Phil Croydon

Good stick-work (carrots included) Welcome to the July issue of Music Teacher. We begin with a well-deserved shout-out for the Music Teachers’ Association (MTA). Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the MTA conference at the Warwick Schools Foundation.

For use with students from Primary KS2 through to Secondary Explain the concept. A soundscape is the building of a ‘sound picture’ using voices, musical instruments and/or objects to create a layered immersive atmosphere, making the listener feel as though they are experiencing the feelings you are aiming to show them through your music. Choose a subject.

Direct Injection – which allows an instrument to connect directly to a mixer or interface – has practical advantages in school settings. John Calcott surveys some of the preamp solutions for instruments and voices Sonicake’s B Factory bass preamp overdrive pedal, with EQ Compression Teaching situations often depend less on technical preference and more on whether equipment behaves reliably in real time.