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Music and Educational Technology Grants Print E-mail
Tales From The Podium
Written by Chad Criswell   

ImageAs the school year begins anew here is a quick look at some useful educational grants for classrooms and teachers to apply for.  Most of them are tech related, but isn't everything these days?

 

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Finale 2009 First Impressions Print E-mail
Tales From The Podium
Written by Chad Criswell   

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Finale 2009 Is Ready, But SmartMusic Isn't!
When I received my copy of Finale 2009 last week I was anxious to get started on doing an in depth review of it.  Now that I have had a few days to kick it around I am confident I can give you a preliminary review of the newest music notation software product from MakeMusic.  One that is not without its ups and downs.

 

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Finale 2009 Released Print E-mail
Tales From The Podium
Written by Chad Criswell   

Finale 2009 Software Box
The New Finale 2009
I am a big fan of both Sibelius and Finale and have done reviews on them here at MusicEdMagic in the past.  I recently received word that the newest version of Finale, Finale 2009 , is being released tomorrow, July 17th, 2008.  According to the press releases there are some nice sounding improvements to MakeMusic's flagship music notation software package, namely things like easier entry of expressions by simply dragging and dropping them into the score,several different playback enhancements to the sound library, and my personal favorite, easier creation of SmartMusic accompaniment files from ensemble scores!

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Music Quality of MP3 Recordings Can Have Negative Effect On Emotional Impact Print E-mail
Tales From The Podium
Written by Chad Criswell   

Stereo PlugsThose that say that MP3 recordings of music have no soul may be more correct than they realize.  One of the things that makes music memorable is the emotional impact that it can have on a human being.  It turns out that compressing audio into MP3 format can actually strip out the pieces of the musical recording that help to initiate that emotional reaction in our brains turning a feast for the senses into little more than a metophorical hamburger and fries. 

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Economy Puts DCI In A Bind, Kills Annual TV Broadcast Of National Championship Print E-mail
Tales From The Podium
Written by Chad Criswell   

Drum Corps Marching BandIt appears that the broader economic downturn has already driven the national DCI organization to make some drastic changes including killing the annual 2008 championship broadcast on ESPN. 

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