ASU Digital/Hybrid Lab

Cool video performing using an Ableton Push Pad

Improved ableton performance.

This has some nice exercises to help kids sing through their break. It even has some notated. The rest of the website also has some intriguing pages.

I think that making lesson plans will be one of the most challenging things in the first few years of teaching, I find that websites like this are very helpful in ways to organize them and what kinds of information should be in them.

Choosing music seems like quite a challenge. Any list of music that would be good is quite helpful.

Step By Step Funk Anatomy of a heavy funk 45 detailing music, part 2 "shitty is still pretty) (http://www.funkydown.com/downloads/shitty2.pdf) goes deep into recording. Article makes funk into a simple easily approachable almost formulaic approach to creating a tune that has that magic. Note: inappropriate language, not for direct class reading

Public domain library with thousands of scores and music.

According to this study, being exposed to music and learning how to read and play music improves reading skills!

How to import audio files into a GarageBand project. Very simple directions from Apple's website.

One caveat with GarageBand.....you can't open project files on IPad after creating on Mac and vice-versa. They have to be converted to audio. Apple Forums state "not yet supported" . You can use file sharing on ITunes, but sometimes it messes up the file.

Am I missing something?

Concise discussion of MIDI and piano roll notation.

This is a great description of what midi is and what it controls. 

Hey guys! This might be helpful! Its a list of a bunch of songs with the same chord progression.

Text and video

Searchable text of Ableton Live software

11 minute video, a little long, but good beginning detail. Created by Lion Mountain Studio

Videos on a wide range of topics and specifics of Ableton

Great website full of tutorials and how to's for using Ableton Live!

An Ableton tutorial video for the complete beginner. A quicker introduction than the entire tutorial playlist.

Hooray, a playlist of videos for the TRUE BEGINNER. Whereas most videos and tutorials for Ableton are on specific topics, this playlist has videos for beginners who have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what they are looking at :)

Easy to understand tutorial for creating a click track.