To say that the DX7’s arrival was earth-shaking would be no exaggeration: the affordable price, sound palette, and physical feel of the instrument combined to make the DX7 the new must-have instrument in every studio, garage, and university music department in the U.S. and the U.K.
Author: Megan
How to Use Microsoft Bookings for Office Hours Scheduling
Like many Microsoft products, Bookings is complicated, but I’ve worked out a step-by-step guide for other professors to follow.
What actually are all these songs on the Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes toy?
It’s not just the Greatest Hits of the Classical Era—there are some seriously deep cuts.
The complete guide to typing music theory stuff into your paper without it looking ugly
Scale degrees, accidentals, figures—let’s do it all. After obsessing over typographical details in my theory papers for over 10 years, I am distilling my tricks for anyone else who might like a hand making their papers look pretty.
Journal of Schenkerian Studies: Proving the Point
The respondents claiming that we can easily detach racism from theory seem to be willfully deluding themselves and ignoring what Ewell said in the first place.
How to get the best-quality audio to combine with your voice when creating video or video chatting
DON’T play a recording over external speakers, which the microphone will then pick up and put back into your video—this will distort the audio significantly.
Gender and hiring in music theory
There’s a connection between the growing acceptance of non-mainstream methodologies/repertoires and the growing number of marginalized people that have found success within our discipline.
My SMT 2018 Activities
A study in timbre narratives and instrumentation in 1980s pop / The Dynamics of the Job Interview / Pop Music Interest Group meeting: small-group breakout sessions / Webmasterly duties
Using scheduling software for better boundaries in office hours
I started using scheduling software to avoid a lot of the back-and-forth of scheduling.
I just uploaded two transcriptions I did of music from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. These transcriptions will support my essay in a forthcoming book, in which I analyze the timbre of “Ice Cap Zone” and “Marble Garden Zone.” Head over to the new page to check it out. Enjoy!