John Nastos's guest appearances

John Nastos

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Daniel Jalkut

David Sparks

Phil Plait

Sarah Parcak

Maryn McKenna

Ayanna Howard

Joanna Penn

Michael Shermer

Gina Smith

Kiki Sanford

Gregory Zuckerman

Rene Ritchie

Mark Gurman

Clay Sherrod

Kelly Guimont

OwlTail

John Nastos is a multi-instrumentalist, music composer and improvisor, saxophonist, an iOS app developer, book author and is currently on faculty at Portland State University as a Jazz Saxophone Instructor. John is one of those special people who is an accomplished jazz musician, iOS developer and author. He tells a fascinating story about how he got started as a jazz musician and the people who mentored him. Along the way, he also fondly adopted the Mac, and that stood him well when it came time to develop some very popular, technical music apps that had never existed before. As an instructor, John teaches his students the principles behind music improvisation. His first book, The Mechanism  lays out those core concepts. John is a gifted speaker and educator, so don’t miss this show. My Background Mode interview with John Nastos  John on Twitter. John's home page. John's bio page at Portland State University. John's published books. John's music apps.   Support TMO when you buy your Apple gear from Apple. The story of my Background Mode podcast. "Inside TMO’s Background Mode Podcast – A Story." TMO Background Mode Twitter feed. Archive of all Background Mode Shows. Background Mode at iTunes. Send your comments to  observations@macobserver.com  or marty@macobserver.com[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVOb-v5fdSc[/embed] 

John Nastos is a multi-instrumentalist, music composer and improvisor, saxophonist, an iOS app developer, book author and is currently on faculty at Portland State University as a Jazz Saxophone Instructor. John is one of those special people who is an accomplished jazz musician, iOS developer and author. He tells a fascinating story about how he got started as a jazz musician and the people who mentored him. Along the way, he also fondly adopted the Mac, and that stood him well when it came time to develop some very popular, technical music apps that had never existed before. As an instructor, John teaches his students the principles behind music improvisation. His first book, The Mechanism lays out those core concepts. John is a gifted speaker and educator, so don’t miss this show. <h2>My Background Mode interview with John Nastos</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jnpdx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John on Twitter.</a></li> <li><a href="http://johnnastos.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John's home page.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pdx.edu/profile/john-nastos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John's bio page at Portland State University.</a></li> <li><a href="http://johnnastos.com/book" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John's published books.</a></li> <li><a href="http://johnnastos.com/apps-page/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John's music apps.</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Support TMO when you buy your Apple gear <a href="http://www.macobserver.com/applestore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">from Apple.</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macobserver.com/news/update-background-mode-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The story of my Background Mode podcast.</a></li> <li>"<a href="https://www.macobserver.com/columns-opinions/editorial/inside-background-mode-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inside TMO’s Background Mode Podcast – A Story.</a>"</li> <li>TMO Background Mode <a href="https://twitter.com/backgroundmode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter feed.</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.macobserver.com/show/background-mode/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archive of all Background Mode Shows.</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/cz/podcast/mac-observers-background-mode/id1052879087?mt=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Background Mode at iTunes.</a></li> <li>Send your comments to <a href="mailto:observations@macobserver.com"> observations@macobserver.com </a> or <a href="mailto:marty@macobserver.com">marty@macobserver.com</a>[embed]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVOb-v5fdSc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVOb-v5fdSc</a>[/embed]</li> </ul>

Musician and Programmer John Nastos