I Love Technology

So I love technology. If I had an endless supply of money I would have every techno gadget I could get my hands on. I don't know why, I've just always liked it. So the newest member of our technology family is the iPad. It is Paul's so I haven't touched it that much, but it seems to be almost just a bigger version of the iTouch which I love.

Well my latest technology finding came when I was watching American Idol and the band's stands appeared to be glowing. I thought, "could they really be playing from a computerized stand?" Well I did a little searching and sure enough they have a computer like thing that screws into the stand to play from.

Oh man, oh man - how I wish I still played my clarinet in a band. That would have been so awesome!

Here is one article about it that I thought was pretty cool.

Music Pad Pro

The New Look in Sheet Music

You can say goodbye to searching for music, lost rehearsal notes and unintended breaks in the music. The paperless music library has arrived. And it’s reinventing how students, teachers, and performers look at music in the classroom, at rehearsal and on stage.

The MusicPad Pro Plus is an easy-to-use digital music notebook in a handy 12.1" tablet size. Now all your sheet music, drill charts, lyrics, guitar tablature, bowing and fingering marks, class schedules, set lists and other study and performance aids can all be kept in one convenient place. Its innovative touch screen lets you make marks and notations right on the page of music.

Your entire music library at your fingertips. You can store an entire season’s worth of concerts or an entire semester of classroom materials in one compact unit and add new scores or material at any time. It’s easy to download music from freehandmusic.com, scan your music library or import music from all the popular music and graphics programs directly into the MusicPad Pro Plus.

Thousands of pages of sheet music. Not one page to turn. About the size of a sheet of music, the MusicPad Pro Plus has a high resolution, low glare easy-to-read display. Its back-lit touch screen eliminates the need for external light in in low-light or no-light situations. And a quick touch on the screen or tap on the optional foot pedal will turn the page for you. Plus, the convenient video out feature makes it easy to project your notes and annotations so you can share materials with students or colleagues.

MusicPad Pro is mac and pc compatible.

Can you believe it? So cool.