Helpful Websites
Apps for band
Tonal Energy Tuner - all-in one tuner app, produces drone pitches, "smiles" when you're in tune!
Band Mate Tuner - displays written note on the staff, transposes for your instrument
Sight Reading Factory - generates random exercises. customizable tempos
Tempo Slow Mo - listen to an mp3 at any speed without affecting pitch, set markers in track, loop function
Rudiment Tap - learn rudiments by performing with fingers on screen, built-in metronome
Theory Lessons - step-by-step tutorials on intervals, chords, and other theory concepts
iReal book - plays rhythm section accompaniment for jazz, adjust chords, add/remove instruments
Vicfirth Video Tutorials for Percussion - rudiment drum-along tracks
Reference Tools
Music Dictionary look up any music term, provides definition and pronunciation
Wind Band History everything you'd ever want to know about band
Army Field band Resource Library hours of video on instrument-specific techniques
Jazz Academy Video Library produced by jazz at Lincoln Center, searchable by technique, instrument etc.
Marine Corps Band - All the educational and resource recording from the Marine Band
Vendors
The Music Shop - local instrument vendor
Dillon Music large selection of used/new wind instruments
Steve Weiss Music online percussion warehouse
Mouthpiece Express brass and woodwind mouthpieces and accessories
Must Watches
Woodwinds
Clarinet Scales video demonstration of all 12 majors
Sax Chromatic Workouts alt fingering exercises/demo
reed selection how to choose the correct strength
tone development long tone challenge from Jeff Coffin
reed care preparation and storage techniques
Headjoint positioning set up tips for optimal flute tone
Brass
Articulation part of a video series by Crown Brass
instrument repair expert advice on "what not to do"
Warmups how to develop your own routine
right hand for horn positioning techniques
Percussion
conga technique from Michael De Miranda video series
four mallets introductory series for young students
stick selection examination of design elements
thumb rolls advanced tambourine technique w/ Neil Grover
Favorite Performances
Angels in the Architecture Texas Wind Ensemble w/ Ticheli
Elsa's Procession Baylor University Wind Ensemble
braggin' in brass Wynton Marsalis and JLCO
Mahler 2 brass excerpt New York Philharmonic
Drumming so percussion