Modern Band Resources

Non-Profit Organizations and their Website Links:

• Association for Popular Music Education
• Groove Diplomacy
• Music Will
• Musical Futures

Conferences

• APME Conferences
• Modern Band Summit

Curriculum

• Modern Band Method Books
• How To Play Guitar For Beginners, Taught By A Pro Guitar Teacher
• Ukulele Play-alongs, Jill Reese YouTube Channel
• Music Will Jam Zone
• Ukulele in the Classroom (reading traditional notation)
• Fender Play Online Guitar Lessons (Paid service)
• Band Lab
• Music Will Iconic Notation Library
• Virtual Music Instruments
• Teach Rock

Books

• Bell, A.P., 2020. The Music Technology Cookbook: Ready-Made Recipes for the Classroom. Oxford University Press.
• Holley, S. (2019). Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble; Blending formal, non-formal, and informal approaches in the rehearsal. McLemore Ave Music.
• Holley, S. & Reinhert, K. 2022. Action Based Approaches in Popular Music Education. McLeMore Ave Music.
• Kladder, J. 2023. Commercial and Popular Music in Higher Education: Expanding notions of musicianship and pedagogy in contemporary education. Routledge.