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Singin' the Blues with GarageBand

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March 08, 2007 04:57 PM PST

This song was recorded using GarageBand a few years ago. I teach the Blues in my 6th Grade General Music class, and the project that assign requires students to write blues lyrics and record them over the Shufflin' Blues demo song that comes with GarageBand. I've had many students record their songs over the years, but this one remains my favorite: The Detention Blues, sung by 6th grader (now 9th grader) Nathaniel Clark.

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Dr. James Frankel is the Managing Director of SoundTree, the industry leader in music, audio and video technology solutions for educators. Before taking the helm at SoundTree, James was the instrumental and general music teacher at the Franklin Avenue Middle School in Franklin Lakes, NJ for nearly 11 years. Dr. Frankel earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Montclair State University in 1993, where he studied the tuba as well as composition. In 1996, Dr. Frankel completed his Masters Degree in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University where he completed his doctoral studies in 2002. The focus of both his Masters Degree and Doctorate was the role of the standards, assessment and technology in the music classroom. Dr. Frankel is an Adjunct Faculty member at both Teachers College Columbia University and Montclair State University where he teaches courses on music technology. Dr. Frankel has published over 50 articles in various state, national and international journals of music education. He is also the author of The Teachers Guide to Music, Media & Copyright Law published by Hal Leonard and due to be released in February of 2009, and Teaching Classroom Music in the Keyboard Lab, published by SoundTree. He has presented clinics and workshops at the statewide and national level. He has appeared on the MENC Television program Tempo, where he discussed the role of technology in the music classroom. Recently, he was included as a contributing author in Strategies for Teaching: Technology, and Spotlight on Technology, both published by MENC. Dr. Frankel is on the Board of Directors for TI:ME where he also serves as the Vice President/Secretary and the Editor of the TI:ME E-mail Newsletter. In addition to his work with the TI:ME National Organization, Dr. Frankel recently served as the President of the TI:ME New Jersey State Chapter.

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