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Music Ed Tech Talk

Music Ed Tech Talk

By: Robby Burns
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Robby Burns chats with guests about music, education, technology, productivity, and other interests. Music
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  • #95 - Dr. Evan Tobias

    #95 - Dr. Evan Tobias
    May 1 2026
    Robby chats with Evan Tobias (Associate Professor of Music Education at Arizona State University) about imagining new possibilities for music teaching in a rapidly shifting digital landscape–from rethinking what curriculum even means, to the everyday tools that power his research, writing, and thinking. 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 Chapters and Notes 00:00:00 Greetings first 00:08:41 Introductions second Evan Tobias, Arizona State University YouTube TikTok Instagram Podcast AT Protocol Cory Doctorow's Book 00:26:04 What possibilities that exist when music teachers use technology in different ways Obsidian Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures 00:54:38 What is curriculum? Podcast Episode 4: Music Curriculum Perspectives with Brian Laakso Hal Leonard Modern Band Series littleBits 01:11:25 Research and writing tools: writing, interviews, reading…lots! Connecting ideas across many mediums… Scite.AI - used to scan across databases, answer questions Hazel - file management DEVONthink - store, organize, work zotero - collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research PDF Expert - PDF editing TextSniper - extract text from images 01:26:07 Surveys Qualtrics - creating surveys Calendly - scheduler that integrates with calendars TextExpander - type a keystroke that fills in email body or other text Keyboard Maestro - automate applications or websites Fantastical - give your calendar superpowers Craft - you know it, you love it 01:42:35 Interviews Descript - record, edit, transcribe Snipd - AI-powered podcast app Airtable - database to help keep track of where people are in the project Notion - database in place of Google Doc OmniFocus - Task management ClickUp - Task and project management Readwise Reader - PDF reader Raindrop.io Speechify - listen to text/PDF files Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others!
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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • #94 - The Many Notes Apps of Robby Burns

    #94 - The Many Notes Apps of Robby Burns
    Mar 31 2026

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    Chapters

    • 00:00:00 - Intro & Thank You Patron Supporters
    • 00:02:42 - Apple Creator Studio Suite & Affinity (owned by Canva)
    • 00:10:39 - What's New in AI
    • 00:14:55 - The Many Notes of Robby Burns: Apple Notes | Evernote | Bear | DEVONthink | Drafts
    • 00:22:30 - Personal Knowledge Management: METT #58 - Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain | Obsidian | Craft | Notion
    • 00:30:41 - What Am I Actually Using These Days: Obsidian Plugins | Things | GoodNotes | Todoist | Hookmark
    • 00:42:08 - Summary & Overall Philosophy

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    44 mins
  • #93 - Apps I'm Using

    #93 - Apps I'm Using
    Mar 1 2026
    00:00:00 Music and Introduction 00:01:41 Thank you, Patreon Subscribers! Support me on Patreon 00:02:15 Apple Announcement Apple Creative Studio launched January 28th, 2026 Educator Bundle has been Discontinued Notion 00:09:06 What's New in AI 00:10:16 Apps in My Workflow: On My Mac Group your tabs! Fantastical Omnigraffle iWork Logic Pro iReal Pro forScore Farrago Stream Deck Mastodon Discord Readwise Mars Edit ChatGPT Mac App Claude Mac App Gemini Apple Home Foodnoms CoPilot Money iPhone mirroring 00:29:42 Apps in My Workflow: On My iPhone Sonos Overcast Audible Libby Kindle Apple Health Peloton Drafts Tonal Energy 00:31:45 Apps in my Workflow: On My iPad HomeCam AppleTV Narwhal StaffPad Dorico GoodNotes
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    36 mins
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