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2020, of course, will be the year we all talk about as the year everything changed. This list of the 10 most popular blog posts on Steve’s Music Room from 2020 will go down as one of the most diverse and most interesting to date. Reading through some of these titles will certainly tell a story of what happened this year in the world of music education. For instance, the first blog post I made on this particular blog was “How to Get Your Students Hooked on Bucket Drumming.” It

A version of this blog post has been republished in the book, Technology for Unleashing Creativity, from Oxford University Press (2022). Chrome Music Lab’s full potential is often overlooked by music teachers as a fun playtime tool. However, it has loads of potential as a cross-curricular STEAM resource and has gained popularity in recent years. One app in particular—Song Maker—is the most versatile app on Chrome Music Lab and it is certainly up there with one of the most use

A version of this blog post is being republished in the forthcoming book, Technology for Unleashing Creativity, set for release in 2022. Musicians across all genres of music have heard of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). What is interesting, and rather mind-boggling (to be honest), is that music teachers (myself included) trained in university classical music programs either never heard of it or have heard of it but just don’t really know what it does. Music educa