{"id":468,"date":"2010-05-17T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=468"},"modified":"2010-05-17T13:21:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:21:03","slug":"___pun_on_sirius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/05\/___pun_on_sirius\/","title":{"rendered":"___pun on Sirius___"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working on Jean-Yves Thibaudet&#8217;s <i>Gershwin <\/i>album (buy it <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/gershwin-rhapsody-in-blue\/id358027332\">here<\/a>, why? Because JOHN WILLIAMS CLARINET CONCERTO says it&#8217;s an &#8220;excellent performance,&#8221; among other reasons), and we&#8217;re off to Sirius\/XM tomorrow at 5pm. There are few things I love more (ridiculously high percent dark chocolate, pesto, Brian Stokes Mitchell) than press opportunities that beget more press opportunities. In this case, Sirius\/XM will not only air the interview and in-studio performance, but they&#8217;re promoting the recording session and asking for a live audience via Twitter and Facebook. Here&#8217;s the info:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SIRIUS|XM is giving you the chance to attend an intimate session with Jean-Yves Thibaudet on May 18, 2010! <\/p>\n<p>Odds of winning depend upon the speed of the responses and the number of responses received.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>HOW TO ENTER: <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Send an email to:&nbsp; rsvp@siriusxm.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Include &#8220;Jean-Yves&#8221; in the subject line of your message or it will not be considered; \u00bb Include your full name, valid email and cell phone number. <\/p>\n<p>See our Privacy Policy at sirius.com and xmradio.com. <\/p>\n<p>SIRIUS|XM Radio will not be providing transportation to\/from the event. <\/p>\n<p>You must be at least 18 years old, and confident that you can be in the New York City area on May 18, 2010.*<\/p>\n<p>*If you are selected to attend, you will receive a confirmation email with the details of the event and further instructions. Only people who have received this second email (and have been confirmed by SIRIUS|XM Radio) will be put on the guest list and will be able to attend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I was there with The King&#8217;s Singers they had ice cream sandwich bars in the green room fridge. Here&#8217;s hoping those have been restocked. Oh, another thing I like more than multiplying press opportunities: free ice cream. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working on Jean-Yves Thibaudet&#8217;s Gershwin album (buy it here, why? Because JOHN WILLIAMS CLARINET CONCERTO says it&#8217;s an &#8220;excellent performance,&#8221; among other reasons), and we&#8217;re off to Sirius\/XM tomorrow at 5pm. There are few things I love more (ridiculously high percent dark chocolate, pesto, Brian Stokes Mitchell) than press opportunities that beget more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}