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In this episode of The Music Rewind Podcast, we dive deep into Queen's iconic album, “A Night At The Opera.” Join us as we chat with John Mlynczak, President and CEO of NAMM, about the album's groundbreaking tracks, its impact on rock music, and behind-the-scenes stories. Tune in for an insightful discussion on one of rock's greatest masterpieces! Season 4 — Episode 7 Album: A Night At The Opera Artist: Queen Year: 1975 John Mlynczak, President and CEO of NAMM since February 2023, brings extensive experience in music education and technology. Formerly VP of Music Education & Technology at Hal Leonard, he has also held key roles at Noteflight and PreSonus Audio. John is a passionate advocate for music education, having served as President of TIME and taught at VanderCook College. With degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University and Louisiana State University, he has significantly contributed to music education and advocacy. His leadership at NAMM focuses on strengthening the music products industry and promoting the benefits of making music. https://www.johnmlynczak.com/  The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), is a not-for-profit organization that champions the joys and benefits of making music while supporting the $17 billion global music products industry. Known for its massive annual trade shows, particularly the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, NAMM serves as a central hub for the latest innovations in musical instruments, recording technology, and sound and lighting equipment2. Join us as we explore how NAMM brings together manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and musicians from around the world to celebrate and advance the music industry. Find all the information about The NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA  Jan 21-25, 2025 here: https://www.namm.org/ https://www.instagram.com/thenammshow/ AND MUSIC REWIND WILL BE THERE!!! —-------------------------------------------------- Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/musicrewind     —--------------------------------------------------  Want to start your own podcast? Music Rewind and Podbean can help.  https://www.podbean.com/sidereal  —--------------------------------------------------  Useful Links for Music Rewind Music Rewind: All Episodes - https://www.musicrewindpodcast.com/listen Music Rewind Treasure Hunt - https://bit.ly/MixCD_Treasure_Hunt  Music Rewind Selects: A playlist of select tracks from albums covered on the show. - https://bit.ly/MusicRewindSelects    Music Rewind Patreon Early access to future episodes - https://bit.ly/MusicRewindPatreon  Discover our sister podcast, Cinema Decon, deconstructing the movies of the 80's, 90's and 2000's. www.cinemadecon.com  —--------------------------------------------------   “No ownership of music material. All credits go to its rightful owner. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for “Fair Use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair Use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners, no copyright infringement intended.” #queen #anightattheopera #namm #music #podcast #musicpodcast #johnmlynczak #thenammshow #freddiemercury #brianmay #johndeacon #rogertaylor    

Mark Connor (composer, music educator, host of The Everything Band podcast) joins the show. We stay up way past our bedtime to talk about teaching music, music theory, composition, podcasting, our favorite tools, and more. 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 Thanks to my sponsors this month, Scale Exercise Play-Along Tracks. Show Notes: What is viral jazz? - Easy to recognize and hard to define, a savvy young cohort takes shape DOMi & JD BECK Thundercat Andersen .Paak - Malibu Adobe Audition  Game Changer app - One app for every team Mango Baby - Newborn Growth Tracker HyperCard  Scoring Notes [Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Brooklyn Babylon](https://darcyjamesargue.bandcamp.com/album/brooklyn-babylon LilyPond Music Ed Tech Talk - Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain, With Dr. Cory Meals Notion - Your wiki, docs, and projects. Together. Airr - Podcast app Craft - Create documents, make impact Obsidian - A second brain for you, forever Ulysses - the ultimate writing app for Mac Simple Embeds Plug-In for Obsidian - embed YouTube, Noteflight, Flat.io, etc. elements inside of your notes Staff Wars Mark J. Connor - Two Songs for the Holidays Matthew Provino | Sierra Vista MS Band Website and Resources Composer on Fire Podcast Hooktheory Christopher Tin - Civilization composer Google Sheets Notation and Sequencer Graphic Music Ed Tech Talk #4 - The Most Validating Day of My Life, with Andrew Hitz Music Ed Tech Talk #46 - Christopher Bill Hindenberg Lite Audio Editor TG Tools Plug-Ins for Finale Align Move Dynamics Plug-In for Finale JW Plug-Ins for Finale Hooktheory - create amazing music Pocketcasts - Mark's favorite podcast app Overcast - Robby's favorite podcast app Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Mark - Website Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

INVEST IN HER with Catherine Gray Ep. 317 Innovative Wearable Tech for Women w/ CEO of Embr Labs, Elizabeth Gazda   Invest In Her host Catherine Gray talks with the CEO of Embr Labs, a Boston-based wearables company that developed the Embr Wave – a wrist-worn, personal thermostat that improves sleep, relieves anxiety and helps with hot flashes.    Prior to Embr Labs, Liz was a member of several founding teams including Doni, a fintech company, and Noteflight, a music technology company and has also worked at a number of Boston's fastest growing companies, including m-Qube (acq. Verisign) and unicorn Art Technology Group (acq. Oracle). Liz began her career with Philips Consumer Electronics in the Netherlands, where she was responsible for driving innovation in several business divisions across multiple countries. www.sheangelinvestors.com  https://embrlabs.com/   Follow Us On Social Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn  

Bob Habersat is a creative music educator who fuses technology and musical learning into his high school classes.  He is the co-founder of Shed the Music, an online platform that offers several music-ed tech courses that can be used with students.  He integrates Soundtrap, instruments, vocals, and music theory.  You'll want to check out his website for brilliantly created content!  And next summer I highly suggest signing up for his Beat Bootcamp course.  It's free and you'll learn so much. Bob Habersat is a high school guitar, music tech, and theory teacher.  He is the co-founder of shedthemusic.com. He has presented clinics on music technology, guitar, and jazz at conferences and festivals across the country and he has written articles for NAfME, Noteflight, JEN, and Soundtrap.  Bob is the author of the Modern Music Guitar Method, Modern Music Theory Method, and the Production Through Performance music technology curriculum. When he is not teaching, Bob loves going on adventures with his wife Kristin and their children Lee and Brooke. Links: Instagram: @shedthemusic  Website:  shedthemusic.com  Email:  bob@shedthemusic.com  

David MacDonald joins Robby to share their favorite books, hardware, apps, services, and musical gift ideas. 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 Show Notes: METT #43 - iOS 15 and macOS Monterey with Paul Shimmons Scoring Notes - Music notation software, macOS Monterey, and Apple Silicon M1 Macs Scoring Notes - Use Shortcuts to quickly create score templates on macOS and iOS | Robby Burns Noteflight Blog - Connecting the Strands: Teaching Melody and Harmony Writing with Ukulele, Noteflight, and Soundtrap | Robby Burns David's last appearance on this show to talk about smart speakers Chris Russell's recent appearance on this show to talk ukuleles Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day Books Scott L. Phillips - Beyond Sound V.J. Manzo - Foundations of Music Technology Will and Ethan episode Will Kuhn, Ethan Hein - Electronic Music School Jorge Variego - Composing with Restraint Peter Perry - Technology Tips for Ensemble Teachers Robby Burns - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers Ronald Kearns - Recording Tips for Music Educators The Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy edited by Lee VanHandel Kathryn Finch, Theresa Hoover - Pass the Baton Sarah Urist Green - You Are An Artist: Assignments to Spark Creation Hardware HomePod mini iPad mini MacBook Pro AirPods Elgato Stream Deck More Hardware Scoring Notes Podcast Notation Central Stream Deck Profiles AT2020 AKG P 420 Røde Lavalier Go Røde Wireless GO II Scarlet Focusrite Audio Interfaces Twelve South StayGo | USB-C Hub Amazon Basics Studio Headphones Software Rogue Amoeba Apps - Fission | Audio Hijack | Loopback | SoundSource | Farrago - Offers educator discount Drafts Craft - Offers educator discount OmniFocus - Offers educator discount Things Dorico - Offers educator discount StaffPad An evening with StaffPad - YouTube Services Headspace for Educators Calm Schools Peloton Digital Teacher Discount Nebula Misc Anker Nebula Capsule Projector Whoosh Nintendo Switch Online Subscription Atoms Shoes Bombas socks MacSparky Field Guides Paperless Field Guide Mac Pro Video Dorico Course - Leo Nicholson Skillshare Lamy Safari Fountain Pens Lush The Four Hour Chef Momofuku Cookbook Music of the Week Robby - Sarah Jarosz David - Sister Rosetta Tharpe Tech Tip of the Week Robby - Focus Modes David - CopyChar.cc Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book David - Twitter | Website | Blog Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!

Bob Habersat is a high school music teacher and co-founder of shedthemusic.com. He has presented clinics on music technology, guitar, and jazz at conferences and festivals across the country and has written articles for NAfME, Noteflight, JEN, and Soundtrap. Bob is the author of the Modern Musicianship Guitar Method and the Production Through Performance music technology curriculum. He is also the host of The Shed's Spotlight podcast where he interviews and collaborates with artists, educators, and other notable figures in the music education orbit. When he is not teaching, Bob loves going on adventures with his wife Kristin and their children Lee and Brooke. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicast-podcast/support

Thanks for reading TC259: Developing innovative music teaching with Noteflight & John Mlynczak from Top Music Co. In this episode, we are going to talk about one of my favorite online music notation softwares, Noteflight, with John Mylnczak. We're going to unpack the Noteflight and SoundCheck softwares – its benefits, features, and how it can you can use it in your own studio. If you are looking for a music notation app […] The post TC259: Developing innovative music teaching with Noteflight & John Mlynczak appeared first on Top Music Co - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

In this episode, John helps me understand music transcription. He describes the software tool NoteFlight and how it inspires his creativity. We also go down memory lane with some awesome music from Hans Zimmer and Koji Kondo. And apparently there are no ‘swords' on the cover of ‘HALO'. My description in this episode was waaay off!

This episode is all about Noteflight. Basically how to create an account and some basics for composing. Host: Noah

Robby explains how he uses Noteflight, Soundtrap, and Flipgrid to create engaging, asynchronous, assignments for students in his performing ensembles. Show Notes Develop Performance Skills Remotely with Cloud Software - Video and Blog Post TMEA Session Notes Noteflight Soundtrap Flipgrid Scanner Pro Scanbot Sheet Music Scanner App METT Episode 28 - Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely Learn more about Noteflight on METT #13 - Exploring Noteflight Learn, with John Mlynczak Learn more about Soundtrap on METT #12 - Making Music and Podcasts Using Soundtrap, with Meredith Allen Learn more about Flipgrid on METT #14 - Empowering Performing Ensembles at a Distance, with Theresa Hoover Ducassoux Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in… Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

We talk with John Mlynczak about Noteflight, the web-based music notation software that allows musicians to create, share, teach, sell, and purchase music, and how it's used by musicians across the professional and education spectrum.

John Mlynczak and Jaime Slutzky discuss how Noteflight works for teachers and private studio owners and instructors. It is a tool that provides a collaborative experience for educators and their students. Noteflight also extends beyond the classroom and with Noteflight Marketplace becomes the Etsy of music compositions. Check out these links: Noteflight ArrangeMe Expand Online Community Connect with Jaime on Instagram and Facebook Join the Online Expansion Masterclass About John Mlynczak: He offers an extensive range of experiences in music education and the music industry and is a frequent national clinician. Mr. Mlynczak is Managing Director of Noteflight, a Hal Leonard company, and Past-president of the Technology Institute of Music Educators. John also teaches online Graduate courses at VanderCook College and Boston University Online, and a Google Level-2 Certified Educator. Mr. Mlynczak is a passionate advocate for music education and technology, serving on the NAMM State Advocacy Coalition, the NAfME Advocacy Leadership Force, and is Advocacy Chairman for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. Mr. Mlynczak holds degrees in music education, music performance, and educational leadership. About Jaime Slutzky: She is a lifelong techie and helps in studio art and music instructors create profitable, sustainable and exciting online programs even if they are tech adverse. Using her signature Strategy, Support, and Tech  methodology, she'll walk you through the process of taking what you already know and love in your in person classrooms and transforming it into a global online art education business

John Mlynczak and Jaime Slutzky discuss how Noteflight works for teachers and private studio owners and instructors. It is a tool that provides a collaborative experience for educators and their students. Noteflight also extends beyond the classroom and with Noteflight Marketplace becomes the Etsy of music compositions. Check out these links: Noteflight ArrangeMe Expand Online Community Connect with Jaime on Instagram and Facebook Join the Online Expansion Masterclass About John Mlynczak: He offers an extensive range of experiences in music education and the music industry and is a frequent national clinician. Mr. Mlynczak is Managing Director of Noteflight, a Hal Leonard company, and Past-president of the Technology Institute of Music Educators. John also teaches online Graduate courses at VanderCook College and Boston University Online, and a Google Level-2 Certified Educator. Mr. Mlynczak is a passionate advocate for music education and technology, serving on the NAMM State Advocacy Coalition, the NAfME Advocacy Leadership Force, and is Advocacy Chairman for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association. Mr. Mlynczak holds degrees in music education, music performance, and educational leadership. About Jaime Slutzky: She is a lifelong techie and helps in studio art and music instructors create profitable, sustainable and exciting online programs even if they are tech adverse. Using her signature Strategy, Support, and Tech  methodology, she'll walk you through the process of taking what you already know and love in your in person classrooms and transforming it into a global online art education business

John Mlynczak returns to the show to discuss Noteflight's new integration with Sound Check and offers advice to educators about teaching online this fall, and what we can learn from it. Show Notes: Could not find the exact article I read on Zoom fatigue but there are plenty. Here’s one. Noteflight Noteflight Learn SoundCheck Integrates with Noteflight Match My Sound Partnership PracticeFirst MusicFirst School of Rock My Choral Coach Dorico Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 10 - Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students with FileMaker, with Ben Denne FileMaker Virtual Tuning Disk | EMMSmusic.com Tonal Energy Tuner Soundtrap The Rest is Noise | Alex Ross Igor Levit is Like No Other Pianist - The New Yorker | Alex Ross Igor Levit and Franz Welser-Möst | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in Bb Major, op. 19 App of the Week:  Robby - Kindle/Audible John - TikTok Album of the Week: Robby - Igor Levit - Beethoven Piano Sonatas John - Hamilton on Disney+ Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book John - Twitter Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Amro Music's Nick Averwater talks with Noteflight Managing Director John Mlynczak about moving your music education curriculum and resources online.Recorded June 23, 2020.

Chris and Paul, co-hosts of the Music Education & Technology Podcast, rejoin the show to talk about how we are doing for distance learning, StaffPad for iPadOS, and other recent news in music technology education. Show Notes: dear music teachers… please stop asking how to create a virtual choir video | Midnight Music Virtualchoir.net - Keep singing, keep sharing. Start your virtual ensemble. Noteflight  MusicFirst Flat.io  smartmusic  PracticeFirst Cubasis 3 Music Ed Tech Talk | #6 - Paperless iPad Workflows for Teaching Music, with David MacDonald New iPad Magic Keyboard forScore iPad Apps You Love, Now on Mac GoodNotes 5 SwiftUI  FileMaker Pro StaffPad for iPadOS Notion Komp Symphony Pro Ferrite Recording Studio StaffPad Reader Music Notation on iPad and Musicals | iPad and Technology in Music Ed First Impressions of StaffPad for iPadOS | Robby Burns StaffPad Comes to iPadOS (Reflections on App Store Pricing and Touch Screen Operating Systems) | Robby Burns A Revolution and Turning of the Tide - Music Creation is Changing for the Better with StaffPad for iOS! | iPad and Technology in Music Ed Working with StaffPad | Technology in Music Education Dorico Planning Center Reason ReWire  Pro Tools Cloud Collaboration unrealBook My Very Straightforward and Very Successful Setup for Teaching Virtual Private Lessons | Robby Burns PDF Expert PencilKit MindNode Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly Louis Cole Knower Childish Gambino The Jive Aces on Britains Got Talent Animal Crossing iCab Mobile - iPad web browsers that can download YouTube videos App of the Week:  Robby - Slack Paul - Cubasis 3 Chris - LumaFusion Album of the Week: Robby - It Is What It Is | Thundercat Paul - You and I | Wycliffe Gordon and Marty Erickson  Chris -  Bring Me Sunshine | The Jive Aces Yesterday | Billie Eilish Where to Find Us: Paul Shimmons: Twitter | Website  Chris Russell: Twitter | Website Robby Burns: Twitter| Blog Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts| Overcast| Castro| Spotify| RSS

Remote teaching is not easy. Thankfully, using the right technology in the right way can make it an enjoyable process for all. Join Jamie Hipp as she chats with John Mlynczak, the managing director of NoteFlight about taking distance teaching head on, no matter what subject or grade level you teach.Support the show (https://educationcloset.com)

To access Shed The Music, visit http://www.shedthemusic.com Production Through Performance Info Page https://shedthemusic.teachable.com/p/ptp-teacher Studio version of my Production Through Performance presentation https://shedthemusic.com/production-through-performance Etudes By Ear: Multi-tracked jazz solo etudes https://shedthemusic.com/jazz-etudes Weak Beat Workout https://shedthemusic.com/eighth-note-subdivision-workout Pop Song Transcriptions https://shedthemusic.com/pop-song-transcriptions Drumline warm up using Noteflight and Soundtrap https://shedthemusic.com/doubles-drumline-warmup The pop song about pop songs that took forever to animate (it's fun though) https://shedthemusic.com/pop-song-form Rhythmic Transcription https://shedthemusic.com/rhythmic-transcription Ear Training https://shedthemusic.com/ear-training Harmonic Rhythm (it's an example of the new way I've blended text with video examples to increase student engagement) https://shedthemusic.com/harmonic-rhythm Here is the unfinished non-diatonic-chord page that I was working on at 3:30 in the morning! https://shedthemusic.com/non-diatonic-chords

TEM171: Delivering the right message to the right audience and using technology to empower musicians - A conversation with NoteFlight's John Mlynczak John Mlynczak is the Managing Director of NoteFlight. What You'll Learn: The most spectacular mispronunciation of his last name (which then became his nickname in college) How an experience in college showed John the powerful role that technology can play in helping musicians The challenge of getting technology into the hands of teachers How NoteFlight started with the assumption that people are going to arrange music no matter what so how can publishers make that easier for people Why you can't resist innovation Whether NoteFlight mainly targets teachers who have already embraced technology, the ones who have not or somewhere in between How NoteFlight found a niche that needed filling in the music notation software world The complete technical remake NoteFlight had to do just a few years ago The importance of getting the right message to the right audience in as clean and concise manner as possible Why all pitches must have a CTA Links: http://johnmlynczak.com/ https://www.noteflight.com/ Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that! 1. Help me get to my next goal of $100 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast. 2. My next iTunes goal is 150 ratings and 75 reviews. Take just a minute to leave a rating and review on iTunes to help me get there. Thank you! And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM. Produced by Drake Domingue Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

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Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): John Mlynczak - the Managing Director of Noteflight - is a passionate advocate for music education and technology.  John and I discuss Noteflight Learn and the new Noteflight Marketplace - where teachers can purchase sheet music in a notation file format that

This week Robby catches up with John Mlynczak, Managing Director of Noteflight, about their new Marketplace platform and the state of digital music publishing.  My opening monologue that usually introduces the show and guest was lost in an epic battle with my MacBook this week. Enjoy, instead, an awkward cold open, brought to you by Roomba and the Amazon Echo. Show Notes John Mlynczak: Twitter | Website | Noteflight   Noteflight Marketplace Purchasing on Noteflight Marketplace Selling on Noteflight Marketplace Marketplace Terms of Service forScore Smart Music Practice First

Maura Church graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Music and now works at Patreon as a data science manager, where she helps creators all over the world get paid. Previously, she worked as an analyst at Google fighting spam with data and interned for Noteflight, a music notation software company. Maura talks about music and technology, advice on product launches, and reactions to Thinx's labor practices. Reach out to Maura on Twitter and LinkedIn.Stay up to date with Witty through our website, LinkedIn or email us at podcastwitty@gmail.com. Support the show (http://wittypod.com)

  In the first part of Episode 005, Paul and Chris discuss BLE MIDI (Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI) which is a newer standard found on Apple Products (iOS and macOS) and there are some solutions for other platforms.  They also discuss Sheet Music Scanner which recently added the ability to export to MusicXML and reads … Continue reading "An Interview with John Mlynczak from Noteflight (a Hal Leonard Company)"

  In the first part of Episode 005, Paul and Chris discuss BLE MIDI (Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI) which is a newer standard found on Apple Products (iOS and macOS) and there are some solutions for other platforms.  They also discuss Sheet Music Scanner which recently added the ability to export to MusicXML and reads … Continue reading "An Interview with John Mlynczak from Noteflight (a Hal Leonard Company)"

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The title of my piece is Gemini due to the fact that there is a section in my piece that repeats, however different instruments use that melody. The Cello opens up the piece and then the flute follows and both the flute and the cello close with that same melody. Although these two instruments are in this section of my piece they sound completely different as if it has its own personality. “Gemini is thought to be very adaptable and flexible, sometimes to the point of being two different personalities.” The process of composing my piece was very tedious. I had to constantly change my composition since I was never satisfied with my results. With the help of Luis, he had helped me figure out a melody for my composition. This allowed me to further figure out how I would like my composition to sound. Composing music isn’t easy. You can’t just stick random notes in random places. I have almost no background in music but I most definitely know the difference between compositions that have been worked hard on and vice versa. Although this was a long process, I really enjoyed working on my piece. Making my composition allowed me to really sit down and hear what I have learned throughout the year by both my teacher and Noteflight. I’ve learned the patience that is necessary when it comes to composing. My piece really isn’t about any extra ideas. I just started my piece with very deep notes and as the composition progresses it lightens up and deepens at the end of the piece. My piece is dedicated to Luis Cobo and Christina Cobo since they helped me with both inspiration and composition.

I start by hitting some random notes, switched stuff around, add a chord here and there, and work out a melody. That’s how I do most things on Noteflight! I don’t really know a main part or instrument but I personally like a part near the end where there are a lot of eighth notes all in a row, that’s what I like best. A challenge that I faced while writing my piece was writing when not knowing what to write. I loved composing. It brings out the music in you. You also get to learn SO many new things! As I said, I loved it!

Cloud based software allows you to use a tool on any computer that can access the internet. Dr. Jim Frankel from Music First tells us all about the best cloud based music education software in this weeks episode of the FreeMusicEd Podcast. Dr Frankel is a graduate of Montclair State Univeristy and Teachers College Columbia University where he is currently an adjunct professor. An author of several music education books as well as an active member of TI-ME, Dr. Frankel is one of the leading experts in Music Education Technology.

We had the pleasure of visiting with Joe Berkovitz from Noteflight, the web based music notation program. Noteflight is a powerful, cross platform solution for music notation. Users including people distributing parts to musicians digitally, teaching music theory, and composers looking for a powerful affordable tool set. Noteflight has free entry level accounts, so go try it now! Mr. Berkovitz is a composer, pianist, and software engineer with 30 years of development experience.

Well I began my composition by messing around a little on Noteflight before finding my main melody. My first instrument was the clarinet, and then I added on the Bassoon, French Horn, Cello and Violin. My first run through of my piece was a little tough but with some help I either resolved or changed those dissonances. To add to my piece I started with a main melody and then added on what sounded right.