Jeff Tillinghast

  Welcome to part 2 of our 3-part series on basic recording. Last time, we talked about “Recording In”– ways to get audio into your computer, tablet or another device. Next week, we’ll talk about ways to share, edit and distribute audio. This week, though, I wanted to show you a couple of very useful […]

The idea of sharing audio with our friends, be it for practice or entertainment, isn’t a new one. Mixtapes, practice tapes and sing-along recordings have been around as long as we’ve been able to put sound to recording. Now, though, the ability to record is so ubiquitous that people are often lost on even how […]

A core challenge for many choirs of all ages/ranges is helping our musicians practice between rehearsals. Thankfully, there are many ways that we can extend what happens in the rehearsal room and make it possible for our singers (of any level) to get work in on our literature in that “rest of their lives” time […]

At the beginning of the season, it can seem like there’s a never-ending pile of things to organize and schedule in order to get our groups off the ground. Thankfully, we can take audition scheduling off the list using a free online scheduling tool called Doodle. Designed to allow groups of people to remotely agree on a […]

If you’ve been using Twitter to broadcast what you had for lunch (or avoiding it because that’s all you think that it’s good for), it’s time to reconsider. Twitter is an immensely powerful tool for both your own professional interests and communicating with your groups. Let me show you three steps to become a Tweet […]

When did you get your first computer? For the ACDA National Office, the answer to this question might surprise you. A few years ago, in response to a need to "modernize" the process of ACDA and, yes, help with that first computer purchase, ACDA created the Technology Committee at the National level. Originally, the goal […]