Music Ed Tech Talk

Robby details updates he recently made to his studio desk setup.   00:00:00 Welcomes and Hellos and Mini Topics! 00:01:24 Apple Event Announcements Macbook Neo - Big Thumbs Up Apple Creator Studio - Big Thumbs Down Robby's Patreon - Subscribe! Tim Cook's official, publicly monitored Apple email address Podcast Guest Spot - Vision Pros, Ep. 66 WWDC 2026 Hopes with Robby Burns 00:10:59 - What's on My Desk?! Pro Tip: Anything unused can be taken off the desk. After 15 years of use the BX5 is no more. These are the contemporary monitor models CalDigit TS4 Push 2 Tutorials, or consider exploring the Push 3 Studio Neat: Go Analogue Seeking recommendations for studio headphones! Sidekick Notepad Logitech Webcam Options Streamdeck New! Novation Launchkey Magic Mouse, Trackpad, Keyboard Keychron Mechanical Keyboard 00:22:40 Wire Clean Up Surge Protector - Rack mounted! Clarett+ 8Pre - Mounted audio interface Yamaha SEQTRAK Gator Rackworks Shelves Korg Octopad microKORG2   Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Doug Conrad joins the show to talk about making recruitment videos for your music program.   0:00:00 Tech Setups instead of introductions. Bottom line? Cable management. 00:03:45 Okay, now introductions… Directors Circle Podcast Email Doug!  04:13:00 …then immediately back to what's going on in the world Apple Apple Creator Studio Macbook Neo 00:13:54 A Chromebook tangent 00:14:22 Connection issue and interstitial music 00:15:00 Back on Chromebooks Apple Classroom 00:23:01 Doug's Recent Sessions Midwest Shop Talk: The Art of Recruitment Videos Mr Conrad's Music Room: 2025 Recruitment Video 00:41:00 Tools to make these videos. Often free, and easy to use!  Final Cut Keynote - draw stuff, animate it! iMovie (iPad or iPhone version) CapCut Davinci Resolve  Clipchamp Wevideo 00:50:46 Which tools Doug actually used for the 2025 Recruitment Video Shot on iPhone Key points outlined on Doug's presentation PDF importing and organizing media moving clips around on the timeline import and adjust audio cropping videos and photos speed adjustment What you want it to look like, and work backwards 01:02:12 Wrap-Up Email Doug! Directors Circle Podcast  

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. Subscribe to the Blog… RSS | Email Newsletter Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Support Music Ed Tech Talk Become a Patron! Buy me a coffee Chapters and Notes 00:00:00 Greetings first 00:08:41 Introductions second Evan Tobias, Arizona State University YouTube TikTok Instagram Podcast AT Protocol Cory Doctorow's Book 00:26:04 What possibilities that exist when music teachers use technology in different ways Obsidian Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures 00:54:38 What is curriculum? Podcast Episode 4: Music Curriculum Perspectives with Brian Laakso Hal Leonard Modern Band Series littleBits 01:11:25 Research and writing tools: writing, interviews, reading…lots! Connecting ideas across many mediums… Scite.AI - used to scan across databases, answer questions Hazel - file management DEVONthink - store, organize, work zotero - collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research PDF Expert - PDF editing TextSniper - extract text from images 01:26:07 Surveys Qualtrics - creating surveys Calendly - scheduler that integrates with calendars TextExpander - type a keystroke that fills in email body or other text Keyboard Maestro - automate applications or websites Fantastical - give your calendar superpowers Craft - you know it, you love it 01:42:35 Interviews Descript - record, edit, transcribe Snipd - AI-powered podcast app Airtable - database to help keep track of where people are in the project Notion - database in place of Google Doc OmniFocus - Task management ClickUp - Task and project management Readwise Reader - PDF reader Raindrop.io Speechify - listen to text/PDF files Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

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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? RobbyBurns.com cdm Pirate Wires Futurism The Verge Techmeme Six Colors Daring Fireball Mac Stories Off the Beaten Path 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 - working with Craft Loop - Nice lookin' Google Doc 00:33:20 Segue: Tahoe Issues, iOS 26 Issues, System Issues 00:35:47 Favorites of 2025 Apps: Sequel, Finch, Final Cut Pro Music: Bon Iver, David Matthews, Fred Again…, Tame Impala + Justice Computing Device: Apple Watch Ultra, Mac mini m4, JAYE'S BRAIN Other Tools and Materials: Miyoo Mini Plus, Nintendo Switch, PAID StudioOne, Ableton Move Books: Ideology of Competition in School Music, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Adam Curtis documentaries, fiction, broadly, War & Peace (via Footnotes & Tangents), Meditations Other Media: Robby: Hard games such as Hollow Knight Movies - Arrival Show - Pluribus Will: Shows - Pluribus Game - Balatro Movie - Mulholland Drive Jaye Movies - Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning Sports - Cricket Museums - The MLB Hall of Fame Misc! @Robby Presentations and Awards - TMEA Life - Babys, Costco Executive @Jaye Finances -  upgraded American Airlines credit card Travel - Munich, Vienna, Prague by train; Seeing the Cardinals in St Louis Will Project: Funkhaus.music 01:14:15 Predictions! No show note spoilers… 01:20:48 Tired/Wired Lightening Round Unpressable Buttons Marco Polo