February 27, 2010
Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday (Morning) News Post!
For all those who have YouTubed me in the past, and I know there are many of you, the wait is over. I’m finally here on YouTube now! Boo-yeah!
Now, for the rest of you, who are wondering why I’m so excited to be a website that features videos like “Guinea pig Speaks Shanghainese” and “Fat Kid Falls Off Bike,” a website that anyone can be on. Well, I’m excited because I HAD FANS PUT THE VIDEO UP FOR ME! That’s right,… fans. Not only that, but more…
February 20, 2010
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Readers, I’m a hypocrite.
I was reminded of this fact last week while talking to an undergrad jazz student here at McGill University. He was really excited about a course he was taking, one that has just this year been offered for the first time,… Music Marketing.
He started off by relaying info about the importance of websites and of finding ways to connect to your audience and, initially, I was impressed. “That’s great,” I said “I wish they had offered that course when I was doing my undergrad.”
But as he continued on with catch phrases like “aggressive social networking,” “delivering on a promise,” and of course “personal branding,” my heart sank a little. I became more…
February 13, 2010
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Readers, this has been one exciting week! Let me tell ya,… wow! It’s just,… I mean, geez,…things are just rocketing ahead around here as I,…um… break new ground on, em… this cool new thing that you’ll, um,… I just can’t fucking wait to show you the, em,… Hmm.
Okay, fine. I got nothing this week. Nothing terribly exciting is happening in Danderfer-land. It was bound to happen sooner or later. But, you know, we had a good run,…didn’t we?
Let’s see now, disciplined scheduling took a turn for the worse as I more…
February 6, 2010
Hello, good morning, and welcome to the Saturday Morning News Post!
I’m in the thick of it now folks, donate your fans, bring me your ice-packs, yours truly is a hot jazz composing/arranging machine and I’m burnin’ up! Specifically, writing hot jazz for the 10-piece “Chamber Jazz ensemble” at McGill so this SMNP is going to be an appropriate length for a change.
I pulled an all-nighter last Wednesday in order to have a new chart ready for the 10-piece band to play on Thursday morning and I’m pleased to say the music sounded pretty good,… I think. Not having slept the night before, I was pretty brain dead on Thursday (after rehearsal the only thing I was able to do was watch “Amazing Billiards Trick Shots” on TSN and then pass out). more…