I’m currently in Michigan for the first ever International Society for Improvised Music conference. So far the conference has been excellent, bringing together people interested in improvising from a wide variety of perspectives. There are music educators present but there…
The Barenaked Ladies, a popular indie band, have joined the world of musicians allowing their music to be re-mixed. Encouraging people to “Do it yourself” they include several tracks from their latest album in multitrack WAV files. There is a…
Frank Oteri has had enough of people referring to all music as songs. How many times have you heard your students referring to any music they are listening to, talking about or working on as a song, regardless of whether…
Upset because you missed this weekend’s gathering of talented and artistic robots? Take a look at what you missed at the New York City artbots talent show. Participants included the league of electronic musical urban robots or LEMUR with their…
A computer based practice system called In The Chair was recently featured at a large Web 2.0 conference. The software allows students to practice music from the system’s music library and play along with professionally recorded ensembles. Is this a…