please read this post: http://mustech.net/2008/12/05/blog-submission-is-officially-closed#more-928 Only 31 days to go until the official end of the ME Blogger Campaign.   It’s been long and hard, but definitely worth it.  The number of folks blogging about music education has exploded since my challenge went out -not...
Dec 5th
Blog Submission Is Officially Closed For the 100...
Hello all,      If you’ve been following along at mustech.net, you know I have two major concerts coming up TODAY.  Both the 19 piece Grove City Stage Band and 20 piece Grove City College Jazz Ensemble will be performing their 5thAnnual Winter/Christmas Jazz Concerts at 8:00 p.m. today at the Pew Fine Arts Center in Grove City.   Our show is amazing both sonically and visually and takes an...
Dec 5th
December 2008 Music Education Bloggers Named......
Only 31 days to go until the official end of the ME Blogger Campaign.   It’s been long and hard, but definitely worth it.  The number of folks blogging about music education has exploded since my challenge went out -not quite a year ago to the day.   I’m very excited to see where this will go in the years to come. Joel has become the first ever “Music Education Blogger”...
Dec 1st
November 2008
28 posts
December 2008 Music Education Bloggers Named......
Only 31 days to go until the official end of the ME Blogger Campaign.   It’s been long and hard, but definitely worth it.  The number of folks blogging about music education has exploded since my challenge went out -not quite a year ago to the day.   I’m very excited to see where this will go in the years to come. Joel has become the first ever “Music Education Blogger”...
Nov 30th
December 2008 Music Education Bloggers Named......
Only 31 days to go until the official end of the ME Blogger Campaign.   It’s been long and hard, but definitely worth it.  The number of folks blogging about music education has exploded since my challenge went out -not quite a year ago to the day.   I’m very excited to see where this will go in the years to come. Joel has become the first ever “Music Education Blogger”...
Nov 30th
Thanksgiving Information Via The Internet
I would like to wish all those folks that celebrate this holiday with me a very happy Thanksgiving.  Here are a couple of quick links that have some great information about Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving activities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving Wikipedia’snformation http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving History.com’s information ...
Nov 27th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Grove City Presents The 5th Annual Winter Jazz...
The Grove City College Music Department Presents the 5th Annual Winter Jazz Concert Directed By Dr. Joseph M. Pisano on December 5th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.   This concert features two full Big Bands with a variety of traditional jazz and Christmas favorites and will be held at the Pew Fine Arts Center of Grove City College. The Grove City College Stage Ensemble is a Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller...
Nov 20th
Odds And Ends For November
Well, I haven’t been able to keep up with MusTech.Net this semester as much as I would like. I’m hoping my schedule will clear a little so that I can write about some of the many cool things that I’m working on both with faculty and colleagues and my students in the VERY near future. I wanted to take a few seconds to write about a couple of things that are going on this month. ...
Nov 20th
Odds And Ends For November
Well, I haven’t been able to keep up with MusTech.Net this semester as much as I would like. I’m hoping my schedule will clear a little so that I can write about some of the many cool things that I’m working on both with faculty and colleagues and my students in the VERY near future. I wanted to take a few seconds to write about a couple of things that are going on this month. ...
Nov 20th
How Most Non-Tech Savvy People Feel About The...
This is probably the funniest video I’ve ever seen about the “simplicity” of changing over to the new Digital Television Broadcast Air Signal that is coming, by mandate, in February of 2009. One of my students sent this to me and told me that it reminded them of one of my tech. classes (this year) where I showed them how “easy” it was to connect a laptop to a...
Nov 19th
How Most Non-Tech Savvy People Feel About The...
This is probably the funniest video I’ve ever seen about the “simplicity” of changing over to the new Digital Television Broadcast Air Signal that is coming, by mandate, in February of 2009. One of my students sent this to me and told me that it reminded them of one of my tech. classes (this year) where I showed them how “easy” it was to connect a laptop to a...
Nov 19th