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How to Record Live Piano on GarageBand for the iPad

by Tim Topham

Today's free download isn't to be missed.

05/14/2019 Read more

How to Make More Time as a Piano Teacher with Help From Technology

by Tim Topham

Could you do with a few extra hours a week?

04/29/2019 Read more

Why Instant Self-Learning Music Teaching Apps Just Won’t Work

by Tonara

Here's an app that you can use to aid your teaching.

02/23/2019 Read more

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.

08/07/2018 Read more
 

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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.

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!

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.

03/19/2018 Read more

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.

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.

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.

07/17/2017 Read more