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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Robby chats with Evan Tobias (Associate Professor of Music Education at Arizona State University) about imagining new possibilities for music teaching in a rapidly shifting digital landscape–from rethinking what curriculum even means, to the everyday tools that power his research, writing, and thinking.
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00:00:00 Music and Introduction
00:01:41 Thank you, Patreon Subscribers!
00:02:15 Apple Announcement
Apple Creative Studio launched January 28th, 2026
00:00:00 Welcome, Intros, and a TI:ME Feature
00:10:25 Listener Question - what sources do you follow to stay afloat on tech tools and ongoings in and outside the field of music education?
00:16:55 Chart-Topping AI Country Song
Using Suno* to make demos
00:27:03 Automation Station
Craft - a PKM that's hot
Drafts - ...
In this episode of Music Ed Tech Talk, Robby sits down with Theresa Hoover to discuss AI guidance in music education, creativity in the classroom, task management for educators, and what's new in their professional lives. Topics include NAfME guidance on AI, next-gen Siri, automation workflows, and listener questions about sustaining creativity in a distracted world.
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00:00:00 Cold Open Cold Open: Marvel Slop & Anniversary Release of TMNT
Holiday Curtain Lights https://twinkly.com/
A small diversion into…bars!
Aloha Bars https://aloha.com/
David Protein Bars https://davidprotein.com/
00:10:10 Brand (clap) New (clap) Apple (clap) Products
Robby: New AirPods, New iPhone, New Watch
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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
• MuseClass Shuttering It's Service
...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 Resources
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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Chapters
• 00:00:00 – Welcome to the show, Jaye, and the new Music Ed Tech Team
• 00:02:25 – Thank you, Molly!
• 00:03:41 –...
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
- [00:08:00] A...
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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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