Campus Links

• Oneonta Home
• Music Dept. Home
• Suggested Lesson Materials
• Musician Directory

Drum Links

• Drummerworld - Amazing amount of info here!
• Modern Drummer Magazine - Home of the best drum magazine. period.
• Vic Firth Education Resource - Excellent source for rudiments, videos, tips, check it out!
• Percussive Arts Society - Join the family.
• Berklee Shares - Check out some downloadable lessons from Berzerklee.
• The Drum Tuning Bible - Thorough explanation of tuning concepts.
• Roland USA - Makers of our V-Drum kits and much more.
• Sabian.com - Home of Sabian Cymbals.
• Zildjian.com - Home of Zildjian Cymbals.
• Gretsch Drums - That Great Gretsch Sound! They make Guitars too.
• Vater Sticks - They make great sticks and have some good drumming resources in their education sectio.
• Yamaha Drums - Nice drums, Fantastic hardware.
• REMO - The original mylar drumhead.
• Eavans Heads - The "other guys", they offer top quality heads that rival Remo.
• Aquarian Drumheads - They offer some alternatives to the "big 2".
• Attack Bozzio Drumheads - Hey, they're good enough for Terry.....

Music Links

• Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net - AMAZING resource site.
  Be sure to check out the "trainers" section for fantastic interactive exercises!
  You can also download an offline version of the entire site!
• Teorķa Music Theory Web, exercise section - A similar resource to musictheory.net you can find a wealth of info and exercises here as well. Be sure to check out the Rhythm exercises featured on this page!
• Music Paper from University of Virginia - Tons of free blank staff paper in pdf format.
• Blank Sheet Music.net - Customize your staff paper anyway you want it!.
• Musical Notation True Type Fonts - MusiQwik and MusiSync are original True Type musical notation fonts. Each font may be used within a word processing document without the need for special music notation software.
• Matthew Hindson: Free Music Fonts To Download - A collection of more music fonts that may be used with a word processor without the need for special music notation software.
• Pandora Radio - Part of The Music Genome Project. You can create your own radio stations of your favorite music & then discover similar artists. A great way to expand your knowledge of a different artist or style.
• The Music Genome Project - An explanation of the above project

Software Links

Key:

• Music Software

• Tux Guitar 
   -TuxGuitar is an opensource multitrack tablature editor. It is similar to both Guitar Pro and Power Tab and can open and save in those formats as well.
  Best of all it's cross-platform and FREE !
• Noteflight 
   -Noteflight is an online application that lets you display, edit, print and play back music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser. You can work on a musical score from any computer on the Internet, share it with other users, and embed it in your own pages. And it's free for individual use.
• MuseScore 
   -MuseScore is a free cross platform WYSIWYG music notation program, licenced under GNU GPL.
• Myriad Software 
   -Home of Harmony Assistant music notation, composition, and editing software.
  I do ALL my writing in Harmony Assistant. It Rocks!
• Myriad Melody player 
   -Melody player is a free program for playing music files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant : Mus, Myr, Mu3, Mya as well as MID, ABC, MOD, S3M, XML, MXL files.
• Myriad Music Plug-In 
   -This plug-in enables to play, display, transpose and print files created with Melody Assistant or Harmony Assistant, directly from your web browser.
• Impro-Visor 
   -a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. Also great for transcription and accompaniment.
• GNU Solfege 
   -Solfege - Smarten your ears! Use this to train your rhythm, interval, scale and chord skills. MUST HAVE SOFTWARE!!!
• Mp3 Direct Cut 
   -Quick & easy Mp3 editing software. I use this every day for tanscription.
• Mixxx Free Digital Dj 
   -This lets you control tempo & pitch of Mp3s, Makes transcription child's play!
• Tactile12000 Dj software 
   -Same type of thing as Mixxx, but some may prefer this interface.
• Power Tab: free Guitar Tab Software 
   -just what it says on the tin. A very good FREE alternative to something
  like guitar pro.
• Guitar Pro 
   Guitar Pro is a multitrack tab editor for guitar, banjo and bass. Besides writing scores, Guitar Pro is a useful resource for guitarists from beginner to experienced levels to progress , compose , or simply accompany themselves.
• Audacity: The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor 
   -Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
  Think of this like "diet Pro-Tools", and remember, it's FREE!
• Weird Metronome 
   - Best - Metronome - EVER!
  I use this thing ALL THE TIME when I practice. If you use Windows, GET THIS!

• Other Software

• OpenOffice.Org 
   -The leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. Best of all, it's FREE!
• FreeMind - free mind mapping software 
   -FreeMind is a free mind-mapping software that allows you to create graphic outlines and diagrams. It can be used for brainstorming, problem solving, memorization, etc. It can link to local files or the web, and can be used to collaborate with others online. This is an amazing resource that can be useful on almost any project.
• Opera Web Browser 
   -The fastest, most powerful web browser available, Opera is also the most secure browser on the Windows platform. Though it comes with tons of features "out of the box," it's totally customizable, so it's great if you like "tweaking" your software.
• Firefox Web Browser 
   -Higly customizable web browser with MANY features that is very safe.
  A good upgrade from the "built in" browsers.
• Foxit Free Pdf Reader 
   -A great Pdf alternative that's lite on resources.The new version 2.3 includes a multimedia player allowing Foxit users to not only read PDFs, but to watch and listen to the audio/video elements coming with PDFs, as well as many other great features.
• PDFCreator 
   -PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in any Windows application.
• The GIMP 
   -GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software similar to Photoshop
• GIMPshop 
   -GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to more closely replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop.
• Artweaver 
   -Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting
• Paint.NET 
   -Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.
• Texter 
   -Text substitution app, Texter replaces abbreviations with commonly used phrases that you define.Unlike software-specific text replacement features, Texter runs in the Windows system tray and works in any application you're typing in. Once you use it, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it!
• StrokeIt - Mouse Gestures for Windows 
   -StrokeIt is an advanced mouse gesture recognition engine and command processor. In short, it's a nifty little program that lets you easily control programs by drawing symbols with your mouse. Another program that I CAN'T live without!

Friends and Faculty

• Dryhill Studios
• Music Square
• The Eighth Note
• Oneonta Music Scene Blog
• Orland Legname
• Janet Nepkie
• Joe Pignato
• Mothers of Intention

Misc. Links

• Slashdot - News for Nerds
• Lifehacker - Tips and downloads for getting things done
• W3 Schools - Learn HTML, XHTML, CSS, and more. Full Web Building Tutorials - All Free
• Universe Today - There's more to life than stickings!
• Freewaregenius.com - Freeware reviews and downloads, featuring the coolest, best free software.
• Alibris.com - Used Books, Used Textbooks, Rare & Out-of-Print Books.
  Stuff you won't find on Amazon.
• W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium - An international organization that works to develop
  Web standards.