Tales From The Podium

The personal weblog of Chad Criswell, MusicEdMagic Webmaster.

2010 MusicEdMagic Giveaway Winners Announced!

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway this year and congratulations especially to the people listed below. You have until Thursday, December 30th to claim your prize by replying to the email sent to the address you used when you wrote your comment!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Read on to see the list of winners!

Music Teachers- Share Your iTunes Library Between Multiple Computers

Suppose there was a way to have your iTunes library look and work the same both on your home computer and your school computer at all times. When you made a change on one computer the change was automagically made on the other machine(s) as well. Now also suppose that you could also have the ability to sync your iPhone or iPod to both your school computer and your home computer without any problems. It turns out that you can, and depending on how big your music collection is it might actually be free!

How Much Money Do Musicians Make?

Money Here is an interesting document to share with any potential music majors that you may be teaching. Berklee has just released a really interesting PDF titled “Salary Ranges For US Music Positions”, that explores just how much musicians make on average in a given year. It is separated out by dozens of different positions and skill levels.

Among other things the document points out that the median salary range for US public school teachers is between $43,000 and $48,000. The real money to be made in music appears to be in the media industries (go figure) where music is mixed with high tech computer programming skills in jobs such as video game music designer (up to $140,000 a year). Of course at the top of the list are movie composers making up to $500,000 per film (probably more if your name ends in Williams).

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Chad Criswell

Trumpet Target Practice!

Silver trumpet So much fun this morning! I had a trumpet student that got a tube of slide grease stuck in their bell so hard that I could not get it out by any normal means. So I went down to the custodian and asked to use the slop sink and a hose to blow it out with water. It was then that I saw her air compressor with the air gun on it...

We took it out in the hallway and yelled Fire In The Hole! The tube shot all the way down the hallway and nearly took out another teacher. So much fun! Makes me hope he gets it stuck again sometime. :)

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Prize List and Entry Information for 2010 MusicEdMagic 5th Anniversary Giveaway

Gift box This year’s giveaway is better than ever and features many of the items I have reviewed or spoken about here on MusicEdMagic over the last twelve months. There are also a few items that have been provided to me as duplicates from previous year’s giveaways as well. I have learned from past mistakes in previous years of this giveaway, with entrants winning items that they really did not want to win, so this year I have changed the giveaway format a bit. Read on to see the prize list and the official rules.

Tales From The Podium

2010 MusicEdMagic Giveaway Winners Announced!

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway this year and congratulations especially to the people listed below. You have until Thursday, December 30th to claim your prize by replying to the email sent to the address you used when you wrote your comment!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Music Teachers- Share Your iTunes Library Between Multiple Computers

How Much Money Do Musicians Make?

Trumpet Target Practice!

Prize List and Entry Information for 2010 MusicEdMagic 5th Anniversary Giveaway

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