Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain, with Dr. Cory Meals

Dr. Cory Meals joins the show to talk about building a second brain, personal knowledge management apps, and how to keep it all together!

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Show Notes:

• Slide deck from Cory's Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain Session at TMEA

• A Second (Music Teacher Brain) - Resources from the "Building a Second (Music Teacher) Brain" Session | TMEA 2022

• Book: Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

• Evernote
• Notion
• Readwise
• Airr - Podcast App
• Craft
• Roam Research
• Obsidian
• Athens
• Drafts
• DEVONthink
• Craft for Music Educators - podcast episode with Dr. David MacDonald
• Get Organized Digitally! - podcast episode with Dr. Frank Buck
• Pass the Baton - podcast episode featuring Theresa Hoover
• Apps for Research and Remembering - podcast episode with Dr. David MacDonald
• Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students With Filemaker - podcast episode with Ben Denne
• Communication and Collaboration Apps for Music Teams - podcast episode with Ben Denne
• Articles from MacStories.net to help get set up with Obsidian:
  • My Obsidian Setup, Part 1: Sync, Core Plugins, Workspaces, and Other Settings
  • Obsidian In Depth: Core Plugins (Part 2)
  • MacStories Starter Pack: Introducing Obsidian Shortcut Launcher, A Free Plugin to Trigger Shortcuts from Obsidian
• Overcast - Free, simple, award-winning podcast player for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
• Eliminating Canvas Stress by Writing Content in Markdown - my blog post that explains Markdown
• Deckset - app that designs your slides, so you can focus on your ideas
• Obsidian - Discord community and forum
• Taking Notes with Drafts - podcast episode featuring developer Greg Pierce
  • Institute for Composer Diversity
• Steinberg Summer Sale
• Poolsuite.fm
• Playdate

Other Recommendations from Cory, not mentioned in the episode:

• Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind
• Tiago Forte Interviews Dan Charnas

App of the Week:

• Robby - OnTheWay
• Cory - Carrot Weather

Music of the Week:

• Robby - Poolsuite Mix Tapes | Poolside - Low Season
• Cory - MUETE - Slow Loris | Ak Dan Chil (ADG7) - Yeong Jeong Geo Ri (Live on KEXP)

Where to Find Us:

• Robby Burns - Twitter | Blog | Book
• Dr. Cory Meals - Twitter) | Website | University Link

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#48 - Holiday Special 2021, featuring Will Kuhn, Craig McClellan, David MacDonald, and Jon Tippens

Friends of the show join to answer burning questions about music, education, and technology in 2021 (and beyond).

Patreon subscribers get some extra discussion about Dune and Foundation.

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Show Notes:

• David MacDonald, composer
• Scoring Notes - Will Kuhn
• Will Book 1 - Electronic Music School
• Will Book 2 - Interactive Composition
• The Class Nerd Podcast
• Jon's new song - Another Night
• Obsidian - a second brain for you, forever.
• Craft - Taking notes to the next level
• Craft episode of Music Ed Tech Talk --> #47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald
• OBS Studio (Open Broadcaster Software)
• OBS Cam app
• How to set up and use a Focus on iPhone and iPad
• DJI Pocket 2 camera
• Slack - a new way to communicate with your team.
• Todoist
• Trello
• Muse meditation headband
• Kirk Franklin
• Robby's book - Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers
• Hazel - Hazel watches whatever folders you tell it to, automatically organizing your files according to the rules you create.
• How to Organize Your Mac's Desktop with Stacks in macOS Mojave
• Add your Desktop and Documents files to iCloud Drive
• File Not Found, a generation that grew up with Google is forcing professors to rethink their lesson plans | The Verge
• I Gave My Mom a Crypto Wallet: A Simple Guide to NFTs, Blockchain and More | The Wall Street Journal
• Dyson cordless vacuum
• Pen Chalet
• iRobot Brava
• How Machines Learn - CPG Grey
• The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive
• Google is trying to make its image processing more inclusive
• iPad Mini
• Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Vocal Microphone
• Elago Ring Light
• Ableton Push 2
• APC 40
• Instapaper - Save Anything. Read Anywhere.
• AirPods Max
• Tom Bihn Bags
• Tom Bihn Synik 30
• Tom Bihn Road Buddy Duffel 36
• Tom Bihn Parental Unit - Robby's bag for baby stuff
• Peloton Digital
• Headspace for Educators
• Will's car - Fiat Dino Spider (1967)
• Soda Stream Fizzy One Touch
• Matter - smart home alliance
• Teenage Engineering
• Playdate
• Apple VR AR Rumors - Bloomberg
• Soothe2 vocal processer
• Band in a Box
• iReal Pro
• Robby's play along tracks
• Pianoteq 7
• Loopback - cable-free audio routing for Mac
• OP1
• OPZ
• The Dirty Loops and Cory Wong - TURBO
• The Wheels on the Bus - Cocomelon
• Julius Eastman: Stay On It
• Sound Painting
• Animal Collective - My Girls
• One of a Kind | Vivo
• POWRIG 6" Elastic Cable Ties Bungee Cords Adjustable Cable Management Reusable - Red (10-pack)
• DEVONthink - Get Organized -- Unleash Your Creativity
• OmniFocus - Accomplish more every day
• The Verge - EMAILS shirt
• Loki
• Foundation
• Only Murders in the Building
• Doom Patrol
• Chillin Island
• The Expanse
• Animal Crossing
• The Breath of the Wild
• Overcooked 2
• Star Wars Squadrons
• Dark Souls
• Fortnight
• League of Legends
• Google Stadia
• The Plot Thickens by Turner Classic Movies
• Hit Parade
• Sound Expertise
• William Robin | musicologist
• Robot or Not
• Do By Friday
• Election Profit Makers

• The 4-Hour Chef - The best steak recipe I have is in this book

• Recent episodes of Music Ed Tech Talk that the guests have been on:

  • #20 - Electronic Music School, with Will Kuhn
  • #1 - The Inner Game of Everything, with Jon Tippens
  • #47 - Craft for Music Educators, with Dr. David MacDonald
  • #34 - New SOftware Coming from Apple (And What You Can Do With It), with Craig McClellan

Album of the Year - Nate Smith: Kinfolk 2 | Stevie Wonder: Talking Book | Magdalena Bay: Murcurial World | John Mayer: Sob Rock | Cory Wong and Dirty Loops: Turbo

App of the Year - Obsidian | Fin Timer | OP-Z App | Pixelmator Photo | Molskine Actions

Tech Tip of the Year - Focus Modes (some discussion about how I am using these on episode 44 of this show) | camelcamelcamel.com | Use OBS for everything | Feedbin | Press and hold the spacebar on iOS to move your cursor around

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