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2011.04.28: Pick-a-little Talk-a-little
2011.04.25: Happy talky talky happy talk
2011.04.22: You heard it here first: creativity is dead.
2011.04.19: I might have gone with "Best," but...
2011.04.18: A voice at the end of the line
2011.04.15: "...else the Sondheim people will want their money..."
2011.04.12: Horror picture show
2011.04.11: "Nothing happens; Melisande dies."
2011.03.29: EVERYBODY STRAP IN
2011.03.27: The Met has all the fun
2011.03.27: Busts
2011.03.24: We interupt this blog to bring you actual news
2011.03.20: Superb is not the word
2011.03.17: Wagner is Agitated
2011.03.11: Striking while the actor's hot
2011.03.10: A rose by any other plug
2011.03.04: When the beating of your heart echoes the out of tune brass section
2011.02.24: I wanna be loved by you
2011.02.23: In the criminal justice system, coloratura-based offenses are considered especially heinous
2011.02.22: Scope it out
2011.02.18: "It's a suggestion."
2011.02.17: You Won't Believe It: Paganini
2011.02.12: I want to fill all the seats of your heart.
2011.02.09: Free samples
2011.02.03: Live from New York
2011.02.02: Everything was beautiful and trendy at ballet
2011.01.19: I'm gonna live forever
2011.01.13: Mimosas with the Arts
2011.01.12: Express yourself
2011.01.10: You outta be in pictures
2011.01.04: Song cycles are tight, yo
2011.01.03: Not just rolling along
2011.01.01: Last year's Rent, this year's Rent, next year's Rent
2010.12.31: Why?
2010.12.24: File under: "Cute cute cute!" and also "Festive"
2010.12.21: Coming to a mall near you: potentially dangerously popular Hallelujah Chorus performances!
2010.12.08: Classical Musician on Mainstream TV ALERT
2010.12.01: Grey M&Ms
2010.11.30: A job maybe for you
2010.11.30: Pick *me*. Choose *me*. Love *me*.
2010.11.15: Organ(ized)
2010.11.08: Position to phil
2010.11.03: But as a boyfriend, you kinda suck.
2010.11.03: Have you ever looked at a monkey?
2010.10.27: This Age Without Last Words
2010.10.26: File Under: "??????????"
2010.10.25: Birds of a feather
2010.10.19: In which I am indirectly schooled by a 3-year-old I don't know
2010.10.15: In which we learn that there is such thing as bad publicity
2010.10.12: Duuuude, where's my funding?
2010.10.11: I'll give you a thousand dollars if you don't make me go.
2010.10.10: Newsies
2010.10.07: Does your mother know that you're out?
2010.10.06: Rhapsody in Amber
2010.10.04: Some artists have complicated images
2010.10.04: A Tale of Two Cities
2010.10.01: Ladies and gentlemen...the beaver!
2010.09.30: You could either be successful or be us
2010.09.28: Information age of hysteria
2010.09.28: My thoughts on the Met's 'Das Rheingold'
2010.09.27: One ring to rule them all
2010.09.26: The Cure for the Common Blog Post
2010.09.21: Who doesn't love family
2010.09.16: Be careful what you wish for
2010.09.13: You'll be swell, you'll be great
2010.09.07: Back to school
2010.09.01: Something else to do while you're pretending to work
2010.08.31: Out (of town) sourcing
2010.08.30: In which I am told and shown how to get to Carnegie Hall
2010.08.27: Perhaps today is a good day to die.
2010.08.26: The Future of Classical Music
2010.08.26: Hating on the harp and other things too
2010.08.25: If you h8 your job...
2010.08.23: Doin' What Comes Naturally
2010.08.19: Play ball
2010.08.18: Their eyes were watching you
2010.08.13: You know what they say: even right-wing nut-job press is good press
2010.08.13: Because I just can't help myself
2010.08.11: Channeling Don Draper
2010.08.09: File Under: Why Hadn't Anyone Done This Yet?
2010.08.07: 'Life's a Pitch', the even more insufferable than usual edition
2010.08.04: You're nobody 'til (every)body loves you
2010.08.04: For the win
2010.08.03: I'm too busy rolling my eyes dramatically to come up with an entry title
2010.07.26: I want the Happy Honeybear account!
2010.07.23: How to get 3 million views on YouTube
2010.07.20: Just another easy to use, state of the art, dynamic post from the leading next generation classical music public relations content provider
2010.07.19: Net worth
2010.07.16: A good cause
2010.07.14: Chamber of Secrets
2010.07.14: Hallelujah it's not raining men or anything else
2010.07.13: Not Center Stage
2010.07.09: The argument for physical CDs
2010.07.08: I might stop the beat
2010.07.08: Don't freak out - I'm going to write about sports for like, seven minutes
2010.07.07: Life's a shameless, self-serving pitch
2010.07.06: I say a little prayer for you
2010.07.04: I mean this as the highest compliment
2010.07.01: No, this isn't a SEO technique
2010.07.01: And they weren't even the ones with the Tim Burton exhibition
2010.06.29: Bang on...a keyboard?
2010.06.22: Marry Me a Little
2010.06.17: Rock on
2010.06.11: Conflict of Interest to Infinity and Beyond
2010.06.11: On free bagels and exposure
2010.06.10: What a pitch!
2010.06.09: A grood (great and good) cause
2010.06.03: The Game of Life['s a Pitch]
2010.06.01: Merch
2010.05.27: Strange Bedfellows
2010.05.27: Fun with tragic oil spills and PR
2010.05.25: "You passed out again."
2010.05.25: Collection plates
2010.05.24: Staple your bacon to the table...
2010.05.20: Country livin'
2010.05.19: Let's hear it for the girls
2010.05.19: Chunky and Overrated: The Future of Classical Music
2010.05.17: ___pun on Sirius___
2010.05.17: One guy in the horse carriage industry
2010.05.10: National Public Ra-Ra
2010.05.05: More fun with other people's money
2010.05.04: Doesn't that make you just want to...
2010.05.04: The American Dream
2010.04.23: Talk to me about Music Marathon
2010.04.23: Show off
2010.04.22: The Balding Twelve Tones Announce US Tour
2010.04.22: What Not to Design
2010.04.21: Is this a ~challenge~?
2010.04.20: And here is my worst nightmare
2010.04.16: Chopin till you drop
2010.04.15: So you wanna put on a show
2010.04.14: I like to experiment
2010.04.12: What's with all these awards
2010.04.12: Just a man and his will to survive
2010.04.12: The British have come (and are staying)
2010.04.09: Click click click went the keyboard
2010.04.09: Putting the "LA" in "lame"
2010.04.07: So like, Gollum steals the ring from Siegfried and Brünnhilde marries Aragorn?
2010.04.06: O, that this too too solid flesh would melt
2010.04.05: Show me what you got
2010.04.01: On crotch-splits
2010.03.30: Wham bam thank you SPAM
2010.03.24: The treachery of images
2010.03.18: Dear Clients: I'm sorry...
2010.03.17: "Are you serious?" "Almost always."
2010.03.16: Never can tell what lies ahead
2010.03.14: One of these things is a lot like the other
2010.03.12: Break it down
2010.03.12: The Internet always gets its way
2010.03.10: Someone did have to save me from myself
2010.03.09: Oh - sorry...the turning your store upside-down idea is now taken
2010.03.09: "Se-ex. Get yer red hot sex here..."
2010.03.05: Oh, no
2010.03.05: I want your love and all your lovers' revenge
2010.03.02: Put a little more Belle Jolie on
2010.03.01: This is in case someone needs to save me from myself
2010.02.26: Relating publicly
2010.02.26: Fabulous
2010.02.25: The Internet is the Best Thing
2010.02.22: OK, good - now I have a goal.
2010.02.22: Assorted
2010.02.19: Talk to me about BBC Music Magazine
2010.02.18: Everything good needs replacing
2010.02.16: How the other...half?...lives
2010.02.15: Was I not literally just saying this
2010.02.15: East Coast/West Coast Killas
2010.02.12: Talk to me about Metropolis Ensemble
2010.02.11: What to expect when you're expecting
2010.02.09: No time for losers
2010.02.04: New is different than young
2010.02.03: "The way you hold your middle and index fingers separate from your ring and pinky fingers...
2010.02.02: This is maybe too morbid? But a little funny, right?
2010.01.27: Some light stalking and Observ-ations
2010.01.24: Panel Disband
2010.01.23: One man's obstacle is another's way in
2010.01.21: Oh Mistress Mine...!
2010.01.21: You think they'll have that on the tour?
2010.01.21: The Representative from D.C.
2010.01.21: Answers for Amanda, Questions for Matthew
2010.01.21: Like Many Others
2010.01.21: Previously, on 'Life's a Pitch'
2010.01.20: Sell! Sell! Sell!
2010.01.20: Onion-peeling
2010.01.20: Here's what you missed
2010.01.20: Not all "special" is created equal
2010.01.19: For you, special price.
2010.01.19: Attention!
2010.01.19: Wait, which side is "special" on?
2010.01.18: Isn't That Special
2010.01.18: It's the music, stupid
2010.01.18: And what makes you so special?
2010.01.14: The day the ratings didn't die
2010.01.11: Any Kit Will Do
2010.01.07: 2009 Pitchy Nominees, even though it's 2010
2010.01.04: Location x 3
2010.01.04: Bach to Reality
2009.12.30: Girls straddling footballs sell things
2009.12.23: And while we're on the subject
2009.12.21: Another decade bites the dust
2009.12.19: Oh honey, so sublime
2009.12.16: In which I am pardoned for stealing electricity
2009.12.14: Flacks and the City
2009.12.10: "Snap out of it!"
2009.12.09: In which I am accused of stealing electricity
2009.12.04: Week in Review
2009.12.03: Turn the beat around
2009.12.01: Jollyship/the Stokes Mitchell
2009.11.30: Live from New York
2009.11.23: The Cameron Poole Affair
2009.11.19: Ad Libs
2009.11.18: Special Sauce
2009.11.17: "And then one night, Margo Channing came to play in 'Remembrance' and I went to see it."
2009.11.12: I dreamed the press would be forgiving
2009.11.11: Of course I'm awfully glad that mother had to marry father
2009.11.09: Not YourSpace
2009.11.06: Going Rogue
2009.11.04: In which I may get fired 2x
2009.11.04: Blooper reel
2009.11.03: Group mentality
2009.11.02: Metababy 'Media' covered by media
2009.11.01: Paying attention to (and changing up) the man behind the curtain
2009.10.27: Fun with Castration!
2009.10.26: I'm trippin' I'm caught up in the moment, right?
2009.10.22: Second best
2009.10.21: 2003 called: it wants its emotional moment back
2009.10.20: Carnegie Hall Quotables
2009.10.16: Life's a Twitch, Part 3 (The Journalists)
2009.10.16: Life's a Twitch, Part 2 (The Publicists)
2009.10.15: Life's a Twitch, Part 1
2009.10.15: Some things about Christine Brewer
2009.10.14: 'The Rest' is silence
2009.10.14: Man in the mirror
2009.10.14: Let's go to the movies
2009.10.13: Private relations
2009.10.12: For $5,000/day
2009.10.09: The sun never sets
2009.10.09: Talk to me about 'Opera News'
2009.10.08: Can't you see, that I am not afraid?
2009.10.06: What a bust
2009.10.06: Who's your daddy?
2009.10.05: [insert blog post]
2009.10.04: "People will see me and cry." -the remake of 'Fame'
2009.10.02: Hey, look me over
2009.10.02: First-name basis
2009.10.01: There goes my retirement
2009.10.01: Go Bulldogs
2009.09.28: Twitter, Twitter, Twitter
2009.09.24: iDude
2009.09.23: Thinking inside the box
2009.09.22: Cheap Sheep Part II
2009.09.21: Sticking around
2009.09.17: FREE COOKIES
2009.09.14: Seriously: Why/how is Michael Jackson e mailing me?
2009.09.14: People of New York City
2009.09.11: The Divided Sky
2009.09.09: Dirt in the skirt
2009.09.08: Thanks for making my life easier
2009.09.04: Sense will always have attractions for me.
2009.09.02: The Post Institute
2009.08.27: Talk to me about not music blogging
2009.08.27: You know, the finer things in life
2009.08.26: Snaps
2009.08.26: Sheep!
2009.08.24: Skipping a generation
2009.08.19: How do you know you're at Carnegie Hall once you've gotten there?
2009.08.18: Viral marketing
2009.08.17: What happens when you don't open your computer all weekend
2009.08.14: Talk to me about theater blogging
2009.08.14: We can't rewind we've gone to far
2009.08.13: Apropos of something
2009.08.10: Glenn Petry, 21C Media Group
2009.08.10: Good old boys
2009.08.07: Sandwiched
2009.08.05: B-r-e-c-h-t, find out what it means to me
2009.08.05: Team meeting
2009.08.04: This week in pictures
2009.07.31: Great lengths
2009.07.29: Scene and (not) heard
2009.07.24: I can go all day
2009.07.24: How to take a good publicity shot
2009.07.23: I don't love anybody - I just want to go swimming
2009.07.22: Hot/shush/jar
2009.07.22: Confused on a Wednesday morning
2009.07.17: Talk to me about yMusic
2009.07.15: Mutual exclusivity
2009.07.14: OMG: am I old?
2009.07.14: RIP-ish QXR
2009.07.13: Choose Your Own Adventure
2009.07.09: Double skim Venti iced mocha no whip
2009.07.09: You know what really burns me up?
2009.07.08: Best shots
2009.07.07: Hyperboilerplate
2009.06.30: Here's Johnny
2009.06.25: Talk to me about Dilettante
2009.06.24: Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
2009.06.22: Go go gadgets
2009.06.17: You know what really grinds my gears?
2009.06.17: Would you be mine, could you be mine?
2009.06.16: Red (herring) alerts
2009.06.15: Due course
2009.06.15: Metropolitan Diary
2009.06.13: For the records
2009.06.12: Give me one thing in there that happened today
2009.06.11: "We're here now with..."
2009.06.10: Attention Deficit - Disorder?
2009.06.08: Mile high club
2009.06.05: Flowers/hair/yada yada
2009.06.05: Higdelina
2009.06.04: It's hard to do a thing when you might fail
2009.06.01: I'm gonna give you candy
2009.05.29: Seeing you in summer, I never would go
2009.05.28: Rebecca Davis, Rebecca Davis PR
2009.05.27: Steven Swartz, Dotdotdotmusic
2009.05.26: Jennifer Wada
2009.05.25: Christina Jensen, Christina Jensen PR
2009.05.22: En masse
2009.05.22: Talk to me about alcohol, aka art and commerce
2009.05.21: Now, I didn't go to biz-ness school or anything, but...
2009.05.19: Captive audiences
2009.05.18: Above the fold
2009.05.18: Instead of a "them"
2009.05.14: Talk to me about arts coverage
2009.05.13: Golden opportunities
2009.05.12: Facing a dying nation
2009.05.12: Dance: 3, Looks: 10
2009.05.11: But ladies, you must answer too - "what would we do without 'em"?
2009.05.08: Mind meld
2009.05.06: Something like curiousity
2009.05.06: Good for nothin'
2009.05.04: My name's McCardle
2009.05.03: Tuxedo Swap?
2009.05.03: No such thing as a free ticket
2009.04.29: Naked emperors
2009.04.28: [create your own pun on Teachout/teachings here]
2009.04.27: Talk to me about promoting Pilates
2009.04.22: Important marketing question:
2009.04.21: By extension
2009.04.20: Nude pictures
2009.04.20: Fun and games
2009.04.20: For the trees have no tongues
2009.04.17: Just when you think you've heard it all
2009.04.17: Did Cinderella even want to marry a prince?
2009.04.14: Talk to me about running a dance company
2009.04.13: How could it be in spring-time?
2009.04.10: Talk to me about life on YouTube
2009.04.09: You'll never look at music the same way again
2009.04.09: The Classical Tweet
2009.04.08: Tintillating
2009.04.07: Bette Davis is probably lying
2009.04.06: After Eight
2009.04.01: In which 'The Guardian' is as usual my hero
2009.03.31: Going the other way
2009.03.29: Everybody's doing it
2009.03.27: Life's a Pitch Snitch?
2009.03.27: iMwondering
2009.03.26: What've you got, 2009, that makes you so damn superior?
2009.03.26: I wonder what "wilding" means
2009.03.24: It's getting stronger and stronger
2009.03.24: "S" "X" "S" "W"
2009.03.21: Lobbyist
2009.03.20: President Obama: YouTuber
2009.03.20: Good PR for a good guy
2009.03.19: If a CD is released in the woods
2009.03.19: Thought for a Thursday
2009.03.18: Hotcakes!
2009.03.16: Which Monet is covering THIS?
2009.03.13: Lose/Lose
2009.03.12: On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog
2009.03.12: The Daily Grind
2009.03.10: The Music for 18 Musicians Workout Video
2009.03.09: Not so Lonely Boy
2009.03.06: Life's a Niche
2009.03.06: If you don't have anything nice to say
2009.03.05: Will it be? Yes it will.
2009.03.04: Twaste the Rainbow
2009.03.04: Anything egregious
2009.03.02: Sunrise, sunset...sunrise?
2009.03.02: Up a steep and very narrow stairway
2009.02.27: Things that make you go
2009.02.26: Missed connections
2009.02.26: Talk to me about...all-things performing-arts?
2009.02.26: Three more or less relevant thoughts on a Thursday
2009.02.25: Inspiration
2009.02.24: Celebrity Celebrity-Match
2009.02.23: Misdirection
2009.02.22: Talk to me about being a jazz musician
2009.02.20: Through the looking-glass
2009.02.17: All you can see
2009.02.12: Play within a play
2009.02.12: The Underground
2009.02.11: London: 2, New York: 0
2009.02.10: My head hurts
2009.02.10: TomTom: The Smart Choice in Personal Navigation
2009.02.08: (Hearting) the World Wide Web
2009.02.05: Talk to me about discount tickets
2009.02.05: London: 1, New York: 0
2009.02.04: This is off topic, but...
2009.02.04: Getting with the
2009.02.02: 1-800-Tickets.com
2009.02.01: Here we go op-ra, here we go
2009.01.29: Talk to me about classical record publicity
2009.01.29: Sell Your Concerts NOW!
2009.01.26: Any press
2009.01.26: You're gonna be pop-ular
2009.01.25: Music Appreciation Class
2009.01.23: House of Medici
2009.01.23: Uncharted
2009.01.21: By any other
2009.01.20: Press release bold call of the day
2009.01.20: Everything Must Go
2009.01.14: Small world, isn't it
2009.01.13: Maybe it's a musical reference I just don't know?
2009.01.13: Moveable type
2009.01.11: Attention counter-culturalists/Hot Topic shoppers!
2009.01.08: Great mysteries of PR
2009.01.07: iNote
2009.01.06: Monsters vs. The Economy/Environment/Creativity
2009.01.05: Pa rum pum pum pum
2008.12.29: pierceforblackmask.blogspot.com
2008.12.19: Socks in the City
2008.12.17: When the working day is done
2008.12.16: 2008 Best-of Publicity and Marketing Very Official Nominations
2008.12.11: Talk to me about Violinist.com
2008.12.10: Best of 2008
2008.12.09: Power to the people. And to the federal government.
2008.12.08: Happy Birthday, Jean Sibelius!
2008.12.07: Recession Special
2008.12.07: Colon, lowercase o, open parenthesis
2008.12.05: I refuse to make a "how do you get to Carnegie Hall" joke [here]
2008.12.04: (Martha) Graham (Cracker) -ies
2008.12.03: I'd like to buy a vowel
2008.12.03: For Sale
2008.12.01: Peer Pressure
2008.11.30: Couples Counseling
2008.11.28: Scariest day ever
2008.11.26: Let us review Lesson Eleven, paragraph two - axion seven
2008.11.24: READ THIS NOW
2008.11.24: You want all my love, and my devotion
2008.11.21: Talk to me about journalism school
2008.11.20: How not to handle bad reviews/how to handle crazy people
2008.11.19: If that's your girl you better watch your back
2008.11.18: Space heater-side chats
2008.11.18: Good news for people who like confusing news
2008.11.17: Disneyfication
2008.11.12: The argument for digital-only releases
2008.11.11: Everybody ought to have a blog
2008.11.11: PSA from Gawker to Publicists
2008.11.11: "I have had it with these motherf-ing snakes on this motherf-ing plane!"
2008.11.10: Impresario this
2008.11.06: Exposing the negatives
2008.11.05: For the times they are a-changin'
2008.11.05: Philharmonic Phanatics?
2008.11.03: She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
2008.11.03: Oh, come on
2008.11.02: iPressRelease
2008.10.31: Talk to me about opera blogging
2008.10.29: And now she's gone and done it!
2008.10.28: [insert pun on "heights" here]
2008.10.28: I speak for the trees
2008.10.28: On classical music celebrity, part deux
2008.10.27: Perlman and Pollini Rock (the Vote)
2008.10.23: Who's not honoring me now
2008.10.23: Laying the flack down
2008.10.22: Why me?
2008.10.22: Fleming, Warrior Princess
2008.10.21: Quel désastre!
2008.10.20: Witty-waltzing party stravinsky your mother dances
2008.10.17: Talk to me about publicizing "The Nation"
2008.10.16: The one where I get pitched
2008.10.15: The world doesn't need me live-blogging the debate, but...
2008.10.15: False advertising
2008.10.14: It's my party and I'll get press if I want to
2008.10.13: The Met is blowin' up!
2008.10.11: Adventurous non-programming
2008.10.08: Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair
2008.10.07: Who's driving this bus?
2008.10.07: Let's give 'em something to write about
2008.10.06: Talk to me about digital retail
2008.10.02: Below is an entry in which I allude to how much the 2008 Vice Presidential debate upset me and then comment on an atrociously-long subject line
2008.10.01: Plain dealings
2008.09.29: And where was Santa today?
2008.09.26: Talk to me about arts blogging
2008.09.25: Can't Hardly Wait
2008.09.23: Jackpot
2008.09.23: America's Funniest Home Press Requests
2008.09.22: The solution to the freelancer problem
2008.09.22: Virtual site done right
2008.09.19: Talk to me about (indie rock) record labels
2008.09.18: Cultural Revolution
2008.09.17: Serendipity
2008.09.17: Tales from the Crypt
2008.09.16: It was Wynton Marsalis, in the Patron Lounge, with the Blackberry
2008.09.15: PS
2008.09.15: Let yourself advertise
2008.09.12: The Girl Next Door
2008.09.12: Renée is the new Rain?
2008.09.11: Mixed messages
2008.09.10: Eternally up-and-coming
2008.09.10: File Under: OK Then
2008.09.10: Thinking Outside the (Parterre) Box
2008.09.09: The Schoenbergs of LA
2008.09.08: The sincerest form of flattery
2008.09.07: Can buy me Love
2008.09.04: Music dorks rule
2008.09.04: Let me know if you hear anything
2008.09.03: Free beer and hot wings
2008.09.02: C(arnegie)2K
2008.09.02: For Immediate Release: Classical Music is Mainstream
2008.09.01: We're straight from the shops!
2008.08.28: The commentator and the man are not the same
2008.08.27: Meta review, take two
2008.08.26: Auf Wiedersehen, New Media!
2008.08.26: Brave, new(ish) world
2008.08.25: Talk to me about opera management
2008.08.21: Vote for Hilary!
2008.08.20: Dripping wet and panting
2008.08.19: Turn Back, O Man
2008.08.19: Mr. Wakin, tear down this wall!
2008.08.15: Talk to me about conservatory education
2008.08.14: Lang Lang vs. Yang Wei
2008.08.13: Killing me softly
2008.08.12: Learn Your Lessons Well
2008.08.11: Dressed to kill the art form
2008.08.08: Talk to me about public radio
2008.08.07: Publicist prediction
2008.08.07: Delusions of relevance
2008.08.06: Nine people's favorite thing
2008.08.04: I'll cover you
2008.07.31: Talk to me about indie rock publicity
2008.07.31: Let's talk about text
2008.07.31: Not so eZ street
2008.07.30: Sigh
2008.07.29: Grey-eyed Athena
2008.07.28: Just play it cuil, boy
2008.07.28: Phrequent Philer miles
2008.07.25: Me me me
2008.07.25: Firt Chair Promotion
2008.07.24: Talk to me about live concert photography
2008.07.24: "House" "keeping"
2008.07.23: Someone, please just bring the water to the horse
2008.07.22: In the esteemed company of Mario Lopez, Edie Falco and Chubby Checker
2008.07.22: A picture's worth two tickets to the philharmonic
2008.07.21: Fresh born indeed
2008.07.18: Livin' on a prayer
2008.07.17: Talk to me about life as a post-genre musician
2008.07.17: Another op'nin, another [show] show
2008.07.16: Splurge: The Metropolitan Opera, Steal: You
2008.07.16: Critical Mass
2008.07.16: Marketable programming
2008.07.15: If Radiohead told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?
2008.07.14: The church organ commission
2008.07.13: Bill Clinton doesn't own a BlackBerry? WTF.
2008.07.11: Talk to me about banner ads
2008.07.10: I hope Cats isn't on the radio
2008.07.09: Care to help?
2008.07.08: Classical Critics, Cubs and Coffee
2008.07.08: How do you get (people) (in)to Carnegie Hall?
2008.07.06: A publicist's right not to choose
2008.07.06: RSS Feeds
2008.06.28: Now Play It
2008.06.28: MOMA - Eye on Europe
2008.06.28: Spoon
2008.06.28: YouTube
2008.06.28: Wikipedia
2008.06.28: MySpace
2008.01.28: Facebook
2008.01.27: Life's a Pitch
2008.01.27: Amanda Ameer
2008.01.27: Contact
2008.01.27: The Metropolitan Opera
2008.01.06: Subscribe to the Newsletter
2007.11.09: Twitter

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Life's a Pitch Why don't we apply the successful marketing and publicity campaigns we see in our everyday lives to the performing arts? Great ideas are right there, ripe for the emulating. And who's responsible for the wide-reaching problems in ticket sales and audience development? Boring artists? Greedy managers? Overstretched marketing departments? We're beyond debating who owns the problem. Let's fix this thing.
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Amanda Ameer left her position as Publicity Manager at IMG Artists in June 2007 to start First Chair Promotion. She currently represents Hilary Hahn, Gabriel Kahane, David Lang, Eric Owens, Michael Gordon, Hélène Grimaud, Sondra Radvanovsky, Julia Wolfe, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Paul Jacobs.
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Twitter I gave in and answered the siren call of Twitter. Click the button to follow:

Jan 18-22, 2010: I hosted a virtual panel on when and how artists, managers, journalists, presenters and publicists single out musicians for being "special" in their promotion and career-building efforts. Participants included musician, pianist Jonathan Biss; a manager, James Egelhofer at IMG Artists; a critic, Matthew Guerrieri, who blogs at Soho the Dog and writes for the Boston Globe; and a presenter, Michael Kondziolka at University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

- Panel Disband
- One man's obstacle is another's way in
- Oh Mistress Mine...!
- You think they'll have that on the tour?
- The Representative from D.C.

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Now Play It
This site has musicians teaching viewers how to play their most popular songs on the guitar via downloadable video. more

MOMA - Eye on Europe
This microsite for one of MOMA's 2006 exhibitions is a(n extreme) lesson in what can be done digitally for special projects (world premieres?).
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Spoon
This website makes me feel impossibly uncool, and I love it for that very reason.
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The Metropolitan Opera
Sometimes, when the (performing arts) world gets me down, I go to The Met's website and feel better about it all.
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RSS Feeds
RSS is an acronym for "RDF Site Summary," or "Rich Site Summary." RSS is a family of XML-based Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a standardized format.
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YouTube
YouTube, created in 2005, is a free video sharing website where users can upload, view, and share video clips. YouTube uses Adobe Flash technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as videoblogging and short original videos.
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia, created in 2001, is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information. Articles are written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Wikipedia is one of the largest reference sites on the internet, with at least 684 million people visiting the site yearly. It contains more than ten million articles in more than 250 languages (over two million in English alone).
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MySpace
MySpace, launched in 2004, allows anyone aged 14 and over to create a personal profile. Unlike other social networking sites, MySpace allows users to personalize their profiles by entering HTML into certain areas on their pages, thus displaying video or flash content instead of text. This format is especially useful to musicians, who can post full songs as well as videos and an events calendar. Users may also customize the colors, backgrounds, and fonts on their profiles through the use of CSS (cascading style sheets).
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Facebook
Facebook, launched in 2004, is now the largest social networking website in the United States, overtaking MySpace in 2009. The free-access website allows users to easily connect and interact with other people, and it is now also possible to create a Facebook profile for an artist, band, brand, or business. Users can add themselves as "fans" of an artist or business, write on an artist/business profile's "Wall," upload photos, and join other fans in discussion groups.
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