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Well I finally got a new “Handy” (what Austrians call mobile phones). The first thing I did after charging it, was to find some practical software for my shiny unlocked travel phone. I came across the Internet Dictionary Project (IDP) and the Freedict organization. Both offer free dictionaries that can be installed on mobile phones [...]

Why scan music scores? Well for one, it is easier to carry your music library on a single DVD; you only print what you need as you need it. Scanned scores are also a great way to instantly give a copy of music to a voice pupil if you teach. Thirdly, scanning music is a [...]

As a traveling singer it can be very frustrating not being able to watch DVD’s you buy or rent in Europe on your American laptop.
The DVD technology is the same regardless what country in the world you are in. What is different is an artificial limitation created by Hollywood. The DVD has a zone number [...]

As I was preparing for my recent trip to Sofia, Bulgaria, I was reminded unintentionally by my voice teacher how far technology has gone for the traveling singer. He asked me if I was packing a small piano keyboard in which to practice. When I explained that I didn’t own one, he nicely offered that [...]