Websites
Contact me at: flennon@indigo.ie
My Midi Tutorial Website: www.socc.ie/~midiclass
Many of the following are websites worth visiting as regards extending your knowledge and ability to work with MIDI music:
MIDI SEQUENCERS
http://www.voyetra.com The website of a company who produce many educational MIDI based programs including "Record Producer" used as the demo sequencer on this site.
http://www.steinberg.net Home of the Cubase sequencers which are used by the professional, in home and studio situations.
http://www.cakewalk.com Cakewalk offer a variety of sequencers from basic to advanced.
MIDI FILES
http://www.midifarm.com This is the place to go for a wealth of midi files and midi extras. A very big site
http://midistudio.com The website of probably the finest midi file arranger on the Internet, Don Carroll. A number of the files used on this site were his arrangements eg. New York, New York; Cheatin' Heart etc. Check him out.
http://midiworld.com A huge MIDI website which includes lots of MIDI files
http://www.geocities.com/cecil1717 an excellent and entertaining Irish site with access to Irish Midi Files
http://foxleap.fortunecity.com/irishlyrics/ lots of Irish song lyrics on this site
http://www.blackshade.net/midi/midi.html this website has a variety of ethnic midi files including Irish
http://www.harmony-central.com a superb music site including great links to MIDI file sites
http://www.midi.com a real dedicated MIDI site with midi files, midi books, tutorials, shopping etc. Contains a great database.
http://www.harptabs.com an excellent site for learners and players of the harmonica. Extremely informative
http://www.thereelbook.com a superb Irish traditional site created by Fred Parcells, a former classically trained trombone player and now an exponent of the tin whistle. Full of information.
MIDI COMPANIES
http://www.rolandus.com ROLAND is a great music company with a vast array of MIDI products. Their keyboards and soundcards set the standards.
http://www.edirol.com A subsidiary of ROLAND who focus on the desktop music scene ie. computers and controller keyboards and much more.
MIDI TUTORIALS
The sites below all offer some information on MIDI music at all levels.
http://kingfisher.cms.shu.ac.uk/midi/main_p.htm a variety of Midi information offered here
http://www.jjonline.com/digital/miditutorial.asp an excellent series of Midi lessons
http://209.144.99.11/support/docs/supnotes/midi.htm this address will take you directly to ROLAND'S text based MIDI tutorial (worth downloading and studying)
EDUCATIONAL
Not all of these sites are related to MIDI but are excellent sites for teachers especially to visit:
http://www.scoilnet.ie this is the educational website in Ireland for primary and secondary schools
www.socc.ie one of the best school sites in Ireland -St Oliver's Community College, Drogheda.
http://indigo.ie/~irti the website of the Irish branch of Reality Therapy
http://kola.dcu.ie/~qualifax excellent site for secondary school teachers and students here in Ireland
http://www.into.ie the Irish National Teachers Union website
http://www.iol.ie/~musicnet a music site for Irish teachers
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/index.html the Virtual Teacher Centre is a superb site in Britain
http://midiworld.com/index.htm an exciting site dealing with all aspects of MIDI
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~polot/mmt/home.html the Michigan Music Technology website
http://www.mtrs.co.uk a great music teachers resource site in the UK.
http://www.becta.org.uk/ an excellent UK website for teachers
http://www.isme.org/ the International Society for Music Education (promotes music worldwide)
http://www.icon.co.za/~corcaig/ Roisin's poetry corner - a little Irish oasis in Africa
http://www.doras.ie this site provides links to hundreds of other Irish websites
http://www.castelewellan.org a great site about my home town by Patsy Mullan (mentions my father)
MUSIC
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