Chris on Twitter This Week

  • No school for labor day. @michelle_reinke just left, so I'm back to being lonely. #
  • @brianbarone Musically it probably will be. Technically, probably so-so. Do it! in reply to brianbarone #
  • #GuitarTip Have a hard left hand fingering? Try shifting around a bit: shifting is technically easy and makes fingering easier. #
  • Note to self: 1/2 hour is not enough time to relearn Bach's first cello suite. #
  • @jpeterross what piece!? #
  • @lylowe I do. I think of my current teacher as THE teacher. I feel like the previous ones were important, but not as important. in reply to lylowe #
  • @majorshake Whole Suite. in reply to majorshake #
  • I forgot how good the Sarabande is in Bach's First Cello Suite. If you're new to Bach check it out: http://su.pr/87Q2s3 #
  • @prenex I played it for an undergrad recital, before studying with Yates! I've always been a fan of doing complete big works like that. in reply to prenex #
  • @lylowe Could be. I think I consider them less important because I outgrew them very quickly. in reply to lylowe #
  • @MaxRV Thanks for following! in reply to MaxRV #
  • Pretty so-so day of practicing. I hate last minute notice gigs. means I have to devote way to much time to that this week. #
  • Then again, I also like making $$ for doing nothing but playing guitar. #
  • http://su.pr/2m0XvG I need someone to do a "conditioning sunday" with. #
  • I'm teaching 15 minute guitar lessons at the @austinpeay fringe festival this morning. Stop by if you're in Clarksville! #
  • gotta prepare 15 minutes of teaching material to use over and over again this morning. Am E and Em chords and a bit about power chords. #
  • taught a total of five 15 minute lessons this morning. Taught Am Em and E. #
  • done for the day! finally. First guitar ensemble rehearsal today: The brouwer guitar duet went okay. #
  • http://su.pr/6qOGui Birds on wires turned into a song (very cool). #
  • @solomontomer "Micro Piezas" Subtitled: Hommage to Darius Milhaud in reply to solomontomer #
  • Books on the Internet http://su.pr/2X0Pfg #
  • @solomontomer it's kind of crazy (ish). The Assads have recorded it: http://bit.ly/1PMTlh in reply to solomontomer #
  • Reading stories about the "magic" of listening to Segovia makes me slightly sick to my stomach. #
  • Firefox 3.5 is starting to make my angry. Buggy. Weird things happen: like not being able to close any tabs. #
  • @Writing_Is_Fun a little of both, I think. in reply to Writing_Is_Fun #
  • @iheartguitar I emailed Chris Broderick for an interview (he has a classical guitar degree!), and got "contact roadrunner." in reply to iheartguitar #
  • @iheartguitar not sure how to do that one! in reply to iheartguitar #
  • @iheartguitar sweet! in reply to iheartguitar #
  • RT @cameronmizell: Audio: “Soul Love” by Erika Lloyd & Cameron Mizell originally by David Bowie http://tumblr.com/x8p31crwb #
  • Off to school for the day: Practice, Lesson with Yates, performance class, 2 more hours of practice, then four hours of teaching. Long day. #
  • @guitarlifestyle Guitar concert in Nashville! The Vanderbilt guitar prof, John Johns, is giving a recital tomorrow night. #
  • Apple's iTunes 9 is out today. Sweet. #
  • @guitarlifestyle Yep, in the concert hall there. I think I'm going go to it. I was planning on coming to Nashville tomorrow anyway. in reply to guitarlifestyle #
  • Just site read a bunch of "gig" (read: easy) music. #
  • http://su.pr/2tb53P Apple's Music Announcements from today. Big thing: the iTunes LP. #
  • Just received the funniest link request email ever. Denied. #
  • Musical Literacy http://classicalguitarblog.net/dGQ0 #
  • RT @simpleton001: When coffee sees me coming, it's like, "ssssh it's her. Just STFU and pretend to be decaf." (via @debihope) #
  • my hands are tired. Might take tomorrow off. #
  • interviewing petar jankovic! #
  • @gazmungus nice. I played a piece with the E tuned way down to C, interesting timbre. in reply to gazmungus #
  • RT @MelBayMusic: Lily Afshar plays solo guitar music – pieces from Iran, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Cuba and Argentina http://bit.ly/4sj94i #
  • One of my students replaced me with a "local rock guitarist" because clearly pursuing graduate studies in music makes me unqualified. #
  • http://su.pr/2hkMgF Does it Help to be Desperate? from @sivers. #
  • http://su.pr/2ErKwy great marketers spend time crafting stories that don't drop off. Great stuff from Seth Godin (as usual). #
  • check out @michelle_reinke 's medical illustration skillz http://su.pr/2RclVh #
  • http://su.pr/2hSz8K pretty outstanding interview with LA Guitar Quartet member Matt Greif. #
  • @leebrownhill Yeah, I'm kind of iffy about that myself. I like Su.pr (The stumbleupon url service) because it lets me track clicks. in reply to leebrownhill #
  • @DaedalusT I can totally understand that. I thought this student was doing really well, though. I guess we didn't click! in reply to DaedalusT #
  • http://su.pr/2ME2LJ the Nashville Symphony (and others) are offering free, simulcasts of concerts. Very cool. #
  • http://su.pr/2P2GZD First look at the iTunes LP (via @hypebot) #
  • @MaxRV Who is your CG teacher? in reply to MaxRV #
  • Time for some guitar ensemble. #
  • @cwlamb ha! I suppose that's one way to think of it. I just get too excited about students! in reply to cwlamb #
  • @MaxRV Very nice. How's your playing going? in reply to MaxRV #
  • Reviewing my interview with Petar Jankovic from this morning. #
  • This is really a great interview. I'm excited to release it next week. #
  • @MaxRV That's probably the most valuable skill for any musician. in reply to MaxRV #
  • My Brand http://su.pr/1Rvqdg #
  • @prenex Very poorly. I took a class on it during undergrad. Had to stand up in front of the schools best wind ensemble and wave my arms. #
  • @guitarkadia Thanks! in reply to guitarkadia #
  • Working on a practice schedule for myself. I've become unfocused these past few weeks. Lots of practice, too little progress. #
  • @tlabarge dude, I just found a pretty decent shape for my thumbnail: just about straight across with a little rounding on the edges. in reply to tlabarge #
  • @tlabarge and it took me about all of my undergraduate years (four years!) to find a shape that worked for my nails. in reply to tlabarge #
  • @tlabarge I don't like thumbnail ramps, too much scratchy noise it seems. I'm never happy with a's shape. Totally useless finger. in reply to tlabarge #
  • @tlabarge It's no wonder no one used it before the romantic period. in reply to tlabarge #
  • @tlabarge Hold on, I'll publish with google docs and you can look at it. in reply to tlabarge #
  • http://su.pr/1SuQ2R Practice Schedule. Going to start w/ it next week. Gig to practice for this weekend. #
  • @tlabarge yeah! I got so much done in June practicing a little bit, and I want to do that again. in reply to tlabarge #
  • @stuartweber I needed to collect my thoughts! Most of the time it doesn't come out of my notebook; I thought others might like to see it. in reply to stuartweber #
  • @tlabarge gotta kick it old school. Pencil and paper! #
  • @emonome The Mermain Parade gets a lot of discussion on Clay Shirky's book "Here comes everybody" in reply to emonome #
  • @emonome as an example of a latent community. flickr, through tagging, lets them come together. A firm wouldn't be able to harness that, in reply to emonome #
  • @emonome but individuals acting in loosely agreed upon concert can connect and work together. in reply to emonome #
  • @tlabarge I suppose that's true. Whenever I write something down I remember it, the result is that I don't have to look at my log often! in reply to tlabarge #
  • @emonome It's on my list! I'm doing research/read on web culture/business right now. Next up is the psychology of choice & behavioral econ. in reply to emonome #
  • RT @tferriss: Josh Olson Will Not Read Your F*ing Script http://su.pr/9LB6qq Abrasive but gives some insight into awkward writer situations. #
  • twitter should have groups. Little tweet discussions rooms for people with shared interests. #
  • RT @GuitPatrick: Teach and make the world a better place. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ #
  • There should be a massive online library that works exactly like netflicks. #
  • And there is! http://www.bookswim.com/ #
  • @HansOngchua that sounds terrible. in reply to HansOngchua #
  • There's so much tension built into my play in the first cello suite. Bad tech from 2 years ago, fixed now, that still hinders me on old … #
  • http://su.pr/2C5f8Q Does revisiting old repertoire cause your bad habits to come back? #
  • @guitarlifestyle ended up not going, actually. Had to do some more practicing for a gig this weekend. in reply to guitarlifestyle #
  • Shamelessly copying pieces from Dr. Yates "Grade Rep, book II" for gig music. #
  • @guitargeek33 I think it's not worth worrying about. What happens happens, it's how you deal with it. in reply to guitargeek33 #
  • I should go to school for music technology or music business! Forget this theory nonsense. #
  • CCM dual MA (arts admin)/MBA sounds like an awesome degree! #
  • @Guitarings Can I be a special guest? in reply to Guitarings #
  • http://su.pr/22sdBl This was posted as a video response to one of my Bach videos. Not sure if I should approve it or not. #
  • Just started a classical guitar Twibe (twitter group!). Visit http://twibes.com/classical_guitar to join. #
  • @Cowboyinaf yeah. It's a strange interpretation too. Or the recording isn't very well done, can't tell. in reply to Cowboyinaf #
  • @tlabarge Well, I don't care about the quality/interpretation. Is it good etiquette to approve video responses? in reply to tlabarge #
  • RT @michelle_reinke mermaid parade – crazy idea? I think crazy awesome. http://bit.ly/hh0Td http://bit.ly/2oUraf (via @emonome) #
  • @jasonheath I finally looked through your life after music school PDF. Very hard to take truths. But I think I knew them going in. #
  • http://su.pr/669zlT Flipping abundance and scarcity from Seth Godin. This post sums up every book I've read on ecommerce so far. #
  • http://su.pr/6Zvnlu The St. Louis Guitar Society is hosting the Georgia Guitar Quartet on Oct 10. #
  • http://su.pr/1Gqbga Great flute and guitar duo. #
  • @SquareGrand Glad you liked it! I didn't even notice the paintings. Whoops… in reply to SquareGrand #
  • Playing a private party gig! Two hours of solid guitar. I'm probably the only guitarist that plays complete Bach suites for these things. #
  • @MaxRV Well, I didn't play only Bach! No memory, though, all reading from sheet music. in reply to MaxRV #
  • @MaxRV I just use D'addarrio strings for both. in reply to MaxRV #
  • I would really like to change the them at the CG blog. I like this one: http://su.pr/2ZyEoT but I want to keep my header image… #
  • RT @DaedalusT: Took me a second to catch on to this one… guess my mind's not THAT far in the gutter. http://bit.ly/1e8c4K #
  • vcnqbjd392 (ignore this, it's for technorati) http://classicalguitarblog.net/XNeq #
  • I would like to know why technorati can't actually find the correct info about my blog. It picks up info from when I used blogger. Stupid. #
  • Welp, can't figure it out. I give up on technorati. That only took 15 minutes. Probably won't ever log in again. #
  • @stuartweber Sundays are for not practicing! in reply to stuartweber #
  • @gazmungus Hope it wasn't an expensive guitar! Looking forward to the video. in reply to gazmungus #

Posted on September 13, 2009 in Social Media

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