Category Archives: technology

7 New and Not-So-New Blogs To Check Out

By joy (admin) | Published: 7 March 2011

I’m always on the prowl for new piano teaching blogs to follow via my Google RSS Reader.  If you’ve started a blog or have discovered a gem of a blog lately, please let me know!  Here are a few I’ve stumbled upon recently: Discoveries Piano Studio blog by Sarah Lantz | a new blog that [...]

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Tips For Making Your Blog Reader-Friendly [Part 2]

By joy (admin) | Published: 25 February 2011

This post is a continuation of Part 1, available here.  Read on: Following: DO offer variety of subscription options and make it easy! Sometimes new bloggers wonder why it takes so long to establish a following of readers.  I once read somewhere that it takes about a year before you will begin to recognize a committed [...]

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Tips for Making Your Blog Reader-Friendly [Part 1]

By joy (admin) | Published: 24 February 2011

With today’s advances of technology, there are many new blogs popping up about music, piano teaching, and everything else under the sun.  This is a wonderful thing!  It’s great when people can freely share their expertise, ideas, and resources with others via the web. However, if you’d allow me, I’d like to rant just a [...]

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iPhone & iPod Touch Apps Suggestions, Anyone?

By joy (admin) | Published: 27 January 2011

My husband gave me an iPod Touch for Christmas, and I’ve gradually been downloading various apps to personalize it for the things I do.  It’s very exciting!  I love that I can access my email and the internet easily while I’m on campus, without going to a computer lab or hauling my laptop along with [...]

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10 Fun & Free Musical Fonts

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 December 2010

Looking to spice up your studio documents?  Check out the fun music fonts! 1.   LD Music | This charming font features hints of musical-symbol-likeness.  This font would be perfect for studio newsletters, recital programs, and other studio handouts! 2.   Simple Melody | Shows up as the font “New” once installed.  For some reason, the [...]

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2010 MMTA Conference (5): Technology Tips by Martha Hilley

By joy (admin) | Published: 2 November 2010

What follows are the notes I took from a session with Martha Hilley about Tips for Incorporating Technology Into Your Studio at the 2010 Michigan Music Teachers Association conference.

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Tutorial: Using Audacity Software in the Piano Studio

By joy (admin) | Published: 12 August 2010

A tutorial about how to use Audacity software to capture/record sound and how to make basic edits to audio files, and how to export and share audio files. Audacity is a powerful audio editing software that is available for free download at audacity.soundforge.net. This post also discusses the various uses of the free Audacity software specifically for piano teachers and gives some ideas for further uses of Audacity in the piano studio other than for recording students.

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Roland V-Piano

By joy (admin) | Published: 27 July 2010

Check out this series of 4 videos about Roland’s V-Piano.  They claim: “This is the future of the piano.”  Thoughts?

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Free Studio Website Builder: Weebly.com

By joy (admin) | Published: 10 June 2010

Have you thought about starting a website for your studio, but felt that you didn’t have the resources or expertise to build one?  Check out Weebly.com — an attractive and easy-to-use online resource where you can create a website for free. Personally, I currently use iWeb software (comes free on all Mac computers) to create and [...]

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Readers, Introduce Yourself! …on the Color In My Piano facebook page

By joy (admin) | Published: 13 May 2010

Get to know the other readers on this blog – please take a moment to introduce yourself on the discussion page of the Color In My Piano facebook page!  There are a few introductions there now, and I’d love to get to know more of you. To receive blog updates right in your facebook newsfeed, [...]

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A Piano with 4 Pedals?!

By joy (admin) | Published: 4 May 2010

Stuart & Sons is a Australian-based company who build hand-crafted pianos.  They are unique pianos for a number of reasons: What is so special about Stuart & Sons pianos? They have 4 pedals.  The fourth pedal is a second soft pedal, called the dulce pedal.  It brings the hammers’ resting point halfway up to the [...]

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Piano transcription from the Pixar movie “Up” soundtrack

By joy (admin) | Published: 3 May 2010

I recently had a student ask if she could learn to play some of the music from Pixar movie “Up” soundtrack.  (Have you seen this movie?  It’s a super cute family movie!  Keep a box of tissues nearby.)  I get pretty excited when I have student who requests to learn a piece of music, and [...]

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