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Archive for the 'technology' Category

redesigned Illinois ASTA site

Yazan: Jason | 06 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: technology

My first task as the new Technology Chair for the Illinois chapter of the American String Teachers Association has been to redesign the IL-ASTA website, and I am pretty happy with how it’s looking. Take a look, and if you’re an Illinois ASTA member, send me any upcoming events or news and I’ll put them [...]

Orchestra Hero?

Yazan: Jason | 30 November 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: technology

Will there ever be an Orchestra Hero (aka Guitar Hero/Rock Band)? Would that be cool? Lame? Food for thought from the Michael Gordon of The New York Times: What is the hottest thing in music right now? A pair of video games ? Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Anyone can play. The games allow you [...]

The Evolution of Apple Ads | Webdesigner Depot

Yazan: Jason | 03 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: technology

Mac nerds (I know you’re out there!), rejoice: Webdesigner Depot recently put out a wonderful retrospective of Apple ads over the ages. Think that Apple ads were always clean and simple? Just check out all the text-heavy ads from the 80s and early 90s. It wasn’t until the return of Steve Jobs in the mid-90s [...]

CBC 144: advice from James Knabe

Yazan: Jason | 31 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: advice, blogging, Contrabass Conversations, education, podcasting, student resources, technology

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This week’s podcast features an interview with James Knabe, a trumpet performer and teacher who also runs a web consulting service for musicians. Learn more about what musicians can do to effectively market themselves by listening to this short interview, and check out musicianadvice.com for more information about the services James provides. Enjoy!

New iPhone-friendly format for DoubleBassBlog.org

Yazan: Jason | 06 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: technology

I’ve toyed with mobile versions for my site before but have always walked away disappointed. Today, however, I was poking around online for a good iPhone-friendly formatting plugin for another project I do, and I happened upon the very cool WPtouch plugin, which renders my site beautifully for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android phones [...]