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New Course: A Complete Guide to Digital Music Notation

by Fraser Myers

Have your students print out a score of their very own compositions.

02/13/2019 Read more

A Comprehensive Guide to Uploading and Editing Videos for YouTube

by Rosemarie Penner

Use YouTube to your advantage in a variety of ways.

08/29/2018 Read more

How to Properly Record Piano without Breaking the Bank

by Diego Cardini

Record Piano Do you have a student who is interesting in recording themselves? Maybe you want to record them to show them what they are doing right or wrong? Maybe your students want their music to be out in the world via YouTube. There are plenty of ways to record a piano, and the first ... How to Properly Record Piano without Breaking the Bank

08/07/2018 Read more

My New GarageBand Course for Piano Teachers

by Tim Topham

GarageBand Course What do you get when you cross a drum machine with an orchestra and a recording studio? Yup, you get one of the best free apps available for piano teachers: GarageBand. Available FREE to all iPad, iPhone and Mac laptop users, GarageBand is literally a band and recording studio in your pocket. For ... My New GarageBand Course for Piano Teachers

05/22/2018 Read more

Piano Marvel – The Creative Online Piano Lesson System [Product Review]

by Kelley Ferrell

Piano Marvel Product Review Being a piano teacher has its challenges, some of which include: Getting students and keeping them Choosing a method and music to meet needs of individual students Motivating students to PRACTICE! Keeping open communication with parents Making lessons FUN for both teacher and student   Piano Marvel is a creative online ... Piano Marvel – The Creative Online Piano Lesson System [Product Review]

04/03/2018 Read more

Expand Your Social Media Presence with these Quick Tips

by Matt Jones

Social Media Presence As most piano teachers will know, there are often times when you feel as if you’ve hit a brick wall when it comes to gaining new students. Whether you’ve recently just decided to do teaching full time, some of your students have become masters and moved on or you just have more ... Expand Your Social Media Presence with these Quick Tips

03/19/2018 Read more
 

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A Beginner’s Guide to Piano Composition in the DAW

by Doug Beney

Computerizing Piano Composition Computerizing the piano composition process may seem daunting if you’ve never played anything but acoustic pianos. However, the early stages of combining music and computers came about using keyboard instruments, so you’re already accomplished with the primary interface. That said, those early stages were nearly 40 years ago and much has evolved ... A Beginner’s Guide to Piano Composition in the DAW

08/16/2017 Read more

Technology Demonstration: The SoundBrenner Pulse

by Tim Topham

Transcript Hi everyone, it’s Tim Topham here again for my regular fortnightly Repertoire Rap. This time I’m going to do something a little bit different, and that’s to talk about a new piece of kit that I’ve recently got, a new piece of technology that I’ve been exploring with my students and also with my ... Technology Demonstration: The SoundBrenner Pulse

07/19/2017 Read more

10 Ways to Use YouTube in Your Piano Studio

by Andrew Bishko, Musical U

Are you ready to give up teaching piano? Well, YouTube provides millions of free piano tutorials and lessons for your students. How can you compete with that? So don’t worry: your students won’t miss you! Case in point: right now I’m sitting in one of my studios in a local music store. Just a few ... 10 Ways to Use YouTube in Your Piano Studio

07/17/2017 Read more

Supercharge Your Piano Studio Organisation with Google Gadgetry

by Nicola Cantan

When it comes to piano studio organisation, there are many great options. You might be a pencil and paper type of person, you may be using Microsoft applications, or even something specifically designed for music teachers such as My Music Staff. But what if I told you there was a whole suite of free tools ... Supercharge Your Piano Studio Organisation with Google Gadgetry

07/12/2017 Read more

How to Build and Run a Successful Travelling Music Lab

by Rosemarie Penner

Today we welcome an extremely informative guest post from Rosemarie Penner. She has transformed her piano teaching business through technology and travel.  By using iPads and other technology, Rosemarie has created a successful travelling music lab. Not sure what a travelling music lab is? I’ll let Rosemarie explain all that and more!  Be sure to ... How to Build and Run a Successful Travelling Music Lab

07/10/2017 Read more

Soundbrenner Silent Vibrating Metronome

by Tim Topham

A Vibrating, Silent Metronome? If you have trouble getting students to use a metronome in their practice, then this new piece of music technology might be just the answer. Many of us struggle to help our students feel and understand beat, pulse and rhythm and so I’m always on the lookout for ways that we ... Soundbrenner Silent Vibrating Metronome

04/17/2017 Read more