Music Ed Tech Talk
Robby Burns
A podcast exploring music, education, technology, and the intersections between them.
- 1 hour 24 minutes#91 - Theresa Returns!
In this episode of Music Ed Tech Talk, Robby sits down with Theresa Hoover to discuss AI guidance in music education, creativity in the classroom, task management for educators, and what's new in their professional lives. Topics include NAfME guidance on AI, next-gen Siri, automation workflows, and listener questions about sustaining creativity in a distracted world.
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Show Notes & Links
Intro & Community
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00:00:00 – Hello and welcome
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00:00:30 – Thanks to new Patreon supporter, Drew Ross
News, Blogs, and AI Updates
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00:01:23 – Theresa's newest blog on COPPA and FERPA** - https://offthebeatenpathinmusic.com/play-it-safe/
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Affinity creative apps
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00:10:30 – What's New in AI
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Next-gen Siri (expected 2026)
AI Guidance in Music Education
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00:16:15 – Released guidance in the music education world
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Yamaha: AI in the Music Classroom
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NAfME: Guiding Principles, Frameworks, and Applications for AI in Music Education
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Classroom policy framing
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Alignment language for administrators
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Practical classroom use cases
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Moises AI Studio — AI-generated, tempo- and harmony-aware accompaniment stems for student compositions and arranging
Higher Ed & Classroom Practice
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00:24:15 – What is emerging from Theresa's undergraduate classes?
Automation Station
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00:26:34 – Automation Station & task management
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Concert planning task templates
Ask METT
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00:32:21 – Listener question from Kate Bateman
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How do you manage teaching creativity and having opinions about music in a world where kids won't concentrate on anything for longer than a minute?
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Reference: Drive by Daniel Pink
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00:41:51 – What is music for for kids?
What's Up With Theresa
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00:45:18 – New job update
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Wrapping up the doctorate
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00:52:08 – Is it finally time for forScore and an Apple Pencil?
What's Up With Robby
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01:00:14 – New OS and first impressions of Apple Vision Pro
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The "wow factor" is actually wow
Music Picks
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01:13:38
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Robby: The New Tango – Gary Burton & Astor Piazzolla
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Theresa: Afterglow – Saint Motel (Oct. 2025)
Wrap-Up
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01:17:39 – Where to find Theresa
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Pass the Baton - https://passthebatonbook.com/pass-the-baton-podcast/
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01:20:20 – Farewell… plus Q&A on Theresa's dissertation on music teachers and educational podcasts
Chapters
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00:00:00 – Welcome & Intro
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00:00:30 – Patreon Shout-Out
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00:01:23 – COPPA, FERPA, and Blogs
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00:10:30 – What's New in AI
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00:16:15 – AI Guidance in Music Education
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00:24:15 – Undergraduate Teaching Insights
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00:26:34 – Automation Station
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00:32:21 – Ask METT
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00:41:51 – What Is Music For?
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00:45:18 – What's Up With Theresa
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00:52:08 – forScore & Apple Pencil
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01:00:14 – What's Up With Robby
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01:13:38 – Music Picks
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01:20:20 – Final Q&A & Farewell
Where to Find Us
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Robby: robbyburns.com
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Theresa: theresahoover.com
30 December 2025, 8:52 pm -
- 1 hour 14 minutes#90 - New Hardware! Lockscreens! Homescreens! Tech Workflows! with Jaye Mateyko
00:00:00 Cold Open Cold Open: Marvel Slop & Anniversary Release of TMNT
Holiday Curtain Lights https://twinkly.com/
A small diversion into…bars!
Aloha Bars https://aloha.com/
David Protein Bars https://davidprotein.com/
00:10:10 Brand (clap) New (clap) Apple (clap) Products
Robby: New AirPods, New iPhone, New Watch
Pro 17: Used as computer-away-from-desk, really good pictures
Apple Watch Ultra: Much more computery. Stacked with
information. Alarm for when to end classes, water, and more!
Working on myself using my watch!
Jaye: New iPhone
Sweet Baby Air - becoming computer-away-from-desk
Tech in Schools: Digital Cameras on the Rise
Check in and Track Places https://swarmapp.com/
Fantastical Calendar https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fantastical-calendar/id718043190
00:28:03 Lock Screens/Home Screens
Jaye wants to customize MORE!
Referenced Throughout: The Demon Dogs
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/89-do-it-for-the-demon-dogs-with-dr-david-macdonald/id1078105776?i=1000728963549
Agile Tortoise https://agiletortoise.com/
Drafts
Simple Scan
Taking Notes with Draft, ft. Greg Pierce https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taking-notes-with-drafts-featuring-greg-pierce-season/id1078105776?i=1000411001646
Marco Polo https://www.marcopolo.me/
Focus Friend https://apps.apple.com/us/app/focus-friend-by-hank-green/id6742278016
One Sec https://one-sec.app/
00:47:20 Robby teachers Jaye how to use new buttons! First, Camera!
00:49:04 Action Button
00:51:08 Control Center
00:53:30 Liquid Glass
00:54.53 Three Quick Workflows (put him on the clock folks)
Notion https://www.notion.com/
01:08:33 Music Picks!
Robby: D'Angelo, rest in peace <3
Dilla Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilla_Time
Jaye: IAM - L'école du micro d'argent https://open.spotify.com/album/3atPIVCVIIgak6KeB1ANnK?si=vpaAN3RmSkSHcw-V38zheA
Jaye's Buddy: https://www.raminamirarjomand.com/
30 November 2025, 11:28 pm - 1 hour 50 minutes#89 - Do it for the Demon Dogs, with Dr. David MacDonald
Back to School! In this episode, Robby and David cover Apple upgrades, Obsidian and Craft workflows, automation shortcuts, learning resources, AI in education, and much more.
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Chapters
00:00:00 – iPhone Replacement Plans
00:04:25 – Replacing Apple Watch with Real Watch, Replacing Apples with more Apples
00:11:00 – iOS Windows - Beta Problem or Just Hosed?
00:15:15 – Obsidian (for a minute)
00:17:17 – Just kidding, Finale News
00:26:46 – Okay NOW Obsidian…
00:27:38 – …and Craft
00:45:35 – Video Series Learning Resources??
00:50:54 – Search terms and how to find the basics
00:59:20 – Automation Station: Robby's "Let's Go To Work" Shortcut
01:11:30 – Siri News - SirAI
01:16:11 – Technology Dreams
01:22:55 – David Bullies Robby…
01:24:25 – Is EVERYONE cheating their way through college? AI in Education
01:33:18 – NAfME's AI Guidance Document
Show Notes and Links
• Patreon – Music Ed Tech Talk
• Obsidian
• Cory Meals – Building a Second Music Teacher Brain
• Craft
• Things
• David Sparks – MacSparky Courses
• Udemy
• NYMag – Everyone is Cheating Their Way Through College
Where to Find Us
Robby – robbyburns.com
David - davidmacdonaldmusic.com
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28 September 2025, 10:15 pm - 1 hour 25 minutes#88 – Features Coming to Your Apple Devices This Fall
Dorico and Ableton updates, Big Tech Keynotes, and new automation workflows.
Show Notes and Links
• Dorico 6 release announcement
• MuseClass Shuttering It's Service
• Sam Altman and Jony Ive AI device project
• Sky App
• I'm With Her – See You Around
• Hvalfugl – En Dag | Oktober EP
• More like K-BOP, amirite? by David MacDonald
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• Robby - robbyburns.com
• Will - willkuhn.com
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24 August 2025, 6:34 pm - 48 minutes 31 seconds#87 – School Music License, with Brenna C. Horn-Cronin
Brenna C. Horn-Cronin, Executive General Manager at School Music License, joins the show to discuss how the service empowers music educators to navigate performance licensing ethically and efficiently. We cover administrative advocacy, the future of licensing in education, pricing structures, and more.
Show Notes and Links...
School Music License Resources
• School Music License Website
• Email: [email protected]
• Promo Code: TechTalk10 – 10 % off your first purchase!
Referenced Podcast
Chapters
00:00:00 – School Music License Overview
00:06:20 – Working for and with teachers, and calming the fears of "gotchas"
00:08:27 – How the service has positively affected teachers
00:12:10 – What's coming next?
00:13:35 – Pricing Tiers
00:16:20 – Administrative Advocacy
00:17:58 – Small Scale Licenses
00:20:40 – The importance of educating educators and keeping up with technology
00:22:00 – Visions for other areas of Music Education
00:30:10 – BREAK! Podcasting About Podcasting
00:35:10 – Encouraging LESS technology use (during performances) – how and why
00:42:45 – School Culture and giving credit where credit is due
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30 June 2025, 1:41 pm - 1 hour 4 minutes#86 - Apple Report Card, with Will Kuhn
Websites are back! Robby redid his blog and Stream Deck setups. The Metallica concert in Vision Pro is awesome. AI tools for musicians have always been useful, and we do some music picks. Big topic: Will and I grade Apple.
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Chapters00:00:28 - Thanks again, Molly!
00:00:52 - RobbyBurns.com, WordPress!
00:03:48 - Blog Highlights & Websites Are Back
00:13:19 - Ableton Updates
00:17:50 - Yamaha SEQTRAK
00:19:35 - Vision Pro + Metallica
00:24:36 - AI Tools for Musicians
00:34:03 - Automation Corner
00:43:15 - Apple Report Card
00:58:37 - Music Picks and Media Recs
Show NotesIntro
Thanks to our supporters and a special shoutout to Molly.
News and Mini Topics
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The blog has moved! MarsEdit + WordPress
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Recent blog posts:
AI
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Will's presentation: AI tools for studio musicians
Automation Corner
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Robby redid his Stream Decks at home and at work
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Related:
Big Topics
Music Picks
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Robby
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Will
Where to Find Us-
Robby - robbyburns.com
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Will - willkuhn.com
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1 June 2025, 12:56 am -
- 1 hour 31 minutes#85 - Roast My Homescreen, with Jaye Mateyko
Jaye joins the show to discuss how our homescreens reflect our tech setups and most-used apps.
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Chapters
• 00:00:00 – Welcome to the show, Jaye, and the new Music Ed Tech Team
• 00:02:25 – Thank you, Molly!
• 00:03:41 – I…moved…my blog…to Wordpress
• 00:07:11 – Tradeshow Talk
• 00:12:50 – What a shock, we're back on stationary
• 00:20:00 – Desks, The Series
• 00:22:50 – The Very First "Roast My Home Screen"
• 00:28:25 – Quick Pivot back to Tradeshows, but really it's a rant about Contacts
• 00:37:07 – Focus Settings and "Roast My Home Screen"
• 01:06:16 – Health Apps
• 01:17:30 – The Pump, by Arnold
• 01:23:30 – Music and Media Recommendations
Show Notes
• See Ya Space Cowboy on Substack
• Music Ed Tech Talk on Patreon
• Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME)
• Pilot Vanishing Point Fountain Pens - Goulet Pens
• ClickUp
• Podcast: "I Don't Want a Valuable Life Lesson…" (Ep. 69)
• Readwise Reader Now Syncs Highlights to Apple Notes – Music Ed Tech Talk
• Apple iPhone Support – Differentiate or Tone Down Colors
• Björk – Post (Official Shop)
• Ibrahim Maalouf Official Site
• Dolphin Hyperspace on Minaret Records
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23 March 2025, 9:30 pm - 1 hour 25 minutes#84 - Catching Up On All Holidays, with Will Kuhn
Will is here! We discuss forthcoming changes to the show, automation, apps of the year, tech we're thankful for, and some of our favorite media we've been engaging with.
This episode was recorded in late December 2024.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Here he goes taking about Dark Souls again
00:08:15 MCU (Muppet Cinematic Universe)
00:15:14 Introducing…Will Kuhn, now a METT Regular! And Jaye, podcast editor!
00:20:23 2025 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year Robby Burns - acknowledgments and thank yous.
00:27:04 Thank you Patreon Supporter Susan!
00:27:46 MacStories' App of the Year: Delta Emulator
00:40:31 Siri Shortcuts App
00:43:32 Current AI uses - productivity, creativity, philosophy
00:51:31 Robby's National Board Certification Application and NotebookLM
00:57:51 What are we really trying to do [with AI and our students]?
01:02:58 Three Holiday Topic Blitz - Tech We're Thankful For; Tech We're Thankful For In the Workplace; Gifts and Gift Cards
01:16:54 How about music?!
Show Notes and Links
- Robby Burns named 2025 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year.
- (1)(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-ed-tech-talk/id1538455772?i=1000597634283)
- (2)(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-ed-tech-talk/id1538455772?i=1000544778961)
- (3)(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-ed-tech-talk/id1538455772?i=1000544778961)
- (4)(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-ed-tech-talk/id1538455772?i=1000577043856)
- Robby Burns | creating Music Ed Tech Talk | Patreon
- MacStories
- Delta User Guide | Delta
- (5)(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-ed-tech-talk/id1538455772?i=1000510317074)
- DJ Apps | Algoriddim
- Google NotebookLM | Note Taking & Research Assistant Powered by AI
- Genesis - In Too Deep (Official Music Video) - YouTube
- Apple Vision Pro - Apple
- PlayStation®5 | Play Has No Limits | PlayStation
- Move — a compact tool for intuitive music making | Ableton
- Harmony Director - Brass & Woodwinds - Musical Instruments - Products - Yamaha USA
- Studio Neat
- Filterworld — Kyle Chayka
- Chase and Status
- Vampire Weekend - Official Website
- Väsen, Hawktail - Väsen & Hawktail
- Home - DOMi and JD Beck
- SAM GREENFIELD | HOME
Where to Find Us
- Robby - robbyburns.com
- Will - willkuhn.com
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- 79 - Teaching Music Tech, with Gillian Desmarais - Music Ed Tech Talk ↩︎
- 61 - Music Technology 101, with Heath Jones - Music Ed Tech Talk ↩︎
- 61 - Music Technology 101, with Heath Jones - Music Ed Tech Talk ↩︎
- 69 - I Don't Want a Valuable Life Lesson, I Just Want An Ice Cream - Music Ed Tech Talk ↩︎
- 52 - Dorico Updates! with Daniel Spreadbury - Music Ed Tech Talk ↩︎
16 February 2025, 11:12 pm - 1 hour 54 minutes#83 - Goodbye Finale, with Dr. David MacDonald
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Support Music Ed Tech Talk Show Notes with Timestamps- [00:00:00] New format - expect more Will
- [00:05:30] News
- [00:05:45] Widgetsmith update
- [00:08:00] Apple updates out
- [00:11:00] Stream deck profile for Logic - Notation Central
- [00:14:30] Affinity free for educators
- [00:17:00] Tonal Energy on Mac through iPhone
- [00:19:30] Zildjian headphones
- [00:22:00] New Apple products
- [00:27:00] Apple Intelligence Preview
- [00:35:00] What to do if you are a Finale user
- [00:50:00] Segments
- [00:50:30] Music of the week
- [00:54:00] App of the week
- [00:56:00] Media picks aka "something you like"
- Widgetsmith for iOS
- Apple macOS Updates
- Stream Deck Profiles for Logic - Notation Central
- Affinity Apps for Educators
- Tonal Energy Tuner
- Zildjian Drummer Headphones
- Apple Vision Pro
- iOS 18 Features
- Dorico
- Conquering Finale by Jason Lafredo
- Scoring Notes - Finale's Finale Episode
- Evan Chapman - Reveries
- Zoom for Window Management
- The Bear - Hulu
- Dark Souls III
- Golf It!
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1 December 2024, 1:16 am - 1 hour 40 minutes#82 - Beta Boys, with Will Kuhn
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Show Notes:
- RetroArch
- OP-Z iPad App
- Twinkly lights
- Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity Is Nearer
- Funkhaus Music
- Teenage Engineering Mic - CM-15
- WillKuhn.com
- Two RSS Apps: Reeder app | Reader app
- The Verge | Daring Fireball | Kottke | Techmeme | MacStories | Ethan Hein Blog
- Delta App for iPad
- Poolside.fm
- Play: Save Videos Watch Later
29 September 2024, 9:57 pm - 1 hour 52 minutes#81 - Software Therapy, with Dr. David MacDonald
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Show Notes:
• Music Ed Tech Talk WWDC Episode with Craig McClellan
• Due app
• Obsidian
• Anytune
• Canva
• Canva CEO Melanie Perkins thinks the design world needs more alternatives to Adobe
• Dorico
Music, App, Tech Tip of the Week
Classical Session: Hayato Sumino | Apple Music
MusicBox: Save Music For Later
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