Mike Anderson is a software engineer at MakeMusic where he works his programming magic on both the SmartMusic application and the SmartMusic websites.
Nostalgia, SmartMusic, and the Recorder
Who hasn’t wanted to get in touch with their childhood roots and re-connect with the recorder?
Not you?
Meet J.G., here for you in SmartMusic Customer Support
The second installment of our wildly popular “Meet the CS team” series introduces us to another James – “J.
SmartMusic Repertoire Development – That’s How They Do That!
This year we added a new element to our company meetings, where we’ll close the meeting by having one department introduce themselves and briefly describe their work.
Meet Travis, here for you in SmartMusic Customer Support
The SmartMusic Customer Support team is made up of a great variety of musicians. Among our ranks are guitarists, percussionists, singers, and brass and woodwind players.
Previewing Exercises and Method Books in SmartMusic
SmartMusic includes thousands of pre-written technical exercises. On the Find Music screen, under Exercises, you’ll see the eight different types of exercises listed:
Select one of the eight by clicking on it, you’ll see a different view of the program:
On the left side is a descriptive “file tree” view of the exercises, organized by type.
Hidden Treasure in SmartMusic
Here are four lesser-known aspects of SmartMusic I thought you might enjoy:
Reverb
Not everyone knows that SmartMusic has reverb controls!
I am a Terrible Jazz Pianist
I am a terrible jazz pianist. It is true, I’m the second to admit it. The first would be my jazz piano teacher from college.
New Ideas for SmartMusic?
Last week I described how to submit SmartMusic repertoire suggestions. I’ve since had folks ask if there was a place where they could pass along their ideas for features or new directions with the SmartMusic program.
Getting SmartMusic Repertoire Faster
Among many other improvements, SmartMusic 2010 speeds up the file retrieval process and makes files easier to manage. Today SmartMusic grabs content à la carte – as you pick each piece, rather than requiring you to slowly download one very large (+800MB) block of files as it did in the past.