CONFERENCE HANDOUTS
Improving The Sounds of Your Ensemble Recording (2024)
The Care & Feeding of Your Low Brass (2024)
Tech It To The Next Level - KMEA Feb 2022
How to Use Your Phone As A Document Camera
Tips For Students Recording Auditions
Tips for Configuring Audio Settings in Zoom for Online Lessons
Kansas Community Bands (Ensembles) Project Directory
Excel Spreadsheet - will download automatically
Electroacoustic Music for Wind Band
Practicing What You Preach
PRACTICING & STAYING MOTIVATED
Tuning Drones (for scale practicing and tuning)
http://www.tuningdrones.com/
Metronome
http://metronomeonline.com
Musician's Way - How to Practice/FREE Resouces
The book is also available for purchase:
http://www.musiciansway.com/downloads.shtml
Gerber, Susan. How To Stay Motivated And Accomplish Anything (2018, February 20). Retrieved from:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2013/07/19/how-to-stay-motivated-and-accomplish-anything/#21e5d92132a5
Mayo Clinic Staff. Fitness: Tips for staying motivated. (2018, February 20). Retrieved from
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/fitness/art-20047624
DIGITAL RECORDING
Fun video for your students on sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovMh2A3P5k
Shure Inc. – Audio Systems Guide for Educators.
Microphone Techniques for Live Sound & Recording
Great Resources! (scroll to the bottom of their page)
www.shure.com/americas/support/training
Principles of the ORTF Stereo Technique (DPA Microphones)
www.dpamicrophones.com/mic-university/principles-of-the-ortf-stereo-technique
Audio Check – Test your equipment and more!
www.audiocheck.net/index.php
Test Your Speakers – Outlier Studios.
https://youtu.be/2ZrWHtvSog4
How Cables Work – Everything you ever wanted to know!
https://blog.landr.com/audio-cable-types-guide-infographic/
Audio Connector Guide – Learn About Cable Connectors
www.cablestogo.com/learning/connector-guides/audio
Headphones– Learn About the Various Types of Headphones and How They Work
www.headphone.com/pages/headphone-101
Sound on Sound – Great place to read articles and reviews!
https://www.soundonsound.com
Sweetwater Music - Retailer (My go to place!)
www.sweetwater.com
How to PROPERLY wrap cables!
https://youtu.be/uy3axdxDdKs
Music Repo - General Tips and Guides on Using Music Technology! - Great Resource!
http://musicrepo.com
UNDERSTANDING SOUND
Science of Sound – Fun video for your students on sound.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ovMh2A3P5k
Sound Pressure Level, Decibel Table, Loudness Comparison Chart
http://www.sengpielaudio.com/TableOfSoundPressureLevels.htm
Musical Instruments – Waveforms & harmonics of instruments
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/music/musinscon.html#c1
DIGITAL RECORDING–iPad Apps
Microphone Types/History
https://kids.kiddle.co/Microphone
Digital Audio Tools – Bit Depth Calc, Decibel Meter, Tone Generator, Oscilloscope, Metronome ($.99)
http://www.performanceaudio.com/apps
Decibel Meter – Decibel 10th (Free)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/decibel-10th/id448155923?mt=8
Tuner (Equal Temperament & Just Intonation) – Total Energy Tuner ($3.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tonalenergy-chromatic-tuner/id497716362?mt=8
Multi-track recording – MultiTrack DAW ($9.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/multitrack-daw/id329322101?mt=8
COPYRIGHT
NAfME Copyright Center
https://nafme.org/my-classroom/copyright/
DIGITAL AUDIO BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Menasche, Emily. (2011) Your Sound Onstage. Hall Leonard Corporation. ISBN: 97801617742316
https://www.ejazzlines.com/your-sound-onstage-emile-d-menasche
Manzo, V.J. (2016). Foundations of Music Technology. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-199368297
http://www.vjmanzo.com/vj/publications.html
FREE - Music Making Apps/Software
Audacity FREE! – Digital Recording & Editing
https://www.audacityteam.org
Garage Band FREE! – Digital Recording/Loops (Mac only)
www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
Musescore FREE! – Music Notation (Write your own music!)
https://musescore.org/en
Aria Maestosa FREE! – MIDI Sequencer/Player/Editor
ariamaestosa.sourceforge.net/index.html
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
https://www.stephencovey.com/7habits/7habits.php
FREE Annual Credit Report
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/
The Rule of 72
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/ruleof72.asp
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
http://www.richdad.com/Home.aspx
Suze Orman
http://www.suzeorman.com/
Social Security Planner
http://www.ssa.gov/retire2/