Garritan is offering a free online jazz arranging course. Using the Garritan Jazz and Big Band sample library, the course is based on the online interactive edition of Chuck Israel’s book “Exploring Jazz Arranging“. According to the site, there are presently 6 of the 20 lessons already available for study. There are numerous notation examples which are supported by audio excerpts. This is a must check-out site for anyone interested in learning the art of jazz arranging. I’m sure once you start the course, you will make a donation or pre-order a hardcopy of the book which will include additional material along with the entire course on DVD.

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Welcome to episode #19 of Music Tech for ME. If you happen to be anywhere near Grand Rapids, MI the 24th through the 25th of this month, I hope you have made plans to attend the 2008 TIME National Conference. It will coincide with the Michigan Music Conference. The conferences are being held at the DeVos Place and Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI. You can visit the TIME website to see a full listing of some 80 music technology sessions.“100 Music Bloggers by January 2009″. This is a terrific challenge that has been set forth to all music educators by Joseph Pisano and Owen Bradley. Be a part of this campaign and let’s work on having 100 music educators being a part of sharing our love for music, education, and technology. Just imagine the resources we could all be a part of by having 100 music teachers sharing their experiences, successes, and even the things that don’t always work out.Links:

• TIME
• www.mustech.net
• digitalmusiceducator.com