Getting Started

HISTORY OF MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

• Music Technology Introduction—The Music and Technology Relationship.  Youtube (4 min)
• Demonstration video of the RCA Columbia-Princeton Mark I Music Synthesizer (Hagley Digital Archives, 1952)
• The Theremin: Leon Theremin Playing His Own Instrument; The Physics of the Weird and Wonderful Theremin; Pink Floyd - "The Great Gig in the Sky" - Theremin (Performance)
• The Synthesis of Synthesis: Telharmonium
• The Synthesis of Synthesis: The Hammond Novachord
• The Synthesis of Synthesis: The Ondes Martenot
• "He touched a nerve": how the first piece of AI music was for in 1956 (by Jeff Gage, theguardian.com, 7 Dec 2021)
• 120 Years of Electronic Music
• The Computer History Museum: Timeline of Computer History and com: Major Milestones in Computer History (by DuctapeTurtle)
• Timetoast.com: Music Technology History (byDuctapeTurtle)
• Rolling Stone: 24 Inventions That Changed Music (by Kenny Herzog)
• Open Culture: How Vinyl Records are Made: A Primer from 1956
• ComputerHistory.org: The Babbage Engine and Ada Lovelace (Text and video presentation on its history, how it works, and the key people)
• nclab.com: John von Neumann and Modern Computer Architecture
• History and Future of Music Technology  YouTube  (21 min)

FINDING HELP WITH MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

• Music Think Tank: Recent Advancements in Music Technology (by Sam Bowman)
• MakeUsOf.com helpful Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS/iPadOS articles.
• Tidbits.com: Coverage of everything Apple
• MusicCreativity.org:  Profiles of schools offering music technology coursework for The Other 80% and information on the NAMM/TI:ME Music Technology Leadership Academy
• Berklee College of Music Listing of Music Associations Organized by Fields of Interest
• Music Industry Associations
• Music Associations Devoted Specifically to Music Technology Learning
  • Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI)
  • Technology in Music Education (TI:ME)
• Music Associations with Strong Ties to Education That Support Technology Learning
  • National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) NAMM Foundation
  • International Society for Music Education (ISME)
  • National Association for Music Education (NAfME –formally MENC)
  • Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
  • College Music Society (CMS)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Rockville Audio: Retro Bluetooth Vacuum Tube Amplifier/Receivers 

• TubeHead headphone amplifier. 

• M-Audio Oxygen 25 MK IV keyboard controller 

• Microsoft PowerPoint (macOS and Windows) 

• Apple Keynote 

• Prezi/Prezi Next