Music Ed Tech Talk

Music Ed Tech Talk

Music Ed Tech Talk (previously Robby Burns + Friends) is a podcast exploring music, education, technology, and the intersections between them.

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September 28, 2025 110 mins

Back to School! In this episode, Robby and David cover Apple upgrades, Obsidian and Craft workflows, automation shortcuts, learning resources, AI in education, and much more.

 

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Dorico and Ableton updates, Big Tech Keynotes, and new automation workflows.

 

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Dorico 6 release announcement

Dorico 6 Scoring Notes post

Lamy pens

MuseClass Shuttering It's Service

SmartMusic

Sam Altman and Jony Ive AI device project

Childhood's End (book)

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Brenna C. Horn-Cronin, Executive General Manager at School Music License, joins the show to discuss how the service empowers music educators to navigate performance licensing ethically and efficiently. We cover administrative advocacy, the future of licensing in education, pricing structures, and more.

 

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School Music License Website

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Websites are back! Robby redid his blog and Stream Deck setups. The Metallica concert in Vision Pro is awesome. AI tools for musicians have always been useful, and we do some music picks. Big topic: Will and I grade Apple.

 

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    Jaye joins the show to discuss how our homescreens reflect our tech setups and most-used apps.

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    • 00:00:00 – Welcome to the show, Jaye, and the new Music Ed Tech Team

    • 00:02:25 – Thank you, Molly!

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    Will is here! We discuss forthcoming changes to the show, automation, apps of the year, tech we're thankful for, and some of our favorite media we've been engaging with.

    This episode was recorded in late December 2024.

     

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    • [00:00:00] New format - expect more Will
    • [00:05:30] News
    • [00:05:45] Widgetsmith update
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    Resources

    • Hal Leonard Intermediate Band Method
    • Beat Elimination as a Means of Teaching Intonation to Beginning Wind Instrumentalists, The Journal of Research in Music Education, Winer 1972
    • The Problem of Tonality in Seventheenth Century Music, Delbert M. Beswick, Music, Ph.D. Di...
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    Robby and David discuss their current computing devices, favorite gift ideas, and lament the use of Microsoft Teams. 

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    Elisa Janson Jones joins the show to talk about self-care, social media, and our favorite apps for being productive and healthy.

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    Thanks to my sponsors this month, Scale Exercise Play Along Tracks.

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    July 31, 2023 43 mins

    #71 - Composer Adrian B. Sims

    Composer Adrian B. Sims joins the show to talk about his career, musical journey, and favorite tools.

    Learn more about Adrian and check out his upcoming music catalog here.

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    Will Kuhn and David MacDonald return to discuss Logic and Final Cut for iPad, the Ableton Push 3, Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, and the Apple Vision Pro. Robby struggles with his internet connection.

    In the Patreon feed: Zelda Talk.

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